It would, Howard said, combine "the advantages of the most energetic and active town life, with all the beauty and delight of the country".
The government, in its wisdom, has decided it would like us all to live in garden cities, combining as they do "the advantages of the most energetic and active town life, with all the beauty and delight of the country".
Our founder, Ebenezer Howard, described in his 1898 seminal text, how "the advantages of the most energetic and active town life, with all the beauty and delight of the country, may be secured in perfect combination".
Tom Hardy, former US team member and founding member of the Dino Ride (dinoride.org) The Woodstock Exchange in Cape Town was once a disused industrial centre but is now the most energetic place in town, with artisanal coffee roasters, art galleries, craft and fashion boutiques, and the Starling & Hero Bicycle Café – all any bicycle enthusiast could want under one roof!
But there is a scene for everyone, from the energetic, youthful resort town of Maresias, to the idyllic beaches tucked into the hills at Toque Toque Grande and Toque Toque Pequeno, to the unpretentious colonial center of São Sebastião that also serves as the ferry station to Ilhabela, a green Goliath of an island that looms just off the coast, full of upscale restaurants and hotels.
Its previous governor, an apparently energetic man, painted the town brick red and cream.
All too predictably, though, the Times delivered one of those pieces whose headlined angle (and much of its content) focused on the town's energetic effort to spruce up its looks for the occasion... as in power-washing its buildings and even adding fake storefronts to its shuttered business-premises.
Stops, whether for an hour or a day, in sleepy beach towns and energetic cities are more than just a way to break up the drive -- they are experiences along the way, giving true meaning to Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote, "life is a journey, not a destination".
THE protests were most energetic in St Petersburg, the home town of Vladimir Putin, Russia's president.
