Lunch on the Lake

What better way to pass a rainy afternoon than with good friends and good food? Chef Cathy Zeis did the cooking for a leisurely lunch at the Jack Radke Family’s dockominium on Lake Texoma.
The Guest List: (L-R) Lisanne Anderson, Cheryl Plauché, Nancy Anderson, Vickie White, Heather Adams, Mary Kolb.

Chef Cathy: Ready for the Moment

Think of a pinball machine, the kind with the little steel sphere that rockets off the end of the plunger, a bundle of kinetic energy that bounces and careens and ricochets off the bumpers and over the triggers, making lights flash and bells ring and things go whirr until it runs out of momentum and slips through the return slot.

Falcon Boats

For Texoma striper anglers the “be all to end all” in custom boats is a Falcon. Jeff Gooden and Joe Simmons own the Falcon Boat Company that builds striper bass boats in Sherman, and the two present an interesting contrast of age and expertise. Each man brings something special to the business.

Dockominiums

The term “boat house” probably conjures images in your mind’s eye of rickety weathered steps down to the water’s edge, corrugated sheet metal, spider webs, yellow bug lights, dust, rust and tangled fishing gear. There may even be that last lonely can of beer in the fridge; still snuggly bound by its plastic six pack girdle.

The Back Page

I met George Nolen of Pottsboro when I interviewed him for the story about Icky Twerp and Slam Bang Theater. His friends mentioned that Mr. Nolen was a poet, and so I asked him to send me some of his pieces. He did, and here are a few. But first, from this pen, a short introduction.

That’s Home Entertainment

Just before our deadline for this issue, one of the most important trade shows of the year was wrapping up in San Francisco, CA. The Pacific Coast Builders Conference is where custom designers go to see the very latest tech gear for the home. Spread out over more than three city blocks, 700-plus exhibitors show their stuff—lots and lots of very cool stuff.