Neon

Tucumcari, NM - November 2024

My intrepid companion and I took a road trip from Dallas to Albuquerque in late November, just because we could. We hadn't driven that highway on the way to somewhere else in some time, and we decided to stop at the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari on our first night.

Austin

Austin, TX - Burnet Road

For a couple of years, my evening commute ran south on Burnet Road from 183 to west 38th Street before jogging over to Lamar. Here are some of my favorite neon signs on that drive from 2014 - 2018. Many of these signs no longer exist. Check out more pictures

Austin

Austin, TX - East to West on 6th and Thereabouts

Sixth Street from east of I-35 to Clarksville had several neon hotspots.

Austin

Austin, TX - Barton Springs Road, 2015

I loved Austin. We visited many times starting in the mid 1990's and moved there for a few years in 2013. One thing I noticed was the abundance of neon signage in certain areas of town - there were a number of very creative neon artists working, and

Dallas

Trigger Fingers 2024

We enjoyed the work at Trigger Fingers in 2022 and 2023 and were looking forward to the 2024 edition down on South Trunk Avenue April 19-20 this year. Life happened on Friday the 19th, though, and a Saturday deluge meant that we didn't go by until Monday the

Dallas

Trigger Fingers 2023 - Afters

We went back to Trunk Avenue a couple of weeks after the official Trigger Fingers 2023 event to see the finished works - several new pieces had popped up after April 1.

Dallas

Trigger Fingers 2023

A visit to Trigger Fingers 2023 in Dallas.

Dallas

Canton Street

(3/12/2023, #23) When we began our Month of Sundays project we intended to cover the 30-something blocks bounded by Exposition on the east, Good-Latimer on the west, Elm on the north, and Canton on the south. Canton is where we are headed today. My intrepid companion and I

Dallas

Clover Street / Blues Alley 3

(3/5/2023, #22) We're going to finish up our tour of Blues Alley with this post, focusing on the north side of Clover Street from Henry to Crowdus streets. We're starting at the intersection of Clover and Henry streets. The Stack building looms overhead, and

Deep Ellum

Clover Street / Blues Alley 2

(02/27/2023, #21) Ready for the second post about Blues Alley? Our first post ended on the east side of the intersection of Clover and Crowdus. Now we're going to take a walk to the west, working down the back side of The Factory in Deep Ellum.

Deep Ellum

Clover Street / Blues Alley 1

(2/19/2023, #20) In our previous post, we finished our trip down Commerce Street from west to east ending up on Exposition. This is close to where we started our Month of Sundays project. I promised that we would see the murals on Clover Street (aka Blues Alley), and

Dallas

Sunday 19

(2/12/2023, #19) Some weekends are rainy, some are gloriously crisp and sunny - this Saturday and Sunday were nice. Plenty of sunshine, cyclists, pedestrians - you name it, everyone was out. My intrepid companion and I started out where we left off last time with our Month of

Dallas

Eighteen Sundays in Deep Ellum

(1/29/2023, #18) This Sunday was a cloudy cold day in Dallas - so it's a very good thing that the intrepid companion and I checked the forecast and went to Deep Ellum earlier in the week when it was sunny and beautiful. Our Month of Sundays

Dallas

The Seventeenth Sunday

(1/22/2023) Today, my intrepid companion and I set out to continue our Month of Sundays journey. It was crisply beautiful after a couple of days of clouds, perfect for starting down Commerce Street. As promised in our last post, we went to the western end of Deep Ellum,

Dallas

Sunday 16

(1/15/2023) With this week's post, we've finished along Main, from Good-Latimer to Exposition, and have covered Main and Elm.

Deep Ellum

Happy New Year! Sunday 15

(1/8/2023) 2023 is here, and all of the holiday decorations are sorted and put away. In Deep Ellum, though, new banners went up last week celebrating Deep Ellum's 150th anniversary (link). Next post we will continue our walk down Main Street. In the meantime, enjoy! Join

Deep Ellum

More on Main, Sunday 14

(12/18/2022) Deep Ellum has nice street banners that change regularly and showcase local artists' work. In our Sunday #9 post, we showed you the Halloween banners - the banners below celebrate the winter holidays for 2022! We found ourselves at the northwest corner of Main and Malcolm

Dallas

Gone to Main - Sunday 13

(12/4/2022) The last post in our Month of Sundays project ended in the vicinity of Easy Slider and Emporium Pies at the intersection of Main and Pryor. Today we continue down the north side of Main toward Malcolm X Boulevard. Headed east on Main on the north side

Dallas

Gone to Main - Sunday 12

(11/27/2022) We finished up our travel down Elm with our last post. This week we are turning the corner at Good-Latimer and starting east on Main down to Pryor Street. Thank goodness the weather finally turned sunny for a day or two after what seemed like weeks of

Dallas

Eleven Sundays on Elm!

(11/13/2022) We are about third of the way through our Month of Sundays project! Last week we focused on the neighborhood around the intersection of Elm and Crowdus in Deep Ellum, with a nod to the wonderful traffic mural at the Green Door. This week, we're

Dallas

Sunday #10 at Elm and Crowdus

(11/6/2022) We (my intrepid companion and I) started our Month of Sundays project to learn about Deep Ellum murals, and so far it's been a trip. You know the saying "All who wander are not lost"? We started at the beginning by wandering around,

Deep Ellum

Sunday #9

(10/30/2022) The holiday banners were up in Deep Ellum last week - love these! Since it's close to Halloween, I thought that a few treats were in store, and I can't resist sharing a few images that I've seen lately. Three murals

Dallas

Sunday #8

(10/23/2022) The first thing we noticed this week was the crew was putting up new banners for the holidays! This week for our Month of Sundays project we started on Elm at Malcolm X, looking west. This intersection boasts lots of color. We covered the eastern part of

Deep Ellum

Seventh Sunday

(10/16/2022) Most of the time the weather in Dallas is dry, especially this year. Sometimes, though, like this Sunday we'll get a cloudy rainy day - not the best for mural watching! With that in mind and in keeping with our Month of Sundays theme, here

Dallas

Sunday Six (10/9/2022)

It was pretty quiet this morning, maybe because there was so much excitement yesterday at the State Fair. Our plan for today's Month of Sundays foray is to capture images on Elm Street, from Hall on the east to Walton on the west. Here's a bonus,