September 1997

Aug 31, 1997 — By Mimi Swartz

She’s got a secret.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Joe Nick Patoski

Here comes the judge.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Paul Burka

Taxes are his target.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Helen Thorpe

Still plugged in.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Patricia Sharpe

Culinary assimilation.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Mimi Swartz

Master builders.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Anne Dingus

Doing the write thing.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Gary Cartwright

Man equals myth.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Joe Nick Patoski

The name of the gamer.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Texas Monthly

They worked hard, overcame obstacles, bucked conventional wisdom, and touched our lives. Meet the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans of 1997.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Jim Atkinson

Smoking out the truth.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Paul Burka

Governed by generosity.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Skip Hollandsworth

The ice girl cometh.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Skip Hollandsworth

Waste not.

Aug 31, 1997 — By John Morthland

Little miss hits.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Patricia Sharpe

On the money.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Anne Dingus

Culturally centered.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Gregory Curtis

Good chemistry.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Jason Cohen

Ready for her close-up.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Joe Nick Patoski

An animated personality.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Jordan Mackay

Celebrity portraiture often requires that the subject be ready for anything. An imaginative photographer like Houston’s Pam Francis will conjure up unusual settings and costumes to best evoke her subject’s true nature, as when she lured oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt and his German shepherd to the roof of a building…

Aug 31, 1997 — By Texas Monthly

Attacking the House of Yahweh: defending Texas pols.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Anne Dingus

What respiratory ailment afflicted Jimmie Rodgers, prompting fans to shout “Spit ’er up and sing some more”?

Jan 20, 2013 — By Patricia Sharpe

Will you enjoy the smoke-roasted shrimp at Houston’s Moose Cafe? You can plank on it.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Texas Monthly

Hot CDs Running on equal parts inspiration and gumption, Austin’s Damnations are the alternative to alternative country, going way back for tunes like “Copper Kettle,” forward for a romp through Lucinda Williams’ “Happy Woman Blues,” and their own way with impressively traditional-progressive originals. The mostly acoustic Live Set (Damnations), pressed…

Aug 31, 1997 — By Paul Burka

The biggest economic news in Texas is the merging of the electric and natural-gas utility industries in anticipation of the coming deregulation of electricity. Huge deals are in the works: Houston Industries, the parent of Houston Lighting and Power, is acquiring Houston-based NorAm, the nation’s third-largest gas utility; and Texas…

Aug 31, 1997 — By Erin Gromen

Like sadistic teenagers who introduce fire ants into an otherwise docile ant farm, the producers of MTV’s voyeuristic soap opera The Real World make casting decisions based not on avoiding conflict but on encouraging it. This season’s stereotypes are a jock, a poet, a comely lesbian, a city girl, a…

Aug 31, 1997 — By Renee Boensch

I enrolled at the University of Texas in 1950 during a post-war period that produced many talented individuals. Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones, Liz Smith, Robert Benton, Pat Hingle, Word Baker, Kathryn Grant (later Mrs. Bing Crosby), and I all graduated with degrees in drama. We did lots of dance concerts…

Aug 31, 1997 — By Suzy Banks

A bat man builds a super cave (holy conservation!).

Aug 31, 1997 — By John Morthland

The heavenly hits of God’s Property.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Anne Dingus

A history mystery involving ranching’s King family.

Aug 31, 1997 — By sandyhume

By trying to have it both ways in the coup against Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey hurt the Republican party—and himself.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Evan Smith

The governor’s media guru is accused of spousal abuse.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Jordan Mackay

The holiday season comes early for Asleep at the Wheel, who’ve just wrapped Merry Texas Christmas, Y’all (High Street/Windham Hill Records) at Austin’s Bismeaux studios. Highlights include Tish Hinojosa singing “Feliz Navidad” and Willie Nelson and Don Walser on “Silent Night.” Too homey for you? Wheel front man Ray Benson’s…

Aug 31, 1997 — By Kinky Friedman

Willie Nelson and I have been friends for years, so why did I decide only now to make him a character in one of my mystery novels? The plot thickens.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Turk Pipkin

Until recently, I couldn’t. Then I enrolled in language school in the charming Mexican town of Guanajuato, and two weeks later I was comfortably conversant in español.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Jim Atkinson

Cash-poor PBS stations can’t seem to come up with innovative new ideas, so they ought to resurrect an innovative old one: Newsroom, the best local public- affairs program in Texas history.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Michael DiLeo

For Texas’ Kuehne kids, excelling at golf is par for the course—and the least their father will accept.

Aug 31, 1997 — By Gregory Curtis

Is there such a thing as privacy on the Internet?

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

Scalloped Tarragon Potatoes 1 pound red potatoes, skins on, sliced very thin 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 tablespoon fresh chopped tarragon Salt and white pepper to taste Toss all ingredients together. On a lightly greased sheet pan arrange potatoes in a spiral…