1993 – Page 2 of 5

¡Viva la Diferencia!

Want to do deals in Mexico? Get ready for hugs, long lunches, and other mysteries of the country’s business culture.

Graham-standing

Street Stories

How the memoir of an unknown and homeless writer brought him fame and a place to live.

Hoof in Mouth

The biggest brouhaha in Dallas isn’t about taxes, potholes, or garbage collection. It’s about seventy bronze steers.

Texas 100: Home Improvement

As Corpus Christi oil magnate Robert Rowling has discovered, rebuilding his city is good for civic pride and better for business.

Texas 100: Beat the Clock

For country club developer Robert Dedman, success is won by squeezing every minute out of every hour of every day.

The Comeback Kink

After ten low-key years, country singer turned mystery novelist Kinky Friedman is once again poised to hit the big time.

The Seduction of Cruiser and Bruiser

Police officers Randy Harris and Swany Davenport were called heroes for busting Dallas drug dealers. But when they broke the laws they had pledged to uphold, the dealers cried foul—and the heroes got busted.

State Fare: Pasta Primavera

Think casual entertaining, and you think “grill.” This dish, from the New Southwestern bistro Third Coast Rotisserie and Grill in Houston, propels tradition up a notch.The shrimp and scallop skewers, a creation of executive chef Gary Tottis, take one of Texas’ great natural resources—seafood—and give it a distinctive Mexican accent—the

Earth Movers

The Mound Builders’ ancient works survived wind, rain, and looters. Now they face a worse peril: state bureaucrats.

Adopted Son

Legendary humorist Will Rogers was from Oklahoma, but he never met a Texas he didn’t like.

Fizz Ed

Robert Townsend with Texas Flag, 1993

Better Than Worst

Kid Heaven

One boy’s excellent adventure at the new playground of the nineties.

Joe v. Bob

American CEO Crandall and plaintiff’s lawyer Jamail waged the latest airline war in court.

Yes, Yes, Georgette

In her new book, Georgette Mosbacher gives feminism a feminine touch.

Feats of Laredo

Trade with Mexico has made this onetime border pit stop Texas’ fastest-growing city.

The Natural

In his new release, Jimmie Dale Gilmore sings country music the way it’s supposed to be sung—pure and easy.

Altered State

A year after a grand mal seizure left me convulsing on the floor, I’m still finding my way back into everyday life.

The Texas 100

We could show you pie charts or a thirty-minute infomercial, but take our word for it: Ross Perot is still the richest Texan.

Texas 100: Less Is Moores

When it comes to giving his millions to charity, BMC Software founder John Jay Moores is an old softie.

Windy’s City

Forget what you’ve heard about wacky Waco. In the fifties, as Windy Drum’s photographs demonstrate, the city was bustling, optimistic, and all-American.

Waterlogged

Inn Vogue

For business travelers with reservations about big-city hotels, bed and breakfasts suddenly have staying power.

Chasing the Red Eagle

At play in the fields of Mexico, onetime major leaguers find beisbol is an entirely different game.

More Than Myth

John Connally’s forgotten legacy.

Fire Storm

Anemone Fish, Red Sea, 1990

The Buying Game

Ikea appeals to twentysomethings who are beyond bricks and boards but not yet ready for a lifetime furniture commitment.

Win or Lose?

Picture This

A creative Dallas man nails down fees hanging rich people’s artwork.

Tested by Fire

A South Texas town rebuilds its church with faith, hope, and lots of charity.

Stink Big

The sour odor of calf chips from an Erath County feedlot has one family crying foul.

Bob Crandall Flies Off the Handle

The boss of American Airlines is mad as hell at cut-rate competitors, selfish unions, and ignorant government regulators—and he’s not going to take it anymore.

Juke Joints

Since the fifties, they’ve been East Texas’ most colorful watering holes—bar none.

King Fish

One of the world’s magnificent game fish, tarpon are back in Texas waters. Can we keep them from disappearing again?

Adventures in Flying

Mean Streets

Larry McMurtry rallies Lonesome Dove’s geriatric survivors for a last perilous, meandering adventure in Streets of Laredo.

Raise the Roof

The 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.

Vine and Dandy

What’s red and white and growing all over (as a tourist attraction)? Texas wineries.

Demo-Splat

Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1953

Drama Lesson

Broiling Over

Propane producers and the Railroad commission want us to retire the charcoal grill.

Movie Mac

Houston’s Mattress Mac is making a comfortable living as a film producer.

Snakes Alive!

Collectors flock to Del Rio to capture a care, fantastically patterned reptile.

Dark Shadows

Thirty years ago, the old Mount Carmel Center was our local haunted house. Even then the specter of evil was present.

Chuck Wagon Redux

The latest culinary crazy, Cowboy Cuisine has put a new spin on traditional Texas cooking.

The Making of a Sex Symbol, 1993

How did Vickie Smith, waitress from Mexia, become Anna Nicole Smith, world-famous face? It’s anyone’s Guess?