August 2003

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Features

Get Outta Here!

It's August in Texas. The dog days of summer are barking which means it's time to grab your loved ones and hop the first plane out of state. And you shouldn't go just anyplace. We're thinking of five weekend destinations in particular. Bag packed already?

Running for His Life

Ten years ago, on a mountaintop in Africa, about to be burned alive by tribal warriors, a teenager saved himself the only way he knew how. Even today, he wonders why he survived.

Making Waves

Photographer Kenny Braun has been surfing the Gulf Coast for about thirty years. So naturally, when the water's just right, he grabs his . . . camera.

Little Shop of Horrors

If you've ever thought of donating your body to science, read what happened at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston—and then ask yourself if a good, old-fashioned burial might not be a better idea.

About a Girl

Audra Thomas can't read these words and, in a few months, wouldn't remember them anyway. Nevertheless, she has an extraodinary sense of the world around her—and of herself.

Columns

Books

Killing Time

Stephen Graham Jones's All the Beautiful Sinners is a wild-eyed thriller; Amanda Eyre Ward's Sleep Toward Heaven is a tale of grief, forgiveness, and the death penalty.

Food and Drink

Tex-Mex 101

Why yellow-cheese enchiladas, chile con carne, and puffy tacos aren't Mexican food: A short course on the cuisine that was fusion before fusion was hip.

Health

Bad Air Days

Historically, Southeast Texas and cancer have gone together like, well, pollution and disease. I wish I could say things were different today.

Behind the Lines

Rice and Shine

Rice guys finish first.

Reporter

Reporter

Rain of Error

For as long as there has been a Texas, there have been dry spells when people wished it would rain. One huckster actually tried to make it happen—with the financial backing of Congress.

Reporter

Clifford Antone

Clifford Antone gets back in the club.

Reporter

Shut Out

Larry Dierker and Tom Schieffer play ball.

The Filter

Pat's Pick

Pat's Pick

Pat's Pick

Primary Flavors

Pat's Pick

Word of Mouth

Miscellaneous

The Last Roundup

Scout's Honor

The toughest cookies I know.

Web Extra

Surfer Dude

Kenny Braun talks about waves, waterproof cameras, and the perfect picture.

Web Extra

Working Vacation

Senior editor Patricia Sharpe and writer-at-large Suzy Banks discuss this month's cover story, "Get Outta Here!"

Web Extra

To Russia With Love

Texas author Sharon Hudgins talks about living—and cooking a Tex-Mex meal—in Russia.

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Marathon Man

Senior editor Michael Hall talks about Gilbert Tuhabonye, running, and inspiration.

Texas History 101

Revisit the glory days of Galveston.

Web Extra

Texas Tidbits

Surf report: The waves are up. Get to the Texas Gulf Coast.

Web Extra

Table Talk

Four restaurateurs talk about Tex-Mex, chile con queso, chips, and heartburn.

Happy Trails

Athens has a great square, a freshwater fisheries center, and a fascinating history. Who needs the Acropolis?

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