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Ate lunch at Montgomery Street Cafe, located at 2000 Montgomery Street on Fort Worth's near west side (a couple of blocks north of the Dairy Queen), with my sister and dad and they ordered dessert after eating. Both got a piece of chocolate cake.
Yummy. Delicious. Outstanding.
That's what they said not me because I forgot to ask for a bite because I was busy taking photos. Dang!
My brother-in-law owns this Zippo lighter. I don't know the story behind it --- he wasn't in 'Nam --- but I think the lighter tells the story all by itself, at least the attitude of the chopper pilot who owned it.
CU CHI
(Click on the photo to see it large.)
Three ladies from work took me out to lunch and I got to choose the eatery.
I picked my favorite burger/ice cold beer dive, Fred's Texas Cafe, where my buddy, William Bryan Massey III, is the joint's head of kitchen operations and head cook.
I got the No. 1 burger in town, the Fred Burger w/cheese, which won the FW WEEKLY's 2007 Reader's Choice award for best burger.
Before devouring the mouth-watering and luscious-tasting all-American meal, I took out my travel camera, a Nikon D50 carrying a Nikkor 18-135mm AF zoom lens, and snapped this shot.
Now that you're mouths are watering I suggest you eat something immediately to satisfy your up-in-arms palette.
This is Fred Texas Cafe's neon sign. It's located above the bar and visible as soon as you enter the best burger/ice cold beer dive in the city of Fort Worth.
It's Fred Burger w/cheese was voted tops by readers of Cowtown's only independent weekly rag, the FW WEEKLY, in its 2007 Best Of Awards.
It's atmosphere is unique, as you go inside to find yourself walking back into a simpler time, an almost diner-like feel, with booths and stools at the bar.
The high class go there to feel like low class and the low class go there to feel right at home. The mixture of the customers can't be found anywhere else. The wait staff is always hustling and you can actually see the cooks fixing your food. It's an active place, people munching down on their juicy homecooked meals, people laughing, having a good time, drinking beer from huge schooners that are ice cold.
Just a fun place to be.
M.L. Leddy's is world famous for producing hand made high quality western wear, including boots, belts, buckles, saddles, chaps, etc. Basically, if you want to become a cowboy go to Leddy's and you can get yourself set up right.
While perusing through their store in Fort Worth's historic Stock Yards, I picked up a pair of ostrich skin boots and looked at the price tag: $2,075!
"Wooooo!" I thought. "Hot damn tamales!"
I put them suckers back down and real nicely too 'cause I didn't want to damage merchandise that cost that much.
They also had a pair of jeans on sale for 75% off and they still cost --- get ready for this --- $375!!
So what I did get, and it was free, by God, was this photograph of their bad ass boot-shaped neon sign.
The marquee on this ancient one-screen movie theater has been promising a "new" New Isis Theater for going on years and years now. One website calls the New Isis Theater "decrepit" and mentions its "long stalled promise of a new New Isis Theater." Another website writes, "The New Isis Theater was originally built in 1913 in the days of silent movies. It was damaged by fire in 1935 and rebuilt again in 1936 when it was renamed ‘The New Isis Theater’. During 1988 it was closed down and put up for sale."
The theater is located on Main Street in Fort Worth's historic Stock Yards.
In an e-mail from Robert Adams, from June 7th, 2007, who is apparently an owner or co-owner of the new New Isis Theater, states, "The New Isis Theater is currently in the architectural phase of renovation. This will probably take 3-4 months and the renovation approximately 14-16 months. Hopefully we can achieve a look which will remove us an expertly crafted list of Stock Yards buildings in need of repair. It would be very helpful in this process by informing your web viewers that the original seats from the inside of the theater are available for those who would like to purchase a piece of history. These will need to be replaced because they are only 16 1/2 inches wide compared to modern theater seats which are 21 inches in width, a testament to the decline of our culinary tastes over the last 70+ years."
Well, I guess that sums it all up.
Oh, I used Paint Shop Pro X2 to liven up the old beat up theater after first processing the raw file in Capture NX.
I was enjoying a relaxing time at this one-of-a-kind bar, which has since moved due to Fort Worth's race to become Dallas West along the West 7th Street corridor, when I captured my buddy, William Bryan Massey III, head of kitchen operations at Fred's Texas Cafe, in this classic barfly repose.
It's a great tragedy that J&J's Hideaway will be lost at its current location. It will relocate to University Drive near where the Italian restaurant Sardine's is.
But J&J's Hideaway will never be the same as it was, tucked away under tall trees and a safe distance from the rustle and bustle of the near West Side.
It's classic '70s decor had me tell Bryan that "this is a bar straight out of that old '70s t.v. show THE ROCKFORD FILES."
He answered, "God damn, you're right."
TIME named this car one of the worst made automobiles of all time. The Edsel was named after Henry Ford's son.
As me and my friend, Motel Todd, drove up and down East Belknap looking for shit to take photos of I saw this Edsel sitting in a car lot that was packed full of old as dirt rust bucket American cars.
The lot belongs to Rucker Performance. Rucker Performance, as you'll see on their website, takes these forgotten cars and turns them into cool ass hot rods or sells them to interested parties.
They also design and build badass motorcycles.
Ate lunch at Montgomery Street Cafe, located at 2000 Montgomery Street on Fort Worth's near west side (a couple of blocks north of the Dairy Queen), with my sister and dad and they ordered dessert after eating. Both got a piece of chocolate cake.
My brother-in-law owns this Zippo lighter. I don't know the story behind it --- he wasn't in 'Nam --- but I think the lighter tells the story all by itself, at least the attitude of the chopper pilot who owned it.
Three ladies from work took me out to lunch and I got to choose the eatery.
This is Fred Texas Cafe's neon sign. It's located above the bar and visible as soon as you enter the best burger/ice cold beer dive in the city of Fort Worth.
M.L. Leddy's is world famous for producing hand made high quality western wear, including boots, belts, buckles, saddles, chaps, etc. Basically, if you want to become a cowboy go to Leddy's and you can get yourself set up right.
The marquee on this ancient one-screen movie theater has been promising a "new" New Isis Theater for going on years and years now. One website calls the New Isis Theater "decrepit" and mentions its "long stalled promise of a new New Isis Theater." Another website writes, "The New Isis Theater was originally built in 1913 in the days of silent movies. It was damaged by fire in 1935 and rebuilt again in 1936 when it was renamed ‘The New Isis Theater’. During 1988 it was closed down and put up for sale."
I was enjoying a relaxing time at this one-of-a-kind bar, which has since moved due to Fort Worth's race to become Dallas West along the West 7th Street corridor, when I captured my buddy, William Bryan Massey III, head of kitchen operations at Fred's Texas Cafe, in this classic barfly repose.
TIME named this car one of the worst made automobiles of all time. The Edsel was named after Henry Ford's son.
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