hhhmm, friday, must be texas...

yup.
at 5 a.m. today, this morning, like early, our cell phone alarms went off and we were on our way outta NYC...bye, bye big apple. we caught a flight outta there at 8 a.m. and were on our way to chicago (connecting flight doncha know...) - again - and then off to el paso, texas...where's it's considerably warmer - shauna's happy about that.
so we're now driving a ford mustang rent a car - and i'm happy to be out of the air (because flying is bullshit...) and we're made it to marfa, texas..actually we're in alpine, texas because all the hotels in marfa we're booked-up..and super expensive. it would seem in the last six years or so, since i was last here, marfa's become an art hotbed - although, i think the art was always here it's just now it's more well known for art and the hotels and such are taking advantage. an old hotel called the thunderbird - which was a run down hotel - is now a five star ultra modern hipster hangout with wi-fi, swimming pool, art from high brow artists, cd and dvd players in all the rooms, hipster furnishings, etc...super nice but anywhere from 125 to 200 bux a night - in town of 2100 people...yikes. we paid less in NYC...sure, it was the belnord hotel but it was NYC...and there's a super fancy restaurant there as well that we're gonna try out tomorrow night and a show in a gallery here that includes some odd warhol pieces...
it's a bit odd, sure i only spent a day here before but, it was a much more rundown version of marfa than this...i like where it's going but i hope it doesn't get so full of itself that it's becomes unaffordable for people who just wanna see some cool art in the middle of nowhere...
and speaking of out in the middle of nowhere. there's a prada store that we had been told about that is a replica of an actual prada boutique near valentine, texas - about 25 miles from marfa. some artists made it and filled it with some shoes and bags from the 2005 prada collection. and then closed it up. the doors don't open and never will. it is basically being left to rot, sort of. it has electricity so the store is lit up at night but that's it. it will, one day, just fall apart from the elements. i can't say i 'get it' but i think it's interesting. and yes, it's art, but what kind or what it means i'm not sure. and maybe that doesn't really matter.



tonight we ate sonic burgers for dinner and then hit the local grocery store for some breakfast shitola and now need some sleep...that sonic burger was really good...

night night.

g. xo


some pictures i took near sierra blanco, texas.




our sweet ride while in texas.