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Paisano And Out
The last entry on our visit to Marfa, home of wild art and wilder nature.
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Jan 55 min read
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Mooey On The Menu
Mooey the Gawd-Dang infuriating Rubber Cow almost gets pitched head first into the broiler. [head] Paisano And Out
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Dec 29, 20244 min read
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Tall In The Saddle...or not.
And we're off to the amazing Big Bend Saddlery!
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Dec 26, 20245 min read
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Pad Thai, Mercury, and More
We explore Alpine a bit more, and I think deeply about mercury and madness.
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Dec 22, 20245 min read
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Alpine
We visit #Alpine, Texas, a cool little city on the edge of the Beyond.
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Dec 19, 20245 min read
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Jett’s Doesn’t Take Off
We get a tasteless meal and lousy service. Gourmet dining at its best.
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Dec 15, 20245 min read
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Off To Jett’s Grill
And we’re off to the magnificent El Paisano Hotel. And then we have, alas, a downright un-magnificent dinner.
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Dec 12, 20245 min read
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I'm (not) the Gingerbread Man!
At the last minute, the Gingerbread House is saved! And then...it vanishes. (Sigh).
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Dec 8, 20245 min read
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To The Gingerbread House
More on Marfa, and we begin the sinister construction of the recalcitrant Gingerbread House.
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Dec 5, 20245 min read
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A Day With Bitters
We enjoy some Bitter Sugar coffee and then, in a town full of expensive restaurants, have lunch at Burger King. And like it.
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Dec 1, 20245 min read
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Just a happy thanksgiving...and turkey blimp. #Thanksgiving #Marfa #turkey #balloon
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Nov 24, 20242 min read
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Mooey, continued, plus some other stuff
In which we deal with our grandson doing his air raid siren at the end of the world impression. #Marfa #Art #Donald_Judd
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Nov 21, 20244 min read
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Christmas...and cows
More about Marfa, the improbable desert art colony, plus Mooey, the marvelous rubber cow of BOINGing fame.
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Nov 17, 20244 min read
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Ballrooms, Buses, and ...Pizza
We visit the Ballroom Marfa and find some contemporary art we really, Really, REALLY like.
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Nov 14, 20244 min read
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In Cars...and crashes
In which we visit the Chamberlain Building and explore the steel (and scary) art of the late, great John Chamberlain (1927–2011).
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Nov 10, 20246 min read
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More Chinati...plus a Sentinel
Okay, last time, I left off with us at the Chinati Foundation, which is the art museum and sculpture garden founded by the late Donald...
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Nov 7, 20245 min read
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Chinati and More
We explore the monument works of Donald Judd. Also, we meet a bunny.
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Nov 3, 20245 min read
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To the Teepee...and Beyond!
In which we get a taste of Marfa, but not of pizza, ‘cause they’d done sold out. Instead, we had a mega Teepee.
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Oct 27, 20244 min read
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The Weird And The Wonderful
In which we finally get to Marfa, Texas, home of the wild, the wonderful, and the weird...all at the same time.
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Oct 24, 20245 min read
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Finally, To Marfa
In which we travel on into a Texas that looks hauntingly like New Mexico, and finally come to Marfa.
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Oct 20, 20244 min read
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