STL DPB ON THE ROAD - MOO

Texans have a love affair with cattle, or so the people who make money off the transaction would have you believe. Of course, beef consumption is part of the American fabric. I'm not a vegetarian. My remote ancestors were omnivores. I don't eat much beef, though. In part that's because of the nutritional issues but mostly because of the environmental damage. Is there a form of food production that is more harmful to the planet? Having a habitable place to live in a century apparently doesn't trouble the Texas Beef Council.

But then I fly. I know, I know. The ethical issues in all of this are hard.           

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - TEXANS AND VISITORS

Toto, I don't think we're in Greenwich Village anymore. And, I think I found my new profile picture.

Taken at the Texas State Fair.           

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - TEXAS STATE FAIR

Yay! I got the pig races!

We are in Dallas for a wedding. The State Fair of Texas is in progress right in the city. As a photographer I could not pass this up. None of the family would come with me; it was 95F / 35C in bright sun. They told me I was crazy. They were right. I'm still not walking well and I damn near got heat stroke. But I got some terrific shots. 

I happened to walk by a building where pig races were about to start. Can't pass that up. It was a once in a lifetime experience.

More of this to come.        

STL DPB ON THE ROAD AGAIN - DALLAS

So here we are in Texas, alien territory to me. This is what you see when you walk off a plane at Gate C2 at Dallas - Ft. Worth International Airport. Hope the American Airlines captain gets her next flight. 

Our hotel is in what passes for downtown in this big city. It's spread out. A plaza just outside the door has this sculpture of Pegasus. It was the logo of Mobil Oil, which became Exxon-Mobil, which became a mountain of fraud and deceit. Bottom, what we see while waiting for an elevator back to the lobby, with the convention center sprawled out beneath us.

STL DPB In Dallas: Hotel ZaZa

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Back last night from a meeting of lawyers in my specialty in Dallas. I've changed planes there lots of times but I don't know the city. I spent about 30 hours in the Hotel ZaZa in Uptown (wherever that is) without going outdoors. And no camera.

These are iPhone pictures. The hotel makes a point of being edgy, and generally succeeds. The photos here are the side chair in my room and two large photographs down the hall. Some of the art approaches being too risque for an ordinary public space, but not quite. Good job. I'd stay there again.