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...
Ruiz-Healy Art Helps San Antonio Connect to the International Art Scene Patricia Ruiz-Healy did not develop an interest in art until she traveled to England at 18 to spend a year studying English. “My first significant aesthetic experience happened in London,” says...
I’m sure you’ve heard it hundreds of times: “San Antonio is the biggest small town in the country.” You can have anonymity in a big city, but it’s pretty difficult to go places in a small town where you don’t know somebody. We have the best of all worlds – the...
About six years ago, CPA Kimberly C. Ford had an “aha!” moment that opened a new professional door for her. It happened one night when her partner, Gerald Hill, handed her a box of documents relating to a divorce case in Uvalde. He wanted Ford to meet with the...
Two San Antonio Physicians are Studying Breakthrough Drugs The diagnosis of cancer may seem like a nightmare. Possibilities for recovery, however, are stronger now than ever before, thanks to progressive—even radical— medical research. Advances in drug...
Every single one of us has our own very distinct gene pool that sets us apart from the world. To my knowledge, the ability to create exact clones has not yet been mastered. Therefore, we each remain one-of-a-kind beings. Sure, life would be so much easier if we were a...
New takes on old BBQ favorites Barbecue purists of the hardcore sort may sniff at Smoke’s sophisticated setting in the former Auden’s Kitchen — no decades-old calendars, no beer signs, no rolls of butcher paper — and no pretentious piles of Post Oak. And they may find...
You look at the calendar and see that Friday is approaching. You realize it’s time for your annual girl’s weekend getaway at the ranch. And you’re in charge of the big dinner. What do you prepare and how do you make it fun for everyone? That was the task this year —...
Fresh food is only one advantage A garden is a place of growth, and a community is a place of sharing. Used together, a community garden grows not just vegetables, but life’s work, pleasures and relationships with family and neighbors. Sprinkle water and chat with the...
