ON THE COVER: Cover illustration by Stephen Pietzsch
April 1986
Table of Contents
Features
The Great Texas Taco TourFrom El Paso’s ingenious taco trays to Austin’s uplifting breakfast tacos, each Texas city celebrates this noble creation in its own way. Swamp GasWhen Jimmy Lee, an unrepentant troublemaker, felt he had taken one insult too many from the powerful Fredeman family, he called in the law. The results of that action have exposed decades of larceny and corruption in Port Arthur and threaten a Gulf Coast empire. Texas Primer: The Rig CountAt first, Hughes Tool used the count to plan its own future. Now an entire industry uses it to plan theirs. |
Solace in the DesertWith dogged independence, amazing endurance, and a rugged romantic vision, photographer Laura Gilpin helped create the way we see the West today. Eighteen MinutesUnlike the Alamo, which can seem as remote and mysterious as Stonehenge, the San Jacinto battlefield has few secrets. Its history lies close at hand. Western Art: Rodeo MadnessAn interpretation of a classic genre. |
Columns
Behind the LinesTravelHot Springs EternalGoing to Hot Springs was once a Texas rite of passage steeped in the ways of old sin. Today this Arkansas resort is still worth the trip. BooksOf Things Miraculous and MarvelousThree unknown Texas writers tackle three different genres and prove the novel is alive and well. |
MoviesUpper West Side StoryHannah and Her Sisters is Woody gone schmaltzy; F/X is implausible but entertaining; 9 1/2 Weeks is an eternity; Power is oppressively didactic. JazzCalling His Own TuneOn San Antonio’s Riverwalk the Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays jazz the way it was meant to be played. Popular MusicManchild in MusiclandCharlie Sexton. Austin’s guitar-playing boy wonder, is now dream fodder for the masses; Eric Johnson is our latest contender for guitar hero. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterWill Shelby Coffey lead the Dallas Times-Herald to victory? Will Muse aficionados ever find happiness aloft again? Will Tommy Pierce keep real-estating and a-rocking? |
Miscellany
ShoppingA Houston boutique enjoys the high cost of growing up. Post-Modern TimesWant to unload your business? With Stan Hazelwood, it’s not much harder than getting a date. DowntownThe DA in El Paso may do a lot of things, but there’s one thing he doesn’t do—plea-bargain. ToutsOn the road again—accoutrements for savvy traveling. |
Roar of the CrowdPuzzleState SecretsSouthwest and Continental make war, knot Love; make way for natural gas on the commodities market; a taxing situation for Speaker Gib. |
Web Exclusives
Recipes
Rosario’s Award Winning SalsaRecipe from Rosario’s, San Antonio |
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