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The Marfa Lights. Scary things in the bush
BlaineandPat Says: The Marfa lights are a phenomenon that appear in the desert east of MarfaThey appear at dark on some nights and seem to be mysterious glowing orbs rising above the desert. Either that - or they're car lights on US 67 coming north from Presidio, TX.We were lucky enough to see...
Basaic Says: The Marfa Lights are a mysterious phenomena that has reportedly been around since at least 1883. There is also some indications of Native American Sightings of the lights well before that date. Exactly what the lights are is open for lively debate. Marfa has built a viewing...
Basaic Says: The El Paisano Hotel was named for the nearby Paisano Mountains. The building was designed by the famed architecture firm of Trost and Trost out of El Paso and was finished in 1930. It was built in anticipation of an oil boom that never came. It was built in the Spanish...
Basaic Says: The Marfa Presidio County Museum is located on US Highway 90 near the center of town. It is housed in the old Humphries House, which was built in 1883 and is a registered historical landmark. The museum contains a nice collection of artifacts that includes fossils, native...
Basaic Says: The Old Presidio County Jail is located just across the street from the courthouse. The prisoners didn't have far to go did they?
Basaic Says: The Presidio County Courthouse was built in 1886 using the Second Empire style of architecture. It was designed by the architect J.H. Britton. That is the goddess of Justice standing on top of the dome. This is one of the prettier courthouses in the area. The courthouse is...
BlaineandPat Says: Prada Marfa. They get the joke and let us in on it. (Chinati people - take notes)Ballroom Marfa - a local arts cooperative - decided that what Marfa needed was a Prada Boutique. So they built a non functioning one. As art. 35 miles up the road from Marfa. And then just left...
The Chinati Foundation. Oh sweet heavens......
BlaineandPat Says: The Chinati Foundation is the reason visitors began coming to Marfa. In 1979 Donald Judd purchased the former Fort D.A. Russell in Marfa and began installing works of modern art in the former post's buildings. As a result, fans of Modern Art have descended on Marfa. Well,...
2 Reviews and 149 Opinions We didn't stay at the Hotel Paisano, but we did walk through it. It seemed quite nice but had a very...
1 Review and 90 Opinions After researching Marfa's hotels on the web, we decided that there were two reasonable options: The...
Riata Inn, Marfa, Texas: Incompetent and unprofessional
amt5908 Says: Unprofessional, incompetent, a clear and present danger to the public. These are the nicest things I can say about the management of the Riata Inn located in Marfa, Texas.If you are considering visiting the Big Bend area, the people and places are Wonderful. We lived in the...
El Paisano Hotel: El Paisano Hotel
KenMore Says: It has recently renovated, and should be open for business. When the movie Giant was being filmed, James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor spent a lot of time in the hotel eating meals and mingling with the locals.
Maiya's Restaurant: Great Food in a Small Town
Basaic Says: Maiya's was kind of a surprise. The menu and ambience was not what you expect in a small town in West Texas. The menu includes such fare as a grilled Rib-eye Steak with Red Skinned Potatoes; North Atlantic Salmon; a Polenta Lasagna; and Chicken Agrodolce. Maiya's is open...
The Food Shark: Great Greek food on a van
blueswave Says: At lunch time stop by picnic tables by the book store for some awesome greek food-the van will drive up. Casual and outdoors. Packed with taste and flavor. Fresh and quality food in a van. Hummus was excellent and they have Blue Sky sodas.
The Brown Recluse: A nice little breakfast joint / used bookstore
BlaineandPat Says: For breakfast on our last day (well, our only day) in Marfa we stopped by the Brown Recluse - a small coffee shop/used book store near downtown Marfa. Although everything is near downtown Marfa. The breakfasts were excellent (although we observed one crusty local sending...
Maiya's: The best resteraunt in town
BlaineandPat Says: A very nice restaurant - with ambiance and food that would not be out of place in the trendy district of any large city. A sample menu is available on their website, but in general it runs toward well constructed American standards. Steak. Pasta. And a nice wine list
A nice independant book store / coffee shop in downtown Marfa. It seemed to be one of the larger business in town
What to buy: Books I would suppose. Although the shop also stocks a small collection of trendy gifts. Including a gay and lesbian bumper sticker book. Hard to believe there's much call for that in a West Texas town of 2000.........
Written Jan 30, 2006
Address: 105 South Highland, Marfa Texas
Phone: 432. 729. 3906
Website: http://www.marfabookco.com/
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Favorite thing: There have been several movies shot in the area. The most famous movie was Giant starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Rock Hudson.
Written Oct 4, 2002
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The Presidio County Courthouse was built in 1886 using the Second Empire style of architecture. It was designed by the architect J.H. Britton. That is the goddess of Justice standing on top of the...
If you're out in west Texas, you've gotta see the Marfa Lights. Less than 20 miles from Fort Davis you may view one of the few 'Unsolved Mysteries' of our west Texas skies. National Geographic...
Marfa- an "experience" between LA and Houston
We went to Marfa specifically because it was starting to get press as an "emerging" destination. "The next Santa Fe" was one comment we read. Well, maybe. Truth be told it's to Santa Fe what a...
Marfa is absolutely gorgeous. This remote west Texas town has a classic setup with a main street, train tracks, county courthouse... and believe it or not, a world class modern art museum. The town......
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