> life + travel > click to enlarge pictures > why guacamolepizza? because I know it’s a name not taken. and because guacamole and pizza taste pretty good together. > Pre-tumblr posts here: http://guacamolepizza.blogspot.com/ Tags:Tumblr (3.0; @guacamolepizza)http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_bIn_ZgHJaE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I just about died laughing while watching this.</p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23545497091http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23545497091Tue, 22 May 2012 09:52:53 -0500tv<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y167Sp8f1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another monster! And another one of my favorites. It looks like I wasn’t the only who admired this guy because he took first place.</p> <p>Here is the <a href="http://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com/2012winners/" target="_blank">list of winners</a>.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044932242http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044932242Mon, 14 May 2012 12:22:43 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y14ugxDs1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I think the side says “Sharpstown International,” referring to, I assume, the school. There were a bunch of cars designed by schools, but I thought this one was the most creative. It looks like a mixture between a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_dance" target="_blank">lion dance</a> lion and a psychedelic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are" target="_blank">Wild Thing</a>.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044753504http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044753504Mon, 14 May 2012 12:18:38 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y17bWITk1qzhycto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y17bWITk1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A couple of my favorite cars. I don’t know what the bronze one is made out of, but the silver one is covered in spoons!</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044436098http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044436098Mon, 14 May 2012 12:11:11 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y18lCJT31qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This was a pretty cool car. Unfortunately, shortly after I took the picture, its front end started smoking, deposited a rusty puddle on the road, and had to sit out for the rest of the parade.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044387378http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044387378Mon, 14 May 2012 12:10:05 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y180c15R1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Perhaps not the most outrageous car out there, but beautifully done.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044171856http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23044171856Mon, 14 May 2012 12:05:03 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y13mTUbM1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y13mTUbM1qzhycto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This was the most elaborate car I was able to see.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23000291705http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23000291705Sun, 13 May 2012 17:40:14 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y10rn5wr1qzhycto10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’ll call this the sculptural set.</p> <p>Some cool notes about these cars:</p> <ol><li>That peacock tail moved up and down.</li> <li>It looks like that Mustang got into a wreck at some point and instead of fixing the car, they made those yellow things look like they were bursting out of the messed up areas.</li> <li>Giant owl.</li> <li>Giant flower, naturally. I like how those guys sit so high up.</li> <li>I’m guessing these are apocalypse horses? The car also neighed the entire time. Pretty cool in passing, but I can only imagine how annoying that would be for the people in and around the car.</li> <li>Freebirds Burritos car. Fuddrucker’s also had a car that was pretty neat.</li> <li>This was actually one of my favorite cars, despite being kind of plain in comparison.</li> <li>One of several Cure cars.</li> <li>I have no idea what’s going on here.</li> <li>Or what this is supposed to be. Cool looking, though.</li> </ol><p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23000083730http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/23000083730Sun, 13 May 2012 17:36:00 -0500houstonart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z09sgfib1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WPA poster + Skyrim = awesome</p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22977986147http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22977986147Sun, 13 May 2012 11:53:52 -0500gaming<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto14_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto15_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto16_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto17_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto18_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto19_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto20_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0dm7IGs1qzhycto22_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Not really sure how to categorize these. “Understated?” In the third picture, there’s an older gentleman hanging out of the window wearing a lovely hat and bikini top made out of silk flower petals.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22977404810http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22977404810Sun, 13 May 2012 11:43:56 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzxk43Cl1qzhycto8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>These were rather humorous.</span></p> <ol><li>The poor guy had to pull that giant Radio Flyer by himself!</li> <li>I think this is a sock monkey. There was another sock monkey car but my battery had died by then.</li> <li>Ambulance, complete with ambulance chaser.</li> <li>A Time Machine, covered in watches and old Time Magazine covers.</li> <li>A snail!</li> <li>Pink furry kitty.</li> <li>A pool toy car. I don’t think they were permanently attached to the car.</li> <li>This car was covered in pieces of mirror and aptly named “Shattered Vanity.” I also like how the license plate is “MIR MIR.”</li> </ol><p><span></span><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22977184801http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22977184801Sun, 13 May 2012 11:40:09 -0500houstonart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0t4vVNh1qzhycto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0t4vVNh1qzhycto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0t4vVNh1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0t4vVNh1qzhycto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0t4vVNh1qzhycto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0t4vVNh1qzhycto8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I attempted to group the photos into loose categories. This collection is Texas/Southern cars.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22976627245http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22976627245Sun, 13 May 2012 11:30:31 -0500houstonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzikP7Di1qzhycto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzikP7Di1qzhycto7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzikP7Di1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzikP7Di1qzhycto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzikP7Di1qzhycto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzikP7Di1qzhycto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xzikP7Di1qzhycto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Lowriders with pretty sweet paint jobs. The interiors were completely decked out as well (click to enlarge the second picture).</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22950929627http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22950929627Sat, 12 May 2012 23:27:00 -0500houstonart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xznsc3Al1qzhycto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xznsc3Al1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xznsc3Al1qzhycto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xznsc3Al1qzhycto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xznsc3Al1qzhycto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Will and I went to the Houston Art Car Parade. We only got there in time for the second half, but we were still able to see a lot of great cars! I went picture crazy until my camera ran out of batteries.</p> <p><em>[12 May 2012] Houston Art Car Parade</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22950579642http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22950579642Sat, 12 May 2012 23:21:00 -0500lifehoustonartScav Hunt 2012: 179. Perform the Hamster Dance in the following styles: gospel, Cajun dance, sea...http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22910460455http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22910460455Sat, 12 May 2012 11:58:49 -0500uchicagoScav Hunt 2012: I haven’t gone through the whole list yet, but I like these so far: 55. A...http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22848655848http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22848655848Fri, 11 May 2012 12:54:40 -0500uchicagoExploring Abandoned Ellis Island – And How It Can Be Saved: Interesting blog post about a noble...http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22798654310http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22798654310Thu, 10 May 2012 16:27:59 -0500misc<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnpgjIGQR1qzhycto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>[26 September 2011] Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC</em></p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22723796641http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22723796641Wed, 09 May 2012 12:59:31 -0500washington dctravelart<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uIbkLjjlMV8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I found this video amusing.</p> <p>In other news, I hosed a squirrel today. I think it was payback time, considering how many of my seedlings and plants they’ve dug up and killed.</p>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22700800887http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22700800887Tue, 08 May 2012 23:27:03 -0500life<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gww9_S4PNV0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><ol><li><span>Awesome</span></li> <li><span>TIL that Copenhagen Phil members are young and good looking</span></li> <li><span>Why can’t we have a train system like this in the US? If Europe and Asia can do it, we can too</span></li> </ol><p>Video description:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>In April 2012 Copenhagen Phil (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) surprised the passengers in the Copenhagen Metro by playing Griegs Peer Gynt. The flash mob was created in collaboration with Radio Klassisk </span><a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" href="http://radioklassisk.dk/" rel="nofollow" title="http://radioklassisk.dk/" target="_blank"><a href="http://radioklassisk.dk/" target="_blank">http://radioklassisk.dk/</a></a><span>. All music was performed and recorded in the metro.</span></p> </blockquote>http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22603398771http://guacamolepizza.tumblr.com/post/22603398771Mon, 07 May 2012 15:28:50 -0500music