For years, Joci Straus was the sole woman on the executive committee that governs United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County. Long recognized as a community activist and fund-raising dynamo, Straus was happy to be there, of course, but she eventually began to wonder...
We can now say, without million-dollar research to support the assertion, that times have officially changed. The Web is today's village matchmaker. It has supplanted your Aunt Helen in Topeka, well-meaning clergy and hundreds of years of tradition. True love, or at...
The story goes that when a CPA hears, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways," he or she is more interested in the counting than the ways. This may have been true of the older generation of accountants, but not of today's female counterparts. They're interested in...
For those who still associate watercolors with soft images of landscapes and flower vases, a stroll through a contemporary watercolor show may be an eye opener. Just about every style and theme is likely to be represented, from realistic still lifes to bold...
Just as the knee bone's connected to the thighbone, Bobbie De Los Santos has a personal tie to the exhibit she helped bring to the Witte Museum. That's "Bones: An Exhibit Inside You," created by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis and presented locally by Advanced...
The circa-1970s contemporary house J. Cary and Carolyn Barton purchased in 1991 is not your typical Brady Bunch split-level suburban dwelling. Set high on a hill in an inviting tree-shaded north San Antonio neighborhood, the spacious multi-level home holds unexpected...
It's a bad hangover from holiday binging that just won't go away. Too much shopping and seasonal cheer have left many of us with a mailbox full of credit card bills and the headaches that go along with paying them. If you celebrated the holidays and improving economic...
I'm observing — and living — a developing trend: that of families merging. The reasons include an aging population too healthy for a nursing home, a sluggish economy and high unemployment rate, and the prevalence of divorce, remarriage and "blended" families. I will...
It just isn't fair!" says Linda, an attractive professional woman in her mid-40s."Look, I can accept the wrinkles or the acne, but not both!" Sound familiar? You're not alone. Acne is the most common skin disease in this country. According to the National Institute of...
Infertility basics were the focus of Health Matters in the January/February 2004 issue of San Antonio Woman. In this edition, we continue our exploration of the subject through the perspective of someone who experienced the challenge first-hand. For some couples,...
