San Antonio

April 1, 1996

The High Times of Gerry Goldstein

Texas’ top drug lawyer helps dope dealers and cocaine kingpins beat their raps—and he’s proud of it.

By Mimi Swartz

Music|

March 1, 1996

Mr. Clean

Steve Earle feels alright.

By Jason Cohen

February 1, 1996

Also-runs

Wacky White House wannabes.

By Andrew Goldman

January 1, 1996

Long Shot

Feasting our eyes on a blind team roper.

By Bill Sanderson

September 1, 1995

Texas Twenty: Linda Pace Roberts

From hot sauce to hot art.

Being Texan|

June 1, 1995

Confessions of A Preacher’s Wife

The tensions between the demands of the spirit and the demands of the world defined my marriage—and destroyed it.

April 1, 1995

The Case of The Amateur Skull Boilers

Led by an owner of a roofing company, a group of novice sleuths solves gruesome crimes in San Antonio. It sounds like a TV show—and it may soon be one.

By Anne Dingus

December 1, 1994

Missions Accomplished

Forget the Alamo. The real spirit and history of Texas come alive at San Antonio’s eighteenth-century churches.

November 1, 1994

Hard Times For Henry

Hounded by his ex-lover in Lubbock, pounded by his enemies in Washington, Henry Cisneros is in trouble—and it’s all on tape.

By Paul Burka

Film & TV|

November 1, 1994

The Sins of the Father

Is Charles Voyd Harrelson a natural-born killer? His movie star son, Woody, isn’t sure—but I am.

By Gary Cartwright

True Crime|

September 30, 1994

“We Get All Hyped Up. We Do a Drive-by.”

Gangs, guns, and getting in trouble are a way of life for too many teenagers in San Antonio’s projects.

By Audrey Duff

Border & Immigration|

September 1, 1994

Judith Sanders-Castro

Keeping up the good fight.

Travel & Outdoors|

June 1, 1994

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.

May 1, 1994

We Will Never Surrender or Retreat

These days everybody wants a piece of the Alamo. Can the Daughters of the Republic of Texas hang on to their sacred shrine?

April 1, 1994

The Promised Land

We are sixth-generation Texans and we are Jews. My family’s history is an account of the price we have paid to be both.

By Mimi Swartz

April 1, 1994

Fit for a Queen

A look back at San Antonio Fiesta gowns reveals how the dresses have gone from elegant to excessive.

Film & TV|

September 30, 1993

The Fugitive

Stardom has caught up with Tommy Lee Jones—finally. But don’t expect him to act like he’s enjoying it.

By Mimi Swartz

July 1, 1993

Raise the Roof

The Alamodome is more than an outsized sports arena. It’s a marvel of urban planning that ensures San Antonio’s downtown vitality for years to come.

By Joe Nick Patoski

May 1, 1993

Wanted! By the FBI

What’s behind the Bureau’s bashing of its director, former San Antonio judge William Sessions? Go ask Alice.

March 1, 1993

About Face

He waffled about the Senate seat, then sought safe harbor in Bill Clinton’s cabinet. Why did Henry Cisneros choose HUD over headlines? Only he knows for sure.

Food & Drink|

December 1, 1992

Uncommon Market

San Antonio’s Farm to Market looks like an overgrown produce stand, but inside are some of the classiest groceries in the state.

By Susan Chadwick

July 31, 1992

HIS HEAD IS A TOMATO CHUNK. HIS tortilla shell is surprisingly furry. His feet look like jalapeño peppers. And when kids tackle him during the sixth-inning footrace at the San Antonio Missions’ home games at V. J. Keefe Field, they sometimes send his shredded lettuce and grated cheese flying. What’s

By Texas Monthly

June 30, 1992

Going, Going, Gone

Sam Greer admired his wife’s work—so much that he decided to share it.

By Helen Thompson

March 1, 1992

Deutsch Treat

An ethnic club’s new home brings a touch of Germany to San Antonio.

