Dallas Heritage Village
Dallas, Texas
Dancers
Dancers
Dallas Heritage Village
Dallas, Texas
Dancers
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Brain, Thoughts, and a Red Door
Mural by Leighton Autrey
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
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“The ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live– undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet. They never bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands. Your rank and wealth, Henry; my brains, such as they are– my art, whatever it may be worth; Dorian Gray’s good looks– we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Last Sunday I met some friends for a nice bike ride to the Jazz Age Sunday Social at Dallas Heritage Village. We packed picnic lunches on our bikes and it was a glorious day to sit around and relax.
The point of the event was to dress up in costumes from the roaring twenties (with various degrees of success) and dance to tunes of the time. I enjoyed the music a lot – there is something about a live band…. The first group – The Singapore Slingers were an especial bunch of fun.
The Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers
A lot of people don’t realize this Elvis Song Are You Lonesome To-Night was written in 1926.
Dirk
“…So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad and barren lives; it is just that real life is paler, duller, and contains less potential for unexpected delirium.”
― Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
“You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn’t enough, in the second half, you have to give what’s left.”
― Yogi Berra
Hand of Dirk, Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
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I’m still working through older photographs – I need some bicycle shots with my new Xootr Swift, instead of my old commuter bike.
“We have to do something about our bad starts because it’s not the first time it’s happened to us all year. Maybe we should get up at 6 o’clock and run around the block.”
—-Dirk Nowitzki
“I sat down in the producer’s office and he handed me a basketball. It had my name on it.”
—-Spalding Gray
Bill Chance 