Posted By bbinns on March 14, 2009
Borunda’s Bar and Grill is Marfa’s oldest restaurant (opened 1887). Cochineal is Marfa’s newest (opened May ’08). Between these two restaurants and their respective restaurateurs lies a gulf as wide as the Texas sky. Much about the quixotic nature of Marfa may be understood by taking a look at them both. Originally called Tula’s, Borunda’s […]
Posted By bbinns on March 6, 2009
Marfa, 0 miles. Or, not so much right now, because I have truly settled in. After the first 8 days or so were spent studiously avoiding the work, the words suddenly began to flow. If they are, perhaps, not coming trippingly from my fingers, they are at least not falling flat. The weather has been […]
Posted By bbinns on February 23, 2009
Marfa, Texas. 0 miles. To Drink, in Texas: * Noun, singular: Drank, as in “Could ah git a drank, here, or whuut?” * Noun, plural: Dranks, as in “Me and Merle got a few dranks down to the corner.” * Verb, present: Drank, as in “Ah ain’t gonna drank that – it’s water!” * Verb, […]
Posted By bbinns on February 21, 2009
Marfa, Texas. 0 miles. As I settle in, I’m finding Marfa similar in many ways to my home village of Athens, NY. There’s the complicated relationship between long-time residents and artistic newcomers, (many of the latter are absentee homeowners who’ve innocently driven up property values); the wide-spread desire to encourage more economic activity for the […]
