D Magazine October 1986

At thirteen, Kristi Curb is a world-class cellist who must balance her love of music with a passion for boys and Swatch watches.

How two direct-mail wizards made millions – with no money down!!!

The 1987 crop of cars is long on technology and high on style.

Our portrait of Dallas: A daytrip through grit and glitz.

She knew the rules of poker and the rules of poetry: you want knowledge, you pay for it.

A sneak preview of imports for ’87

New avenues for geared-up bikers

What’s what in the ’87 lineup

How to wear hose with aplomb

Discovering the culinary cachet of axis venison

Celebs Hype-notize Millions!!! Fergie, Liz, Clint, and Don Threaten Western Civilization!!

A TV series and a new line of toys

Ken Gjemre is bookish, a Unitarian, a member of the ACLU, and he won’t take money from PACs. He also wants to unseat the most conservative man in the Texas Senate.

Capturing the celluloid sensuality of the femme fatale

Where does Dan Piraro get those weird ideas?

Driving a convertible is more than one of life’s small pleasures; it’s a chrome-plated statement that you understand the good life and can afford to live it.

The perils of dating in the difficult Eighties.

COLORADO/NEW MEXICO 1986-87 SEASON

Why I carry a torch for matchbooks

When you’re down, throw a party: Uncle Bob Thornton and his incredible Centennial coup.

Wherein the new gee-whiz dashboard is met with a public outcry of “So what?”

A new Festival Marketplace to make downtown sing

Through seemingly endless French afternoons, we drifted by villages with musical names.

A few years ago, anyone wandering through the West End Historic Dostrict had every reason to be beset with pangs of loneliness, for white architectoral marvels, stray pigeons and perhaps even a few ghosts abounded, other human beings did not. Tucked away in one end of Dallas’ dowtown business sector, the 30-block area with its rows of turn of the century industrial buildings was still an idea waiting for its time to come.