IT WAS JUST TEN DAYS after the close of the Republican convention, and here I was at a much smaller gathering of Republicans at Fairview Farms in Plano, just north of Dallas. Proclaimed a “Boot Scootin’ Olde Tyme Political Hoe-Down,” this campaign kickoff was also, of course, a “family event”
In Texas, October is the kindest month, bringing idle breezes and the promise of nippy mornings followed by glorious blue afternoons. In weather like this, you want to have friends over for Sunday brunch, but you don’t want to kill yourself cooking. That’s when you need recipes that get you
Johnny’s Round Top cafe had a colorful history that spanned more than fifty years before the restaurant went out of business in 1989. Built by a franchiser who was partial to rotating roofs that looked like circus tents, the Round Top in Big Spring was one of a modest chain
The dinosaurs had been doing just fine for 150 million years. All of a sudden …
“People will watch anything,” says B-film director Bret McCormick.
AUSTIN POLITICS ARE the nuttiest in the state. It all stems from an obsession with quality of life, and nothing quite brings out the daffiness like a threat to the city’s beloved Barton Springs. Even as a two-year legal battle continues to rage over development upstream on Barton Creek, a
When James H. Evans moved to Marathon in 1988, he was struck by its abundant wildlife. “Anything unattended will be overrun with animals,” says the photographer. Evans takes up that theme in his “Lucille” series, focusing on a house vacated by the death of an elderly friend of that name.
Bare and spare, J. Crew’s newest retail outlet pays homage to refined minimalism.
A Texas scientist ruffled some feathers when he said he had found the first bird.
Reader letters published in our September 1992 issue.
Condo Manager Sharon Butler questions what officials consider affordable.
Ely may have a new album, but his best performances have always been live, in person.
Memories of growing up (and growing up restless) in working-class Oak Cliff.
Fashion designers are betting the ranch on new Western shirts with styles inspired by Hollywood, not history.
Three years after he replaced Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson is giving Dallas Cowboys fans something to cheer about—and his critics are eating their words.
I pulled more all-nighters writing other people’s papers than I did my own.
YOU COULD HEAR A GASP from the audience when Clint Eastwood suddenly appeared on the screen. It was just a preview of his new movie, Unforgiven, but there he was in a long, dark slicker, his face in profile, staring menacingly from beneath a dark hat with a flat rim:
Once, the State of Texas was going to put Kenneth McDuff to death as payment for his crimes. Instead, it set him free to murder again.
Who came first—Indiana Jones of Hollywood or Vendyl Jones of Arlington, the archaeologist who has spent years trying to dig up the fabled Ark of the Covenant?
Republicans stew over Democrats at the GOP convention.
After a visit abroad in 1987, Sean Earley transformed his art. He returned steeped in Italy’s ubiquitous religious imagery, eager to paint the icons of his home state’s country and western myths (see “Earley Texas,” TM, December 1990). In this memorial scene, the Rodeo Queen presides over ascending contestants. Set
Reader letters published in our August 1992 issue.
Houston’s favorite bouncer keeps the peace with style and a smile.
Plainview became Rustwater, Kansas, for the shoot.
Agents target the flow of contraband on the border.
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
John L. Guldemann scorns claims that Longhorns damage the natural area.
Juan Espinoza’s classy cabrito puts Johnny’s restaurant in front of the herd.
Austin film-maker Robert Rodriguez has joined the growing list of up-and-coming minority directors.
A summer guide to the coolest place in Texas: the Davis Mountains.
Meet the people who keep Texas' trains on track.
Kenneth McDuff is just one among hundreds of violent criminals who never should have been paroled—but they were.
How the owner of Goode Company in Houston took the three basic Texas food groups—barbecue, Tex-Mex, and burgers—and built an empire.
Ross Perot is a candidate for president because a lot of people want him to be. He has acted in a very clever, innovative way to arouse and build that support, but the support truly did arise and grow. That means that Perot’s campaign is a pure expression of democracy.
This chicken-and-sausage gumbo is redolent of filé, and the jalapeño cornbread is thick with creamed corn and cheddar cheese.
Haven’t heard of Geof Kern, Texas’ most famous photographer? You must live here.
Can the Aggies turn land in Guam into a record donation?
Texas scientist Arnold Lockshin defected to Russia to find a new life. Has the collapse of communism shattered his dreams?
When Birney Imes began working on his juke joint series in 1983, the black honky- tonks that nourished the Mississippi Delta’s rich blues tradition were being replaced by discos. “What attracted me,” Imes says, “was the creativity that went into that special atmosphere. The older places have a timeless quality.”
Lawrence Wright’s “The Case For Castration” [TM, May 1992] provides an interesting view on the issue of castration, sex offenders, available treatment, and society’s concerns about the best response to such acts of assault and violence. As the article documents, treatment of sex offenders is a recent development. In Texas,
Starting in 1923, Beaumont businessman John Gavrelos carved out a realm of his own at his J&J Steak House on the Eastex Freeway. Gavrelos died in 1979, but his Eye of the World, a tiny museum appended to the side of the restaurant, still lures visitors with its enigmatic jumble
Elvis fans will have their very own sightings in a new book, In Search of Elvis, just published by the Summit Group in Fort Worth ($12.95). The cartoon book is a knockoff of the prodigiously successful Where’s Waldo? children’s series, but Summit’s publicity coordinator Bryan Drake suspects that more parents
One of the state’s strongest contenders for a gold medal at the Summer Olympics will be San Marcos high jumper Charles Austin. That’s assuming that the 24-year-old Austin, the reigning world champion in the high jump, makes the team at the Olympic trials in late June. He is one of
Ward and deejays Murphy, Milton, and Love rap about rappers.
A graphoanalyst sees personality writ large in the smallest of details.
Sam Greer admired his wife’s work—so much that he decided to share it.
The face of Dallas’ most eclectic neighborhood changes every day, but its appeal remains familiar—and it keeps getting stronger.
Staring down a Mississippi monopoly, one Brazoria County company hopes to become a bigger fish in a big pond.
The way two mysterious deaths affected the town of Childress says a lot about the lure of satanism and the power of gossip.
Two prominent families, one soapy feud. What could be better for a summer miniseries?
