Every Bit a San Antonio Woman. By Pamela Lutrell Though born in a smaller Texas coastal community, Isis Romero of KSAT 12 is the epitome of a San Antonio woman — successful in her career, a homemaker for two young sons and her husband, multicultural, educated and...
IT’S NOT GLAMOROUS AND THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT WOMEN CHEFS LOVE THEIR WORK By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRYAN LE NGUYEN Women have been masters of the kitchen at home for a millennium, but relatively few have ventured into professional cooking, and even...
Holiday Décor an integral part of the home By PAMELA LUTRELL PHOTOGRAPHY BY AL RENDON When Keith and Cindy Booke relocated eight years ago from Inwood to Terrell Hills, they were in search of a location closer to their daughter’s school and, above all, a family home...
By Aquila Mendez-Valdez Fashion and Beauty Editor Of all the metals, none has captured humans’ attention quite like gold. We base monetary systems around it, we refer to women who dig it in pop culture, and we simply love to adorn ourselves with this precious...
ILLUMINATION By Aquila Mendez-Valdez, Fashion AND Beauty Editor First there was contouring, then there was strobing, and finally the beauty world has come to the conclusion that it’s simply all about LIGHT this season. Whether in the form of a shimmery powder or a...
VP AND GENERAL MANAGER, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF Photography by Candace Schaddelee After graduating from college with a degree in English, Dennis Trammell took a temporary holiday job with the Parisian department store in his hometown of Birmingham,...
By Jan Tilley Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food — usually “comfort” or junk foods — in response to feelings instead of hunger. It is often an overwhelming drive or desire to put a Band-Aid on our hurts and challenges....
By PAMELA LUTRELL Photography by Martin Waddy Though the biggest event in her life happened prior to Memorial Day 2015, Jesseca Smith, 40, knows the lessons left with her are ones to live by and good ones to remember as everyone goes into a New Year. She acknowledges...
Holiday cooking projects for children are not only fun, but are a great way to create tradition and develop useful skills. BY Nicole Crawford The holidays are right around the corner, and for many people that means an extra dose of family time and food. If your...
SECOND-GRADE TEACHER AT NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY By Kristin Mears Photography by JANET ROGERS Instilled with the passion to be a lifelong learner at a young age, Taylor Breshears knew that a career in education was the path for her. “My dad was in education,” she...
Don’t Fret — It could be worse! Do you ever feel your world is collapsing? You don’t know what to do. You wonder how the heck you’re going to turn things around to fix the problem. You wake up during the night and can’t get back to sleep because of stress and worry....
Sharon K. Sra, MD Alamo Heights Ophthalmology What do you do? I am an ophthalmologist. I specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and perform eye surgery. Length of time at this job: I have been practicing ophthalmology in San Antonio for 10 years....
Driven to Win By SHARI BIEDIGER Photography by Bryn Le Nguyen Once Karl Benz strapped an engine to a three-wheeled cart in 1885, the race was on — for cars that are better, faster, safer and more efficient and look smart on the starting line. That couldn’t suit these...
INVESTMENT AND ANSWERED DREAM By PAMELA LUTRELL Climbing Sales Who wouldn’t like to spend the golden years listening to waves rolling in on a beach or gazing over snow-covered mountains? For previous generations these have only been dreams; however, the baby boomers...
BY JOSIE SEELIGSON Living gifts that perpetuate health and productivity are the ultimate in both sustainability and pleasure. Plants help improve air quality both indoors and out, and keeping green plants around is a surefire way to fend off winter blues by bringing...
The Hill Country’s best and brightest holiday celebrations By JANIS TURK All is calm, and all is bright as twinkling lights, night parades, Christmas shopping markets and warm Yuletide fun fill the calendar in towns throughout the Hill Country this season. Families...
Take a Cruise and Call me in the Morning By JANIS TURK “The cure for everything is saltwater — sweat, tears or the sea,” writes author Isak Dineson, and she’s right. There is no winter cabin fever that can’t be cured by a salty sea breeze, a piña colada on a sunny...
HISTORY AND CULTURE Show will pay tribute to Old Spanish Trail highway By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF PHOTOGRAPHY BY JANET ROGERS Years ago, artist Laurel Gibson stopped to look at some merchandise sold from a roadside stand along Highway 16. Large perforated paper rolls...
