Texas Monthly articles from September 2003

Texas Monthly archives from September 2003

Sizzle and stakes: Dallas Mayor Laura Miller is hungry to take on the big problems facing the city. she'd better be--because her plate is full.(Interview)
September 1, 2003... THIS ISSUE IS ENTIRELY ABOUT DALLAS. If we had done a similar issue 25 years ago-about the time that the current mayor, Laura Millet, made her first trip to the city-many of the stories might have been the same: the Cowboys and their pursuit of...

Sign of the times.(Roar of the Crowd)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... CONGRATULATIONS ON A COVER with cross-generational appeal [July 2003]. George H.W. Bush's two upraised fingers may represent a victory sign or a peace sign, depending on which side of World War II the reader was born. However, my three-year-old...

Hard choices.(Roar of the Crowd)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... PAMELA COLLOFF'S WELL-REsearched and well-written "Crosses to Bear" [July 2003] captures the struggles of Planned Parenthood employees in Bryan as they provide well-woman exams, pap smears, contraception, and abortions--despite round-the-clock...

It ain't easy being fascist republican liberals.(Roar of the Crowd)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... HOW CAN TEXAS MONTHLY NAME U.S. representative Tom DeLay (R) to the list of the ten worst legislators (for his role in Texas redistricting) and not add U.S. representative Martin Frost (D) for his (or his staff's) role in stealing the...

Something about Maury.(Roar of the Crowd)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... I CAN NEVER FORGET THE KLAN MARCH to the Sunshine Ranch to tar and feather my uncle Maury Maverick [Texas Monthly Reporter: "The Last Maverick," July 2003]. I was live years old. From my grandmother's front porch we saw the Klan approaching. My...

Political humor?(Roar of the Crowd)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... YOU GUYS! I THOUGHT I WAS READING the Politics Issue, but it turned out to be the April Fool's issue. What a bunch of jokesters. The topper was McKinnon's homespun primer ["How to Sell a Candidate," July 3003]. In light of recent charges of...

Around the state: a selective guide to amusements and events.(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... AROUND THE state A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO AMUSEMENTS AND EVENTS WEDNES- THURS- SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY DAY DAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 ...

Super model.(Straight Talk)(Jerry Hall comments on playing the role of Mrs. Robinson in stage play The Graduate)(Interview)
September 1, 2003... SUPER MODEL Jerry Hall will be Performing the role of Mrs, Robinson in The Graduate September 17-21 in Austin and September 23-October 5 in Houston. Was modeling your first job? Did you ever have to sell shoes or anything like that? Yeah I...

Fair play.(Museums)(exhibitions, Dallas, Texas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... FAIR PLAY A little town to the west of Dallas gets a lot of ink in the national press for its stellar museums--and rightfully so. But Big D has its share of institutions that deserve recognition too. And to look at. Begin at the Pan American...

Crash course.(A Great Weekend In Houston)(September 19-21, 2003)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... CRASH COURSE True Renaissance men (or perhaps today we should say "Renaissance people") spend years mastering their broad-ranging interests. But for us wannabes, the Bayou City offers a shortcut to enlightenment the weekend of September 19-21....

Take it outside.(Tune In)(Austin City Limits Festival, Zilker Park, Austin, Texas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... TAKE IT OUTSIDE There's almost no substitute for an Austin City Limits taping. For starters, it's free. Throw in the gratis drinks, the intimate setting, and the impressive acts, and it cant be beat as a night on the town, even if the show is...

Texas Tropical Trail Region: tropical treasures: where the valley meets the coast.
September 1, 2003... Miles of beaches, fresh seafood and recreational opportunities rim the Tropical Trail Region. Abundant birds, mild temperatures and historic architecture make it a top pick for visitors year round, Historical and cultural sites show the...

Brave new' burbs: maybe you've been wondering what happened to the old, ultraconservative Dallas. Look north.(population growth and political conservatism in Collin County, Texas)(support for Republican Party )
September 1, 2003... "ARE YOU A TOURIST?" ASKED the pretty young salesclerk at Candy World in the massive Stone briar Centre mall in Frisco. [paragraph] It's always a little embarrassing to be asked that, but I tried to muster my best patronizing, big-city smile....

