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Last weekend was our 10th (I almost wrote 25th!) wedding anniversary.
I wanted to take Nathan on a road tip that he’d really enjoy. He’d been talking about Marfa since we first moved to the Southwest about 3 years ago, so it seemed like the perfect destination for this short little trip.
We left on Friday at 3 in the afternoon and landed at the Thunderbird Hotel in Marfa, TX at around 6:30. The drive was ok…I was knitting away on a project, so the three-point-five hours flew by for me! (I’m sure that last leg through Far West Texas felt pretty long for Nathan, though!
That first night, we ate dinner at Maiya’s Restaurant. It was Reeeeally Good. I had some sort of grapefruit / tequilla cocktail…Highly Recommend.
Saturday, we went to the Chinati Foundation for the 10am tour, ate lunch at the Pizza Foundation (excellent, NY-style pizza) and went back to Chinati for the rest of the tour at 2. For dinner, we decided to go for “bar food” at Barunda’s. Great tacos and cold Tecate!
The Chinati Foundation is a big indoor / outdoor art exhibition. Donald Judd founded it in the 1970s, and it houses permanent exhibitions of his work, that of Dan Flavin, and others. I had never seen anything like it. The property was at one time used to housee refugees from the Mexican-American War, German WWII prisoners, and eventually the buildings were re-habbed into artist residences and exhibition spaces.
I liked seeing both the reuse of old buildings (and the intentional preservation of them in their “old-looking” state.) It was also interesting to see “one man’s vision” so to speak, carried to such an extreme. There must be 100 or more of these bunker-buildings.
The town of Marfa is population 2121. Really small, and not all artists. That was interesting, too. To see how this art space has affected the little town.
(As always, If you click on any of the above pics, you can see the whole set on Flickr.)
On a less happy note, my dad’s sister died on Saturday. She passed away during a diabetic coma, like the ones my dad has been experiencing this spring. If you are close to a person with diabetes, please learn what to do if you find them in a coma, or having trouble with blood sugar levels. They may be confused and not know what to do. Here is an article on the subject.
My father hasn’t spoken to any of his three sisters in over 25 years. Needless to say, this has brought them all back into contact. He left yesterday to be with his family and make the funeral arrangements. Initially, he invited my sister and I to go along, but on thinking about it more, decided to go alone.
I’m thinking about him today!
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One Response to “Back from Marfa, TX!”
Congratulations on 10 years Stephanie!!! I can see why you almost wrote 25 years. After a while, it seem like I’ve been married forever and I have to stop and count exactly how many years..
Also, my condolences on your aunt. Thanks for the link to the article….