Joe Lonsdale: The “Rebel” Billionaire
One of our part-time Austin neighbors, tech tycoon Joseph Lonsdale, recently made national headlines. Not just any head...
Joe Lonsdale: The “Rebel” Billionaire
One of our part-time Austin neighbors, tech tycoon Joseph Lonsdale, recently made national headlines. Not just any head...
Expansion Joints
New York is a tongue town. Katz’s has been slicing it by the pound for decades. It’s a Jewish classic. My grandfather Sam often ordered a tongue omelet, an object of perverse and horrified fascina...
The Mystery of Houdini’s Disappearing Bookcase
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. The origin story of Harry Houdini’s bookcase, which will be unve...
For Roughnecks in the Gulf, This Paramedic Is a Lifesaver
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their...
The Restaurant Is 118 Years Old. The Merch Is New.
In 2014, the Gray’s Papaya on Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village closed for good, and I was inconsolable. Five years later, when City Bakery’s time came to an end, I was in even worse shape. I know...