All posts by Helen Thompson
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Little Boy Lost
From the moment he first held a guitar pick, Charlie Sexton was said to be on the road to stardom, but high praise and high cheekbones haven’t kept him from stumbling along the way.
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Vietnamese Restaurants
Austin Saigon Kitchen, 9200 N. Lamar, 512-837-9910. This modest-looking restaurant’s bracing hot-and-sour soup was filled with shrimp, pineapple, celery, tomato, okra, noodles, and anise. Vermicelli with rice-paper pancakes that were more like omelettes came with grilled pork, fish sauce, and a platter frilly lettuce, cilantro, cucumbers, and mint. Tender frogs’ legs in a fresh tempura …
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Vietnamese Grocery Stores
Most of the specialty items needed to prepare Vietnamese recipes can be found at the following Asian and Vietnamese groceries. Austin Lien, Huong Oriental Market, 8610 N. Lamar, 512-835-9618. My Thanh Oriental Market, 7435 N. Lamar, 454-4804. Say Hi, 5249 Burnet Road, 453-1411. Dallas Asian Grocery, 9191 Forest Lane, 214-235-3038. Laos Store, 4536 Bryan, 821-2878. …
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Sour Notes
Bullets over Broadway at the Granbury Opera House.
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Getting His Kicks
He scored big for UT and four NFL teams; now Raul Allegre is back in the game with his weekly Spanish-language football show.
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Texas Twenty: Princess
The celebritty realtor as realor celebrity.
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Family Plot
For Dallas writer Carlton Stowers, Sins of the Son is more than just another true crime story. The son is his own.
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Walk, Don’t Run
After years of arguing that vigorous activity is a key to good health, Kenneth Cooper is exercising his right to change his mind.
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A Fan’s Notes
For sixty years, Austinite Raymond Daum befriended Hollywood’s biggest stars. Now he’s selling off his memories.