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Considering the Cactus
A Lament on Roots, Bexar County, TX
The Artist and the City
For thirty years, when she wasn’t writing books or winning genius grants, Sandra Cisneros has been pushing and prodding San Antonio to become a more sophisticated (and more Mexican) city. Now she’s leaving town. did she succeed?
San Antonio Rose
I used to think my hometown was a sleepy, slow-moving place where nothing much would ever happen. But forty years after I left, the city is a bustling, economically vibrant, progressive place I hardly recognize—in a good way.
The Walking Deadline
For decades, the state’s big urban newspapers helped bind together the inhabitants of our major cities. Now those papers are threatened by a rapidly evolving (some might say collapsing) business model. Is there hope for daily journalism in Texas?
Horsemen, Goodbye
Thoughts on the gradual march of civility and urban sprawl across the lost frontier.
Where to Eat Now
And the year's best new restaurants are . . .
Sax & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Bobby Keys and the Rolling Stones: behind one of pop music's most famous solos.
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa, San Antonio
The Texanist
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007
I Shall Never Surrender or Retreat . . .
. . . from teaching my fifteen-year-old daughter about her Texas roots. So when I realized I was failing to accomplish this most sacred of duties, I did what any well-meaning parent would do: loaded her (and her friends, of course) into the car and hit the road.
The Education of Mi Hijita
My daughter is only two, but I’m already planning to teach her what it means to be a Texan—and a Tejana.
The Children of Texas
I was never certain how to explain the importance of the state to my three daughters. Now that I have two grandsons—named Mason and Travis, no less—I’ve realized something that I should have known all along.
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007
On tomboys, spiciness, and the end of the UT-A&M rivalry.
New + Noteworthy
Swift's Attic and Sustenio.
Guernica Tapestry, San Antonio
Shakedown
A new album by Hacienda.
Julián Castro’s Office
The mayor of San Antonio shows us where he works.
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007
Unwelcome shotgun blasts, unwanted mustaches, uncouth behavior, and the un-bare-able truth about going sockless in your cowboy boots.
A Q&A With Katy Vine
The senior editor on her glimpse into Austin Mahone's rise to teen pop stardom in a world where YouTube and Twitter are making adults in the music business scratch their heads.
Girls Love Me
Austin Mahone is sixteen years old. He doesn’t have a record contract, a tour bus, or a backing band. But he does have more than 650,000 followers on Twitter and the email addresses of 2,000,000 fans. Meet San Antonio’s answer to Justin Bieber.
Reading Along With James Donovan
The latest Alamo chronicler offers a glimpse of his reference library.
Being a River Walk Tour Guide
Elizabeth Taylor on being a River Walk tour guide.
New + Noteworthy
Bliss and Olive & June.
9 Texas Bands That Could Make an Impact at SXSW
Though South by Southwest is bringing big names like Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z this year, here are picks from showcasing Texans, from the obvious to the relatively obscure.
Get Cooking
Recipes from the ten top restaurants in Texas.
Five Ranch Getaways
From riding on the range and stargazing to big game huntin, here are five guest ranches where you can explore your inner cowboy.
Texas Food Lovers
Twenty chefs and restaurants make the James Beard semifinals.
David Lake and Ted Flato’s Office
The architects show us what's on their desk.
Being a Girl Scout
Anna Maria Chávez on promoting issues important to girls, eating cookies (Samoas are her favorite), and meeting the president.
Where to Eat Now 2012
White tablecloths. Street food. Small portions. Lots and lots of innards. The only thing the ten best new Texas restaurants have in common is a willingness to prove that there is no such thing as a “Texas restaurant.” But when the escargots with fennel purée are this good, who cares?
Notable Openings and Closings
What you need to know about dining in Texas this week.
A Cook’s Tour
A slide show of scenes from the ten restaurants you should be eating at right now.
A Q&A With Patricia Sharpe
The senior editor on beer gardens, communal dining, and escargots.
New + Noteworthy
Costa Pacifica and El Gran Malo.
Feast
San Antonio
Contributors
Wyatt McSpadden, John Phillip Santos, and Skip Hollandsworth.
Courtroom Drama
Some of the biggest murder trials have happened in Texas, from proceedings against serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Charles Harrelson to housewives Darlie Routier and Candy Montgomery. Find out what TEXAS MONTHLY had to say about some of the most infamous Texans who were tried for murder.
