August 1985 Issue

Features
Columns
The Pink People
A new recruit to the ranks of Mary Kay beauty consultants struggles valiantly to do his part in reaching the woman of the eighties and keeping the company in the pink.
A Concrete Romance
One man’s whim-turned-obsession is changing Houston’s McKee Street Bridge and its faded environs into one of the few really original artistic images of the city.
Don’t Do What They Did to David Clyde
Though he fought against bad management, bad coaching, and bad habits, he finally struck out at baseball, the victim of too much too soon.
All in the Family
Prizzi’s Honor is a macabre satire of the two-career marriage; Cocoon can’t burst free of its nice-guy limitations; Pale Rider recycles all the wrong western riffs; St. Elmo’s Fire should have been doused from the start.
Short and Sweet
Sometimes the opera is over before the fat lady sings. Consider the successful debut of sixteen brief and eclectic works commissioned by the Texas Opera Theater.
Web
Portobello Tricolor in Pesto Vinaigrette
Recipe by Chef Victor Garcia, Cafe Highland Park, Dallas1 large portobello mushroom 8oz spinach leaves 1 Roma tomato (1/4 inch slices) 2oz goat cheeseBrush portobello mushroom with olive oil and sprinkle with 1 ounce chopped basil, salt, and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and bake in 350 degree oven

On the Menu: Cafe Highland Park
ALL SO OLD-WORLD, the menu is a sort of compendium of the Mediterranean’s greatest hits. Even a standby like Shrimp Scampi, sauteed in a tangy garlic lemon butter sauce, comes off with flair. The delicate phyllo basket stuffed with steamed spinach, mushrooms, crab, and shrimp on a bed of tomato
Miscellany
Back Roads
Through his small, simply produced literary magazine, poet David Yates made his mark—both in Texas and beyond. Peter Applebome
State Secrets
Every phone a pay phone; look out, Clinton Manges; the GOP donnybrook; party realignment in San Antonio.
Roar of the Crowd
Taking the plunge; defending Diana; grading the tests; reforming the system.
Post-Modern Times
Triathletes converge upon Lake Lavon to compete in the sport of the eighties.
Downtown
Houston police chief Lee Brown is doing things right; crime is down, public approval is up.
Reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter
Hungry ants in the Panhandle; cocky dispatchers in Dallas; tiny trees near San Antonio.