Oscar Mayer

Every morning of a long drive, Maria and I load our things into the back of the Wienermobile and hit the highways. Maria also has a special area in the back closet for her shoe boxes.

West Texas is truly one of a kind. In all of my travels, this area seemed to have the most remote stretches between cities. It makes for a very unique drive of seemingly endless countryside; however, this drive does not provide too much to look at. For that reason, we were very surprised to see a Prada store right on the side of the road.

Maria made me pull over so she could get a closer look at what seemed like a mirage. There it was: an Italian designer shoe store right in the middle of Texas ranch territory.

The windows displayed real shoes and handbags.

Frankfully, the store was not a real Prada store, so we didn’t have to worry about finding more room for Maria’s shoe boxes. The truth behind this “store” is that it is not a store at all, but an art installation. The product inside is legitimate product sold under the brand in 2005. The front of the store is sealed and serves as a time capsule of sorts. Oddly enough, this is the only Prada store in the state of Texas.