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your sweet and shiny eyes
Our “hometown bar” during our time in Alpine… This scene reminds me of the song “Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes” – and I don’t even care if it’s Bonnie Raitt or Jackson Browne or Gretchen Peters and Tom Russell singing it. (Although I prefer the Gretchen/Tom version if I’m being honest).
In my sweet dreams we are
In a bar and it’s my birthday
Drinking salty margaritas with Fernando
Alcove Social
Alpine, Texas
photographed 2.21.2025
harpist
We found this place the first night we were in town, and by the time we left four days later, we’d been there often enough to have a regular drink order, know the names of the servers and the manager, and have opinions on the menu offerings.
The last night that we visited, there was live music, including this gentleman who was giving it everything he had.
(This magic place: Alcove Social. But the neon sign outside says Saddle Club. Tell ’em we said hello.)
Alpine, Texas
photographed 2.21.2025
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