Name: Krastina K. Reynolds Company: Choicolate – Artisan Chocolates Title: Owner/Chocolatier What do you do? I craft specialty chocolates with natural ingredients and premium European chocolate. I also do recipe development and testing for new products as well as...
Mobilizing a Global Business to Save Lives Linda Myers was only a year into her career as a lab scientist when she assumed her first leadership role. “I was always a problem solver,” she says. “To be an influencer and get things done it’s always better to be in a...
Texas favorite Gulf Coast destination enjoys a new Golden Age “Galveston, Oh Galveston, I can see your sea waves crashing,” sings Glen Campbell in a wistful song about a soldier who longed to return to his love—and his Texas hometown. Sure, the rest of the world may...
Last May, I graduated from my 200-hour yoga teaching training and became a certified yoga instructor. The first piece of advice our teacher gave us upon completing the training was to find a mentor. Believe it or not, in my 29 years on this Earth I had never received...
For Home with Family at its Core For attorneys Kelly and Jim Satel, a nurturing nest to raise their teenage twins and to bring family together for gatherings around a bountiful table was found in a home that had cultivated generations of another clan. As the childhood...
Where to find the best celebrations of the season Santa can make it to every house in Texas in one night, but unless you have eight enchanted reindeer and a magic sleigh, there’s no way you can possibly get to all the great places there are to visit in the Texas Hill...
One of the more fascinating agricultural stories in Texas depicts Saundra Winokur and her journey over the past 17 years establishing a successful commercial olive tree orchard just outside of San Antonio. The orchards are thriving and orderly, with lovely facilities...
San Antonio Botanical Garden Tour the various garden walks, architecture and ever-changing garden exhibits. Eat lunch (or brunch Sat./Sun.) at the charming Anne Marie’s Carriage House Bistro (closed Mondays). You can also give your gardener one of the Botanical...
Cruise lovers sometimes claim that it can cost more to stay at home than to take a cruise out of Galveston. That may be a slight exaggeration, but it’s true that Texans can find affordable great-value cruise vacations with all the food, entertainment and excursions...
Friday, Nov. 27, Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration at Hotel Galvez. Hotel Galvez invites guests and the community to celebrate the start of the holidays with the Official City of Galveston Holiday Lighting Celebration. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Dec. 4-6, 42nd...
San Antonio’s Medical Spas Gain Followers in Era of the “Selfie” I recently spoke with four leaders in San Antonio’s rapidly growing medical spa industry to share how they got started, what has influenced the beauty industry’s expansion into this growing skin care...
Four fascinating encounters with the near-death experience Ever since Dr. Raymond Moody published his book Life After Life in 1975, the public has been at least somewhat aware of what he called the near-death experience or NDE. These experiences happen to some people...
Early Detection and New Therapies to Maintain Limb Health Many women spend their youth and midlife preparing for the Marilyn Monroe moment — that moment when they walk across an air vent and their skirt goes flying and their legs will be properly shaved,...
Program director for Grace After Fire While most high school juniors were counting down the minutes to senior year, Melissa McKennon had another plan in mind — serving her country by joining the Army Reserves. She attended basic training during the summer of her...
SAN ANTONIO WOMAN reached out to leaders in the Alamo City’s culinary world to find out what they like to serve to family and friends at their holiday gatherings. Here are the delicious recipes and anecdotes they shared with us. I chose two recipes because I love all...
Who would have guessed that the carefree “Pepsi Generation” and their younger siblings would get so pooped? Little wonder when nearly half of middle-aged adults find themselves caring for elderly parents as well as raising or helping support children or grandchildren....
“Puffer fish,” said our waiter, Kyle—“but not the toxic kind,” he hastened to add. Kyle was referring to the special appetizer of the day at Cappy’s, newly risen from the ashes of a disastrous fire that had closed the popular ’09 restaurant since mid-June. Such a...
Most San Antonians remember Linda Pace as the founder of Artpace, but her remarkable legacy goes much further. She wanted to create a new art oasis downtown on Camp Street, which started with the development of CHRISpark, a small, beautifully laid-out green space that...
