LaGalvestonia 1987

I remember that place!  I used to eat there and then it became El Napolito II, then it got torn down!

Yep.... I use to live back on Borden at that time which was in the neighborhood.... Use to go there often.

This one is for Lurker.... Some more slides I found when I was messin' with infrared film and colored filters.  1983

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The whole enchilada....

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Not a good shot, but it shows the freaky stuff infrared would do.  Checkout the plam tree in the lower right.  Since plant life generates heat, effects the infrared film.  I shot this one with a yellow filter at the side of the Galvez.

I went there right before they closed it down.  Just started working in the downtown area (1987).  Didn't that become Nash DeAmico's??  Or where Luigi's is located  now - was that Nash DeAmico's?  I forgot.

Where Luigi's went in was the old Nash's.  The Cafe was two blocks down from there.

Again back, back, back... up on I-45, Island side shooting time exposure of 10 minutes.  Infrared film.

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THink you will recognize the building.... Shot again with Infrared film on my old Ricoh camera.  Osawa 28mm lens, F5.6 2 second exposure.

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Beached.... West End...  80's

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drewK:

Beached.... West End...  80's

 

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I know her.

Lurker:

 

I know her.

 

 I'm sure you remember... She worked at the Cafe...

Just one of the crowd...

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For those interested.... My time on the island.

Maybe no more "old" posts.... I think I'm finished now except for a few I might run across here and there stuck in a shoebox somewhere...

When we lived on the strand, Dickenses evening was the only major event we had.  No Marti Gras, no bike rally. The Arts council produced a few small festivals that drew a smaller, but more interesting crowd.

Living downtown wasn't about organized activities. It was about being there. We probably partied in most of the downtown lofts and apartments. It was cool.

There is something to what you say.  When I first got to the island, Dickens was it.  There wasn't much on the Strand, really. We all managed to have a good time.  Truly, my fondest memories took place in the off-season, when the island was really quiet, but we found nooks and crannies to party and stay up to the wee hours of the morning.  Living on the Strand later, I was in the middle of the festivals that sprung up.  By about '94 or '95, I had had my fill of it.  I have no pictures past, I guess, '94 or so on.  I started locking up my place and getting off the island during Mardi Gras.  I just burned out on it.

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Great shots... I love that "golden" look...

good pics, as usual, lurker!!!!

Is this on the Strand or PostOffice?

MOD Coffee & Tea House, Postoffice Street

Though so, my brain is not functioning well these days, so I was afraid to go out on a limb...hugs to you and susan

this is a bad photo of a bad man that i have seen do bad things on our beach for the past 2 days he is old but aparently not limp.... ugh

Thanks for the heads up (no pun intended)

Could you tell if it was a Kia or a Ford? Was he near Stewart's beach again?

the emblem looked like an odd shaped H

yes he was driving on the beach between Stewart Beach Pavillion and the Islander East condo's

luv the pun

excellent!!!!!

drewK:

excellent!!!!!

ditto

Wonderful picture, Lurker.

Thanks for sending a bit of the Island our way.

There are three Galveston groups on Flickr

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http://www.flickr.com/groups/galvestontexas/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/611693@N22/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/galveston/

There's a lot of repetition, but there are some folks who'll only post on one of the groups, so check them all.