I drove down to Marfa this afternoon and it was closed. Everything except the Paisano, where I used an antique toilet that they probably haven't replaced because Elizabeth Taylor peed in it, and did a little Jimmy Dean worshiping in the special room they have where a tv runs Giant on a loop, looked at all the white buildings with JUDD painted on them in red, and then drove back to Alpine. There were no open restaurants, the galleries were closed, even the Marfa Bookstore was locked up. There were hardly any people either, except for two young girls who were screaming and pushing each other down the street in an old office chair. S-C-A-R-Y.
Well, now I've been to Marfa!
Posted by Zerd at July 24, 2007 08:17 PM