ka-boomGet your fireworks now - buy and shoot outside the city limits, of course.
Fireworks stand, FM 40
Getting The Word Out.
10 years ago
June 30, 2010
ka-boomJune 23, 2010
second line paradeAwesome party as the 1,300 conferees followed the second line parade from the hotel to the block party where beer was dispensed from a fire truck and charbroiled oysters were served straight from the grill.
June 16, 2010
ripplesAs closing time approached, I was the only swimmer at the Texas Tech Leisure Pool - quite a change from prime time when rafts and innertubes full of college kids float bumper to bumper on the Lazy River.
June 15, 2010
go awaycontinuing the avian theme. . .
Pekin Duck
Maxey Park
Quaker and 24th
Quaker and 24th
Lubbock, Texas
June 14, 2010
pigeon-toedI wonder if it's derogatory or discriminatory to call an America coot "pigeon-toed'? Should I say "metatarsally challenged"?
Conquistador Lake (formerly known as Canyon Lake #1)
Buddy Holly Recreation Area
N.University Avenue
June 12, 2010
relicThis hand-carved scroll detail is on a remnant of a Leuders stone accent which was removed from the Texas Tech West Hall when it was renovated as a Visitors Center in 2001. Other pieces were placed in a "Relic Garden" in front of West Hall.
West Hall was constructed in 1934 as a men's dormitory. During the 1960s it was converted to a women's dorm. My friend Shirley lived in West on the first floor; I resided in Drane on the 3rd floor. I had to stay in during enforced study hall for freshman and mind the midnight curfew on weekends. Shirley's groundfloor access and handy window afforded her more party time.
June 11, 2010
art viewsThe view outside the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts is not nearly as aesthetic as the views inside. The urban clutter melds with the glass graphics.
LHUCA
511 Avenue K
Lubbock TX
www.lhuca.org
June 10, 2010
la diosavino --arte
In the Depot District is an eclectic bistro serving tapas and its own label wine. It features live music as well as a variety of artists in the gallery. "La diosa" in Spanish is "the goddess" and the bistro celebrates unusual food, good wine and the arts.
My quest this week was for unusual doors. I found several whose character is marred by ubiquitous signs of the times like"no smoking, no weapons, no shirt, no shoes, no service."
www.ladiosacellars.com 901 17th Street Lubbock, Texas
June 9, 2010
bull"Bulls" by Peter Woytuk are stylistic sculptures in front of the Animal and Food Science Building on the Texas Tech campus.
June 8, 2010
behind the green door"Green door, what's that secret you're keeping?
Wish they'd let me in so I could find out
what's goin' on in there!"
Bill Haley & The Comets
1956
McPherson Cellars Winery
1615 Texas Avenue
Lubbock Texas
June 4, 2010
grand old ladyAlley Assignment 4:
The Pioneer Hotel, a grand old lady in Lubbock, is getting a facelift. The Renaissance Revival-styled structure is being renovated for high-end condominiums. The look includes 637 custom-made windows for the arched brick openings.
Originally built as the Lubbock Hotel on Avenue K and Broadway with six stories in 1926, six additional stories were added in 1929. The hotel reigned as Lubbock's tallest building until 1955 when the nearby Great Plains Life Building opened.
Work on the Pioneer has slowed as subcontractors clamour for money owed them.
June 3, 2010
teddyAlley Assignment 3:
I wonder how this one-armed, ceramic teddy bear salt shaker ended up on the gas meter in the alley behind the Lubbock County Warehouse #3 at 805 15th Street? Is he waiting for his buddy the pepper shaker? Did he get lost from the picnic? Is he an escapee from the inmate work release program?
June 1, 2010
1938Assignment for the Week: Find a photograph in the alleys accessible by walking from my office downtown.
Rusted gates guard a rusty door at the rear of 1938 Texas Avenue.
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