June 1986
Table of Contents
Features
The Snootiest Neighborhood in TexasThe residents of San Antonio’s King William Historic District saved their neighborhood from bums, bulldozers, and bogus bay windows. Now, if they can only save it from themselves. Hate Thy NeighborA look at Houston’s Meyerland, Dallas’ Munger Place, El Paso’s Sunset Heights, and Austin’s Hyde Park shows that few fights get the blood boiling like a good fight with a neighbor. Root, Root, Root for the Home TeamAll there is to know about Texas baseball, including the best ballpark, the best team ever, why Yogi Berra thinks Houston is like New Jersey, and much, much more. |
UnionbustersTexas Primer: The Fire AntBaby Calves, children, even the agriculture commissioner: no one is safe from this tiny deamon. GrasslandsIn the early journals of pioneers who described the prairie surrounding their new homesteads, the ocean was the most common metaphor—swells of grass set rippling by the wind. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe solution politicians fear. FoodEating Up the MilesOur gadabout gourmet travels three thousand miles to answer the question. Where should you eat on your next Texas highway trip? MoviesSlow-motion DilemmaViolets Are Blue is swimming in heavy conflict; Wise Guys is mostly slob humor, Absolute Beginners is an absolute mess; At Close Range is a violent ambush. |
BooksNine Days of SolitudeThe Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is more than just journalistic ghostwriting; I the Supreme is robbed of its punch; Bird of Life, Bird of Death peeks behind Central America’s dictators and dominoes. JazzTreasure from the VaultNew releases of Duke Ellington’s work give us exquisite music from small bands, a dance band having fun, and stereo recording twenty years before its time. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterThe boom has quietly ended in Iran; fruitivores live longer, says T. C. Fry; a repo man nabs a truck and a sheriff nabs him. |
Miscellany
ShoppingSure, a bride needs a groom, but the most important part of any wedding is the dress. Post-Modern TimesHouston’s upper crust and underclass mingle at Jo Abercrombie’s Wednesday night fights. DowntownBuckle up for your own safety—and save $35. ToutsThese gifts belong to Daddy. |
Roar of the CrowdThe Roar of the CrowdToasting tacos; cleaning up the waterfront; replaying the Texaco-Pennzoil case. PuzzleDon’t get your signals crossed. State SecretsQuestioning the teachers’ sense—of humor; desperate times breed desperate ideas; a big step toward interstate banking. |
Web Exclusives
Recipes
Guinness Beer Braised Lamb ShanksRecipe from Jim Anile, Executive Chef, Melrose Hotel, Dallas. |
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