August 2008
Table of Contents
Find the access code — required to read stories online — on the third contents page in the most recent issue of Texas Monthly. Subscribers can also visit our Customer Care page to get the code. Subscribe now and get instant access.
Features
Springs EternalGrab your towel, your sunscreen, and go! Presenting our 25 favorite swimming holes: Barton Springs, Blue Hole, Balmorhea, and other iconic places to lower your core temperature. At least for a couple of hours. The Killing FieldBefore they clubbed two deer to death in their tiny West Texas town, the four high school football stars were treated like royalty. Afterward, when news of their exploits hit the Internet, they were celebrities of a very different sort. |
Out of SightFor the 140 full-time, residential students lucky enough to be enrolled there, the Texas School for the Blind is “heaven,” “home,” and “the first place I had friends.” Plus:Dance LessonsA slide show of students at the Texas School for the Blind getting ready for prom night—just like typical teenagers. Out of Sight: PodcastPamela Colloff reads “Out of Sight.” State of PlayYou may think you know how the Obama-McCain battle in Texas is going to turn out. You may even be right. But the more important outcome is down-ballot, where two dozen or so races—and the future of politics and policy here—will be affected by what happens at the top of the ticket. Bass-O-MaticHow a fish called Ethel (seventeen pounds, ten ounces) caught by a fishing guide named Mark (Stevenson, in 1986, on Lake Fork) revolutionized a once-sleepy sport. |
Columns
Sarah BirdLactation NationPutting the fun in fun bags! The mommy in mommy muffins! (I could go on.) |
Reporter
In the ChuteLBJ at 100, Beachcomber’s Museum, The Black List Project. |
The Filter
Pat's PickPat's PickThe Filter: DiningNew and Noteworthy |
Miscellaneous
Roar of the CrowdSecond Helpings |
Editor’s LetterA Patriot ActContributorsSarah Wilson, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, and Charlie Llewellin. |
The Republican Convention -- Day 4 (Fri Sep 5 at 8:18 AM)
The Rising (Fri Sep 5 at 1:49 PM)
Charles Dean Hood's Day (Sat Sep 6 at 10:17 AM)
Newsletters
Sign up for Texas Monthly newsletters on recipes, events, issue preview, travel, and more.
