Last weekend we attended Arts Goggle, a local arts and music event in the Near Southside area of Fort Worth, with two of our friends. The weather was the consummate example of Fall, as I wore a light cardigan and jeans and was comfortable, despite walking long distances – more on walking long distances to come!
We began by visiting a couple of gallery spaces, including SiNaCa (get it?), a gallery that featured glass blowers and their wares. We discovered new businesses preparing to open or having just opened. And we even came across a table occupied by HippieBliss, a local company run by a single artist, whose pieces included super tiny owl paintings that were quite adorable.
We moved along Magnolia, peeking in and out of local businesses who opened their doors to the public on this evening. Two of the attractions that lured us to Arts Goggle were Trinity Bicycles and DMS Architects, Inc. Jason and I are tossing around the idea of purchasing cargo bicycles at some time in the future so we hoped to view a bicycle we first viewed on FortWorthology.com called the Civia Loring. In addition, DMS was hosting a tribute to Richard Ferrier, my favorite architecture professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. According to the Arts Goggle map, these two businesses were to be found in a cluster just a few blocks down from the main cluster on Magnolia.
This was a very big misconception on our part. This “cluster” was probably half an hour away, on foot, and took us through a less than desirable area around nine o’clock at night. The first half was not too sketchy. We ended up at Fresnel Technology, located in a fantastic old building.
We followed the arrows around to the side doors which took us in a brightly lit laboratory, full of equipment. It was a bit of a jolt, leaving the dark to enter this bright, scientific building. As it turns out, this was probably the most fun I had all evening. We discovered goggles on the table, with a variety of lenses, that we each put on, resulting in the very entertaining photos below.
Who knew goggles and science could be so much fun! Well, science for sure. But goggles, too!
After leaving Fresnel, this is when the true adventure began. We walked for blocks and blocks until we finally ran into two decent looking gentleman that I asked, “How far to Trinity Bicycles?” Luckily it was a mere three to four blocks away. By this time, I’m afraid our companions for the evening were cursing our names under their breath.
However, we made it! We actually ran into other friends. And we were able to take Molly the Trolley back to safety.
It was quite the adventure, one we did not intend on having. We have a handful of amusing photos and a shared adventure as memories though. Oh, and this card, sent to our companions Sunday morning.
Did any of you visit Arts Goggle? If so, what type of experiences did you have?
PS – If you are in the area, check out Trinity Bicycles, as they have quite the fun selection. Our friend, Adam Werner, painted the super cute mural on the inside wall.
Man, that was quite the adventure indeed! Great post!