Go Fish Galvez

That would be me. (Had you fooled, didn’t I, with the raggedy old blue work shirt, denim peddle pushers [Google it, young'uns], crew socks, and cheap Target athletic shoes? Ha!)

Trube House with corner entrance

But it’s not the tricks I’m interested in; it’s the Trube.

And that would be Trube as in Trube House, at 1627 Sealy Avenue, that glorious Gothic Revival built by Alfred Muller in 1890 for John Clement Trube and just one among the many countless architectural treasures that abound throughout Galveston.

They are everywhere, grand and modest, restored and disintegrating, fanciful and plain. These homes fascinate me endlessly and make walking the streets of this sublimely interesting old burg Read the rest of this entry »