Women in Business Directory
Check Out our Top Gift Picks for the Holidays!
2015 Holiday Gift Guide Peñaloza & Sons If you enjoy the sparkle of icicles dancing on a Christmas tree you’ll fall in love with the beauty and elegance of Emerald and Baguette cut diamonds (Also see back cover). Always sourced through ethical channels and...
Digging the Holidays
Glorious Gifts for the Gardner in your Life As a long-time nature lover and gardener, I’ve been the lucky recipient and giver of a wide list of gardening and yard art gifts: serene wind chimes, vibrant hummingbird feeders, practical pruners, pre-potted plants and...
Velvet, Sequins & Fringe…
Local Tastemakers Share What's Trending for the Holidays With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, dressing yourself, your home and choosing gifts for others can oftentimes be overwhelming. So we’ve asked local fashion experts and tastemakers to weigh in on...
Krastina K. Reynolds: Owner of Choicolate, Artisan Chocolates
Name: Krastina K. Reynolds Company: Choicolate – Artisan Chocolates Title: Owner/Chocolatier What do you do? I craft specialty chocolates with natural ingredients and premium European chocolate. I also do recipe development and testing for new products as well as...
Cover Story: San Antonio Linda Myers, CEO of BioBridge Global
Mobilizing a Global Business to Save Lives Linda Myers was only a year into her career as a lab scientist when she assumed her first leadership role. “I was always a problem solver,” she says. “To be an influencer and get things done it’s always better to be in a...
10 Reasons to Visit Galveston
Texas favorite Gulf Coast destination enjoys a new Golden Age “Galveston, Oh Galveston, I can see your sea waves crashing,” sings Glen Campbell in a wistful song about a soldier who longed to return to his love—and his Texas hometown. Sure, the rest of the world may...
Mommy Matters: Finding a mentor for your teen
Last May, I graduated from my 200-hour yoga teaching training and became a certified yoga instructor. The first piece of advice our teacher gave us upon completing the training was to find a mentor. Believe it or not, in my 29 years on this Earth I had never received...
Renewed Spirit
For Home with Family at its Core For attorneys Kelly and Jim Satel, a nurturing nest to raise their teenage twins and to bring family together for gatherings around a bountiful table was found in a home that had cultivated generations of another clan. As the childhood...
Happy Hill Country Holidays!
Where to find the best celebrations of the season Santa can make it to every house in Texas in one night, but unless you have eight enchanted reindeer and a magic sleigh, there’s no way you can possibly get to all the great places there are to visit in the Texas Hill...
Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard
One of the more fascinating agricultural stories in Texas depicts Saundra Winokur and her journey over the past 17 years establishing a successful commercial olive tree orchard just outside of San Antonio. The orchards are thriving and orderly, with lovely facilities...
San Antonio Botanical Garden
San Antonio Botanical Garden Tour the various garden walks, architecture and ever-changing garden exhibits. Eat lunch (or brunch Sat./Sun.) at the charming Anne Marie’s Carriage House Bistro (closed Mondays). You can also give your gardener one of the Botanical...
Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard
One of the more fascinating agricultural stories in Texas depicts Saundra Winokur and her journey over the past 17 years establishing a successful commercial olive tree orchard just outside of San Antonio. The orchards are thriving and orderly, with lovely facilities...
Guys to Know: Marty Roos
Marty Roos is an equity partner with Strasburger & Price, LLP, one of the largest law firms in Texas with offices in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio and satellite offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Mexico City. With 25 years of experience, he...
Crazy about Cruises
Cruise lovers sometimes claim that it can cost more to stay at home than to take a cruise out of Galveston. That may be a slight exaggeration, but it’s true that Texans can find affordable great-value cruise vacations with all the food, entertainment and excursions...
Upcoming Holiday events in Galveston
Friday, Nov. 27, Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration at Hotel Galvez. Hotel Galvez invites guests and the community to celebrate the start of the holidays with the Official City of Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Dec. 4-6, 42nd...
Women in Business: San Antonio Medical Spa Owners
San Antonio’s Medical Spas Gain Followers in Era of the “Selfie” I recently spoke with four leaders in San Antonio’s rapidly growing medical spa industry to share how they got started, what has influenced the beauty industry’s expansion into this growing skin care...
