The TV Host: Who turns into a taxi
Five mornings a week she is the anchor of the News 4 WOAI Today show and host of the station’s San Antonio Living, this city’s No. 1 lifestyle program for women. “Then, in the afternoons, I turn into a taxi,” she jokes. That’s when she becomes just “Mommy” to her two daughters: Tabitha, 5, and […]
Taking the Reigns: Bar association presidents embody the “how” and “why” of leading professional associations
Everyone, it seems, has an opinion of lawyers, and too often it is disapproving. Stand aside for five women who are in positions to shatter any negative perceptions. All five of the main San Antonio bar associations have women as presidents now for the second year in a row. This year’s five are making their […]
Folklore and A Lot More: Belinda Menchaca
On most nights, Belinda Menchaca can be found in the dance studio at the Institute of Mexico, where she conducts rehearsals of the Guadalupe Dance Company. It’s a handsome space, with the right kind of floor, mirrored walls and a lot of room for dancers to practice their moves. Even though the company — as […]
Record Time: A singer since childhood, Rebecca Valadez
Rebecca Valadez inspects her freshly manicured, pale-pink fingernails with a frown. “My mom said I had to get them done,” she says. “This is just going to chip off when I play the guitar.” It’s just one of many contradictions in her career, which she’s talking about in a North Side coffeehouse, days before leaving […]
Beauty with History: Alamo Heights home weathers the decades with grace and charm
One of Letty Lew Lloyd’s heart’s desires was realized more than two decades ago when the historic Alamo Heights home she had long admired went up for sale. “I told my husband that I had to have that house,” she recalls. With an impish smile and enthusiastic lilt in her voice she elaborates. “He said, […]