Thirds Time's Not The Charm

I love the Dallas World Aquarium so as this is my third visit to Dallas it was also my third visit to the aquarium. Unfortunately I have chronicled my camera issues in the above post so I ended up not getting very many good pictures. Alas!

I'm not sure why there is an anteater in an aquarium.

I have decided that I want an otter of my own. If I had a choice I would choose a river otter over a sea otter like above, but something tells me I am never going to be in the position to choose.

Third Time's The Charm In Dallas

It seems like when I first started touring, I was very gung ho about going to art museums. Now it seems like I go to very few art museums. (That probably speaks to the size of the towns we play as much as anything). There are a couple of museums that I would visit no matter how many times I have been there in the past and the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas is one of those. Since this was my third visit it is also my third blog entry about the Nasher. So instead of rehashing my feelings about the Nasher, I am going to post some pictures of pieces that I am pretty sure I have not posted before.

A Walking Tour of Aubuquerque

Having been to Albuquerque a few years ago for a National Flute Association Convention, I knew a bit about downtown Albuquerque. Unfortunately, the touring venue in Albuquerque is not in downtown. It is about 5 miles away on the University of New Mexico campus. Well there were a couple of things that I wanted to see again in downtown so one day I decided to have a crazy walking adventure from where we were staying to downtown and back. Here are some highlights of my walk:

There is an episode of The Simpsons where the Springfield Isotopes are going to leave Springfield and move to Albuquerque. Now I don't know if there is any fact behind the episode, but there is an Isotopes minor league baseball team in Albuquerque. Their stadium looked to be pretty fun too.

A stretch of the old Route 66 runs through downtown Albuquerque.

When I revisit cities, I like to see if I can find some of the places that I had visited before. We bought flowers for the display at the Flute Convention at the above flower shop. (Plus they have pretty cool signage.) Below is the Convention Center.

I also went to Old Town Albuquerque which is about a mile outside of the current downtown area. From what I remember this is where Albuquerque was originated, and there are a bunch of old buildings

and an old church there. These days it is a tourist trap lined with shops and restaurants. I fell into the trap and ate lunch there.

I had originally planned to have a rental car in Albuquerque so that I could drive out to see the natural highlights of the area. Alas that Budget would not give me a car nor could they tell me what the problem was. Oh well!

KiMo Theatre

In my wanderings through downtown Albuquerque, I found this cute little old movie palace. The KiMo is on the old stretch of Route 66, and seems right at home in Albuquerque. Sadly I could not get inside to see the house, but the pictures that I found online of the interior indicate that it is equally as enchanting after you enter the building.

Clouds in the Desert