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The Scared is scared

The Rice Gallery has a video space in which it was showing four short films on a loop during the…

Bianca Giaever, Houston, Rice Gallery, Short film, Texas, US

Sul(l) Ross

There is a road in Houston’s Montrose district called Sul Ross.  Not Sul Ross Street or Sul Ross Boulevard or…

Houston, Sul Ross, Sul Ross State University, Texas, travel, United States, US

Texas Top Brass

While in Austin, I visited the Texas State Capitol.  The attention to detail for even the most everyday items was…

Austin, Austin Texas, Texas, Texas State Capitol, United States, US

The Driskill on 6th Street

6th Street in Austin is an attraction in itself for its architecture, history and bars. I fell in love with…

6th Street, Austin, Austin Texas, Driskill, Texas, travel, United States, US

High Water Mark

Alongside visiting the ‘important, touristy’ things in a city, I like discovering things that are not listed on tripadvisor and…

Austin, Austin Texas, Deborah Mersky, Public art, street art, Texas, United States, US

Marshland by Gaia

I know we’ve just driven to Austin, but I would like to bring you back to Houston briefly to tell…

art, Gaia, Houston, museum, Rice Gallery, Texas, United States, US

The road to Austin

Houston and Austin are about 2.5 to 3 hours drive apart.  Both are worthwhile destinations.  I think for that very…

Austin, Houston, Texas, Texas State Highway 71, travel, United States, US

Buffalo free Bayou

Houston calls itself the City of Bayous and one of these bayous, the Buffalo Bayou snakes its way westwards through…

art, Buffalo Bayou, Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston, park, Public art, street art, Texas, United States, US

Professional body disposal

One of the more curious places in Houston to celebrate Halloween has to be the National Museum of Funeral History.…

funeral, Houston, museum, Texas, United States, US

Houston Space Centre

A visit to Houston is not complete without a visit to NASA at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre. Unfortunately,…

Apollo program, Houston, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, museum, NASA, Texas, travel, United States, US

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