and after texas is new mexico. after that is arizona. come visit.
There are a lot of LA that has paper mills, mill waste, and swamp. Swamp is basically stagnate water, so it stinks. Mill waste is pulp water run off, it smells like crap. Paper Mills stink really bad because of all the chemicals. So basically you’re driving through a lot of nasty.
You passed by my house today. :)
so, if i had called you last night and asked, “hey what chu doin?”
you would have replied, “nuttin, chillin at tha holidae innnnnn.”
Are you getting such bad gas mileage because of the trailer?
It’s interesting that you’re heading to DFW from TN – I am heading to Vanderbilt for grad school after having spent the summer with my brother back home (close to DFW). You can look forward to Deep Ellum – especially the Gypsy Tea Room. I’ll be reading to see how you like it…I’ve kept abreast of your blog for a solid year, and always enjoy it. And yes, Houston is really my name.
i second the Gypsy Tea Room comment. best venue in dallas.
i’m going to have to get your number and give you a ring when i’m back home, whenever that’ll be.
I warned you about north La.
ha! I spent ten years in north louisiana, and always thought it smelt a little funny as well. if you want a greaaattt mexican lunch, stop in bossier at posado’s just north off 20 a few exits in! enjoy!
That the Gypsy Tea Room is the best venue in Dallas is now questionable. They still pull the best acts, but Deep Ellum aint what it used to be. Lower Greenville is the New Deep Ellum.
Although, we are praying that Deep Ellum will remember its alt-rock roots and forsake this path of Hip-hip dance clubs and all night shootings that it has taken these recent years.
The Toadies at The Trees. Now there’s a golden age in Dallas.
Being from Seattle and knowing nothing of said Gypsy Tea Room, I saw that Guster is playing there on the 14th of September and thought to give you Dallas-ites the heads up. Ray Lamontagne has bailed for the second leg of the tour, but the Gusterheads are worth it.
If you don’t like Guster, I hope you fall from your rooftop and catch your eyelid on a rusty gutter nail.
Guster is for queers. The only reason Ray isn’t on the second leg is because he got eaten by the drummer from Mastodon
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This is What It Sounds Like When Doves Cry
Sun 07/30/06
All of me hurts. I am not built for extended road-tripping (at least not any more.) Also, how is it that the whole of northern Louisiana has a strange, slightly unpleasant odor?
I’m in Minden, LA in a Holiday Inn. I drove about 9 hours today, saw a town called Chunky, crossed the motherhuge Mississippi River by car for the first time, listened to a lot of jazz, spent much time on the phone, and I’m getting about 7.2 miles per gallon. 4 fill-ups and counting. Ouch.
Tommorrow, I mess with Texas.