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Articles in September, 2002 issue of Texas Monthly

• My kind of town: 25 things I love about Houston
  by Suzy Banks
• Restaurant guide: a selective guide to food and drink.
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Yesterday Street: for me it was 2635 Nottingham, in West University Place, where my mom took me swimming, my dad taught me chess, and all we had to fear was Ken Ford's BB gun. (The Last Roundup)
  by Kinky Friedman
• Keep the change: in Houston, the only thing that's permanent is that everything is temporary. So how does the city get over Enron? Easy--it already has. (Behind the Lines)
  by Paul Burka
• Hi, society! No one in Houston throws a party like Becca Cason Thrash, the flirty socialite whose dazzling sense of style and irrepressible personality are the talk of the town
  by Skip Hollandsworth
• Pueblo nuevo: when I moved to Houston from San Antonio two years ago, I thought I would miss Texas' best city for Latinos. Instead, I found it
  by Cecilia Balli
• Race of races: who will be Houston's next mayor? Brown is a lame duck. White is a long shot. The front-runners are black and Hispanic. Got it? (on Politics).
  by Patricia Kilday Hart
• Welcome to the neighborhoods
• Prairie dogma: the farm and ranch country West of Houston isn't much to look at, but birders and their allies say preserving the grassland and will protect the city's air and water. (on Environment)
  by Joe Nick Patoski
• "The trick is not to act like a lawyer": that's just one of the secrets of Rusty Hardin, the latest in Houston's long line of flamboyant defense attorneys--and the man every wrongdoer in town wants on his side
  by Pamela Colloff
• The guy can't help it. (Straight Talk)
  by Eileen Schwartz
• Pro vs. Chron: how the new editor of the Houston Chronicle is playing against type. (on Media)
  by Evan Smith
• Hung jury. (Roar of the Crowd).
• All in a DA's work. (Roar of the Crowd).
• Peter's principles: riding the cycles of boom and bust, Peter Marzio has turned the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston into a great cultural--and business--success. (on Art).
  by Michael Ennis
• Melting pots: at these restaurants, three of Houston's immigrant cuisines--and delicious culinary adventures--are on the menu. (on Food)
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Sheila Jackson Lee: the Houston Congresswoman praises her hometown's shopping, resilient spirit--and humidity. (A Few Words With ...)
  by Evan Smith
• Final appeal. (Roar of the Crowd).
• University of St. Thomas: gateway to the Houston Museum District
• Miracle workers: in the history of medicine, there hasn't been anything quite like M.D. Anderson, where curing cancer is a righteous mission. (Reporter: the state of our state)
  by Jim Atkinson
• Around the state: a selective guide to amusements and events.
  by Patricia McConnico
• Scenes from a mall: meet the teenagers at the Marq*E Entertainment Center, a one-of-a-kind place that offers everything that matters in life: skateboarding, video games, movies, fortune-telling, bowling, miniature golf, T-shirts, ice cream--and close enco
  by Katy Vine