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Three Things You Probably Won’t Hear About in Marfa (But Should)
The Familiar Scene Marfa has its Greatest Hits album: Prada, Judd, the Courthouse selfies, the outdoor art installations everyone posts, and the $17 wedge salad that’s probably art. We all love them, they’re part of the experience. But as Anthony Bourdain once said, “Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” Because for every art installation and boutique retail or coffee shop, there’s a quieter, dustier, more queso-covered version of Marfa waiti

Rob Sherrard
3 days ago3 min read


Spin Flavin & Donald Suds: The Luxury You Didn’t See Coming
Marfa is famous for big skies, bigger art, and even bigger myths. Visitors arrive ready for Judd’s concrete boxes, the Prada store that...

Rob Sherrard
Oct 93 min read


Marfa Summers: Cooler Than You Think (Literally)
When people hear the words Marfa and desert in the same sentence, they imagine July and August as an endless sweat lodge. Scorching sun....

Rob Sherrard
Sep 153 min read


Our Cosmic Coffee is Here ☕✨
Howdy Friends! We’ve got some big news brewing (literally). After many cups of coffee, several dumb questions, and a few cosmic...

Rob Sherrard
Aug 182 min read


The West Texas Goathead: Tiny, Spiky, and Built for Interplanetary Domination
If you’ve ever cruised the wide, dusty streets of Marfa on one of our trusty beach cruisers and suddenly found yourself… not cruising,...

Rob Sherrard
Jul 152 min read


The Magic Click: Photography, Presence, and the Soul of a Space
We'd been live with our Airbnb, The Milky WayFarer, for about a year when I started to feel a quiet itch--something wasn't sitting right....

Rob Sherrard
Jun 164 min read


From Guest to Gallery: Ashley’s Journey to Marfa and the Milky WayFarer
One of the first photos I ever took in Marfa was of my wife Becca and our youngest son, standing in front of Dan Flavin’s large-scale...

Rob Sherrard
May 164 min read


Color, Contrast, and Comfort in the Desert: Designing Our Marfa Stay
When we first imagined what this home could be, we weren’t just thinking about four walls and a roof — we were imagining a feeling....

Rob Sherrard
Apr 153 min read


The Story Behind The Milky WayFarer: A Home for Stargazers, Travelers, and… Ray-Ban Enthusiasts?
That's me in a pair of Ray-Ban WayFarer's. Marfa, Texas is the kind of place where the sky steals the show. Forget city lights—out here,...

Rob Sherrard
Mar 173 min read


Punxsutawney Phil Says More Winter—Time to Start Dreaming of Marfa
Well, it’s official—Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter. But let’s be honest… wasn’t he always going...

Rob Sherrard
Feb 52 min read
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