Ron Kirk: the former Dallas mayor and U.S. Senate candidate on life after politics and, well, politics.(A Few Words With ...)(Interview)
September 1, 2003... Ron Kirk The former Dallas mayor and U.S. Senate candidate on life after politics and, well, politics. How are you doing these days, Mr. Mayor? For a big old boy, I don't sweat much, fortunately, in this heat. Wait, let me turn down...

Tyler Hollandsworth: six years ago I wrote that my new daughter was a stereotypical Dallas baby. But she didn't seem to be a stereotypical Dallas girl until she broke out the pom-poms.(Where Are They Now?)(Column)
September 1, 2003... IN 1997 I WROTE A STORY FOR THIS magazine about the birth of my daughter Tyler and how it compared with the birth, just a couple of weeks earlier, of Carson Smith, the daughter of this magazine's editor, Evan Smith ("Babes in the 'Hoods," April...

Pilot error: in an exclusive interview, exiled American Airlines CEO Don Carty reveals how he lost his job--and where the most important employer in the Metroplex is headed now.(Interview)
September 1, 2003... LAST SPRING, WHEN DON CARTY WAS being widely hailed as the man who had saved American Airlines from bankruptcy, I never imagined that I would be standing on the deck of his well-appointed timber lodge in Whistler, British Columbia, talking to...

All's fair: with its corny dogs and carnival rides, the 117-year-old state fair exhibits the down-home side of Texas' most sophisticated city.(State Fair of Texas )
September 1, 2003... IT'S FITTING THAT THE TYPICAL visitor to the State Fair of Texas looks happier than a pig in mud. After all, the site of the fair, which debuted in 1886, was dubbed a "hog wallow" by its organizers because its eighty acres turned into gumbo...

Nevada: follow the signs.(travel and tourism in Nevada )
September 1, 2003... Indoors and out, Nevada is always a hit with Texans when it comes to action-packed getaways. Its glittering casinos not only live up to their reputation for the most exciting gaming in the world, but casino stages and lounges offer some of the...

We must pass Proposition 12, or you could receive a REAL notice that your family doctor can't continue to practice. You still have the chance to save your family doctor. Vote "yes" on 12.(limits on non-monetary damages in medical malpractice lawsuits )
September 1, 2003... OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS IN CRISIS: Personal injury lawyers are making millions while good doctors battle skyrocketing insurance premiums that threaten their ability to serve patients. And the problem keeps getting worse. It's Lime to...

Everybody loves Ray: and why not? His Nasher Sculpture Center will finally put Dallas on the map of don't-miss arts destinations.(philanthropist Raymond Nasher )(Interview)
September 1, 2003... IN A CITY PRONE TO TALK EXPANSIVELY about its cultural aspirations but do little about them, Dallas developer and philanthropist Raymond Nasher has long stood out for his pragmatic deeds and modest words. "I hope there will be people around the...

The fusion thing: the Dallas dining scene is sizzling with the foods of Central and South America, from plaintains to pupusas. Say hola to Nuevo Latino.(on Food)(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2003... I ADMIT IT: I'VE GOT DALLAS STEREOTYPED AS A white-bread kind of place. But whenever I head there for an eating binge, I'm struck by the wealth of ethnic flavors swirling and simmering beneath its blue-eyed, blond-highlighted surface. You want...

Love thy self-help: give us your tired (of being overweight), your hungry (for success), your poor (after a nasty divorce), your teeming masses yearning to be free (of their fears and insecurities), and show them the way to Dallas, where authors like Dr. Phil McGraw have answers for every problem and superagent Jan Miller knows how to sell their books to America.
September 1, 2003... A MERE SIX YEARS AGO, no one had ever heard of him. He was just a balding, middle-aged guy who lived in the Dallas suburb of Irving, where he ran a company called Courtroom Sciences. The company was located in a nondescript white office...

25 things I love about Dallas.(Travel Texas)
September 1, 2003... When I went to Europe in 1981, Americans were no more popular there than they are now. As soon as I opened my mount, hotel clerks and waiters would scowl at me and ask me where I was from. If I said, "America," I might not get a room or a meal....

God bless America's team: what the Dallas Cowboys need right now, even more than tirades from Bill Parcells, is help from above. At least we know Tex Schramm will put in a good word.(football in Texas)
September 1, 2003... COVERING THE DALLAS COWBOYS back in the sixties, I sensed that something special was evolving, but I never dreamed that I was witnessing the creation of modern pro football. Forty years later, things are clear. Conception occurred when Clint...