Come and Take a Look at Me Now
Against all odds, Phil Collins has turned himself into a world-class Alamo buff who will happily talk your ear off about Santa Anna and Davy Crockett. Can you feel it coming in the Bexar tonight?
A Q&A With John Spong
The senior editor on why the Alamo is so important, how Fess Parker and Davy Crockett sparked a phenomenon in the fifties, and what Phil Collins is really like.
Size Matters
Starting the day at San Antonio's annual Cowboy Breakfast.
Narrating the Night Sky
San Antonio's Sandy Wood has been the voice of StarDate for twenty years.
Dogs of War
Why did the world’s most high-tech military bring along a dog when it raided Osama bin Laden’s compound? A visit to Lackland Air Force Base’s canine training school, in San Antonio, provides a few answers.
Exits and All the Rest
A new album by Girl in a Coma.
Andrew Weissman’s Office
The chef shows us a glimpse of his life outside the kitchen.
A Q&A With Jordan Breal
The associate editor on covering the arts scene in Texas.
The Art Lover’s Companion
More than sixty art insiders gave us their list of favorite works of art to see in Texas. So grab your notepad, sketchbook, or iPad and take the ultimate tour of must-see art in Texas.
Texas Treasures
My journey in early Texas art began while I was a student at Southern Methodist University, where I studied Frank Reaugh pastels and met Jerry Bywaters. After 24 years at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, curating exhibitions and traveling the state, I’ve come up with a list of greatest hits.
A Q&A With Jason Cohen
The senior writer on catching an institution in transition, fixing the BCS, and going to UTSA’s first football game.
New + Noteworthy
Restaurant Gwendolyn and Sapori Ristorante Italiano.
The Monterey
San Antonio
Karen Wagner’s Life
She lived outside the spotlight, quietly serving her country as most members of the military do, until one terrible day.
Because San Antonio Is a Football Town! Well, Almost.
Starting a major college program from scratch in a city that’s never had one of its own is a tricky business. Good thing the UTSA Roadrunners hired a national champion to help them kick off.
Boy’s Life—Bill White
Before he was fighting for the governorship of the second-largest state in the country, Bill White was just a kid from Texas.
New + Noteworthy
Up and McCullough Avenue Grill.
James Pants
A new self-titled album.
Contributors
Courtney Bond, Sarah Bird, and Jan Jarboe Russell.
San Antonio’s North River Walk
The two-year-old extension of the famed promenade offers Roman antiquities, Roman delicacies, and plenty of opportunities for roamin’.
Jason Macias, 40
Jason Macias, night police officer.
The Margarita Variations
On the rocks or frozen? Salt or no salt? And what tequila is best? So many questions, but these four recipes make it easy for you to shake up the best margaritas around.
Hosting a Children’s Show
Michele Lepe on hosting a children's show.
The Apprentice
Carrying on the legacy of the legendary musician Steve Jordan isn’t easy, especially when you’re only 22 years old and blind. But Juanito Castillo is too busy reinventing the conjunto accordion to care.
New + Noteworthy
Francesca's at Sunset, San Antonio, and Saldivia South American Grill, Houston.
Crockett Science
A new Crockett biography by Michael Wallis weighs in on how Davy died.
Migas
Migas
Think you know how to cook like a Texan? Chef Lisa Wong shows us how it’s done.
Pearl Jam
A new project in San Antonio marries urban redevelopment and local flavor with a quest for culinary greatness.
101–125
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
101–125
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
Where to Eat Now 2011
Jalapeño sausage–stuffed quail, lemon-pepper-marinated fried chicken: The trend for most of the best new restaurants last year was comfort food with pizzazz. But then along came Uchiko to wow us with its mouthwatering take on Japanese fusion. Who says you can’t buck a trend?
New and Noteworthy
Whiskey Cake Kitchen and Bar and Olmos Park Bistro.
Making Chili
How to make chili.
Key Moments in Mexican Food History
From 3500 BC, when indigenous peoples in Mexico and Central America began cultivating chiles, to 2010, when the Culinary Institute of America opened an expanded campus in San Antonio.
Let’s Have Mex-Tex
Where’s the best place to get a perfect plate of enchiladas? A chile relleno to die for? A salsa you’ll never forget? Come along on our tour of the fifty greatest Mexican restaurants in Texas, from Hugo’s, in Houston, to Tacos Santa Cecilia, in El Paso. This is not your father’s Tex-Mex.
