Politics & Policy
May 31, 1988
The Self-Destruction of Lance Lalor
Houston’s city controller prided himself on being the most scrupulously honest politician in town. So why did he sign his name to someone else credit card?
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Business
April 1, 1988
Food Feud
For years Jamail’s was the queen of Houston grocery stores. Now the Jamail family is at odds, and two rival chains are getting ready for a major food fight.
Business
November 1, 1987
Paper Boy
When newspaper entrepreneur William Dean Singleton bought the ailing ‘Dallas Times Herald,’ people thought he was crazy. When he bought the ‘Houston Post,’ they were sure of it.
Sports
October 1, 1987
The World According to Coach
Never say Kant, Socrates it to ’em, and other collected wisdom from Texas’ Friday-night philosophers.
Being Texan
October 1, 1987
The Double Life of Finis Crutchfield
The bishop denied until the end that he got AIDS from homosexual contact. But the furor that resulted from his death has opened the door on his life as a gay man.
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.
Health
August 1, 1987
The Booming Business of AIDS
For some entrepreneurs, the dark cloud of AIDS has proved to have a silver lining
Being Texan
June 1, 1987
The Jeffrey Show
Heads turn when he passes. He’s on half of Houston’s A-party list. Rock singer? Investment banker? Nope. Meet Father Jeffrey Walker, Episcopal priest.
Art
May 31, 1987
New Kid on the Block
The Menil Collection has received so much attention that its opening this month may seem anticlimactic. The only unknown is what the director plans to do with it all.
Being Texan
January 1, 1987
No Promises
For eight years, I had a love affair with Houston. When the good times ended, we drifted apart. But while it lasted, we had the time of our lives.
Film & TV
October 1, 1986
After the Tears
Cambodian Lay Bun Sun escaped the terrors of the Khmer Rouge to film his dreams in Houston.
Being Texan
September 1, 1986
My Kind of Town
An enticing portfolio of what makes Houston Houston.
Health
September 1, 1986
The Faulty Cure
Houston is famous for medical cures. But when British rock star Ronnie Lane came to town with a crippling disease and $1 million for research, all he got was crippling legal problems.
Business
July 1, 1986
Mining the Moon, Selling the Stars
Their business may read like a sci-fi script, but these aging astronauts, former Nasa engineers, technocrats, and high-risk junkies are serious about selling space.
Food & Drink
July 1, 1986
Eat at Junior’s
Proprietors of some of Texas’ priciest restaurants are spinning off more-economical eateries that are giving the originals a run for the money.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1986
Unionbusters
Hank Milam was a businessman with $20,000 in equipment and a firm faith in the rules of the game.He took on the union that had ruled the Houston docks for fifty years and beat it on its own turf.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1986
Hate Thy Neighbor
A look at Houston’s Meyerland, Dallas’ Munger Place, El Paso’s Sunset Heights, and Austin’s Hyde Park shows that few fights get the blood boiling like a good fight with a neighbor.
Business
March 1, 1986
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.
Arts & Entertainment
March 1, 1986
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.
Business
February 1, 1986
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.
BBQ
February 1, 1986
On the Menu: Goode Company Barbeque
Houston restaurateur Jim Goode took the three Texas food groups—barbecue, Tex-Mex, and burgers—and built an empire.
Sports
December 1, 1985
Professor of Football
Okay, now, listen up. This story is about Bill Yeoman, a really good football coach. Read it or run three laps after practice.
Business
December 1, 1985
The Fraying Empire of Bobby Sakowitz
Robert Sakowitz set out to be a retail Renaissance man. Like his hero Leonardo da Vinci, he was going to do everything. And he did—including something he never imagined: fail.
Food & Drink
December 1, 1985
On the Menu: La Griglia
EVEN IF LA GRIGLIA were completely empty—which is highly unlikely—the enormous bawdy murals, busy mosaics, and bustling wait staff would give the impression of great activity. This popular eatery, located in the River Oaks Shopping Center, is a place to see and be seen—inevitable, since the restaurant is one of
News & Politics
October 1, 1985
The Dream Lives On
Four of the many small high-tech companies betting that they have the excitement, momentum, market, and business savvy to succeed where others have failed.
