They’re Playing Their Song

It takes all kinds of ethnic music to make the world go round.

Hello, Walls/ Design

When is a wall not a wall? When itÌ­s a work of art.

by Rosemary Kent

The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea

The Baja wilderness isn’t a great place to confront one’­s own neuroses, but it’s an even worse place to confront someone else’s.

by Gary Cartwright

The Ten Best and Ten Worst Legislators

We just rate them. You voted for them.

Compiled by Paul Burka and Richard West

Behind the Lines

Those who laugh first at the Texas Legislature do not laugh last.

by William Broyles, Jr

Sports

Up, Up, and Away

This is the Houston Rockets. We have lift-off.

by Gregory Curtis

Citywise

Cuisine, Cuisine

Enroll in a school where not matter how tough the final exam is you can still eat it.

by Linda Scarbrough

Dining Out

Long Live the Queen

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown of San Antonio’s restaurants.

by Frank Bailey

Great Outdoors

New Dogs, Old Tricks

The importance of being a prairie dog.

by Stephen Harrigan

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Chicken Ranch revived (would we kid you?); Blood and Money draws blood and—money; Laredo bank takes on world’s largest bank; Dallas’­ $65 million religious shrine.

Review

Texas Monthly Review

War in the stars; keeping up with Jones; beating old literary horses; acid rock returns; and balletÌ­s small step.

Roar of the Crowd

Sexism, poverty, police supremacy, and Nazis—not to mention apple pie.

Touts

The sky’s the limit.

Contest

The great endorsemen.

by Paul Burka