Meet the Parent
In the year since my mother died, I’ve learned a lot of things—like how to spend time with my dad.
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz
After her mother’s death, Mimi Swartz found herself getting to know her father all over again.
Shawn Achor
The Harvard researcher talks about his new book, The Happiness Advantage, and more.
New and Noteworthy
Las Canarias, San Antonio and Patrizio, Fort Worth.
It’s All Greek to Him
Rick Riordan greeks out with a Percy Jackson spin-off.
No Retreat! No Surrender!
Besieged on all sides, will the Daughters of the Republic of Texas finally lose control of the Alamo? Not if they can help it.
Heloise’s Pantry
Where They're From
A memorable hour-long radio special based on the June issue of TEXAS MONTHLY, a co-production with KUT 90.5 FM.
David Lee Garza
Poteet
Boy’s Life
They may disagree on just about everything, but Rick Perry and Bill White have one thing in common: a Texas childhood.
City of Dreams
Searching for the legendary past—and the cosmic future—in my old river city, San Antonio de Béjar.
San Antonio River
Tourists and natives mingle along its tree-lined concrete walkways far below the fantastical jumble of the downtown skyline.
Go With the Flow
Throw 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.
Alamo Heights
One 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.
A Cooking Class at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa
Quail With Chorizo and Cornbread Stuffing
Thanks
SBC’s generocity.
Memories of a Guitar Picker
Willie Nelson called him a show off, Charlie Pride and Jim Cullen both asked him to join their bands, and Hank Williams, Sr. was a close personal friend.
Exxon’s Generosity
The three largest philanthropic gifts made by Texas corporations in the second quarter of 1999.
Read It and Weep
The closings of bookstores in San Antonio and Laredo leave a void that can’t be filled with a Kindle.
Julián Castro, San Antonio Mayor (Thursday, February 25th 2010)
He’s the youngest mayor of a major US city, he took office with 56 percent of the vote in a nine-way race and he’s already nine years into a political career. Julián Castro grew up around San Antonio politics, at the side of a mother who was a major force in the Raza Unida movement. Now he and twin brother, Texas State Representative Joaquin Castro, are making San Antonio politics their own.
Augie Meyers
Two Burials
Today my grandfather is buried in a family plot in Laredo. But to understand who he was and what his family was like, you have to know the story of his first burial, seventy miles away and nearly twenty years earlier.
The Bucket List
Driving the River Road, in far West Texas; having a drink at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, in Dallas; fishing for bass in Caddo Lake; eating a chicken-fried steak in Strawn; searching for a lightning whelk along the coast; and 58 other things that all Texans must do before they die.
Good Eats
A slide show of images featuring our state’s top ten restaurants, from Il Sogno, in San Antonio, to RDG + Bar Annie, in Houston, to Samar by Stephan Pyles, in Dallas.
The Manual 2.0
Watch the experts at Calle Ocho teach Andrea Valdez how to dance cumbia.
He’s About A Mover
Country, jazz, blues, R&B, polka, and conjunto—the late, great Doug Sahm was a walking encyclopedia of Texas music. An exclusive excerpt from a new biography explores how he stirred it all together and found his own sound in his first great song.
Where to Eat Now 2010
You had to be brave to open a restaurant last year. Or you had to be a genius. Or, like Robert Del Grande, whose revamped Houston eatery tops our list of the ten best gastronomical debuts of 2009, you had to be both.
Dancing Cumbia
How to dance cumbia.
Performing Comedy
Adelina Anthony on performing comedy.
Red McCombs’s Office Mini-Fridge
A Día de los Muertos Altar
How to build a Día de los Muertos altar.
That’s the Spirit
Not that you’re looking for an excuse, but these five original cocktails concocted by Texas bartenders using local liquors are a thoroughly acceptable reason to pour yourself a drink. Or three.
Julián Castro
New mayor Julián Castro on San Antonio’s future.
Street Cam: San Antonio’s Alamo Heights
Take a virtual tour of sloan/hall.
Street Cam: San Antonio’s Alamo Heights
Take a virtual tour of Violet Hour.
Street Cam: San Antonio’s Alamo Heights
Take a virtual tour of AMAR.
Street Cam: San Antonio’s Alamo Heights
Take a virtual tour of LeeLee.