Business
October 1, 1985
The Chips Are Down
The real Texas technology picture is much more intricate than either the mad hype of two years ago or the dire headlines of today make it out to be.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1985
The Kathy Ratings
Kathy Whitmire’s substantial achievements as mayor of Houston are overshadowed by her bad public image and political ineptitude—not a good situation for a candidate seeking a third term.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1985
The Louie File
Just how good were the good ol' days, when Louie Welch was mayor of Houston?
Food & Drink
August 31, 1985
What’s the Big Deal About Grills?
Hot, hot, hot! Here’s why grills have become the trendiest of the trendy restaurants in Texas.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1985
Mayor, Council Locked in Bitter Struggle!
Council tells mayor her budget stinks! Mayor tells council to like it or lump it! Both sides twist arms, trade insults! Read all about it!
Sports
January 1, 1985
Towers of Power
So. Ralph Sampson listens to Grover Washington and Akeem Olajuwon craves Chinese food. Now you know.
Style & Design
December 1, 1984
O Christmas Tree
For a perfectly decorated tree, call Tom Osborn. But only if money is no object.
Business
November 1, 1984
Trashy Business
When Houston’s rich and powerful join forces with environmentalists to battle big corporations, they can be fighting over only one thing. Garbage.
Art
November 1, 1984
Tiptoeing On the Ocean of Storms
What astronaut Alan Bean saw on the moon changed his life. Now, with paint and canvas, he’s trying to let the rest of us see it too.
Energy
October 1, 1984
Feasting on the Oil Glut
So you think that OPEC controls the price of oil and that the glut is hurting everybody in the oil business? Wrong. Traders on the international spot market are pulling the strings and getting rich in the process.
Business
September 1, 1984
The Night Crew
There are a hundred of them, and their job is invisibility. They come into giant office buildings after everyone has gone home and, if they do the job right, make the evidence of the day’s work disappear.
Border & Immigration
May 31, 1984
Give Me a Job
In my village in Oaxaca I had heard about those who made it big in El Norte, and I wanted to become one of them. But I didn’t know how hard life in Houston would be without papers, money, or a job.
Business
May 1, 1984
Lenôtre: Shameless Pastries, Mythical Chocolates, Shocking Sorbets
Bearing Gallic sophistication and outrageously delicious desserts, the Lenôtre family has taken Dallas and Houston by storm.
Being Texan
May 1, 1984
First Light
Texas’ morning glory by thirteen photographers.
Business
April 1, 1984
Birth of a New Frontier
Hundreds of new computer companies have made Texas the likely successor to California’s Silicon Valley, and it all started with two firms in Dallas.
Arts & Entertainment
March 1, 1984
In the Wings
Backstage at the Houston Ballet is a world of pastel shadows, brilliant spangles, and anxious waiting.
Arts & Entertainment
February 1, 1984
The Training Ground
To wind up on top in the news business, it pays to start at the bottom.
Sports
January 1, 1984
Gambling on the Gamblers
Jerry Argovitz made himself unpopular with NFL management as an abrasive player’s agent. Now that he owns Houston’s new football team, he finds himself on the other side of the table—and the issues.
News & Politics
November 1, 1983
Fantasy Island
It’s a high-rise developer’s dream. Houston’s old guard wants to turn 34 acres of downtown warehouses into an island of classy shops and pricey condos. They thought they had it wired, until Kathy Whitmire was elected mayor.
Style & Design
September 1, 1983
Johnson & Johnson
In a glass-and-steel world of Houston skyscrapers, there was nothing like an art deco obelisk or a pink Gothic cathedral until architect Philip Johnson.
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.
Art
March 1, 1983
The Gittings People
Shoot enough portraits of Texans, and you'll have made a portrait of Texas.
Being Texan
February 1, 1983
Main Street
It’s Houston's driveway, a twenty-mile kaleidoscope of bankers, punkers, strippers, surgeons, students, grackles, and cars.
Food & Drink
February 1, 1983
Tea for Texas
Can Texans be won over to the antique tradition of tea and little sandwiches in the afternoon? Dallas’ and Houston’s new gilded hotels are counting on it.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1983
The Making of a Congressman
Twelve ran, Mike Andrews won. A saga of ambition, money, power, courage, and the nature of urban politics in Texas.