June 1994
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Features
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Down by the Riverside
More people visit San Antonio’s River Walk than the Alamo. Here’s why—our complete guide to the sights, restaurants, shops, and lore of Texas’ most popular urban park.
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Invasion of the Organ Snatchers
An inside look at the doctors, donors, and surgical drama of a weekend with a Dallas liver transplant team.
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The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (But Just Barely)
After fifteen years, Tommy Tune and Larry L. King are at it again: The sequel to the most famous musical about our state opens of Broadway.
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Defending Their Lives
Tired of constantly feeling threatened, these Houstonians won’t be caught with their guard down.
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Death Watch
In Houston, Kennie Matthews’ wife was killed in a midday robbery. Another senseless murder, and yet another reason why Texans’ fear of crime has never been higher.
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Vain Glory
Jerry Jones may have the biggest ego in football, but don’t bet against him. Even without Jimmy Johnson, he still has the best team.
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Columns
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Southern Breeze
With ancient ruins, exotic foods, and native wares, Oaxaca is a one-stop get-away for heat-plagued Texans.
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What a Way to Go
Before he sold his legendary wine cellar, Marvin Overton threw a Texas-zise party with a Longhorn named Bubba.
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Nerve Center
A Dallas clinic offers hope to pain patients, treating chronic suffering not as a symptom but as a disease itself.
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What’s the Beef?
Two Dallas steakhouses are accusing each other of libel, slander, and phony advertising. It should be a juicy case.
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Reporter
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Dazed and Discovered
Sometimes stars are found in the unlikeliest places.
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Harried, With Children
Houston cartoonist Michael Fry takes on the trials of two-career parenting.
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Rage On
Who is the loudest, angriest, and hottest metal band you’ve never heard of? Dallas’ Pantera.
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Rads to Riches
Two Arizona ex-hippie publishers are bringing Texas’ weekly papers into the mainstream.
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Web
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Greco-Roman Salad
Recipe from La Rèserve restaurant, Omni Hotel, Houston Salad 1/2 ounce white vinegar 1/2 lemon 1 head fennel 6 baby artichokes 1/2 pound cipolline (pearl onions optional) 1 pound small red potatoes 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil Kosher salt 1/4 cup pine nuts 3 red bell peppers 1/2 cup deli olives (Provence or calamata) …
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Cannellini Bean Capriata
Recipe from La Rèserve restaurant, Omni Hotel, Houston 1/2 cup cannellini (white kidney beans) 1/2 large onion, minced 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 clove elephant garlic Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 1/2 head radicchio, cut in sixths 1/2 loaf country bread, sliced 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar Soak beans overnight. In medium saucepan …
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Miscellany
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State Fare
Even without fancy dressing, this showy Mediterranean-style salad makes a spectacle of itself. Chef Timothy Keating of the Omni Houston Hotel’s La Rèserve restaurant (4 Riverway), created the “intense” salad, as he calls it, for a fundraiser last year on a Hollywood soundstage, where he was “elbow-deep in roasted vegetables, bags of basil, and jars …