After Hours on the Strand
The historic district on Galveston Island, the Strand, is a great place to go shopping during the day and ‘the’ place during special events like Dickens on the Strand or…
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The Elissa at Rest
From the back deck of the Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant in Galveston, you can enjoy a great view of the Elissa. Elissa was built in Aberdeen, Scotland as a merchant vessel and was originally launched on October 27,…
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Looking down from a back balcony at the Fisherman’s Wharf in Galveston, you can appreciate how large a big ship the Elissa is, especially compared to the buildings by the…
Read MoreThe Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier
They say history repeats itself. In the case of Galveston Island, it did just that. In 1943, an amusement park on a pier called Pleasure Pier opened until it was…
Read MoreThe Compass Rose
There is a historical district on Galveston Island, called The Strand District. It’s a few streets of old buildings that house some really great shops, restaurants, clubs and more. It’s…
Read MoreThe Colonel
Last week, two friends and I went to Galveston in hopes of shooting a sunset with the Bolivar Ferry in the foreground. While it looked like it might work from…
Read MoreMoody Gardens
I spent a few days at the Moody Gardens Hotel for work and I was looking forward to taking some sunset shots of the sun behind the pyramids. I had…
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