Romance on the River
Ghosts Of War
The battlegrounds of Texas tell an incredible story of struggle, sorrow, triumph, and terror that is far more complex and surprising than anything I learned in school. All I had to do was get in my car and go see them.
Styles and Styles of Texas
The thirty Texans with the most iconic, unforgettable, eye-popping looks, from Davy Crockett to Beyoncé.
Saturday Night
From a honky-tonk in Odessa to a Catholic church in Houston, there’s one night of the week when you’re guaranteed to find Texans at their snappiest.
Dancing Queen
The Houston Ballet; a Marcia Gygli King retrospective; Philip Glass.
Chad Jistel
Chad Jistel, locomotive engineer.
Auto Pilot
With the Big Three teetering on the brink, it’s worth noting that the Toyota plant in San Antonio is still motoring. Oh, what a feeling!
Suggested Reading
Texas Book Festival; Latin Grammy Awards; San Antonio Opera.
Dough Pizzeria Napoletana
San Antonio
A Modern Addition
A McNay makeover; welcome to Shangri La; show us the Monet.
Real Animal
Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found
Child’s Play
Summer vacation is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you should panic. We’ve rounded up 68 of our favorite things to do with your toddlers, teens, and every kid in between. Dance the hokey pokey. Rope a horse. Eat way too many hot dogs. Zip down a waterslide. And yes, feed the animals.
Let There Be Light
J. M. W. Turner in Dallas; Discovery Green in Houston; Fiesta in S.A.
Rating the Major Dailies
Choosing the best features of Texas newspapers is a thankless job, hard on the spirit, and difficult for all the wrong reasons.
The Alamo? Sure. Two Blocks, Turn Right, And It’s Right Across From The Five And Ten.
You remember, don’t you? ThatÃs the place John Wayne died.
Oak Hills Church
San Antonio
Where To Eat Now 2008
Yes, the setting is ritzy and the food remarkable. But what really makes the state’s best new restaurant sizzle is something less tangible: the (Dean) Fearing factor.
New and Noteworthy
Merchants Grand Café, San Antonio and Charlie Palmer, Dallas
It’s Only Natural
A natural antidote to San Antonio sprawl.
Third Grade Social Studies
They may only be kids in third grade, but you’re looking at the future of Texas.
Sunil K. Ahuja
46, infectious-diseases expert, San Antonio
The Class of 2017
The future according to third-graders.
Andrew Weissman
40, restaurateur, San Antonio
Joe Straus III
48, state representative, San Antonio
Dario Robleto
35, artist, San Antonio
Tomorrow Never Dies
The perils of prediction.
Behind the Lines: Podcast
Paul Burka reads January’s Behind the Lines: The Capitol Press Corpse
Straight Strait
Strait talk; Fort Worth takes stock; MLK in S.A.
The Capitol Press Corpse
Is it really time to pronounce the body?
Writing for a Newsweekly
Karen Tumulty on writing for Time.
Tailgating
How to tailgate.
Roads to Nowhere
The myth of the NAFTA superhighway.
Time Marches On
Computer-aided choreography, professional composers to score the music, mammoth budgets: At high schools and colleges across Texas these days, marking bands are playing for keeps.
Hype or Hero?
He’s won the support o Mexican Americans in El Paso; now he wants to win a seat in Congress. Is Silvestre Reyes’ attack on illegal immigration heroism or hype?
Seeing Red
The contrversial color of ASan Antonio’s new public library is only the latest indication that architect Ricardo Legorreta isn’t afraid to buck convention.
Texas Twenty: Linda Pace Roberts
From hot sauce to hot art.
Grounded
Sister Acts
The daughters of San Antonio’s most conspicuous family star in their own how-to videos.
A Cracker’s Farewell
When Grover Lewis died on April 16, he left a legacy of unwashed greatness. That’s how he would have wanted it.
Confessions of A Preacher’s Wife
The tensions between the demans of the spirit and the demands of the world defined my marriage—and destroyed it.
Davy Crock?
New York fireman Bill Groneman is disputing a critical piece of Alamo lore—and historians everywhere are burning mad.
Misjudged
Magic Fingers
San Antonio accordionist Mingo Saldivar is knocking them dead in northern Mexico.
Hero Worship
Entrance of the Zapatista Army into San Cristobal, 1994
Tech Talk
The Case of The Amateur Skull Boilers
Led by an owner of a roofing company, a group of novice sleuths solves gruesome crimes in San Antonio. It sounds like a TV show—and it may soon be one.
