As our own Katharine Shilcutt pointed out earlier on Twitter, the infamous Girls Gone Wild tour bus is parked on Washington Avenue. As of this writing it was in front of Pandora, at 1815 Washington. Certainly the producers and crew of Girls Gone Wild would like to see a veritable Pandora's box of salacious activity opened.
Unfortunately, we were unable to get some direct answers as to why the bus was there - while the climate control on the bus was clearly running, no one answered to our knocks on the door. It's probably safe to assume that they'll be shooting tonight.
But a number of questions popped into our mind - first and foremost being who the hell watches Girls Gone Wild anymore? Surely there must still be some 13 year-old boys "discovering" themselves to star-covered titties while their parents are asleep, but they don't pay the bills. Do Padre-bound Spring Break bros even watch this stuff anymore? With the amount of pornography readily available on the internet, it might as well be called Girls Gone Mild.
We also began to speculate about the weather - Why film when it's 30 degrees outside? Art Attack loves us some snow bunnies; girls are incredibly cute decked out in scarves and sweaters. But to be honest, we can't imagine why the crew is out on their search for "The Hottest Girl In America" right now, as opposed to being holed-up editing footage. We're skeptical that females will be flocking to show off their fortunes while Houston reaches pretty much its coldest point of the calendar. Perhaps Girls Gone Wild figures that the chilly weather will make their subjects more, ahem, perky?
The last question that popped into our head was why Pandora? Shouldn't that bus be parked farther down the road, in the heart of the Washington strip - outside Ei8ht, or Pearl Bar? A quick delve into the online reviews didn't suggest that the club was a particularly happening spot, at least not until it turns into an after-hours club. Maybe it was selected because of the palm trees outside, as if that would perhaps make women forget about the bitter cold infesting Houston this week.
Plus, that bus is just oh so obvious, planted plainly on the street, in what's likely the most conspicuous locale in town at the moment. That led us to speculate some other, much more humorous places that we'd rather spot the bus, thus our following list.
