Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Not Many Texans Think Perry Should Run for Governor in 2014
Only 29 percent of Texans would support Perry for a fourth full term.
San Antonio
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Five Texas Teens Doing Big Things
An Austin teen will be the first American to graduate from an elite ballet school in Russia this spring. She is just the latest in a string of Texas teens who have accomplished impressive things in the past few years.
January 21, 2013
Houston is “America’s Fattest City”
Houston returns to the top of a Men's Fitness survey that also includes El Paso, Arlington, and Dallas.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
It’s a “Top Chef Texas” Tearjerker
Even the emotion's bigger in Texas, as Austin cheftestant Paul Qui advances to next week's finale.
Business
January 21, 2013
The Week in Business: Profits, Losses, and Everything in Between
Johnson and Johnson sheds tears over Texas lawsuit, Houston stomps Silicon Valley in tech job growth, and the sour finanial condition of Imperial Sugar.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Early Endorsement: “Express-News” Says Romney is “Clear GOP Choice”
The San Antonio paper weighs in now due to uncertainty over Texas primary date and spurns Congressman Ron Paul and Governor Rick Perry.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Texas Redistricting: The Critics Speak
Emergency U.S. Supreme Court case? Delayed March primary? The reactions to the federal panel of judge’s interim map pour in.
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa, San Antonio
Situated on a six-hundred-acre spread thirty minutes north of downtown, this 1,002-room resort has half a dozen restaurants, a six-acre water park, a 36-hole golf course, and a 26,000-square-foot spa, as well as its own Starbucks and FedEx shipping center. It’s larger than many Texas towns, not to mention every
The Culture
January 21, 2013
The Education of Mi Hijita
My daughter is only two, but I’m already planning to teach her what it means to be a Texan—and a Tejana.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
I Shall Never Surrender or Retreat . . .
. . . from teaching my fifteen-year-old daughter about her Texas roots. So when I realized I was failing to accomplish this most sacred of duties, I did what any well-meaning parent would do: loaded her (and her friends, of course) into the car and hit the road.
Music
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Katy Vine
The senior editor on her glimpse into Austin Mahone's rise to teen pop stardom in a world where YouTube and Twitter are making adults in the music business scratch their heads.
Music
January 21, 2013
Girls Love Me
Austin Mahone is sixteen years old. He doesn’t have a record contract, a tour bus, or a backing band. But he does have more than 650,000 followers on Twitter and the email addresses of 2,000,000 fans. Meet San Antonio’s answer to Justin Bieber.
Books
January 21, 2013
Reading Along With James Donovan
The latest Alamo chronicler offers a glimpse of his reference library.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Patricia Sharpe
The senior editor on beer gardens, communal dining, and escargots.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Where to Eat Now 2012
White tablecloths. Street food. Small portions. Lots and lots of innards. The only thing the ten best new Texas restaurants have in common is a willingness to prove that there is no such thing as a “Texas restaurant.” But when the escargots with fennel purée are this good, who cares?
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Get Cooking
Recipes from the ten top restaurants in Texas.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
Courtroom Drama
Some of the biggest murder trials have happened in Texas, from proceedings against serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Charles Harrelson to housewives Darlie Routier and Candy Montgomery. Find out what TEXAS MONTHLY had to say about some of the most infamous Texans who were tried for murder.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With John Spong
The senior editor on why the Alamo is so important, how Fess Parker and Davy Crockett sparked a phenomenon in the fifties, and what Phil Collins is really like.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Come and Take a Look at Me Now
Against all odds, Phil Collins has turned himself into a world-class Alamo buff who will happily talk your ear off about Santa Anna and Davy Crockett. Can you feel it coming in the Bexar tonight?
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Size Matters
Starting the day at San Antonio's annual Cowboy Breakfast.
Art
January 21, 2013
Texas Treasures
My journey in early Texas art began while I was a student at Southern Methodist University, where I studied Frank Reaugh pastels and met Jerry Bywaters. After 24 years at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, curating exhibitions and traveling the state, I’ve come up with a list of greatest hits.
Art
January 21, 2013
The Art Lover’s Companion
More than sixty art insiders gave us their list of favorite works of art to see in Texas. So grab your notepad, sketchbook, or iPad and take the ultimate tour of must-see art in Texas.
Art
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Jordan Breal
The associate editor on covering the arts scene in Texas.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Because San Antonio Is a Football Town! Well, Almost.
Starting a major college program from scratch in a city that’s never had one of its own is a tricky business. Good thing the UTSA Roadrunners hired a national champion to help them kick off.
