Recipes
April 30, 1986
On the Menu: Las Manitas Avenue Cafe
Las Manitas Avenue Cafe is closed while the sisters prepare to open in a new location.
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Arts & Entertainment
March 1, 1986
Turn It Up!
The rudest, crudest, and most obnoxious disc jockeys are on in the mornings. Here’s the best—or the worst—of the lot.
Food & Drink
March 1, 1986
On the Menu: Threadgills
One of those places that a city has to have if it’s got any gumption at all.
News & Politics
October 1, 1985
The Dream Lives On
Four of the many small high-tech companies betting that they have the excitement, momentum, market, and business savvy to succeed where others have failed.
Business
October 1, 1985
The Chips Are Down
The real Texas technology picture is much more intricate than either the mad hype of two years ago or the dire headlines of today make it out to be.
Food & Drink
August 31, 1985
What’s the Big Deal About Grills?
Hot, hot, hot! Here’s why grills have become the trendiest of the trendy restaurants in Texas.
Style & Design
May 1, 1985
Crack Pots
One man’s Mexican pot is another man’s collectible.
Energy
September 1, 1984
Texas Primer: The Permanent University Fund
In 1883 the University of Texas got stuck with two million acres of West Texas scrubland. Then it hit oil, and the money started rolling in.
Business
May 1, 1984
High Noon at the Circle C
Gary Bradley, a hot young land speculator in Austin, was in the middle of a $50 million deal when he ran into an outraged environmental movement and a lobbyist with some powerful clients. The fight was on.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1984
I Opened Tax Returns for the IRS
Behind the scenes at regional headquarters—a sometime part-timer tells all.
Business
April 1, 1984
Birth of a New Frontier
Hundreds of new computer companies have made Texas the likely successor to California’s Silicon Valley, and it all started with two firms in Dallas.
Business
March 1, 1984
“I Beat Ben Barnes and John Connally in a Fair Fight”
When Bames-Connally Investments announced plans to build apartments in a South Austin neighborhood, the residents banded together to try to stop them. They won the battle but lost the war.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1984
Come On, Walter—Smile!
Austin’s Roy Spence parlayed his success in Mark White’s campaign into a job selling Walter Mondale to the American people.
September 1, 1983
Texas, a Long, Long, Long, Long, Time Ago
When armadillos weighed three tons and the long horns were on dinosaurs.
Travel & Outdoors
May 1, 1983
The Cow’s in the Corn
Or, my life as a Texas gardener.
Politics & Policy
May 1, 1983
Mark White’s Coming-Out Party
The new governor’s first hundred days were great theater, but now come taxes.
Art
March 1, 1983
The Cutting Edge
Texas' glass artists are leading a revolution in an ancient craft.
Sports
December 1, 1982
Coach Royal Regrets
Does Texas’ greatest college coach miss football? Nope.
News & Politics
September 1, 1982
The Trouble With UT
The university at one hundred; how good is it, really?
True Crime
May 1, 1982
The Case of the Campus Crusader
Multiple-choice question: UT’s Tom Philpott is (a) the best professor on campus, a selfless reformer, and the victim of an assassination attempt; (b) the worst professor on campus, a publicity hound, and a nut who staged his own shooting.
News & Politics
April 30, 1982
Scarecrow Cops
Anybody can get a job as a security guard. Anybody.
Business
February 1, 1982
The Beer That Made Armadillos Famous
For years no one would drink Lone Star beer because rednecks did; then one enterprising man figured out that if it was marketed right, everyone would want to drink Lone Star precisely because rednecks did.
Business
December 1, 1981
Let’s Get Serious About Toys
They used to be virtuous and wooden and they were good. Now they’re commercial and plastic and they’re great.
Politics & Policy
August 1, 1981
The Deal That Didn’t Work
Parceling out three new seats in Congress sounds like an easy job, but the Texas Legislature tried for two months and couldn’t do it.
Tacos
July 1, 1981
I Remember Masa
The last word on tortillas: how to make them, when to eat them, and why they should be in every artist’s studio.
Politics & Policy
May 1, 1981
The Governor’s New Clothes
Bill Clements, unmasked at last.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1981
Tenting Tonight
How you can—and why you should—go camping in the middle of the week.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1981
Speed Demons
State highway patrolmen hate the 55 mph speed limit almost as much as other Texas motorists do, and for better reasons.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1981
King of the Mountain
Clements is ready for the Legislature, but is the Legislature ready for him?
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1981
Laying Down the Law
That’s what the Legislature is here to do, and unless we’re lucky, it just may.
Being Texan
June 1, 1980
Lawn Boy
Here’s how to achieve inner peace, perfect serenity, spiritual calm, and a nice, neat lawn.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1980
The Tragedy of Bob Bullock
Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, built a powerful state agency. Then Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, was seduced by its power.
Health
April 1, 1980
Little Boy Lost
Being autistic nearly ruined Michael Shipley’s life, but his parents sent him to a state mental hospital. Then Michael’s life was ruined for good.
Health
February 1, 1980
The Crack-Up
You learn one clear and not so very grim lesson by looking death in the face.
Health
December 1, 1979
Smokers Are People Too
You can always spot a smoker. He fiddles with matches, his shirt pocket bulges in a tiny rectangle, and fumes emerge from his mouth and nose. But what should we do about him?
Politics & Policy
August 1, 1979
Say, Have You Heard the One About Cactus Pryor?
Don’t look now, but the rather odd gentleman with the suspicious accent and outlandish military getup may not be exactly what he seems.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Night Moves
For legislators in Austin, home is where the bar is.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1979
Six Crises
It will be up to the 66th Legislature to solve these problems, and we’ll have to live with the solutions.
Travel & Outdoors
August 1, 1978
Barton Springs Eternal
What was once a mere rural spring is now a crowded, languorous, bare-skinned utopia.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1978
Election Tip Sheet
The dark horses, heavy favorites, and close calls of this year’s big elections.
Health
May 31, 1977
The Power
Burning a candle a day keeps the hexes away.
Performance
December 1, 1976
Biz Kids
Balcones Fault is a show band with a head on its shoulders.
Style & Design
August 31, 1976
That Certain Look
From alpha to omega, you can’t tell the sorority girls apart without a scorecard.
Style & Design
August 31, 1976
Sisterhood is Powerful
Especially for sorority sisters.
Music
July 31, 1976
Bringing It All Back Home
Nashville inspired Willie Nelson—to leave.
Health
June 1, 1976
Physician, Heal Thyself
How a doctor got hooked on drugs, and how he got off.
True Crime
August 1, 1975
Leroy’s Revenge
Ringside as two dogs—father and son—fight to the death.
News & Politics
December 1, 1974
The Unmaking of a President
The University of Texas is playing the same old game—politics.
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 1974
Visit Beautiful Austin (Quick)
Austin is trading old houses for new offices. The City Council calls it progress.
Arts & Entertainment
May 31, 1974
Rating the Major Dailies
Choosing the best features of Texas newspapers is a thankless job, hard on the spirit, and difficult for all the wrong reasons.