My Hurricane Harvey
I was very fortunate that as Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast, my 80 year-old parents who stubbornly refused to leave their home on the coast were just fine. Their house (only 7 miles...
Category: Pasadena
The Death of Retail, Pasadena Edition
The department store that I grew up going to just closed, and it feels like a death in the retail family. Opened as a stand-alone Foley’s in 1962, the store was later expanded, then...
Dad and Degas
For the last several months I had tried to convince my 78 year-old father to go see the Degas: A New Vision exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. I don’t live in...
Call God
I found a pay phone in Pasadena, Texas where you can call God. This may be the best re-use of a pay phone ever! Call God from this pay phone in #Pasadena, Texas. pic.twitter.com/1ZmV88zirp...
Signs of the Times: I may be more Early 1960s than Late 1960s.
After thinking a lot after Austin Psych Fest and then been catching up on this season’s Mad Men television show (where I hate that they’ve moved from the very pretty early 1960s to the...
I Love This Poster For “A Christmas Carol”
My friend Josh Jordan did this poster for a version of “A Christmas Carol” by his Red Door Theatre Company.
Shopping in the Junior’s Department….(aka…You can go home again!)
When I was in Pasadena earlier this summer, I popped into the Pasadena Town Square Mall with my mother. It’s the mall that was built near my parents house in the early 80’s. If...
