November 16, 2004

• The Art Car Weekend (also here) is a big deal in my hometown of Houston. I didn't know about the Art Car Klub, but I used to live in walking distance from the Art Car Museum. Art cars are thick enough on the ground in Houston that you just see them driving around, particularly in the Heights and Montrose. My favorite art car ever is the Yellow Submarine (scroll down), which is owned by a friend of my husband's. He was kind enough to drive us away from our April Fool's wedding in it.
• I looove art car weekend in Houston! My favorite's from year's past: a VW covered with pennies, another covered with ties, or framed in wrought iron a sedan covered with pink feathers, or the ones that are completely transformed into something else entirely. There was this one guy in a leisure suit who rode in the parade in a motorized sofa. And of course: Camera Van. Then there's always a whole section of lowriders that are AMAZING. The Art Car Museum in Houston also has some great exhibits.
• Hey, that first site has a Banana Bike!
• Yay! I loves art cars! Every year we go see the local parade. MARV, Minnesota's ARt-Vehicle community.
• Pictures from the Art Car Parade last year, in Houston. Check out the winners. Plan to see this years's parade, Saturday, May 13th.
• The 3,000-Pound Fire-Breathing Robot Scorpion Roving the Nevada Desert
• Disco Fish and Snails on Wheels: The Amazing Vehicles of Burning Man 2012