July 1993
Table of Contents
Features
The Best and Worst Legislators 1993Our biennial boosting and bashing of the state’s most beguiling politicians. Sex, Lies, and AudiotapeIs folksy, friendly Kenny Rogers an insatiable phone-sex addict? Three women from the Dallas-Fort Worth area say he is, and now the Houston-born singer is fighting to restore his good name. Vine and DandyWhat’s red and white and growing all over (as a tourist attraction)? Texas wineries. |
The Making of a Sex Symbol, 1993How did Vickie Smith, waitress from Mexia, become Anna Nicole Smith, world-famous face? It’s anyone’s Guess? Raise the RoofThe Alamodome is more than an outsized sports arena. It’s a marvel of urban planning that ensures San Antonio’s downtown vitality for years to come. |
Columns
Behind the LinesPaid to Do InjusticeArtMoving PicturesA provocative San Antonio exhibit captures the flash and fervor of the Chicano movement in art and politics. |
FoodChuck Wagon ReduxThe latest culinary crazy, Cowboy Cuisine has put a new spin on traditional Texas cooking. LifestyleDark ShadowsThirty years ago, the old Mount Carmel Center was our local haunted house. Even then the specter of evil was present. |
Reporter
ReporterSnakes Alive!Collectors flock to Del Rio to capture a care, fantastically patterned reptile. ReporterMovie MacHouston’s Mattress Mac is making a comfortable living as a film producer. ReporterBroiling OverPropane producers and the Railroad commission want us to retire the charcoal grill. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdDrama LessonState SecretsDemo-Splat |
State of the ArtLyndon Baines Johnson, 1953 |
