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Travel Blogs from Marfa, United States
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What kind of name is Marfa?
In our continuing effort to avoid Hurricane Ike, we decided to stop for the night in a little town called Marfa in west Texas. Famous (well sort of) for its artists community and some 1980s artist named Donald Judd--who neither of us had ever heard of--it ...
Little Marfa for 2012
I know that there is a lot of hype on Marfa...I really don't know why. Marfa seems like a hip place for no apparent reason other than that hip people have convinced other hip people that it is hip....so what it appears to be is a cute little town ...
Marfa
I drove down from El Paso, and instead of taking I-10 east across vast West Texas, I took a more southern route, through Marfa, a little town that I had heard of, but wasn't sure what to expect from. Not too far outside of town, on the most deserted ...
Wash day in Marfa
Marfa was featured on 60 minutes a while back. Marfa has become an artist colony of in west Texas. There is a coin op laundry with WI FI and a coffee bar, so we did our laundry. Also visited the beautiful hotel and drove around town. It was Sunday ...
Mystery lights in the middle of nowhere!
... . cont. We then fuelled up at Presidio, at a more reasonable but still expensive US$3.799 per gallon and headed north towards Marfa, again stopping at a border check point. This was where we were going to camp for the night as we were ghost light hunting. ...
The coolest small artsy town in West Texas
Marfa is so hip it even has an East Village NYC bar named after itself. It has trendy art galleries, gourmet food trucks, minimalist motels with scratchy record players for hire, excellent restaurants, and a hippy commune. We loved it of ...
Fort Davis to Marfa
The next day looked around Ft. Davis a bit, then we drove to Marfa. Both towns are very small West Texas towns. Neither has a movie theater -- you have to drive 90 miles to Alpine (it has one screen). But both have charming county courthouses which like ...
Nothing Super to Note
by Dave Guilmette Co-Publisher / Traveler The Bohemian Journal Really. Nothing super at ...
Jewel of west Texas
Dana told us about this hidden gem. Amazing food, wonderful galleries, friendly people and beautiful countryside. We'll write more and post pictures. Needless to say, this is a must see if you are in the area. ...
West Texas
... ;The Chinati Foundation, started by artist Donald Judd, is open only for guided tours. Judd is credited with the "revival" of Marfa as an artists' colony. The other thing Marfa is famous for is its restaurants, and Maiya's, where I had dinner, ...
Day 1. Marfa
... Patio with Christmas lights around trees & a fountain. Shared fried Brie & a huge burger! Delicious! 2130. Went to see the Marfa Mystery Lights. Drove about 7 miles east of town. It was a little cold but not too bad. Stayed for about 15 mins. ...
Welcome to Marfa
... out, we spotted someone in an Orioles hat and the Baltimore connection was made. This led us to a poetry reading at the Marfa Book Shop by Orlanda White, the Navajo poet currently holding the Lannan Foundation residency, but better yet was the ...
Marfa Lights
... at night. We kind of felt like we made his day - the police do not usually find us quite so novel! Marfa is a great little artist community in the middle of nowhere, vaguely famous for the unexplained lights that bounce along the horizon at ...
If you want to move to Marfa: Business Idea
If you want to live in Marfa and need to make some money, start a Sunday brunch place. The current options are tacos and burritos. Don’t get me wrong. Our tacos were delicious. Padre’s Food Truck seriously sold some of the best we’ve ...
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