For Erin Barry, home is where you live right now. Married to San Antonio Spurs guard Brent Barry, she's followed her husband as his basketball career has placed him on five different teams in 11 years. With each new city, she's determined to cultivate the sort of...
Among unexpected challenges that test our mettle, having a child with a serious disability must be one of the most difficult. Yet many people deal with this challenge daily. Though there are resources and professionals in the community who can help, it's often the...
A love of animals draws many women to the field of veterinary medicine. After all, compassion and intuition — two traits women are believed to have in abundance — have strong currency in the animal kingdom. Surprisingly, women in Texas entered veterinary medicine...
Marise McDermott remembers bringing her children to the Witte back in 1986, when her son James was 4 and daughter Julia was still in a stroller. "There was a fabulous dinosaur exhibit we all loved" says McDermott, who is today the Witte's president and CEO. "A little...
The Alamo Heights home of Carol and Ed Kopplow, designed by architect Fred Buenz, was built in the early 1940s. It seems, however, that the home has been a work in progress since they purchased it more than 30 years ago. The reason is simple. Needs changed as their...
can't be easy being an icon. Yet it seems that Joe Cosniac, who, along with then partner, Nick Pacelli, opened Paesano's in the post-HemisFair culinary frenzy of the early 70's (a time that also brought us Crumpets' Francois Maeder), has been a fixture from the...
Professionals agree that the best way to get business is by referral. When someone personally recommends you, it means not only that she thinks you are competent at what you do but, more important, that she knows, trusts and likes you. Getting a call saying "so-and-so...
Want to look and feel your best? Follow a plan of good eating habits, skin care treatment and exercise, and your whole body will thank you. First, eat right That's nothing new, really. We all know about the basic food pyramid — fruits, vegetables, whole grains,...
