A little bit more history on the first picture that I posted from yesterday.... this is called the Balinese Room. At the moment it's a restaurant with giftshops and a cybercafe. But in the 1940and 1950's this was one of the big gambling casinos in south texas. And since it was not legal to gamble in texas, rumor goes is that they build the casino (the white, little wider building at the end of the photo) in the back, so they could stall the police and make sure all the signs of gambling were gone before they were there. Appartently ZZtop made a song of this casino in 1975 called balinese:
Deep in the South of Texas
not so long ago,
there on a crowded island
in the Gulf of Mexico
it didn't take too much money,
man, but it sure was nice.
You could dance all night if you felt all right,
drinking whiskey and throwing dice.
And everybody knows
it was hard to leave.
And everybody knows
it was down at the Balinese.
Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard
So for today a couple more pictures of the other side of "the Balinese room"
13 comments:
Love the sunlight on the water in that first one. Beautiful shots.
Nice POVs on this. Like the angled side you captured in the second shot.
I agree with Pat above, I like the angle you took on the second photo.
I really like the first one and the way the sun is hitting the water beneath the pier! Cool shots!
like the angle of the second-feels like i'm standing there. and the glow in the first one is so warm and inviting.
I'm loving the light in these shots. Just beautiful. And it was interesting to read the history of that place, too! Cool!
Love the light in the second shot
The perspective and angle of that second shot is very interesting. Thanks for a bit of history too...I love learning.
These are gorgeous! I love how the dock seems to disappear in the distance!
How cool--thanks for giving us the history. I like the perspective of the second one too.
Very interesting. Nice shots of it.
Interesting perspectives! This building looks like it would be a little scary to be in in a storm, a little shakey and rickety!
HOw cool.. it looks like a neat place!! Perfect for pictures!
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