Titleholder shares her journey to become world-class athlete. As a young home-schooled child, Rachelle Simpson aspired to be an Olympic gymnast. She gave up that dream at age 10, she says, adding, “I was a fair gymnast; not great. But I had the mentality.” Now her...
Actress/director Christie Beckham believes in the power of the Tsar Bell. That 20-foot-high bronze bell sits on a pedestal inside the Kremlin for tourists to admire and touch if they want to return to Russia. “I touched the bell,” says Beckham, who first visited...
Dr. Delio Ortegon Plastic Surgeon, Listed among Texas Top Docs. Dr. Delio Ortegon is a board-certified plastic surgeon and the founder of the San Antonio Cosmetic Surgery clinic in the new Christus Santa Rosa hospital complex near Sea World. After getting a degree in...
Cathy Bureau President, Green Home Realty, LLC — d/b/a Green Home Realty and Green Commercial Realty What do you do? I’m a Certified Real Estate EcoBroker, commercial practitioner and negotiator, which means I help people buy, sell, build, and lease residential and...
Tanya and Joe Espinoza’s handsome home in Garden Ridge stands out as the only contemporary house in the gated community. Perched atop the end of a cul-de-sac, it affords a beautiful view from both the front and the back of the structure. The Espinoza family is new to...
Seafood excels with the star treatment. The Silo architectural signature is alive and well at the new Terrace Oyster Bar: Yes, you do get into an elevator—here as at other Silos the brief ride serves to remove diners from the prosaic world of parking lots and shopping...
You can do so even as you downsize. When it’s time to downsize from a 3,500-square-foot home to a small apartment in a senior care residence, one of the hardest things to do is clean out the memories. Living in a big house, it’s easy to hide away all the paper...
Mapping out the perfect girlfriends’ getaway weekend in Texas’ largest (and possibly most exciting!) city Houston is a bright lights, big-city, drive-to destination so full of fabulous options for culture, cuisine and shopping that it’s hard to believe someplace so...
Kitchen remodeling is one of the most complex projects anyone can ever take on, especially if you are not a design expert. Projects like this, for one of the most used rooms in the home, require not only having a grasp on your budget, but also grappling with the size...
Where to beat the San Antonio spring and summer heat in South Texas and the Hill Country The hottest temperature ever recorded in San Antonio is 111 degrees, so locals know what a blazing inferno spring, summer and even fall can feel like in South Texas. Only four...
This column is inspired by a NAWBO luncheon I attended where women business owners bared their souls and shared obstacles they had to overcome to get where they are today. We often keep that “dark” side private so that we aren’t judged in any way by our vulnerability....
Interactive and Innovative, the new DoSeum opens June 6. For all of you parents and grandparents who are always looking for fun places to take the kids,, there’s great news. The new children’s museum, renamed the DoSeum, is opening June 6 in its new location at 2800...
By the time my daughter was 11 months old, it was obvious she could walk on her own if she wanted to. But try as we might, my husband and I couldn’t get her to step away from the coffee table. One day we had a woman come to the apartment to buy our couch. She was a...
Walk, Run, Ride, Paddle, Push and Stretch, San Antonio! Few would question how lucky we are to live in a city rich with such natural beauty. Truth is, we are very fortunate to have year-round opportunities to get outside, and we can even get fit while doing it. Sunset...
Cooler, lighter options for shape wear. Women are often thought to be full of mystery, but lucky for us, determining what we can wear under our clothing to look smashing doesn’t have to be such a secret. And now that the heat is on and the season is full of more...
I have a love-hate relationship with sweet wines. Every week a supplier or winery is presenting me their latest offering into this very populated category of wine. But truth be told, it is one of my favorite categories because of the diversity and the wide range of...
Tending a garden in early summer evokes more than just the harvested vegetables. Gardening is a full sensory experience. Moist soil rolls in your fingertips as birds chirp from branches, and the aroma of tomato leaves warmed by sunshine wafts about. Children in...
What is integrative medicine? It is caring for the whole human being, including the body, mind and spirit, not just bones and organs and skin. Appropriate therapeutic approaches and disciplines are used by health care professionals for optimal health and healing. The...
