From the magazine

• Are you a real cowgirl? Take this quiz

  1. What is a Hereford?

• Where the cowgirls party

  Wanna can catch a glimpse of some cowgirls? Swagger on down to Cowtown Coliseum (121 E. Exchange Ave.) for the rodeo on Fridays and Saturdays at 8. Or, belly up to these bars.

• Want to dress the part? Check out our cowgirl gear checklist

  Boots: Pointed-toe boots are more popular, but if you have a round-toe roper, you can still wear it out to the bar. Stick with a mainstream color like black or brown. Ariat Fat Babys or Chukkas are working boots that feel like shoes. Burn your lacers! Boots can run well into the hundreds, depending on the detail and manufacturing, but they will last a lifetime and can be repaired.

• Hitch your wagon to the Lone Star film fest

  No third-year blues for the Lone Star International Film Festival. This year's offerings show it's built to last.

• This week's Dirty Dozen

  From director Kevin Smith to the angelic-voiced von Trapps to the gruesome "Sweeney Todd," it's a week of extreme entertainment options.

• Disney’s over-digitized 'A Christmas Carol’ may leave you in a bah, humbug state of mind

  Could someone please pull Robert Zemeckis away from his computer?

• The dish on Ishi

  What happens when you combine the lush acoustic melodies of Simon & Garfunkel with the heart-thumping beats of Daft Punk? Ishi.

• Cutting down on meat is a main course for a greener lifestyle

  Perhaps the main reason I was so jazzed about becoming the Ecobitch columnist for DFW.com Ink Edition was the opportunity (OK, kick in the ass) to do some of the things I’d always thought I should when it comes to living a greener lifestyle. And, for this column and the next, I’m undertaking a little two-week experiment that centers on the biggest change we could make toward sustainability, according to many environmental experts: going vegetarian.

• Fashion Mullet turns out to not be as tragic as it sounds

  Blame it on the rebel trend we are going through in the fashion world or a full moon, but last month I put hot pink streaks in the bottom layers of my black hair. The result was subtle flashes of fuchsia when the wind blew or I sported a ponytail. The pink was very high maintenance, though. I had to touch it up every week and a half or it looked more Kurt Cobain than Lily Allen. After three rounds of coloring, I decided that the pink streaks had to go.