Moon Struck

Ten years ago the Apollo astronauts, technicians and scientists all, landed on the Moon and touched what poets only dreamed. But that touch changed their lives.

by Al Reinert

The Ten Best and The Ten Worst Legislators

We just rate them. You voted for them.

by Paul Burka

Conspicuous Consumption

China, crystal, waiters in tuxedos. That’s what we love about Tony’s.

by Mimi Swartz

Speed Freak

A MacDonald’s is a Macdonald’s is a MacDonald’s. That’s what we love about fast food.

by Stephen Harrigan

All God’s Chitlins

Simmering pots of soul food. That’s what we love about the South.

by Richard West

To Each His Own

Famous people, obscure people, fat people, skinny people all have to eat. That’s what we love about people.

by Victoria Loe

Counter Culture

Strawberry sodas, vanilla Cokes, grilled cheese sandwiches. That’s what we love about soda fountains.

by W. L. Taitte

“Hi, Mabel. Give Me the Usual.”

Friendly faces in friendly places. That’s what we love about our old favorites.

Health

Baby and Me and DDT

Experts say that the chemical residues in mother’s milk aren’t enough o harm a nursing baby, but how much poison is too much?

by Judy Benson

Behind the Lines

Fill ‘er up, but don’t spill any gas on my Ralph Lauren boots.

by William Broyles

Working

Type Caste

Staying up all night setting type may not sound like the good life, but it is.

by Pat Hathcock

Stepping Out

Haute as a Pistol

A Paris fashion show and the cotton-eyed Joe, nowhere but Texas.

Michael Ennis

Church

The Lord is in His Temple

Congregation Beth Israel in Houston remembers the Holocaust quietly; Allandale Baptist Church in Austin isn’t quiet about anything.

by William Martin

Film

Eagle’s Eye

The Whole Shootin’ Match is a Texas film with Texas actors that took a year to get shown in Texas.

by George Morris

Theater

After the Honeymoon

Talent marries business sense at Dallas’ Theater Onstage.

by W.L. Taitte

Classical Music

Talent Clout

Houston Opera Studio’s students learn their way into the limelight.

by W. L. Taitte

Jazz

Breeden Ground

Leon Breeden’s jazz students at North Texas State University are already pros, and they have recorded two new albums to prove it.

by Doug Ramsey

Art

The Collector

Did Helmut Gernsheim make a mistake when he sold his priceless photography collection to UT?

by Michael Ennis

Books

Wind, Winter, and Waste

Five new books: three thrillers, one chiller, and a swan song.

Popular Music

For the Good of the Country

Neither the Lone Star Café nor Debby Boone is what country music is all about, and a few Texas citizens are trying to set the record straight.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Suffering the lines at the gas pump; gambling in the magazine business; a dragnet for the Southwest’s sneakiest thief; what’s Dallas’ secret?

by John Bloom

The Inside Story

Space cadet.

by Gregory Curtis

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Card tricks and vintage flicks.

by Patricia Sharpe

Puzzle

State Secrets

Texas real estate up for grabs; will Houston get a third daily newspaper?

Edited by Paul Burka