Weekend warriers
March 4, 2008 | 6:43 pm | Uncategorized | Two Wheels | 0
One week before he’s scheduled to leave again C finally got his ‘79 Vespa running. Notice how he got mine running before his first hitch in January. Guy knows how to prioritize.
Anyway, the two of us and Lance decided to take advantage of the weather Saturday, and started by meeting at Star Pizza in the Heights. God, the Salsa Verde pizza there is dee-vine. Served deep dish on wheat, with a side of their most amazing marinara to dip the crust into afterwards. Heaven.
Afterwards we rode to Glenwood Cemetery to see Howard Hughes’ gravesite. C worked aboard the Glomar Explorer long ago and thus has a single degree of separation from Howard Hughes, as well as some interesting stories (and souvenirs) from the ship.
Glenwood Cemetery is my second-favorite cemetery in Houston (my favorite being that spooky, old, hidden cemetery in danger of being built over on Dallas near Shepherd). Glenwood is great for many reasons — the famous who are buried there, the tree-canopied roads, the smell of fresh bread from the Sunbeam factory across the street. Glenwood is especially fun to explore on a scooter because the roads twist and wind and there are enough hills that you can squeeze in your clutch and coast for a good long time, and towards the back of the lots there is a nice view of the bayou.
From Glenwood we took Houston Avenue downtown and then headed towards the Third Ward in search of this insane Jesus billboard, which I now know was actually installed (and removed) sometime in the summer of 2006, despite what that recently-dated blog post will have you believe.
A cruise down Memorial and through the park, hampered by annoying rodeo traffic, ended our journey, as I had to be at the museum at 4:30 p.m. in order to assist with a members’ party. I got to hobnob with museum donors and even got off an hour early. In all it was a damn good day. Sorry I didn’t take any pictures, but my hand was too busy revving the throttle.
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