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State Secrets

Southwest and Continental make war, knot Love; make way for natural gas on the commodities market; a taxing situation for Speaker Gib.

Shopping

A Houston boutique enjoys the high cost of growing up.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Will Shelby Coffey lead the Dallas Times-Herald to victory? Will Muse aficionados ever find happiness aloft again? Will Tommy Pierce keep real-estating and a-rocking?

Puzzle

Texas Primer: The Rig Count

At first, Hughes Tool used the count to plan its own future. Now an entire industry uses it to plan theirs.

Post-Modern Times

Want to unload your business? With Stan Hazelwood, it’s not much harder than getting a date.

Manchild in Musicland

Charlie Sexton. Austin’s guitar-playing boy wonder, is now dream fodder for the masses; Eric Johnson is our latest contender for guitar hero.

Upper West Side Story

Hannah and Her Sisters is Woody gone schmaltzy; F/X is implausible but entertaining; 9 1/2 Weeks is an eternity; Power is oppressively didactic.

Calling His Own Tune

On San Antonio’s Riverwalk the Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays jazz the way it was meant to be played.

Swamp Gas

When Jimmy Lee, an unrepentant troublemaker, felt he had taken one insult too many from the powerful Fredeman family, he called in the law. The results of that action have exposed decades of larceny and corruption in Port Arthur and threaten a Gulf Coast empire.

Taco Capital, U.S.A.

You want tacos with carnitas or cactus pads? Beef barbecue or bacon and eggs Come to San Antonio, where tacos aren’t just an afterthought on a Tex-Mex munue—they’re a way of life.

Downtown

The DA in El Paso may do a lot of things, but there’s one thing he doesn’t do—plea-bargain.

Behind the Lines

Of Things Miraculous and Marvelous

Three unknown Texas writers tackle three different genres and prove the novel is alive and well.

Rosario’s Award Winning Salsa

Recipe from Rosario’s, San Antonio

On the Menu: Rosario’s

Rosario’s has always been a colorful spot to dine, and not just because the food is an energetic and enthusiastic version of authentic Mexican cuisine. This neighborhood bar on the edge of the historic King William district is bright with vivid shades of the rainbow—purple ceilings and purple ceiling

A Trust Corrupted, a City Betrayed, Part Two

The continuing saga of the Hermann estate scandal was a shocking lesson in how Houston’s most-respected philanthropists, civic leaders, and biggest deal makers had abused their power.

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.

Bass’n Gal

There are bass in Sam Rayburn Reservoir, and the gals were out to hook ’em. And Rhonda Wilcox hoped to hook the biggest one of all.

Doin’ the Social Climb

From the heights of the Dallas social heap, they leaped to the national celebrity circuit. Rich, young, and fashionable, Twinkle and Bradley Bayoud are a case study in how to rise to the top.

Touts

Five-finger exercises.

Falling Star

T. R. Fehrenbach’s Lone Star is now a series on public television. Watch it and sleep.

State Secrets

How much will $15 oil coast Mark White?; two new R’s for school districts: resistin’ reform; the truth about those bank rumors.

Roar of the Crowd

Sesquicentennial notes.

Texas Monthly Reporter

Rio Hondo’s Broadway producer; Boys’ Life’s ripe old age; etiquette’s ups and downs.

Puzzle

Look sharp!

Texas Primer: Cedar Fever

When cedars start to mate, Texans start to suffer.

Post-Modern Times

At the singles bar of the eighties, is it’s not love, it could still be a good investment opportunity.

Dizzy Spin

Down and out in Beverly Hills is Mazursky magic; Clan of the Cave Bear is Sheena of the Stone Age; Trouble in Mind is—never mind.

My Intergalactic Champion Yodeler

“Hiiidee yodelo oh, hodeleh dee whoo,” sang Randy, and I knew I’d found the man for me.

The Tree-Ear, The Comb Tooth, & The Destroying Angel

Alice in Wonderland never discovered a mushroom half as exotic as Texas’ own native fungi.

Kwell or Be Kwelled

Cradle Cap was nothing, diaper rash was a breeze. But when my son brought home head lice—well, it made the plague look good.

Downtown

Look into the Houston sky—those helicopters are full of commuters who are having fun.

Changing the Tune

Some new recordings of old symphonies reveal how the composers really wanted things to sound.

Behind the Lines

Muddling along in Dallas.

Back Roads

Ted Krechel, honorary winter Texan mayor of Pharr, oversees a culture as arcane as a Melanesian cargo cult.

Chicken Fried Steak

Recipe from Threadgill’s, Austin.

Aunt Onie’s White Soda Cornbread

Recipe from Threadgill’s, Austin.

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

Recipe from Threadgill’s, Austin.

Salty Cracker Pie

Recipe from Threadgill’s, Austin.

Creole Sauce

Recipe from Threadgill’s, Austin.

Threadgill’s Meatloaf

Recipe from Threadgill’s, Austin.

On the Menu: Threadgills

One of those places that a city has to have if it’s got any gumption at all.

A Caribbean Escape

From luxury class to no-plumbing primitive, the Technicolor tropics of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula offer end-of-the-world delights. And it’s practically in our back yard.

A Trust Corrupted, a City Betrayed, Part One

The Hermann estate scandal exposed Houston’s most powerful deal makers, most respected philanthropist, and leading lawvers to the harsh glare of publicity. It was a shocking lesson in the abuses of power.

Touts

A few thoughts for Valentine’s—coming through soft and clear.

State Secrets

Mark White’s insurance policy; not all semiconductor dumpers are Japanese; betting on a lottery; Tom Loeffler’s odd ads.

The Roar of the Crowd

Examining the bar; spreading the Word; minding the store; demanding the best.

Texas Monthly Reporter

A splendid state park; snacks you shouldn’t feed to a dog; a wild and crazy Republican.