The Texanist
February 3, 2019
The Texanist: Has PC Culture Tamed the Texanist’s Tongue?
A McKinney man thinks our fearless columnist isn't as sharp as he used to be.
Society
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Skip Hollandsworth
The executive editor on Jeffrey and Yvonne Stern and their murder-for-hire story, hit men, and the standard male midlife crisis.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Courtroom Drama
Read a Q&A with Mimi Swartz.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Law and Disorder
During his lifetime, he captivated Houston with his courtroom brilliance, outsized ambition, and high-dollar lifestyle. But in the year since John O’Quinn’s tragic death, a bitter estate battle has revealed who he really was.
Feature
September 30, 2000
Can’t Buy Me Love
Take one of the nation's wealthiest men, the enigmatic, Egyptian-born Fayez Sarofim. Add his socialite first wife and her brassy successor. Stir in River Oaks mansions and greedy lawyers, boatloads of money and oceans of booze. Mix it all together and what do you get? A hell of a mess
Arts & Entertainment
August 1, 1989
Parish the Thought!
FYI: The Houston Post’s new society sleuth has great connections, a phone in her purse, and the complete attention of Houston’s haut monde.
Texas History
May 1, 1988
Texas Primer: Texas Guinan
She started out as a wide-eyed Waco cowgirl and ended up a New York speakeasy queen.
Style & Design
September 1, 1987
The Fantasy World of Victor Costa
Texas’ most famous dress designer dreamed up the perfect evening gown for the average American woman—it’s frilly, it’s flashy, and it’s a $300 copy of a $15,000 Paris original.
Music
June 1, 1987
Culture Club
Once San Antonio’s elite took pride in their support of the city’s fine symphony. When the cream of that elite, the Symphony Society board, abruptly canceled the upcoming season, it was time for some soul-searching
News & Politics
June 1, 1987
The No Decade
Like it or not, it’s time to start behaving yourself.
Hunting & Fishing
March 1, 1984
The Deluxe Down-and-Dirty Goose Hunt
In which a group of society ladies samples the thrills and chills of an essentially masculine pastime.
Style & Design
March 1, 1983
Lyndon Johnson, Hairdresser, Prepares for Battle
The long afternoons of the best friend the rich women of Houston have ever had.
True Crime
May 1, 1981
The Mistress and the Muscleman
A tale of passion in the double-knit aristocracy.
Style & Design
April 1, 1976
The Highland Park Woman
Splendor in the suburbs.