By Chester Rosson

December 1, 1991

S. A. Split

The Cisneroses aren’t the only ones in the Alamo City fighting over their divorce.

By Helen Thompson

December 1, 1991

Then and Now

Two San Antonio shows examine how Texas artists interpret the state’s past and present.

By Michael Ennis

September 1, 1991

Who Says One Man Can’t Change The World?

And now, speaking for the poor and downtrodden, Ernie Cortes.

By Gary Cartwright

Tex Zen Taniguchi Oriental Garden Austin

Travel & Outdoors|

August 1, 1991

Tex Zen

When urban stress sets the nerves ajangle, it’s comforting to know there is a Japanese garden nearby.

By Chester Rosson

Film & TV|

July 1, 1991

Texas Movies: The Alamovie

It’s got everything: romance, action, tragedy, coonskin cap.

By Frank Thompson

Being Texan|

April 1, 1991

The Reluctant Duchess

On the hundredth anniversary of San Antonio’s Fiesta, a duchess from the 1963 court still cringes at her memories of the social whirl.

By Dorethea Moore Gholson

April 1, 1991

Looking at Mexico

Visitors may suffer from culture shock upon seeing the artistic riches of “Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries.”

By Michael Ennis

January 1, 1991

Highway 1

Retracing the trail that tamed the Texas wilderness—the Camino Real.

By Stephen Harrigan

Music|

December 1, 1990

Fine Tuning

From the Panhandle to the Bayou City, homegrown classical music ensembles are our best-kept secret.

By Chester Rosson and W. L. Taitte

November 1, 1990

The Lone Ambassador

Henry Catto’s friends knew that one day he would be appointed to the Court of St. James’s. What they didn’t guess is that when the time came, his wife, Jessica, wouldn’t join him.

Business|

August 1, 1990

Howdy, Comrades! Let’s Do a Deal

A Texas businessman launches his one-man invasion of post-Communist Romania.

November 1, 1989

Can’t Win for Losing

When San Antonio’s Memorial Minutemen took on a crosstown rival, all they had to lose was their chance to go down in history as Texas’ worst high school football team.

By Skip Hollandsworth

July 1, 1989

The Mommy War

Kids in T-shirts bearing political slogans, ideological confrontations in the supermarket, skirmishes at the PTA. Welcome to the battle between moms who work and moms who don’t.

June 30, 1989

Texans Versus Shapes

Heroes in the shade.

By Gregory Curtis

Health|

January 1, 1989

Dad’s Last Home

It was the hardest decision I ever had to make. Had the time come to put my father in a nursing home?

By Jody Goode

Business|

December 1, 1988

The Battle of the Bubbles

One man’s obsession with kicking Perrier in the derriere.

November 1, 1988

This Water Is My Water

Cool, clear, and pure, it’s the bounty of the Edwards Aquifer, and if something isn’t done to limit pumping by Hill Country farmers and a thirsty San Antonio, it may also be dry.

By Al Reinert

Style & Design|

November 1, 1988

Can You Take a Hint?

Heloise, America’s best-known homemaker, has a dirty little secret: she hates to clean house. If you hate it too, she’s convinced that you need her more than ever.

Tacos|

September 30, 1988

Tempest in a Taco

Taco Cabana pioneered patio dining—a winning formula of Tex-Mex food and margaritas in the open air. When competitor Two Pesos introduced its look-alike layout, the lawsuits started to fly.

By Bill Crawford

Style & Design|

September 1, 1988

Hot Pots

How did bluebonnets and cacti get that glazed look?

By Jerry Jeanmard

Business|

April 1, 1988

What Does H.E.B. Stand For, Anyway?

As the president of Texas’ largest private grocery chain, Charles Butt learned that in order to be nice to his customers he had to be tough on his competitors. And vice versa.

Books|

December 1, 1987

Growing Up With George and Martha

By turning two tiny dots into two huge hippos, James Marshall made an indelible mark on children’s literature, and little people laughed happily ever after.

By Stephen Harrigan