Broken Glass

The most overtly illegal activity I engage in on a regular basis is entering abandoned houses to take photographs and marvel at elegant rot. This Victorian house in Mineral Wells may be one of the coolest ones I've ever been in. It has tons of kick ass wood molding, pocket doors, and stained glass --- most of which is broken. I thought of that house recently because someone told me yesterday that the hotel in the background of this photo has been sold and may finally get restored. It's the Baker Hotel, which is one of the most incredible stuctures in this state --- the f'ing Alamo included. Redoing this massive place will be a chore. It'll cost about a billion dollars to put this place back together. And when it's finished you've got the problem of who in the hell wants to go to Mineral Wells to see it? Me, I guess.