The most perfect, charming, elegant, graceful, cozy, genteel, affluent 2.2 square miles in Texas.*.(My thirty years in Highland Park)(Column)
September 1, 2003... I AM NOT "OLD Highland Park." Old Highland Park is much too genteel to call attention to itself in print. A friend who grew up here says, "It used to be that if you wanted to show off, you bad to move to Preston Hollow." I'm not even a...

Big Shots.(Peggie Spencer and John Mazziotta photographers Texas style)(Illustration)
September 1, 2003... SOMETHING CLICKED BETWEEN THEM. Peggie Spencer and John Mazziotta were both professional photographers when they met while working For the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in the late forties, and soon they were husband and wife too. They shared an...

Lip shtick: at the Neiman Marcus in NorthPark Center, more women buy more makeup for more money than anyplace else in Dallas--maybe in the world. No wonder I couldn't resist.(Texas)(Column)
September 1, 2003... FIRST, A CONFESSION: I do not like to wear makeup. Whether this is a consequence of living in Austin, where flawless, coverage foundation can mark you as a hopelessly unhip out-of-towner--"That's so Dallas," Austinites like to sniff-or simply...

Maggie's story: do you want your life back? Women should feel healthy, vibrant and strong throughout their adult lives. If you have been told "it's in your mind" or "live with it," read on.(Hotze Health & Wellness Center, Houston, Texas)
September 1, 2003... Maggie is a 43-year old woman who presented to the Hotze Health and Wellness Center with a seven year history of depression and fatigue, which developed after giving birth to her second child. She had a lifelong history of cold hands and feet...

Big as Dallas: a salute to the men and women who stand tall in the corporate and community life of Dallas.(Texas)
September 1, 2003... Jackson Walker is proud to recognize Retta Miller, not only for her work as partner in the litigation section of Jackson Miller and as president of the Dallas Women's Foundation but also for her involvement in numerous community activities...

South Padre Island: blending the best of many worlds on the southern tip of Texas.(travel)
September 1, 2003... Until the early 1950s, the only way to reach the southern end of Padre Island from the mainland without getting wet was by boat or ferry. For thousands of years, this slender barrier island (at 130 miles the longest stretch of sand beach in the...

Restaurant guide: a selective guide to food and drink.(Texas)(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2003... Policies and Definitions The Restaurant Guide is a service to our readers. The magazine accepts no advertising or other consideration in exchange for a Listing. Reviews are written by resident critics in the cities that we list. The...

Horsing around.(Pat's Pick; Pegaso Cafe Mexicano y Taqueria)(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2003... HORSING AROUND My latest favorite spot for a cheap date is Pegaso Cafe Mexicano y Taqueria, a bustling eat-and-run place in the heart of Dallas' downtown financial district. At breakfast and lunch, this retro-hip creation of local restaurateur...

Fire and ice.(Seasons Eatings; affogato in Dallas, Texas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... FIRE AND ICE Autumn will arrive on September 23 and fall fashions have been in the stores forever, but as usual, the thermometer might as well be hanging in a sauna. What to do? Have the season-spanning drink known as an affogato--a shot of...

A good sign.(Word Of Mouth; chef Scott Tycer, Aries restaurant)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 1, 2003... A GOOD SIGN After preparing for an academic career, Houston native Scott Tycer decided instead to do what he loved: cook. He set his sights on owning his own restaurant by age thirty, a feat he accomplished by thirty and a half. Three years...

Prime properties.(listings Dallas, Texas)(Illustration)
September 1, 2003... Mediterranean Estate on 1.35 Acres This Mediterranean estate, located in the heart of the Preston Hollow area of Dallas features a wonderful gated entry with circle drive, fountain, and beautiful landscaping. The stunning two-story entry with...

Jack was an ace: and a villain, a patriot, and a scoundrel. Here's to my spiritual role model, Jack Ruby, the original Texas Jewboy.(The Last Roundup)(Column)
September 1, 2003... ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963--THE FATEFUL DAY that shook the world, the day that caused Walter Cronkite to shed a tear on national television, the day that belied Nellie Connally's encouraging words, "You can't say Dallas doesn't love you, Mr....