Twenty years into a successful career as an executive with Eastman Kodak's health care division, Catherine Burzik could have stayed right where she was, but the company she'd been devoted to all those years was moving in a new direction, and she wondered if it was...
Usually called nuns, women religious were once a familiar presence in American life, running schools and hospitals, helping the poor and generally responding to the needs of the downtrodden and the hurting. Though their numbers have declined, there are still women...
Recession, high gas prices, low numbers of college graduates and high levels of unemployment translate to a job market where quality counts. Now more than ever, it is imperative for companies to hire only the best and most capable employees in the field, not only in...
When Barbara Phillips decided to relocate from Houston to her native San Antonio 13 years ago, she did so to be close to family and to give her 11-year-old son a chance to grow up knowing his grandparents. Though Houston had been good for her career, she never really...
The Dominion in northwest San Antonio is noted for its celebrity mansions and an elegant golf club where the city"s elite meet for recreation. Not all of the community"s residents live in mansions, though; some reside in the garden homes located along the golf club"s...
There is much that is seductive about Wildfish, beginning with a pair of water-sheeted columns at the entry and continuing with the runway lighting that leads you inexorably toward the large sunken bar with its communal tables and suspended fish skeleton sculpture....
In the last issue of SAN ANTONIO WOMAN, we looked at some of the challenges the older generations (baby boomers and above) have when they must report to younger bosses (Generations X and Y). Now we'll look at the flip side of the coin — tips for the younger boss in...
There are few fishing widows in San Antonio, but it's not because the men here don't love to fish. It's just that the wives love to ride along when their husbands head to Rockport-Fulton, two picturesque bayside villages on the Texas Gulf Coast. Why? Because...
When you hear the words "cancer" and "women," pink ribbons probably pop into your mind — the ubiquitous symbol of the fight against breast cancer. For years it's been a high-profile and well-supported disease, and the result shows in the myriad of detection methods...
