September 2003 Cover

Photographed exclusively for Texas Monthly by Danny Turner. Grooming by Christina Patch; cuff links by the Raven Collection.

September 2003

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Features

America's notoriously needy readers certainly do—and for the robust health of this publishing genre, they have Dallas in general and Phil McGraw's agent in particular to thank.

Including my favorite movie theater, a wheely big bike trail, a hardware store with knowledgeable clerks (!), and the most sensuous pedicure a girl could ask for.

Pray for Bill Parcells, whose job is to take the Dallas Cowboys back to the Super Bowl. Pray for an arm like Troy's and legs like Emmitt's. And if all else fails, pray for a miracle.

In the sixties, when stars like the Beatles, Dinah Shore, and Marlene Dietrich descended on Dallas, Peggie and John Mazziotta captured them on film.

There are countless theories about why Dallas women are so crazy about makeup, but there's something approaching a consensus about the place to buy it. Which is why, against all odds, I found myself at the NorthPark Center Neiman's.

Columns

Art

As in Nasher, and everybody should. His $70 million sculpture center is the most eagerly anticipated arts opening in Dallas' history.

Business

Wondering what American Airlines CEO Don Carty was thinking when his plan to save the company blew up in his face? I certainly was. So I went to see him.

Food and Drink

Don't make the mistake I did in assuming that Dallas dining is a white-bread world. This is the Latin Century, and these days Big D is all about Nuevo Latino.

Texana

For 117 years, the State Fair of Texas has been part parade, part carnival, part livestock show, part museum—and all fun.

Behind the Lines

Dallas mayor Laura Miller is hungry to take on the big problems facing the city.

Reporter

Reporter

Three cheers for Tyler Hollandsworth, a stereotypical Dallas girl.

Reporter

Why Collin County is the new Dallas.

Reporter

Evan Smith talks with former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk about life after politics and, well, politics.

The Filter

Web Exclusives

A Thyme to Remember: Generations of Recipes Handed Down for Today

Austin has its own wacky take on the famous Running of the Bulls in Pamplona.

Looking out from Highland Park.

Head coaches of the Dallas Cowboys.

Writer-at-large Suzy Banks discusses what she likes best about Big D and how it compares with Houston.

Senior executive editor Paul Burka talks about this month's special issue on Dallas.

Until I went biking at Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, I had never heard of the little town of Quitaque, where life is slow and people like it that way.

The State Fair has seen it all, from a model of the Washington Monument made entirely out of human teeth to a visit by King Olaf V of Norway on Norweigian Day.

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