What is integrative medicine? It is caring for the whole human being, including the body, mind and spirit, not just bones and organs and skin. Appropriate therapeutic approaches and disciplines are used by health care professionals for optimal health and healing. The...
June Bratcher: Daisy Charters and Shuttles Founder and CEO
Daisy Charters and Shuttles Founder and CEO What do you do? Whatever needs to be done, which includes supervising 57 employees and covering any desk in the office. I’ve been here 33 years. What is it that you like best about your job? The fascinating people I meet —...
Jacqui Lugar: Owner, State Farm Insurance
What do you do? Auto, home, life, health and business insurance along with providing banking and financial services for my clients. Length of time at this job: Three years. What is it that you like best about your job? The ability to help my clients with their needs...
SAN ANTONIO WOMAN Named MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
San Antonio’s Premiere Women’s Lifestyle Magazine Takes Top Awards At 2005 Women’s Regional Publications Of America Conference SAN ANTONIO WOMAN was recently awarded the highly coveted Magazine Of The Year and nine additional top awards at the recent 2005 Women’s...
Sylvia N. Martinez: Family and Cosmetic D.D.S.
Sylvia N. Martinez, D.D.S. What do you do professionally? I am a family and cosmetic dentist and have been in practice for 31 years. For the first 16 years I worked side by side with my father, Ralph Navarro, who was also a dentist in San Antonio. What is it that you...
Margaret Jabour: In the Business of Celebrating Life!
A toast to Margaret Jabour, co-owner of Twin Liquors It’s midmorning on a sunny January day, and I have come to the Twin Liquors Marketplace store on 281 near Bitters to meet with the company’s co-owner, Margaret Jabour. No sooner have I approached the sales counter...
Women on the Front Lines of Pathogens
Battling viruses, infections and communicable diseases Not that long ago, most Americans believed that infectious diseases were a threat from the past, subdued by vaccines, improved sanitation and the momentous discovery of antibiotics. Unfortunately, the situation is...
The Road Taken: Four women shift gears to achieve success in car sales
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost (excerpt from The Road Not Taken) Each of the four women we recently spoke to...
Role Model: St. Mary’s alum Imelda Guzman will chair 99th Oyster Bake
Imelda Guzman knew she was going to St. Mary’s University just like her sister Angelica. Guzman not only earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration, but also a Master of Arts in communication studies. “I admired how the school develops well-rounded leaders,”...
Guys to Know: Morris Miller CEO, Xenex Disinfection Services
Their germ-killing robot is a scientific breakthrough Before my interview with CEO Morris Miller, Xenex technical director Rachael Sparks volunteers to show me Eden, the company’s innovative disinfecting robot that emits high-intensity UV light to kill germs in...
At Home: A Convivial Confluence of Taste
Historic River Home A Convivial Confluence of Taste: Family heirlooms and modern art join time and space Perched on a peninsula sloping gently down to the San Antonio River, a stately manse built in 1890 is a regal reminder of King William’s historic past. But a step...
Art Beat: San Antonio Style Bookfest
Director Katy Flato takes the reins Back in 2013, during the first San Antonio Book Festival (SABF), Katy Flato served as moderator for a panel discussion between authors Stephen Harrigan and Bob Thompson, who had both written books about hunting elusive legends. It...
The Cookhouse: New Orleans style food is exemplary
The Cinderella story of the last few years, at least in the food world, has been the move of many a fledgling restaurateur from mobile truck to fixed location. Though there must be some folks content with the gypsy life, the urge to settle down has got to be a...
City Scene
I recently had an encounter that warmed my journalist heart. Upon meeting this new person at a local company I greeted her with the conventional phrase, “Nice to meet you,” but she responded with “It’s good to see you.” We had never met before, so she explained: “I am...
Senior Care: Options for in-home care
It’s a fact that as our parents age, they will need our help. Nearly 44 million Americans – one in five adults — are family caregivers for a relative or friend over age 50. 1. It’s also a fact that we are more squeezed for time than ever before. We have full-time...
Get your life back by getting back to sleep
Simple steps may help Dr. Michael S. Boss, a chiropractor, health and wellness practitioner, and the co-founder, president and wellness director of Elevate Life Wellness in San Antonio, says, “A common complaint among women of all ages is poor sleep. Many fall asleep...
The Stress Test
How Parents can help Last month, my oldest son came home from school and announced that, for the third consecutive year, he had qualified to represent his grade in the school-wide spelling bee. “That’s wonderful!” I exclaimed. An awkward silence followed. “OK, mom,...
Natural and Bright for Spring Newest trends in makeup
Spring offers the promise of fresh color and new styles for skin and hair when things heat up here in San Antonio. In our search for easy ways to help jump-start your freshened look for the season, we checked in with New York Fashion Week for overall color trends that...