Plácido Domingo
Placido Domingo on being an opera star.
Tuna Salad Days
After fourtten years, 2,5000 performances, and innumerable one-liners, the theatrical careers of Joe Sears and Jaston Williams are going swimmingly.
Come Dancing
Fron Henry’s Hideout to the Farmer’s Daughter, Texas still has the best country dance halls. A boot-scootin’ roundup.
Making the Grade
San Antonio’s so-called NAFTA high school shows what can happen when kids care about what they learn.
The Songs Remain the Same
And for these 8 one-hit wonders, including Balde Silva, of Toby Beau, that’s a good thing: Thanks to wildly successful singles they released many years ago, what might have otherwise been forgettable careers are anything but.
It’s showtime!
The livestock show.
Where to Eat Now 2007
Well, first and foremost, Dallas, since four of the year’s ten best new restaurants—including the top three—are there. But if you’re hip and hungry in Houston, Austin, or San Antonio, my list won’t disappoint.
Mission San José
William Martin Reviews our places of worship.
Par Excellence
The best golf holes in Texas, according to the legends of the game.
Here Comes Trouble
Dan Patrick is causing nervous breakdowns of various size and duration—and he’s not even in the Texas Senate yet.
Snowbyrd
Minority Report
What the Hispanic vote tells us.
Around the State
Southtown, San Antonio
The eclectic artiness of San Antonio’s Southtown.
Hoop Dreams
The Spurs versus the Mavs.
Architecture • Ted Flato and David Lake
Master builders.
Performing Arts • Jo Long
Culturally centered.
Alamo Tome
Would You Buy What This Man Is Selling?
With the military stretched thinner than ever, Staff Sergeant Christopher Schwope’s skill as an Army recruiter is undeniably important. And it’s a thing to behold.
State Fare
It’s okay to be shellfish: You won’t want to share this shrimp appetizer from San Antonio’s Massimo.
Ship Shape
A South Texan adds a chapter to the Apollo 13 story.
Artbeat
Charting the state’s museum-building boom.
The War for the Colorado
Battles over the river’s precious waters are pulling in everyone from pecan growers in Central Texas to shrimpers in Matagorda Bay, not to mention thirsty cities like San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Who will be left high and dry?
Alamodoomed
San Antonio mayor Bill Thornton likes to talk about the future, but he’s still a politician of the past—and so is everyone who’s running against him.
Heirhart
A San Antonio pilot takes her admiration of Amelia Earhart to another plane.
Good Fella
Now that Joe Chagra is dead, it’s time to clear his name in the 1979 assassination of San Antonio federal judge John Wood.
The Ice Bats Cometh
Even when they’re not winning games, minor league hockey teams like Austin’s are winning fans by the thousands. Who’d have thought skaters would score in Texas?
Space Cadet
Painful implants and alien abduction experiences may sound like science fiction, but to San Antonio writer Whitley Strieber, they’re frighteningly real.
What a Hall!
Rock, don’t run, to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where Texas greats from T-Bone Walker to Sly Stone get their due.
War Stories
Lars Attacks!
Why Texas’ best-known homeless writer is back on the streets.
CD and Book Reviews
Stephen Herek
State Fare
Penne for your thoughts: You’ll never say basta to the pasta with vegetables and mixed greens at the Presidio in San Antonio.
Eva, Diva
Listening to conjunto queen Eva Ybarra.
CD and Book Reviews
Bread Winners
Upper-crust bakers in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin are turning out heavenly handmade loaves that make store-bought seem stale by comparison.
Eerie Canal
The Intracoastal Waterway is a marvel of engineering and a boon to industry. It’s also an ecological nightmare, which is why politicians, environmentalists, and business leaders are locked in a battle for the future of the Gulf Coast.
Grander Tour
The Hill Country is in—but what’s in the Hill Country? Plus: Texas’ top drug lawyer in the court of public opinion.
Trash Talk
Why the citizens of Alvin are down in the dumps over garbage.
Swartz and All
CD and Book Reviews
Truckin’
On the road with Victor Morales, the schoolteacher turned U.S. Senate candidate who is out to prove he’s not running on empty.
Taking Sides
Bombers Away
The B-1 bomber costs too much and does too little—so who wants to keep it alive? The people of Abilene, whose economy could take a direct hit if the Pentagon pulls the trigger.
