Cape Hatteras stilt house, is impressively grand in spite of all the raw wood and cement.
But one of the female stilt walkers teetered nervously, which was a no-no in Pope's book.
As we pass the stilt houses of the fish farmers, I let my hand fall into the water.
It was supposed to be about a two-minute walk, but in the unfamiliar dark I missed my house and continued on past more stilt houses.
We passed a couple of stilt houses, and a bent woman with a leathery lined face suddenly crinkled into a smile and called out a greeting.
The rotting, cracking horror of the city around is spilling in over walls and just barely kept at bay by shambling armored stilt-walkers.
He set off from Broadgate and said he would stilt walk on all of the city's accessible roads, covering more than 500 miles (805km).
Ms. SHERMAN: And then we taught stilt-walking to the little girls especially 'cause they never get the chance to do anything daring or adventurous physically.
Compared with a six-inch stilt, their comfort factor can't be beat.
"Good surgeon, " nods the man sitting next to me in the cafe, appreciating the designer-draped, tanned and toned Barbie doll who is stilt walking past our table.
Next we motored 12km south past tranquil rice paddies and simple stilt houses to Banteay Torp, a temple built to honour Jayavarman VII's troops for their defeat of the Cham.
Festivities kick-off with an inaugural tree lighting ceremony, and guests will enjoy warm apple cider while being entertained by strolling candy cane stilt walkers, Santa, puppets, jugglers, magicians, and more.
On Malaysia's eastern coast, the Marang resort in the state of Terengganu provides both rooms with a view of the pristine beach and lodging in stilt-houses above a mangrove preserve.
For five hours this Sunday, some 10 miles of normally car-crowded Los Angeles streets will be closed to vehicular traffic and turned into a massive block party for cyclists, pedestrians, joggers, even stilt-walkers.
Nor does free enterprise stilt toward the affluent.
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Outside I could see a half dozen wooden stilt homes surrounded by muddy patches and palm trees, a clothesline hung with shirts and sarongs, tree branch kindling stacked under a storage shed, a scrabbly vegetable garden where smoke plumed from a dying fire.
From 3:30 pm to 6 pm, the Prenestina Philharmonic orchestra will play some of the most famous pieces by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Gounod to accompany a variety of performances, including by world-champion ice skaters Alessandro Spigai and Anna Remondini (on roller-skates), stilt-walkers and traditional dancers.
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