February 2000
Table of Contents
Features
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?You do, right? Joe Jamail, Red McCombs, Mark Cuban, and seven other superrich Texans tell you how. The Man Who Loved Cat BurglingFor years Dallas’ most prolific jewel thief robbed the mansions of socialites like Nancy Brinker and Annette Simmons. If not for his girlfriend’s crack use, he might have gotten away with it forever. This Is living.com?He’s worth tens of millions of dollars at age 28, but money, as they say, can’t buy happiness: Two weeks in the life of Andrew Busey, dot-com hotshot. |
Thanks a Million 1999What do Tom Hicks, Jerry Jones, and Charles Barkley have in common? They’re all good sports — and they were three of Texas’ top philanthropists last year. Top of the MorningRecipes for the state’s best breakfasts, including empanadas from Joe T. Garcia’s Bakery in Fort Worth, smoked-salmon omelets from benjy’s in Houston, and gingerbread pancakes from Austin’s Magnolia Cafe. Plus:Fruit-and-Nut GranolaHealthful Breakfast recipe from The Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa, Houston Chilaquiles With Queso FrescoMexican Breakfast recipe from Fonda San Miguel, Austin Chocolate-Chunk PancakesGourmet Breakfast recipe from Ruggles, Houston Scrambled Egg Whites With Shiitake Mushrooms and Roma Tomatoes BeauHealthful Breakfast recipe from Nash, Hotel Crescent Court, Dallas Gingerbread PancakesHomey Breakfast recipe from Magnolia Cafe, Austin. Cottage PotatoesHomey Breakfast recipe from Avalon Diner 2, Houston. Egg in a HoleHomey Breakfast recipe from Austin Java Company, Austin Potato Pancakes With Sour Creamy; Chipotle SauceMexican Breakfast recipe from The Original Tila’s, Houston Northern ExposureWith Fort Worth’s Michael Auping as a curator and nine of the state’s artists participating, this year’s Whitney Biennial puts a New York spotlight on the art of Texas. |
Columns
BusinessGreen AcresHow a retired agribusinessman from Houston is betting the ranch (and the jungles of Mexico) on bamboo. CrimeUnhappy TrailsAlthough they hate to let anyone get away with murder, Harris County detectives Harry Fikaris and Roger Wedgeworth are finding that cracking unsolved cases is no easy task. |
ArtThe Art GuyHe looks like a cross between Ed Asner and Uncle Charley from My Three Sons, but don’t get Dave Hickey started on the subject of beauty— his own or anyone else’s. BooksLive and LearnEast Texas native George Dawson couldn’t read until he was 98. Now, at 102, he’s written a memoir. Next up: a high school equivalency diploma—but no driving. |
Reporter
Miscellany
Texas PrimerAlvin AileyWhich Oscar-winner did Alvin Ailey act alongside in the play Call Me by My Rightful Name? ReporterY2KayIs Kay Bailey Hutchison plotting a run for Governor? And other questions about Texas politics in the new millennium. Roar of the CrowdBettering the best of the century. |
The Inside StoryAbout Faces |
Recipes
State FareA cake that gets to the heart of the batter from Austin’s Rather Sweet Bakery. |