Signs of the Seers
The world-famous rock art of the Lower Pecos has long left scholars in awe—and in the dark. Now a group of Texas archaeologists has unlocked the sacred secrets of the ancient shamans.
Holy Cacao!
Introducing El Rey, the Venezuelan chocolate that is wowing chefs everywhere, thanks to the efforts of a Texan with a taste for treats.
Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll
When the double life of pioneering record producer Huey Meaux was exposed, it was time to face the music: How well did I really know the legend I once called my friend?
Fed Up
We take aim at five Texas militias.
The Cult of Keen
It took two decades of shows at honky-tonks filled with frat-boy fans and Aggie admirers, but singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen has his first major-label record deal.
CD and Book Reviews
Buckle Up
The rodeo belt buckle is prized by cowboys and collectors alike. By the look of these handcrafted samples, it’s easy to see why.
The High Times of Gerry Goldstein
Texas’ top drug lawyer helps dope dealers and cocaine kingpins beat their raps—and he’s proud of it.
Not a Pretty Picture
Dallas and Houston have done it; Beaumont and Corpus Christi have too. So why hasn’t Austin built a respectable art museum? It comes down to three things: money, management, and mission.
Tom Foolery
Tusk, tusk—will Texas Republicans ever get along? Plus: Drawing the line on redistricting.
Nye Anxiety
Stephen Stills
Law • Cheryl Hopwood
Sins of admission.
Advertising • Lionel Sosa
Breadth of a salesman.
Art • Harriet and Harmon Kelley
Collecting their culture.
State Politics • Dan Morales
Courting controversy.
Gruene Peace
A historic dance hall, the cypress-shaded Guadalupe, a couple of rustic inns: A great weekend getaway awaits you less than an hour from Austin and San Antonio.
The New Fat Cats
Meet the newest Texas fat cats - the well-heeled contributors financing political campaigns in and out of our state.
State Fare
Yellowfin tuna with wasabi mayo at San Antonio’s Silo Elevated Cuisine? It may take you a while to get Orient-ed.
Embattled
Reshooting history in Garfield
CD and Book Reviews
Hoop Scoop
A slam dunk for San Antonio’s economy.
Joan Crawford
Team Player
Red McCombs, still on the sidelines
CD and Book Reviews
Ramblin’ Roses
Texans are rediscovering antique roses, the hardy, neglected beauties that decorate old graveyards and abandoned houses across the state. Whether you buy them from a nursery or rustle cuttings from the wild, here�s the dirt on how to grow your own.
CD and Book Reviews
The Needle and the Damage Done
In 1979, as an undercover cop in Tyler, I got hooked on drugs. Nearly two decades later I’m clean, but the consequences of my addiction haunt me still.
The Newton Boys
What kind of getaway car was preferred by the bank-robbing Newton Boys?
Unreality Bites
As ever, Texas looms large in the movies’ imagination—large and largely inaccurate.
We Are the World
Want to see Kuwait, Iowa, and Washington, D.C.? Go to El Paso, Austin, and Houston.
Diana Fox and Josh Zuniga
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDs and Hot Books
The Handmades’ Tale
These twelve Texas artisans herald the victory of man over machine, carefully crafting wood, metal, or stone into items for your home and hearth that are tomorrow’s heirlooms today.
How to Have Great Sex Forever
Since I started taking Viagra, I have had the time of my life. You can too—but there’s more to romance than a little blue pill.
Holding Court
LITERATURE • Naomi Shihab Nye
Poetry in motion.
Whereabouts Known
Bruce McGill played D-Day, the biker with the handlebar mustache, in the classic comedy Animal House. Twenty years later, he’s still a character.
Home Away From Home?
Texas’ largest nursing home chain says it provides a “better place to live” for more than six thousand elderly men and women. State investigators tell a much different story.
The Disloyal Opposition
How five right-wing members of the State Board of Education are making life miserable for their fellow Republicans—especially George W. Bush.
State Fare
Mesteña’s apple sorbet and walnut-apple flautas are delicious to the core.
Familia Feud
In Laredo, a conservative revolution is upending the city’s old patronage politics.
Border Bargains
We’ve found thirty shops just across the Rio Grande where you can buy everything from hand-carved furniture to whimsical walking sticks. The quality is high, the prices are right, and you don't have to pay in pesos.
The Church on the Hill
Why the big fight between a small town and a small church wound up in the Supreme Court.
