Sunday, April 9-Monday, April 10

Our friend Gianne told us we had to go to Marfa.  With that kind of recommendation, we knew it must be something pretty great.

It really is!

Marfa is town of about 2,000 people.  I believe there must be some sort of creative vortez or eccentricity magnet surrounding the area.  Several well know films were made here (Giant, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood), and there is a very serious art presence (i.e. Chianti Foundation and Donald Judd).  We came into town on Sunday afternoon when everything was closed, and so didn’t get to take in much.

We did find a local beer garden, and then had dinner at the Hotel Paisano in town. Claim to fame: the cast of Giant stayed here during the making of Giant.  There are posters of Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean every where.  We enjoyed the courtyard restaurant, and heard a very good guitarist who reminded me of Leo Kottke.

We spent the night at El Cosmico: a really cool kind of hippy hostel campground commune community.  They have a variety of accommodations; teepees, yurts, 50’s travel trailers, and safari tents.

We had a safari tent, and it was a lovely accommodation.  Too bad we couldn’t stay up late enough for the community hot tub event, but…we gotta keep going!