Take a Texas-style safari and support Wimberley’s big comeback. Last year’s devastating floodwaters didn’t destroy the beauty or the spirit of this delightful Hill Country village. Wild and wonderful Wimberley, a small Hill Country outpost just an hour from San...
Saturdays can get busy at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at the Pearl. On this particular Saturday in January, a grilling class is in progress in the large teaching kitchen with some 15 students, nearly all of them men, bustling around, chopping, mixing,...
Honey is the Reward A honeybee community is the mother of all matrilineages. One queen dominates 100,000 members, mostly unfertile working females. The guys have it good for a while, hanging around eating honey, trying to mate with the queen. She goes on just one...
Bess Zowarka, Owner/ Stylist Heights the Salon and Spa What do you do? I make the world a more beautiful place through my clients. When people look good, they take their best self out into the world. Length of time on job: 14 years. What is it that you like best...
Leading the Flock Not that long ago most pastors and priests were men, and hardly anyone questioned that state of affairs. How things have changed in a few decades! Today, female clergy are active in most Christian denominations and in Reform Judaism, and more and...
Details You'll Want to Consider It is almost inevitable that one day you will hunt for a home to live out your years or help a senior relative to do so. Senior living communities or retirement communities provide three types of residential care – independent living,...
Artist & Teacher Designer of the 125th anniversary Fiesta Poster Imagine you are back in fourth grade and you are filling out a questionnaire about yourself, including your family, favorites and future aspirations. You come to the question, “What do you want to be...
The Bully without a Face When I hear the word “bully,” I think of kids who corner other kids in the hallways and steal their lunches. A bully is an in-your-face offender. You know what a bully looks like, and you try to avoid confrontations at all costs. With the rise...
Success by Heart Four women found their way to the exciting profession of mortgage lending by aiming high. Often, inspirational parents or leadership skills developed through sports and sheer tenacity helped lay the groundwork for each of these leaders to earn her way...
President and CEO, Wave Healthcare LLC After a long career as a respiratory therapist, Rodney Gray founded Wave Healthcare in 2007 to provide services, equipment and education for families with children with serious respiratory problems. Today, Wave has offices in San...
Fire Up Your Kitchen If you haven’t noticed, a shift in food sourcing has occurred in our country over the last 25 years. One of the early champions of this movement among chefs and restaurateurs was Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant and Café in...
Lisa Wong, owner of Rosario’s Mexican Restaurant, began her career as a restaurateur when she was only 18 years old – a mature 18 years old, for sure. Investing $7,000 of her college savings, she combined her burgeoning business sense with her extraordinary work ethic...
One of my favorite things to do at the end of the day is to curl up in bed with a book. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry — I devour them all. I think that in my entire life I have given up on only one book. Can’t remember what it was, but it must have been terminally...
It Helps to Know Your Body Type You see the cutest dress being displayed in the window of your favorite boutique — it looks like it was pulled straight off the runway. You don’t even want to think twice before you grab it. But before you take the plunge and buy this...
Poet Carol Coffee Reposa Has a Way with Words Carol Coffee Reposa wrote her first poem when she was only 8 years old. Her mom entered it in a radio contest in Houston, and to young Carol’s surprise, it won a prize and a $5 award. “I felt I had hit the big time,” says...
Partnerships That Work One of my favorite TV shows is Shark Tank. Entrepreneurial guests are not only looking for money, but they are looking for partnerships with one or more of the Sharks. Just imagine having the likes of Mark Cuban, Daymond John, Lori Greiner,...
The citizens of San Antonio woke up to a torrential downpour on April 20, 1891, when the first Battle of Flowers Parade was to coincide with a visit to San Antonio by President Benjamin Harrison. Not letting it rain on the parade, the celebration was held four days...
Help When a Successful Pregnancy Seems Impossible Ten pregnancies ... 283 vials of blood drawn ... one baby boy, Ezra, lost in the second trimester … discovery of a genetic blood-clotting disorder (polycystic ovary disorder) … and now over 40 years of age. The odds...
