Beach Party

Celebrating our favorite summer sport: people watching.

by Geoff Winningham

The Party’s Over

The Lord giveth the beach and the developer taketh away.

by Paul Burka

An Affair for Gentlemen

A tale of white sails, blue water, and how they turn refined men into barbarians.

by Giles Tippette

The Passions of the Common Man

That’s what country music is, and that’s why it plays in Peoria.

by Larry L. King

Bringing It All Back Home

Nashville inspired Willie Nelson—to leave.

by Al Reinert

Will Success Spoil Leonel Castillo?

This politician controls the purse strings of the richest city in Texas. And he’s ready for bigger things.

by Tom Curtis

In Search of the Better Mousetrap

American ingenuity has produced the telephone, the airplane, and nowÖthe breast pillow.

by Mitch Green

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

Did you know there’s more difference between Fudgsicles and Popsicles than the taste? The taxman does.

by Griffin Smith, Jr

Behind the Lines

by Patricia Sharpe

Business

Let’s Make a Deal

When Dad Joiner signed away all his oil leases to H.L. Hunt, all the cards weren’t on the table. Some were still underground.

by Stanley H. Brown

Travel

Hostel Territory

Don’t desert West Texas just because it’s hot and dry.

by Linda West Eckhardt

Books

Sourcery and Whichcraft

The Final Days is just too much hocus-pocus.

by Michael Mewshaw

Citywise

Barrel of Fun

Peter Piper would love this story.

Gregory Curtis

Film

A Midsummer’s Nightmare

If you thought this summer’s film lineup looked promising, pinch yourself. You’re dreaming.

by Marie Brenner

Citywise

Shoot Yourself

Your next home movies may not win any Academy Awards, but at least they don’t have to be rated ZZZZzzzz.

by Donald L. Pierce, Jr

Dining Out

Your Serve

Tipping is a game of give and take. If all goes well, both waiter and diner do a lot of both.

by Frank Bailey

Performance

Uncommon Market

“Buy now, play later,” says the Dallas Theater Center.

by James Rosenfield

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

by Richard West

Contest

Poetry in motion.

by Paul Burka

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

The wild bunch.