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Laura Wilson's Studio »
Laura Wilson's Studio
June 2012 by Kristie Ramirez
Being a River Walk Tour Guide »
Elizabeth Taylor on being a River Walk tour guide.
May 2012 Interview by Brian D. Sweany
Give Me Shelter »
Dallas’s ritzy Park Cities is the sort of place where Jerry Jones Jr. can buy a four-story castle with twelve bathrooms and a nine-car underground garage for a reported $8.7 million and some people regard it as a steal. Welcome to the fabulous world of Erin Mathews, the very discreet real estate agent to the very, very rich.
November 2011 by Jason Sheeler
Charlie Jones’s Kitchen Counter »
Charlie Jones’s kitchen counter.
September 2011 by Kristie Ramirez
Do I Dare to Eat a Peach? »
As a kid I was the pickiest eater you have ever seen, and family meals gave new meaning to the words “food fight.” But I gritted my teeth and overcame it—one disgusting tomato at a time.
July 2011 by John Spong
T. Boone Pickens’s Office Cabinet »
T. Boone Pickens’s office cabinet.
July 2011 by Kristie Ramirez
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz »
The executive editor on writing about Camp Mystic, legal battles, and lawyers.
July 2011 Interview by Evan McMurry
Summer Vacation
A slide show of images of Camp Mystic, from the Hill Country institution's early years to the present day. Photographs by Sarah Wilson
July 2011
The Not So Happy Campers »
For more than seven decades, Camp Mystic has been one of the prettiest, happiest, and most exclusive destinations in Texas. But after a bitter, multimillion-dollar legal battle, the very thing that the owners cherished—family—may be the force that tears the camp apart for good.
July 2011 by Mimi Swartz
Bobby Jones, 60 »
Game Fowl Breeder
June 2011 As told to Nate Blakeslee
Joe Straus’s Desk »
Joe Straus’s desk.
April 2011 by Kristie Ramirez
Bob “Bleed” Merkt, 38 »
Vintage-Car Builder
January 2011 As told to Megan Giller
Ruth Buzzi’s Garage »
At the end of every show we’d pop out of these doors and scream out something ridiculous.
December 2010 by Kristie Ramirez
The Drop Everything List »
Ornette Coleman, the Great American Peanut Butter Festival, Tommy Tune, and the 15th World Championship Ranch Rodeo . . .
November 2010 by Michael Hoinski
Bloggers, Babies, and the Benefits of Beer »
A roundup of the latest and greatest scientific research from Texas universities.
October 2010 by Kelsey Crow, Vi-An Nguyen, Kevin Sullivan and Jasmin Sun
Austin City Limits
To mark the thirty-fifth anniversary of the longest-running popular music series in American television history (take that, Yo! MTV Raps!), the University of Texas Press has just published a gorgeous coffee-table book,Austin City Limits: 35 Years in Photographs.
October 2010
Covering High Society »
Shelby Hodge on covering high society.
September 2010 Interview by Megan Giller
Alpine »
In this high-desert hub just north of Big Bend National Park, you’ll find Western artwork, Mexican handicrafts, and the unexpected snow cone.
September 2010 by Jordan Breal
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