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Articles in October, 2002 issue of Texas Monthly

• Days of their lives: in Tim O'Brien's masterly July, July, the past dreams of a group of college classmates collide with the realities of middle age. (Mike Shea on Books).
  by Mike Shea
• Restaurant guide: a selective guide to food and drink.
  by Patricia Sharpe
• The Yucatan: Alabaster beaches, Mayan ruins, swim-up bars, seat turtles--and topless tourists.
  by Skip Hollandsworth
• Water foul: to the city of Marshall, Caddo Lake is a profit center, a reservoir from which millions of gallons can be pumped each day and put up for sale. To the people of uncertain, Karnack, and other communities nearby, it's an ecological jewel, a symbo
  by Joe Nick Patoski
• Linda Ellerbee: the Bryan-born newswoman on surviving cancer, losing her breasts, and keeping her sense of self. (A Few Words With ...).
  by Eileen Schwartz
• Puebla: Talavera tiles, tacos arabes--and mole mania.
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Quite contrary: what are we to make of the ongoing controversy over the authenticity of the sacred image of the Virgin Mary? That science, like religion, is a matter of faith. (Jan Jarboe Russell on Faith).
  by Jan Jarboe Russell
• Oh, the horror! The first three Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes were hell to make and hell to watch. Why should the new one be any different? (Letter From Austin).
  by John Spong
• Yelapa: beach palapas, blue water, angelfish, Gauguin sunsets, mahimahi al mojo de ajo--and a frog in the shower.
  by Joe Nick Patoski
• Our number is up: the state's population expert says Texas needs to prepare for the day when Hispanics are the majority, but the politicians aren't listening. (Behind the Lines).
  by Paul Burka
• Around the state: a selective guide to amusements and events.
  by Patricia Busa McConnico
• Mexico City: Diego Rivera murals, Toltec frescoes, cobblestone streets, sad love songs--and Brie enchiladas.
  by Pamela Colloff
• Coasting: kayaking through a labyrinth of hidden trails in the wetlands near Port Aransas, I found serenity-and unexpected beauty. (Charlie Llewellin on the Great Outdoors).
  by Charlie Llewellin
• Busted play. (Roar of the Crowd).
• Twins peak: their mother was a Chicana firebrand who fought the San Antonio establishment. Three decades later, Julian and Joaquin Castro have followed her into politics, not as outsiders but as Harvard-educated lawyers--and symbols of generational change
  by Cecilia Balli
• The houseguest: yes, it's true that President and Mrs. Bush let me spend the night at their place. No, you shouldn't fear for the health of the republic. Okay, maybe a little. (The Last Roundup).
  by Kinky Friedman
• Living legends: are there alligators in Houston's sewers? Does a mysterious lady haunt Dallas' White Rock Lake? You'd better believe it. (Anne Dingus on Texana).
  by Anne Dingus
• Fantasy island: the new owner of the famed Balinese room has dreams that appeal to the Galveston loyalist in me. And the pirate. And the madam. (Gary Cartwright's Texas).
  by Gary Cartwright
• Did Dick Cheney sink Halliburton (and will it sink him?): his record as CEO of the Texas-based oil-field-services giant has been marred by a government investigation into allegation that he fudge the books. His critics say it's another case of corporate m
  by S.C. Gwynne
• Boys will be boys: now that my sons are old enough not to be embarrassed--and one has finally married--I can tell the truth about their history with women. Including me.
  by Prudence Mackintosh
• Michoacan: master artisans, and aqueduct, roving troubadours--and Day-Glo marzipan.
  by Suzy Banks
• Ruben Navarrette, Jr. Tony & Me: can Hispanic journalists be objective about a candidate named Sanchez? The answer is, I hate the question. (First Person).
  by Ruben Jr. Navarrette
• Maxed out. (Straight Talk).
  by Stacy Hollister
• Battle ships. (Roar of the Crowd).