On Ondine on Film

The pope and the artist, the hotel and the factory

"...of the beat speed-freak crowd by the Factory. The Turtle, Rotten Rita, Ondine, and some of the other amphetamine..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

On Ondine on Film: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...of the beat speed-freak crowd by the Factory. The Turtle, the Mayor, and Ondine would go visit the Mayor's..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Record Reviews

"...hormones into a cohesive flow, and slow-cooker "Yertle the Turtle" is laid-back and saucy. Still too many horns, though...."

June 13, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Latest in Paper

"...Turtle Point Press, 192 pp., $15.95..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Memorial Garden, dedicated in 1999. The site -- the turtle pond north of the tower -- honors the 15..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...and attempts to save the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle have increased. Park officials requested that heavy trucks not..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature

Eat, Drink, Watch Movies Menus

"...Academy (www.txca.com) preparing the elegant French meal featuring mock turtle soup with sherry, Blini Demidoff with Champagne, quails stuffed..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...and Memorial in Houston; Highland Park, Park Cities, and Turtle Creek in Dallas; and West Lake Hills and Tarrytown..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature

The Name of the Game

Raising deer, oryx, antelope, and more on central texas ranches

"...in Las Vegas; other stalwarts include the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, Houston's Cafe Annie, and Biga on..."

June 7, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

So You Want to Buy Some Game?

"...can get cabrito, pheasant, game hen, squab, goose, and turtle.Diamond Cut Venisonc/o Judy Watson, Rt. 2, Box 287, Goldthwaite,..."

June 7, 2002 Food Feature

Teenage Mutant Ninja Politics

The Hypocritical Limits of Campaign Finance Reform

"...cool, record-breaking $7 million from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cartoon tycoon, Haim Saban. (Remember the Good Old Days,..."

April 5, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Lightning Strikes

Austin's Food scene hits the big time

"...duck. Dean Fearing, longtime chef of the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, presented a spicy Southwestern rendition of..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

In Perfect Alignment: The Ransom Center Beat Holdings

"...Gary Snyder's "Manzanita," a poem from 1974's Pulitzer Prize-winning Turtle Island, begins with this: "Before dawn the coyotes/weave medicine..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Shadow of the Sun

"...from Kapuscinski's personal experience: a hotel room covered in turtle-sized cockroaches, the body-shaking tremors of malaria, the sad eyes..."

July 20, 2001 Books Review by Shannon McCormick

Uncle Blubbafink

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

"...He gets turtle, crocodile, snake, dragon. And an earful...."

June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants

Dig the groovy threads in this factoid suit, daddio!

"...To get a shy turtle to stick its head out of its shell, push..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Nouveau Bistro

On any given evening, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry writes, Zoot's cozy, warmly lit dining room fills with a cross-section of the city. Seated around the white-clothed tables you find young and old, dates and small groups, black-clad hipsters and the obvious "out of towners," all nodding in approval as they spear forkfuls of sautéed veal sweetbreads, roasted chicken, or seared duck.

"...as Texas' sixth-best restaurant, ahead of Dallas' Mansion on Turtle Creek, and Austin's high-profile Jeffrey's. As the Gourmet critics..."

March 30, 2001 Food Feature

Food-o-File

What foodies are reading, and updates on local culinary news.

"...scholarly essays, poetry, history pieces on the origins of turtle soup and cooking vessels, book reviews, and notes on..."

March 16, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...down in front of his military gray mansion on Turtle Creek. Someone took a potshot at General Walker about..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Articulations

A weekly rundown of the latest news in Austin's visual and performing arts scene.

"...has spearheaded the drive to reinvent the Great Green Turtle of Auditorium Shores called it to make public the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood samples marvelous mail-order food and relates more local donut news.

"...tiny container of sherry to add to the Snapper Turtle Soup, and they even provided baking shells in which..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hudson's on the Bend

Lakeside Dining 2000: Many Restaurants, Not Much Water

"...entrée menus, including an amphibious appetizer of spicy snapping turtle étouffée with four feather-light fried frog legs. New main-plate..."

July 7, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Coach's Corner

Coach can't hit a wedge shot, or make a putt, but he's trying.

"...in fact, move at the pace of a lost turtle...."

June 2, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Defining World-Class

When Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood moved to Austin 30 years ago, the Driskill was a run-down, pitiful shadow of a formerly grand hotel threatened with foreclosure and destruction. Now its new owners want it to be a world-class destination. How does the Driskill Grill define "world-class"?

"...the staff of the elegant, highly regarded Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, a five-star hotel. They hired away..."

May 19, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Slimed!

Is Barton Springs Pool Losing Its Soul to Algae?

"...see carp, bass, large minnows, and even an occasional turtle in Barton Springs Pool. None are present now, and..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Yellow Submarine

"...the land from the grip of the meanies, snapping turtle-turks, apple-bonkers, and the sadistic flying glove. The creators of..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Review by Bud Simons

Little City Hall

Architectural Team Picked to Design Scaled-Down Building

"...academic building at Rice University and a residence on Turtle Creek in Dallas) and has aimed to broaden his..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW News: Saturday

"...after hearing himself tell one too many lame between-song turtle jokes. Word is that he's off to hit the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Soldier of Fortune

Comic Steven Wright offers observations on his return to short film, "One Soldier," the pressure of following up an Academy Award, and this bad trick called life.

"...many hours in contemplation. With his lethargic monotone and turtle's pace delivery, Wright offers hilarious, bizarre observations that are..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Day Trips

Take your chum to the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park.

"...Next to the Lion Fish, the sea turtles look huge and indestructible. "We want visitors to see..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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