Sports
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Jason Cohen
The senior writer on catching an institution in transition, fixing the BCS, and going to UTSA’s first football game.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
The Monterey
I don’t know about you, but when I grab the menu at a beer garden and cafe, the last thing I expect to find on it are dishes like octopus with white curry, smoked fish with sriracha mayo, and chocolate pudding with lime curd and caramel popcorn. But at the
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
The Margarita Variations
On the rocks or frozen? Salt or no salt? And what tequila is best? So many questions, but these four recipes make it easy for you to shake up the best margaritas around.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Migas
The Dish Once the migas habit takes hold, once you realize you’re held hostage by thoughts of softly scrambled eggs mingled with crisp tortilla strips and onion, tomato, jalapeño, and cheese, you find that neither the blueberry pancakes nor the eggs Benedict you once loved so dearly can touch your
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Joe Straus III
The ideological pendulum at the Lege is swinging, finally and inevitably, back toward the center, so moderate Republicans—the golden-cheeked warblers of Texas politics—may soon reemerge as a force to be reckoned with. When that happens, we’re betting on this pedigreed, patrician lawmaker from tony District 121 (Alamo Heights, Olmos Park)
The Culture
January 20, 2013
101–125
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
The Culture
January 20, 2013
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
The Culture
January 20, 2013
101–125
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
The Culture
January 20, 2013
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Where to Eat Now 2011
Jalapeño sausage–stuffed quail, lemon-pepper-marinated fried chicken: The trend for most of the best new restaurants last year was comfort food with pizzazz. But then along came Uchiko to wow us with its mouthwatering take on Japanese fusion. Who says you can’t buck a trend?
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Where to Eat Now 2010
You had to be brave to open a restaurant last year. Or you had to be a genius. Or, like Robert Del Grande, whose revamped Houston eatery tops our list of the ten best gastronomical debuts of 2009, you had to be both.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Let’s Have Mex-Tex
Where’s the best place to get a perfect plate of enchiladas? A chile relleno to die for? A salsa you’ll never forget? Come along on our tour of the fifty greatest Mexican restaurants in Texas, from Hugo’s, in Houston, to Tacos Santa Cecilia, in El Paso. This is not your
Texas History
January 20, 2013
Key Moments in Mexican Food History
From 3500 BC, when indigenous peoples in Mexico and Central America began cultivating chiles, to 2010, when the Culinary Institute of America opened an expanded campus in San Antonio.
Mimi Swartz
January 20, 2013
Meet the Parent
In the year since my mother died, I’ve learned a lot of things—like how to spend time with my dad.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz
After her mother’s death, Mimi Swartz found herself getting to know her father all over again.
Books
January 20, 2013
It’s All Greek to Him
Rick Riordan greeks out with a Percy Jackson spin-off.
Texas History
January 20, 2013
No Retreat! No Surrender!
Besieged on all sides, will the Daughters of the Republic of Texas finally lose control of the Alamo? Not if they can help it.
Society
January 20, 2013
Divine Secrets of the Alamo Sisterhood
The genteel matriarchs of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas are at war—with each other. And this time it's a no-quarter struggle for the group's heart and soul.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Where To Eat Now 2008
Yes, the setting is ritzy and the food remarkable. But what really makes the state’s best new restaurant sizzle is something less tangible: the (Dean) Fearing factor.
Texas History
January 20, 2013
City of Dreams
Searching for the legendary past—and the cosmic future—in my old river city, San Antonio de Béjar.
John Phillip Santos
January 20, 2013
Two Burials
Today my grandfather is buried in a family plot in Laredo. But to understand who he was and what his family was like, you have to know the story of his first burial, seventy miles away and nearly twenty years earlier.
Music
January 20, 2013
David Lee Garza
Poteet
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Boy’s Life
They may disagree on just about everything, but Rick Perry and Bill White have one thing in common: a Texas childhood.
Music
January 20, 2013
He’s About A Mover
Country, jazz, blues, R&B, polka, and conjunto—the late, great Doug Sahm was a walking encyclopedia of Texas music. An exclusive excerpt from a new biography explores how he stirred it all together and found his own sound in his first great song.
Feature
January 20, 2013
2005 Bum Steer Awards
Better close off the balcony too Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, of Houston, requested that a corridor in her Washington, D.C., office building be closed off for eight hours so that she could meet privately with singer Michael Jackson.4—6 minutes to high cholesterol An eighteen-wheeler overturned on Houston’s Loop 610, spilling
Business
January 20, 2013
Wheels of Fortune
For automakers in the U.S. and overseas, Texas is the very best market for the pickup truck. And for Texans, the pickup truck is the very best vehicle—if only for what it says about who we are. Or who we'd like to be.