
August 2017

Features


The Tarahumara of northern Mexico became famous for their ability to run incredibly long distances. Now, they’re running for their lives.

How the straight-talking, coyote-shooting, tobacco-chewing John Sharp has led a bonanza at Texas A&M.

Liz Lambert's hotels have a stunning, often imitated style. But where does the trendsetter get her ideas? We asked her.
Touts

The ramen king of Austin writes a new chapter in the book of Texas barbecue.

From his childhood in Winnipeg to stops in New Orleans and Hong Kong, Ryan Lachaine goes his own way with an eclectic menu that spans the globe.


Snag a front-row seat at Old Tunnel State Park for one of nature’s finest displays.
Miscellany

A Longhorn gives the Aggies their due.

What Skip Hollandsworth learned writing this month’s cover story.
Reporter

The McConaughey flowchart to end all flowcharts.

Author Adam Sternbergh tells us how a Canadian-raised Brooklynite wrote a book set in West Texas.


Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.


After activists threatened a statue of Sam Houston, protesters showed up to defend it. But against whom, exactly, wasn’t clear.

Hitting Subset seems humble and meek on camera, but the Austin band's debut is anything but.

San Antonio’s new mayor isn’t interested in the old battles between left and right.
Columns

"When I returned to Port Aransas during my last year of medical school, I began to look at my hometown through an entirely different lens."

How five Aggies turned their love of trick shots into one of the biggest video franchises of the digital era.