ON THE COVER: Cover photograph by Robert Latorre. Project coordinating by Leslie R. Horne. Styling by Carolyn Van de Kamer, Artist Bookings. Makeup by Susan Posnick Melton, Artist Bookings. Men’s apparel by Bandiera’s Men’s Shoppe. Shoes by Bally of Switzerland. Jewelry by Castle Gap Jewelry.
September 1989
Table of Contents
Features
“I Loved the Dapper Bandit”She was a hooker. He was a race car driver. They fell in love. She moved in. He put on his three-piece suit and went to work. She was always on call. They fought. She moved out. Then she found out that his real job was bank jobs. How George Foreman Finally Beat Muhammad AliIt took him a decade to throw the punch that knocked out his toughest opponent—his own obsession with getting another shot at Ali. Now he wants to take on Mike Tyson. The Wolf ExperimentIn a program that will serve as a model for saving other endangered animals, the red wolf has been rescued from extinction—but will it ever roam free in Texas again? |
The All-New, Improved America’s TeamThree ad agencies take the ball and run (wild) with it. The Man Hollywood TrustsFrom Top Gun to Batman, Austin’s Warren Skaaren writes the movies everyone wants to see. Little Shop of HoardersThere’s treasure on Galveston Island; it’s buried in Hendley Market. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe Baptist guerrilla. FoodMayan Over MatterEast meets West (and New Southwest and ancient Mexican) at Houston’s oh-so-trendy Palacio Tzintzuntzan. |
ArtNew World to ConquerFor years, the Dallas Museum of Art sought prestige by following the mainstream. The new director thinks it’s time to change course. BooksThe Way of the BuffaloDallas novelist C. W. Smith takes a long, hard look at a subject with a painful history. |
Reporter
ReporterWhose Texas Rangers are They Anyhow?Dallas’ grandstanding irks Arlington; writers jockey for position in the Matamoros book derby; A&M’s bluebonnets show their not-so-true colors; San Antonio goes loco over Lico Lico. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdThe Best and The Worst of ItWhat we have in the Texas Lege; “What I Am” on record; what mom is about. |
State SecretsFire AlarmWhy the Houston fire department needs chauffeurs; a Colorado controversy pits the Basses against Coors; the ecstasy and the agony at Vinson and Elkins. |
Domain: A TEXAS MONTHLY Editorial Supplement
Specialty of the HouseOur second annual peek into household recipe files across the state reveals a cornucopia of ethnic treats, including Creole-style oysters and a cheesy seafood staple from the isles of Greece. |
A Grand FinaleChef Richard Kaplan whips rum and pears into a white-chocolate cloud. |
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