Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches

All of the following were photographed on a gray, drizzly morning in Houston . Peden Co. Building, c. 1929 I realized later I'd gotten t...

That kookoo cat over at Retro Hound has presented me with a challenge I can't ignore or take for granted. See, the way it all works is,...

Just outside of Pecos, Texas, on US-285 N, the Boulder Motel: Back when it was the Boulder Courts, around 1941:

Yes kids , life really was a little bit like St. Elmo's Fire , back in the day... The future was so bright, we should have been wearing ...

I just Netflixed what was at one time a favorite movie of mine, Bright Lights, Big City , but is in hindsight probably a better book . While...

Cover by Nick Volpe From Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art by Will Friedwald : Old-fashionedness was exactly what Sinatra and Vo...

Another old, single-screen movie theater has been reborn, this one being the Kay , in Rockdale, Texas . Three years ago: A week ago: