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The White Shoe

Sole food for Middle America.

A Bad Day for Dolphins

Can Bubbles find happiness in a 30-foot tank?

A Taste of Money

Are Texas‘ most expensive restaurants worth it?

Contest

The game of the name.

Every Good Boy Does Fine

Kids should learn early that music is the staff of life.

Behind the Lines

Touts

Ornamentality.

Moving On

Larry McMurtry brings his Texas odyssey to an end.

Roar of the Crowd

The Taxman Cometh

The IRS is waging a secret war against big art donors.

Texas Monthly Reporter

The Soundness of Music

How to get cultured and stay in shape at the same time.

The Runaround

The people of No Man‘s Land are wondering whether government really works.

Blue Chic

How Fort Worth‘s gentry learned to love the blues.

Holiday Fare

Introducing our new film critic, who finds this month‘s menu both hot and cold.

Heroes for Post-Watergate America

A retired Marine Corps general takes on the University of Texas System.

The Strange Case of the Missing Parks

Why Texans don‘t get the parks they pay for.

World! Here Is Your Oyster!

Close your eyes and pretend it‘s roast beef.

Is Your Life Dull? Is Your Environment Boring?

Four interior designers tell what they can do within four walls.

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Death

The friendly folks at the morgue speak a body language all their own.

Goosed!

Don‘t be a turkey this Thanksgiving. Try a different bird.

Contest

Labelous.

Of Mouse and Men

Advocates of new public art symbols for Houston have uncovered a rat.

Behind the Lines

A Sporting Chance

Can college athletics survive? Can short stories?

Touts

T-shirts and T-bones.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Big Mamas

Two women—one a conservative Republican, the other a liberal Democrat—are the best politicians in Houston.

Opsie Daisy

On Wall Street, as in football, the option play isnít the big gainer it used to be.

Man Bites Dog

How the Dallas SPCA got itself indicted for cruelty to animals, and other shaggy dog stories.

European Passage

Will there always be a Europe?

The World‘s Best Basic Record Collection

Building a classical, rock, country, and jazz library on a budget.

Is Texas A New Mecca For Artists?

The word is out among young artists that our state is a good place to work.

Eat Your Heart Out

The perfect European restaurant and some that come close.

Contest

Gridirony.

Book Joints

The irresistible lure of used paperbacks.

Welcome To Boys Town

From the Mexico Package (September 1975).

Wetback

What makes them swim the Rio Grande?

Zapata’s Children

Will the Mexican Revolution ever end?

Touts

To sleep, perchance to scheme.

Mexico City Is the Most Uninhabitable City in the World.

From the Mexico Package (September 1975).

Roar of the Crowd

Mexico City Is the Most Exciting City in the Western Hemisphere.

From the Mexico Package (September 1975).

Texas Monthly Reporter

Democracy, Mexican Style

All political parties are equal, but one is more equal than all the rest put together.

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Willie

If you haven’t met the Red Headed Stranger, maybe you should.

The First Mexicans

In twentieth-century Mexico, ancient Indian rituals linger.

The Music Man

If James Dick has his way, the notes struck at Round Top will echo around the world.

Stop The Press!

Was the death of the Fort Worth Press murder or euthanasia?