November 1999
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Features
The Joy of MexFrom La Valentina in Dallas to Casa del Sol in Juárez, 75 Mexican restaurants that will leave your taste buds begging for more, plus seven great recipes. Water Under the BridgeHenry Cisneros’ power derived from his ability to bring people together. It was supposed to get him elected governor, senator, president. He’s finally the president, all right —of a Spanish-language TV network. And all thoughts of a career in public life are in the past. The OutsidersAmarillo is a city where conformity counts, so the death of a punk at the hands of a football player had more than a little symbolic significance there. So did the jury’s decision to keep the killer from going to jail. |
Place in the HeartWhen you fall in love with a piece of land in Texas, you quickly learn that it changes. And it changes you. Forget the Sopranos. Meet the Binions.When the notorious Dallas mobster and gambler Benny Binion died ten years ago, he passed on a multimillion-dollar legacy to his children. Have they made a mess of it? You bet. The Gospel According to Sixpence None the RicherFor the hottest Texas band that isn’t the Dixie Chicks, the path to the top of the pop charts led through the Christian- music scene—and Dawson’s Creek. |
Columns
ArtTime of NicSixteen years after rocketing into the Whitney Biennial, Dallas photographer Nic Nicosia is still on the cutting edge. BooksWild TownThrough the eyes of novelist Jim Thompson, Fort Worth in the twenties seemed appropriately noir. |
FilmThe ScreenplayerAnne Rapp’s first script for Robert Altman, Cookie’s Fortune, was critically acclaimed. The second is now being filmed in Dallas and stars Richard Gere. Not bad for a girl from a tiny Panhandle town. First PersonEyes Wide CutI can see without my glasses for the first time since childhood, which is why I’m a fan of LASIK surgery. But don’t take my word for it; ask Troy Aikman. MusicThe Rap on JazzIs there a place in the genre for hip-hop influences? Houston pianist Jason Moran thinks so. ProfileRenaissance ManLaugh not, wretch, at the man in the tights: Twenty-five years after George Coulam founded the Texas Renaissance Festival, it hath been a big success. |
Reporter
ReporterPoor GoodrichFor an East Texas school, there’s nothing elementary about George W. Bush’s education plan. The Ex FilesMichael NesmithHot BoxCD and Book Reviews |
FaceSergio TroncosoState SecretsDivide and Conquer |
Miscellaneous
The Inside StoryAlly McMealTexas PrimerMickey LelandRoar of the CrowdHits and Misses |
State FareFrom Francesca’s at the Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio. |
The Republican Convention -- Day 4 (Fri Sep 5 at 8:18 AM)
The Rising (Fri Sep 5 at 1:49 PM)
Charles Dean Hood's Day (Sat Sep 6 at 10:17 AM)
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