I'm in Houston hanging out with attorneys. Well, I am not really hanging out, but I am definitely with attorneys.
I drove down from Austin a few days ago and the city has been totally overcast and kinda dull-lookin'. But tonight, a coldfront started blowing through, so I went up to the roof of the hotel and took this shot.
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I've had (the pleasure) to go to Houston a few (too many) times this year. I always end up staying downtown, which affords me some good opportunities to take photos at dusk. Usually I am busy (being drained) and can't actually get out to shoot at sunset, so whenever I have a chance, I do my best to get a good one.
This was shot from the top of the Magnolia Hotel, which is a very cool place to stay, if you ever make it down thataway.
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Are you ever driving down the road and you see something that looks like it might be an interesting photo? But then, you start thinkin' about turning around to take a photo, and then you think about it some more, and then by the time you get around to really asking the question in a serious way, you've discovered you've gone much too far and it would be silly to turn around now? Well that almost happened to me here... but I trained myself a while ago just to immediately turn around and not ask questions. This is a similar phenomenon to the "just 5 more minutes in bed" problem, which is also a slippery slope.
I found this beauty salon one evening when driving between Houston and Austin. It was just sitting there, all neglected.... and I felt like someone needed to pay attention to it, so I did for a short while.
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One of my favorite sites for finding boutique hotels is Tablet Hotels. They are not an advertiser or anything... I just wanted to thank them for having an awesome service! I quite like staying at boutique hotels. These are usually smaller, quaint, with unexpected interiors. Often times, I like them better than the huge hotels because they seem more intimate and I sometimes get more personalized services.
This hotel is The Magnolia in Houston. At least, I am 95% sure that is the name of the place! It was one of those I found on Tablet... give it a try next time you travel and let me know if you like it too!
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When I give talks, I have a rotation of random photos that appear in the background while I talk about all sorts of things. I figure people don't want to watch me... and a steady stream of photos is more interesting. Anyway, at some point, one of my photos of Houston appears, and I say, "This is about the prettiest you will ever see Houston." It always gets a laugh... mostly because it's so painfully true.
This is the 2nd or 3rd photo of downtown Houston that I have processed. There is a quick moment between sunset and dusk when the sky can turn any color... this time it turned purple, so I was lucky!
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