November 2013
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Features
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“Y’all Smell That? That’s the Smell of Money.”
A son of the oil patch chases the new boom in South Texas.
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Meanwhile, in West Texas . . .
The Tall City gets taller.
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The Energy Hunter
George Mitchell didn’t set out to launch one of the biggest oil and gas rushes in world history—he just wanted to coax some more gas out of an old well near Fort Worth.
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What Is Art?
When Playboy Enterprises—yes, that Playboy Enterprises—erected a forty-foot-tall sculpture near Marfa, it was convinced the town would appreciate its take on the local art scene. Instead it started a revealing debate.
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“May God Be With You, My Dear Mrs. Kennedy”
After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, scores of Americans wrote letters to the first lady to express their grief. The most heartbreaking were those with a Texas return address.
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Columns
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Road to Nowhere
Oil money’s nice, but actually funding our infrastructure needs is even better.
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The Texanist
Q: My wife has recently taken a keen interest in my backyard barbecuing duties. In fact, last weekend she asked me if I wanted her to start cooking the beans from now on. As much as I would like the help, do you think bean preparation could be a gateway to her eventually wanting to …
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The Assassination at 50
In November 1973, Texas Monthly, which was still in its first year of existence, marked the tenth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy with a profile of Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother, Marguerite; the cover, however, went to Tom Landry. Two years later, in November 1975, the cover featured Dallas Times Herald photographer Bob …
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Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the October issue.
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Reporter
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The Man Who Was There
For fifty years, journalist Hugh Aynesworth has been one of the foremost authorities on the Kennedy assassination for one simple reason: he saw it all.
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The Class of ’63
The good, the bad, and the most self-indulgent of this year’s JFK assassination books.
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Claus Pummer, Sleep Coach
“Our bedrooms are no longer bedrooms. They are offices and living rooms and playrooms.”
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Suffer, Dude
Matthew McConaughey plays a bigoted man dying of AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club—and proves once again that he should be taken seriously.
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Are You Experimented?
When Robert Glasper won a Grammy for Best R&B Album, no one was more surprised than the Houston-born jazz pianist himself.
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5 Things You’ll Be Talking About in November
1. NASHVILLE, TEXAS Even if Kacey Musgraves wins none of the six Country Music Association awards she’ll be vying for on November 6, she’ll still be the Nashville story of the year. No female debut artist has ever before topped the CMA nominations list, and Musgraves achieved that honor with an absolute minimum of toeing …
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Spun City
For half a century the world has regarded the Dallas of 1963 as a city of hate. But as JFK knew when he got there, that wasn’t the whole story.
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No Place Like Home
A lucky respite at the Marriott.
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Touts
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By the Starlight
You may go for the solitude, but in the stark expanses of far West Texas, you’ll still find plenty of friends.
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Pecan Dressing
What would the holidays be without this nutty side dish?
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Jeans
Denim has never looked or lasted better.
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Datebook
November’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
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