Alex lived with her family in a nice home in an affluent San Antonio suburb, where she had all the comforts and advantages that come with that life. Although she was born male, Alex identifies as a female, a revelation that led to friction with her family and her eventual estrangement from them. “My mother…
SA Street Style #3: Leo Barrios, furniture designer
Where: FGI’s spring trend event What: Blazer, Zegna from Saks Fifth Avenue; Jeans, Hugo Boss, Saks Fifth Avenue (fun fact: I used to work with Leo at Saks); T-shirt, Hanes; scarf, borrowed from a friend; jewelry and hat, Texas Thrift (Leo reshaped the hat himself!) Why: I figured I had two chicks (pick up the…
SA Street Style: Mignon Harkrader
Who: Mignon Harkrader, owner of Tas De Gueux, a vintage pop up at Brick Marketplace. Where: Brick marketplace at Blue Star Wearing: Theory blazer, Buffalo Exchange; white button down, Uniqlo; jeans, Burberry, Saks; tennis shoes, Keds; bag, DKNY Style tip: Color codes her outfits for every day of the week, (i.e. Monday all black, Tuesday…
View of Reality from a Chartreuse Couch: Del Shores
Gene: Del, welcome to the Chartreuse Couch again. You look fabulous. Many in San Antonio will remember you and your play presented here in 2007 at the Church Theatre, Southern Baptist Sissies, which is now a film. Let’s start with that. How has that been going? Slide your butt onto the Chartreuse and feel the love. Del: It’s been an amazing…
What to watch (out) for at the 84th Texas Legislature
The 84th session of the Texas Legislature convenes, for better or (probably) worse, in January and as Out In SA went to press in mid November, this session’s pre-filed bills were already making news, locally and nationally. Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels) kicked off the pre-file period with SJR 10, the Restoring Religious Freedom Amendment.…
Manhunt
Photos by Bryan Rindfuss Grooming by Angelina Mata Models: Murray Van Eman, Jeremiah Birmingham, Justin Nichols Justin Nichols, attorney Favorite game: Deer Favorite dish: “No question it is my grandmother’s fried backstrap” Nichols learned to hunt with his grandmother, the person he’s “closest to in the world,” when he was just 6 or 7.…
The Fourth Annual Dobie Dichos
Friday, October 31, 2014 6–9:30pm Oakville, TX Tickets may be purchased here (361) 449-2481 “In the university I am a wild man” J. Frank Dobie wrote this to his wife, adding, “in the wilds I am a scholar and a poet.” Storyteller and Texan J. Frank Dobie spent his entire life walking the line between…