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The Texanist: Are Hot Sauce and Salsa the Same Thing?
Q: I’ve had a recurring discussion with people over the last few months about “salsa” and “hot sauce” and the differences between the two. Most all of them point to articles they find online that say...
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The Texanist: Should I Stop Wearing My Stetson Now That They’ve Become So...
Q: I’ve been wearing a Stetson Open Road hat for at least fifteen years now, but recently it’s just been hanging on a hook inside my front door. I hardly ever wear it these days. The reason is that the...
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A Battle for the Soul of Marfa
This article is part of our February 2020 “Small Towns, Big Money” package. Read more here. This story has been edited, since we first published it last month, to correct and clarify issues of accuracy...
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The Secret Oil Patch Roots of ‘Summer Breeze’
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for audio stories and much more. Already a subscriber? Log in. Sometimes the melody comes first, sometimes the words. On this occasion,...
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Does the World Need Doctors With Engineering Degrees?
Now I’m going to percuss,” Frederick Wang says just before delivering a sharp tap to Mason Danna’s back. “Can you exhale and hold that exhale for me?”With Wang clad in a white lab coat and Danna...
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Austin’s Bell and Bird Gives New Life to Antique Gems
Tucked inside a 1920s bungalow in Central Austin, the Bell and Bird showroom looks more like a posh cottage in the English countryside than a store. On display is a treasure trove of centuries-old...
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Some Barbecue Joints Are Going Whole Hog in a Brisket State
The smoke had already cleared when police arrived at Cattleack Barbeque, in North Dallas, on a Saturday morning in March 2015. Owner Todd David was in the back parking lot, peering into his new cooker...
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A Ross Thomas Adaptation Rethinks the Border Noir
Andy Greenwald first saw Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil around 2005, when he was 28, during what he calls his “self-imposed film graduate school.” He watched every classic movie he could get his hands...
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Three Hearty Texas Beers Will Help Keep You Warm
Sputnik, Austin Beerworks Austin ABV: 8.5 percentBack in 2011, the brewers at Austin Beerworks decided to play against type with a new seasonal release. “Our four year-round beers were light and...
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How I Found True Joy on a Four-Day Carnival Cruise
One of the first fellow travelers I encountered in Galveston was a woman wearing jean shorts, bright lipstick, and a T-shirt announcing, “Oh, Ship! It’s a Family Trip!” I quickly learned that wearing a...
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Fredericksburg Is the New Aspen
This article is part of our February 2020 “Small Towns, Big Money” package. Read more here. It’s hot in Fredericksburg. The afternoon sun is intense, but the evenings cool off, just as I recall from my...
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Lizzo’s Rise to Stardom, By the Numbers
In 2014 musical phenomenon Lizzo played to “a large tent with ten people in it” at the United Kingdom’s Glastonbury Festival. As recently as 2018, the singer, rapper, and flutist was opening for acts...
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Nixta Takes Tacos to the Next Level
I jockeyed my car into a parking space on the street, sauntered down the sidewalk, and smugly flung open the aluminum screen door. Wait! What?! Nooooo! Ten people were in line at my hole-in-the-wall...
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Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Therapy Dogs Got Married in a Ceremony at a...
Two therapy dogs got married in a ceremony at a Mansfield hospital.A University of Texas at Arlington student broke the Guinness World Record for highest standing jump, with a 65-inch vertical leap.The...
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From the Editor, February 2020: The Power of Sound
During the 2018 U.S. Senate race between Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz, Texas Monthly delivered an unusual type of storytelling: a gritty, on-the-ground podcast from the campaign trail. Most political...
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Small-town Benefactors: The Merchant Prince of the Panhandle
This article is part of our February 2020 “Small Towns, Big Money” package. Read more here. CanadianPop. 2,683In 1913, on the eve of World War I, a Lebanese immigrant named Nahim Abraham arrived at...
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Small-town Benefactors: A Face-lift in the Desert
This article is part of our February 2020 “Small Towns, Big Money” package. Read more here. MarathonPop. 430Forty years ago, the far West Texas town of Marathon was but a former ranching outpost slowly...
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Small-town Benefactors: A Gusher Begets Generations of Wealth
This article is part of our February 2020 “Small Towns, Big Money” package. Read more here. AlbanyPop. 1,937Members of the Houston Grand Opera have been known to perform the National Anthem under the...
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Small Towns, Big Money
In 1910, some 76 percent of Texans resided in rural areas. By 2010—the last census—that number had plummeted to 15 percent. That small towns are struggling to survive isn’t news and isn’t unique to...
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Michael Lind Wants to Put America Back Together
Michael Lind, the author of The New Class War: Saving Democracy From the Managerial Elite (Portfolio/Penguin Random House), has a theory about what’s ailing democracy in the United States and Western...
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February 2020: Roar of the Crowd
Go Go, Boots!The article “The Power of Boots” [December 2019] spoke to me, and I was so excited to see Sandra Cisneros on the cover wearing vintage cowboy boots. My love of boots dates back to my...
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Art Acevedo Can’t Say That, Can He?
One of the first times I met Art Acevedo was in April 2017, in southwest Houston. The police chief was speaking on a panel about immigration, and I was in the crowd, half-heartedly live-tweeting...
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Can a Dallas Ride-Hailing Company Catch Uber?
When Will Coleman was deciding where he would stage his bid to compete with Uber and Lyft, he never seriously considered Silicon Valley. Instead, he started searching for office space in Dallas. For...
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Dining Guide: Highlights From Our February 2020 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas...
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