Next of Kinski
Color Commentary
With this year’s induction of Seguin native Smokey Joe Williams, one fourth of the Negro Leaguers in baseball’s hall of fame are Texans. Unfortunately, there may not be any more.
CD and Book Reviews
CDs by Doctors’ Mob and the American Analog Set, plus a tribute to Bob Wills; booksby James Lee Burke and Louise Redd.
Earth Quake
After the killings at Columbine, the world looked disapprovingly at a computer game created in Mesquite. Die-hard players would not be moved.
aaaaaaiiiiieeeee!
From Poltergeist to the Steel Eel, Texas has five of the nation’s best new roller coasters. And they’re all a scream.
Evil
How serial killer Rafael Resendez-Ramirez struck fear in the hearts of the men and women of Weimar, a tiny Texas town that will never be the same.
Alone Together
No one denies that there was love at the center of Lady Bird Johnson’s marriage to LBJ. But like Hillary Clinton, she endured quite a bit, spousally speaking, as her husband’s star was on the rise.
The Bingo King Is Dead. Long Live the Bingo King.
When Fast Eddie Garcia was shot to death, San Antonio mourned the loss of not only a man but also a behind-the-scenes power broker at the center of the city’s good ol’ amigo network.
Garden Variety
From antique benches to cast-iron planters, a selective guide to the yard art of your dreams.
CD and Book Reviews
CDs by the Jiménez brothers, the Old 97’s, and Lee Hazlewood; books by Joni Rodgers and Scott Zesch.
Current Affair
Why electricity is a supercharged political issue. Plus: Who cares about the Democrats running for U.S. Senate?
Slime Time!
An Addison snail breeder gets fresh with the world.
Mr. Clean
Steve Earle feels alright.
Race Value
Rating our primary concerns.
Where the Wild Things Are
One of the country’s top photographers traveled around his home state to capture these stunning portraits of exotic animals on display.
Trailing the Field
Texas was supposed to be horse racing’s salvation, a Thoroughbred–loving state with money to burn. So why can’t the sport get out of the gate?
Also-runs
Wacky White House wannabes.
Water Grab
Why farmers and big-city folk are at war over water. Plus: Jane Nelson for comptroller?
Long Shot
Feasting our eyes on a blind team roper.
Not Playing Around
Paving the way for girls in cyberspace.
Sour Notes
A tejano rift widens.
Purple Reign
Sandra Cisneros’ colorful victory.
Dianne Hardy-Garcia
2005 Bum Steer Awards
Rainpower
A rain windfall in the Hill Country
Will Lee
My Choice
How can I be a Christian and support legalized abortion? Tough question, but after weeks of soul- searching, I have an answer.
Wheels of Fortune
For automakers in the U.S. and overseas, Texas is the very best market for the pickup truck. And for Texans, the pickup truck is the very best vehicle—if only for what it says about who we are. Or who we'd like to be.
Divine Secrets of The Alamo Sisterhood
The genteel matriarchs of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas are at war—with each other. And this time it's a no-quarter struggle for the group's heart and soul.
The Voice of America
Is Clear Channel, the San Antonio-based radio behemoth, as patently evil as everyone says? Don't touch that dial.
Perilously Plump
Texans love to say that everything’s bigger here, but when it comes to the waistlines in one in four of our largest cities, that’s nothing to brag about.
A Good Mango Is Hard to Find
Unless you’re Susana Trilling, who taught me how to prepare traditional Oaxacan dishes at her cooking school in Mexico. This month she’ll teach you too—right here in Texas.
The Franchise
Is the Dallas Mavericks' Mark Cuban a pushy billionaire with a lust for publicity, or is he an energetic owner who has saved the team? Do we have to choose?
Stanley Marcus
Mimi Swartz sizes up the legacy of Stanley Marcus.
Henry B. Gonzalez
The life and accomplishments of Henry B. Gonzalez.
Numbers Game
Inside the election's numbers.
Luby's, Inc.
The Texas stock to avoid right now.
Taste for Trouble
When San Antonio restaurateur Mario Cantú died last November, he left behind a legacy of political activism along with fine Mexican fare.
Around the State
Dallas rolls out the red carpet for dance, theater, sports, and opera. Plus: San Antonio puts photographer Kathy Vargas on display; Beaumont gushes about the one hundredth anniversary of Spindletop; Mission juices up its Texas Citrus Fiesta; and East Texas shines under the lights of Broadway.
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