Ho, ho, ho! Then where's Margaritaville?
Hey, Anissa Cordova! Guess who else grew up in Angleton! Peter Masterson
(Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and father to Mary Stuart Masterson). He
now lives in New York--probably a neighbor of yours. If your mother grew
up here she might have gone to school with him.
------
Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
100 East Cedar
Angleton, Texas 77515
(409) 864-1208
museum_bob
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http://www.bchm.org
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From: Olivia S. Anastasiadis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 1:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Equity, and All That
I don't think Bob was truly saying he was trying to remain "un-Texan."
Perhaps he appreciates being who he is and just takes from cultures what
he finds interesting. He'll probably give us a good response. But the
best margaritas in town are mixed in California, Southern California,
that is.
O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:20:34 -0400 Cordova Kloepping
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>As a native Houstonian (also my mother grew up in Angleton) I have to
>say that I believe that it is your apparent rejection of the culture
>you
>live in that may be creating the resistance you feel. There is
>nothing
>more offensive to a Texan than a yankee who seems negatively charged
>toward Texas culture. If you are looking for more support, perhaps
>you
>should begin to display some of that Texas pride (an attitude and
>perspective that I have to say is very different from that of the deep
>south). I recently moved to New York and the only thing that Texans
>have in common with New Yorkers is an almost fanatical sense of pride
>in
>their state. I'm sure you've seen those bumper stickers that say "I'm
>from Texas, What country are you from?" This comes from knowing you
>can
>drive almost 10 hours in a given direction and not leave the state,
>that
>Texas is the largest in the domestic US, and that, of course, there is
>no better place to get a margarita or two step in an old dance hall to
>the sounds of local musicians. I find that there is a sensibilty about
>Texas that is not easily described and things I miss that I could not
>exactly put my finger on. (I'll never get used to people saying they
>are standing "on line" when I am clearly standing "in line".)
>My suggestion is for you to slow down a bit, take a look around you,
>breathe in deep, and appreciate what you see.
>
>Anissa Cordova
>Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
>Snug Harbor Cultural Center
>Staten Island, NY
>
>Robert T. Handy wrote:
>>
>> Uh, oh. How long in NJ?
>>
>> I'm from Portland--thirty years--and I resisted this place rubbing
>off on
>> me, but people now say I even have a hint of an accent. No pickup
>truck or
>> cowboy hat yet, though.
>>
>> ------
>> Robert Handy
>> Brazoria County Historical Museum
>> 100 East Cedar
>> Angleton, Texas 77515
>> (409) 864-1208
>> museum_bob
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.bchm.org
>>
>> ----------
>> From: Adrienne Deangelis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Friday, August 28, 1998 8:33 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Equity, and All That
>>
>> RH: "But then, I've been in the South for twenty-seven years and
>haven't
>> been
>> up
>> in your territory for awhile. Maybe I am just mis-reading that
>naturally
>> abrasive (as I was called for years by my southern colleagues) tone
>that
>> folks in your regional culture have in their voice all the time."
>>
>> Umm, RH: I'm from California. Born and bred.
>>
>> A. DeAngelis
>
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