Travel & Outdoors
August 1, 1990
High Country Haven
The Tetons are grander and Santa Fe is tonier, but no place is more apropos than Ruidoso.
340 Articles
Music
July 31, 1990
Squeeze Play
Three masters show why conjunto, the accordion music of the Tex-Mex border, is hotter thatn Lajitas in August.
Reporter
June 30, 1990
State Wide Reporter: Bass Goes Fishing II
Robert Bass must sometimes wish he had coveted an easier takeover target than the Flordia company that owns the St. Petersburg Times.
Reporter
June 30, 1990
State Wide Reporter: Cowboy Jim
Friendly Cowboy Jim gives San Antonio tourists what they want.
Reporter
May 31, 1990
Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Go. And While You’re At It, Don’t Light Up, Either
Kicking the habit in Randall County Jail.
Reporter
April 30, 1990
Padre Hearty
Padre’s spring breakers just want to have fun.
Reporter
April 30, 1990
Money Changes Everything
A $10 million sweepstakes winner wants to run Denton.
Reporter
March 1, 1990
Smart Parties
Entertainer John Armstrong applies the scientific method to children’s birthday parties.
Music
March 1, 1990
Strike Up the Bands
The bands play on and on and on in Austin.
Reporter
March 1, 1990
Update: Stubb Moves Again
Stubb’s barbecue, with a side order of blues, hits the road again. Destination: Lower Greenville.
Reporter
March 1, 1990
Muckraker of The Big Bend
An Alpine weekly digs up all the news that’s fit to print—and then some.
Reporter
January 1, 1990
Sultan Of Stink
Tim Johnson came out smelling like a rose when San Franciscans detected broken gas lines.
Reporter
December 1, 1989
Irreconcilable Differences
An airport spat rekindles the Dallas-Fort Worth feud; South Plains farmers cotton to a colorful high-fiber crop; Houston artists collaborate to wish everyone Feliz Navidad.
Reporter
November 1, 1989
Two-Tone Hip-Hop
A coach and student rap it up in Brazosport.
Reporter
November 1, 1989
Baby Boomers Unite
Baby boomers get their acts together.
Reporter
November 1, 1989
Filling a Niche
Conquest Airlines flies where few have gone before.
Reporter
September 30, 1989
Animal Fights
The Animal Liberation Front terrorizes Texas Tech: RVs lumber through the Big Bend drug net; eclectic eats served to a boogie beat in the Hill Country.
Sports
September 30, 1989
Texas Primer: The Herkie Jump
Three cheers for Lawrence Herkimer and his leap to fame.
Reporter
August 31, 1989
Whose Texas Rangers are They Anyhow?
Dallas’ grandstanding irks Arlington; writers jockey for position in the Matamoros book derby; A&M’s bluebonnets show their not-so-true colors; San Antonio goes loco over Lico Lico.
Reporter
July 31, 1989
So Long, Starck; Bye-Bye, Blue Bird
The Starck Club, R.I.P.
Music
July 1, 1989
The Semi-Reluctant Rock Star
How did shy, sweet Edie Brickell become America’s hottest new performer? By sticking to her vision —and doing what the record company told her.
Business
June 1, 1989
The Long, Strange Trip of Ed Bass
Interesting things can happen when a man with an unusual vision also has an unusual amount of money.
Reporter
March 1, 1989
Captain Homeless
Austin’s homeless find a home sweet home on the lake; Fort Worth’s impresario of white gospel puts on a no-sweat show; Dallas’ Comet crashes; and Houston’s Orange Show marks a decade of—well, orange.
Music
February 1, 1989
Blithe Spirit
It took a bit of coaxing, but when R. T. Williams finally sat down at the piano again, the Grey Ghost came back to life.
Business
February 1, 1989
Chip Ahoy
A new gambling-cruise-ship enterprise out of Port Isabel makes it possible to spend an evening in a casino while going nowhere in the Gulf.
