The Fresh New Face of Fredericksburg

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  But don’t forget the old attractions. Folks who haven’t visited Fredericksburg lately might think there’s nothing new under the Gillespie County sun, but they’d be wrong. There’s a fresh new breeze blowing through the Texas Hill Country, bringing with it new businesses, shops, restaurants, wineries, spas and lodging. No longer settling for its quaint […]

Kids & “Bad” Words

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  Kids & “Bad” Words Do you give a D@#!?   There is a scene in one of my favorite holiday movies, A Christmas Story, where Ralphie utters “the queen mother of dirty words” and gets his mouth washed out with soap. While the scene is hilarious, the situation isn’t quite as funny when it […]

According to Linda Sep/Oct 2014

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  What’s Relevant in San Antonio If I could do it over again, I would live minimally. The urban renewal phenomenon is really intriguing to me. It’s all about sizing down to what we need rather than what we think we need because of a mindset that started when we were mere children. Here are […]

Mentoring A Catalyst for Success

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Entrepreneurs realize sweet dream Starting a business isn’t easy. Just ask Katie Harvey, who founded KGBTexas.communications, one of the largest woman-owned full-service communications firms in Texas, in a one-room office in 1994. “Like a lot of business owners, I started out with big dreams and little fear,” says Harvey. “I was the company’s only employee, […]

Higher Education

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college Higher education is a maze without a map. Many thousands of prospective college students will be struggling to navigate that maze next spring. With at least 52 institutions of higher education in San Antonio and more than 4,000 in the United States, it can be daunting, expensive and — at times — even risky. […]