Photograph by Kenny Braun.
May 2010
Table of Contents
Features
Go With the FlowThrow a canoe on the roof or a tube in the trunk and head for the Llano, the Brazos, the Pecos, the Trinity, the Guadalupe, or any of the other rivers on this list of the twenty best trips to take on Texas waterways this summer.
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Last Days of the ComanchesIn an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Empire of the Summer Moon, special correspondent S. C. Gwynne re-creates in thrilling detail the bloody 1871 battle that marked the beginning of the end for the most fearsome tribe to ever ride the plains and its mysterious, magnificent chief, Quanah Parker. Mr. BridgeHe’s the greatest player in the world—maybe the greatest player ever— of a card game that fewer and fewer people know how to play. But Bob Hamman doesn’t care. He’s too busy probing my mind. |
Columns
Behind the LinesEnroncore!The debut of Enron, the play, on Broadway might be the perfect time to settle a question that’s been bothering Houston: Does Jeff Skilling need a new trial? Letter From Corpus ChristiThe Great PretenderThe strange case of Mauricio Celis, the Corpus Christi lawyer who was not a lawyer. |
Letter from San AntonioAlamo HeightsOne year into his first term as mayor of San Antonio, Julián Castro is emerging as perhaps the most prominent young Hispanic politician in Texas. Get ready to get used to him. The TexanistOffering fine advice since 2007Dance hall guilt, faded accents, SUVs with “Truck” plates, and the ancient initiation ceremony at which a young Texan male is presented with his first firearm. |
Reporter
The ManualSmoking a BrisketHow to smoke the perfect brisket.
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Book ReviewThe Marrowbone Marble CompanyAuthor InterviewAnna MitchaelMusic ReviewCourt Yard HoundsMusic ReviewAmericanoMusic ReviewCountry MusicArtist InterviewCarrie Rodriguez |
The Filter
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterYes We CanoeContributorsKenny Braun, Jan Jarboe Russell, and Tyler Jacobson |
Roar of the CrowdKicking the Bucket List |
Web Exclusives
San Marcos RiverWhere people do crazy things in the jet stream. Mystic RiversWhere does the Pecos River originate? How long is the Devils River? What river in Texas is used to cool nuclear reactors? Everything you wanted to know about some of our state's waterways. The Usual SuspectsBrent Coon’s back to take on BP. Spin DoctorsThe Performance Rights Act has rocked the music industry. |
Goodnight MoonForty years ago, the attention to space exploration was constant. And the faces of the exploration gave rise to a group of larger than life individuals—the astronauts. Saving the LlanoWhat's missing from all the bureaucratic back and forth over permits and mining and dredging is a sense of the importance of the river itself. |
Multimedia
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Recipes
Milanesa NapolitanaRecipe from El Arbol, Austin |
Mojo Glazed Salmon With Spanish Chorizo, Baby Spinach, and Toasted Pine NutsRecipe from Chef Jason Dady, Restaurant Insignia, San Antonio / Featured Chef at the 2010 New World Wine & Food Festival |
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