Brownsville, Texas

Wow today was sure a hot day! I believe we were at 98 degrees Fahrenheit, since it was a bit cloudy. However, it might as well been 100 degrees because that's exactly how it felt!

So here I am again. My second day of being a blogger. Like I said on my first post I don't really understand any of this or what the rules are. Therefore, I just blog about randoms stuff. A bunch of 'whatevs'. And today I will post a couple of shots I took of my hometown, Brownsville, Texas. All of these are quite recent from this year; I like to explore, especially downtown.

Alleyway Mural

I found this mural, which is only half of it in the picture, while walking around some segundas (second hand stores) close to the old bus station in downtown.

Capitol Theater & El Jardin Hotel

This here was a night shot that I took after taking a small detour from going to my night class at the University of Texas at Brownsville, just a few blocks away. Both buildings in the picture are in poor condition now and empty but were said to be very popular back in the day. 

P.S. After I got to class I found out that it was canceled and I actually knew about it but had completely forgotten about it. Whoops. 

"On the border by the sea"

Brownsville is located right across the border from Mexico, our 'sister city' being Matamoros. We can easily just cross a bridge and we're in Matamoros. Mexicans try to cross the border to the U.S. countless of times and this border is no exception. The cross was maybe left by a relative after Mr. Conrado Ramirez probably attempted but failed to cross the border. Many lives have been lost in this river, called the Rio Grande, that divides these two countries. Many more of these crosses can be found in memory of those lives lost. My mom has told me that long ago she would swim across this river to and from Mexico. Of course the security wasn't as tough as it is today. In one of those trips, while she was swimming back, she said that she almost drowned because of the strong whirlpools found in the river. In fact, the river is also known as el rio bravo (the savage river).

In the second picture you can see the steel bars of the border wall that runs along the border between Mexico and the U.S. along with a glimpse of the Gateway International Bridge. Also known as el puente nuevo (new bridge).

Elizabeth St. Downtown Area

The building on the right is the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse built in a Second Renaissance Revival style. On the left is the old Majestic Theater built in the 1930's in an Art Deco style. Next to the theater used to be a Burger King and my mom, my brother, and me used to go get breakfast there quite often since we only lived a couple of blocks away.

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Closer shot of the post office while taking a small walk on a nice sunny day in Brownsville, Texas.

These were a few shots taken and edited by me as well. I'm no photographer but I do enjoy taking photographs every once in a while. I guess its another of my hobbies. This hobby hasn't gone forgotten, yet, though. Anyway, I would like to state that I love my city and even though a lot of the people that live here don't appreciate it, I'll always cherish this place and it's interesting people. Toodles.

P.S. If you'd like to use any of these photos, by all means go for it but please give credit. Thanks, Eve.