Kristie Ramirez is a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly. She began her career at D Magazine, the city magazine of Dallas, and she’s the former Dallas editor for Condé Nast’s Lucky magazine. Ramirez also served as the editor-in-chief of FASHION, Texas Monthly’s annual style magazine. She has written for National Geographic Traveler, Departures, and Condé Nast Traveler and teaches fashion journalism at Southern Methodist University. Ramirez is a third-generation Texan and lives in Dallas.
Articles by Kristie Ramirez
Antler
In the right designer’s hands, it’s not just a bony appendage or a hunter’s prize. It’s art.
Made in Texas
The tradition of handmade craftsmanship is as old as the frontier. Meet some artisans who are keeping it alive in the modern age.
Musical Instruments
Because if you’re going to buy a banjo, it might as well be locally sourced.
Marion Jones’s Backpack
The athlete shows us what she carries along on the road and to the gym.
Street Smarts
Downtown El Paso
1. Crave Kitchen and Bar Smack in the middle of El Paso’s Cincinnati Entertainment District is this industrial-cool restaurant that attracts everyone from college kids to suits. Inexpensive yet chic design solutions generate a big impact: Outside, a marquee-style arrow glows with yellow bulbs to amp up the drab facade,…
Elizabeth Avellán’s Car
Elizabeth Avellán, the co-owner of Troublemaker Studios and the producer of Desperado, the Spy Kids series, Grindhouse, and the much-anticipated sci-fi action flick Predators, considers her job a mix of maternal instincts and business savvy. “I’m the one who tells people, ‘Yes, you can do that,’ or ‘No, we…
Red McCombs’s Office Mini-Fridge
The word “retirement” isn’t in Billy Joe “Red” McCombs’s vocabulary. The 82-year-old businessman, whose entrepreneurial ventures have ranged from owning car dealerships and the San Antonio Spurs to co-founding media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications, typically works sixty hours a week, Monday through Saturday, at his office in San Antonio.
James Buescher’s Home Office
The NASCAR driver gives us a glimpse of his life away from the racetrack.
Tina Craig’s Suitcase
The blogger shows us what she'll be taking to New York Fashion Week.
Object Lesson
Magda Sayeg’s Bedside Table
The yarn bomber shows us some of her personal possessions.
Jaap van Zweden’s Piano
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra conductor shows us some of his tools.
Frisco
This sports-crazed Dallas suburb may be one of the fastest-growing places in the country, but you can still find signs of its cattle-driving past.
Brad Davis’s Locker
The Houston Dynamo player gives us a glimpse of his life off the field.
Karen Hughes’s Kitchen Island
The onetime presidential adviser gives us a glimpse of her home life.
Earl Mitchell’s Refrigerator
The Houston Texans defensive tackle shows us what he eats.