Travel & Outdoors
January 1, 1989
Making Waves
It’s cold and rainy; your stress level has reached an all-time high; your roof has sprung a leak. But you don’t have to sit still for this. Escape to the Bay Islands of Honduras.
Sports
November 1, 1988
Mojo Madness
The Permian Panthers provide the best entertainment between Dallas and El Paso, and nobody enjoys the show more than Jerry Swindall.
Music
October 1, 1988
One Brick Shy of a Load
Not your run-of-the-mill pickers and singers, these performers are determined to carve out new territory.
Music
October 1, 1988
The Fall of Country, the Rise of Country
As Nashville pandered to the lowest common denominator, Texans found a new audience hungry for old traditions.
Reporter
August 31, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Channel 5 in Fort Worth hits forty; Elvis fever hits Waco; a would-be DA hits a snag in Raymondville; and Hangs Book is a hit with fishermen.
Music
August 1, 1988
The Big Squeezy
Get hip to zydeco, the born-on-the-bayou sound with the accordion accent. Ready for it red hot? Check out a Saturday-night church dance in Houston.
Style & Design
July 1, 1988
Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!
Attention, tightwads! Act now! Suits to nuts—the big bang for the little buck! Check out our supersavin’, dollar-bustin’ bible of buys! Everything must go! (Offer available in Texas only.)
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 1988
Writing on the Rio
The only way to see Big Bend’s canyons is from the river, but that doesn’t mean you have to get wet, eat trail mix, or give up Bach.
Critters
March 1, 1988
Who Can Stop the Killer Bees?
Experts predict the first swarms could cross the border next year. What happens then to Texas’ multimillion-dollar honey industry is anybody’s guess.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1988
Paradise Mañana
If the brand-spanking new Mexican beach resort of Huatulco is what you’ve been waiting for, then keep waiting.
Lovers
February 1, 1988
Habits of the Heart
Time-honored Texas rituals.
Friends
February 1, 1988
Habits of the Heart
Time-honored Texas rituals.
Music
February 1, 1988
With Strings Attached
Willie Nelson’s true love may have a body that’s worse for the wear, but woe to the man who tries to pick it up.
Family
February 1, 1988
Habits of the Heart
Time-honored Texas rituals.
Sports
October 1, 1987
The World According to Coach
Never say Kant, Socrates it to ’em, and other collected wisdom from Texas’ Friday-night philosophers.
Business
October 1, 1987
Every Bar but Hershey’s
We have seen the future of Dallas nightlife, and it is called Dallas Alley.
Sports
September 30, 1987
Beating the Elusive Red Drum
What sport requires cunning, stamina, skill, and a fondess for sloshing aroound in the muck? Why, fishing for reds off the coast of Texas, of course.
Critters
September 1, 1987
Shark!
Three shark attacks on the Texas coast this summer are making swimmers edgy and chambers of commerce ask one question: what’s going on out there?
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 1987
Go Up, Young Man
These tall office towers, observatories, and revolving restaurants offer inspiring vies of Texas’ cityscapes.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1987
Cabin Fever
Not in the mood for a plush vacation resort or the rigors of backpacking? Instead, try solitude and starry nights at one of these ten park hideaways.
Being Texan
April 1, 1987
The Flash Flood
In a land of contrasts, a few hours can mean the difference between drought and deluge.
Style & Design
March 1, 1987
The Inside Story
A new breed of home-delivery specialists will bring everything from dinner for eight to a masseur to a dog trainer to your door. Here are more than a hundred to try.
The Culture
March 1, 1987
Staying in Line
A group of dancers from Garland, aged 57 to 90, would rather rock on than rock in a chair.
Food
January 1, 1987
Between a Hard Rock and a Place
The world’s hottest restaurant chain turns into Texas’ hottest restaurant feud.
Reporter
November 1, 1986
Texas Monthly Reporter
Will the beaches of Boca Chica become sand traps? Will hard-core punkers perform on Dallas’ favorite kiddie show. Peppermint Place? Will Texas Republicans shell out for their Great Hispanic Hope.