San Antonio Spicy Fondue

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Melissa Guerra My husband and I ducked into a tiny, dusty pink restaurant that featured fondue when we were in Buenos Aires this summer. We didn’t have much hopes for the meal, but it ended up being our favorite evening together. We chattted, quibbled over who would get the last piece of bread and finished […]

Fruitcake & Date Cookies

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  Margaret Jabour I chose two recipes because I love all varieties of dates, the edible sweet dried fruit. As a young girl, I would enjoy eating the dried fruit and would eat a substantial amount of them while completing my homework assignments. Maybe it gave me more energy and focus. Whatever it did, I […]

Women in Business: Dr. Lubna Naeem

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Dr. Lubna Naeem Soni Medical Spa Soni Medical Spa is a five-person operation run by Dr. Lubna Naeem that combines a medical spa with an internal medicine practice.  Soni’s mission is to treat the whole patient, and Dr. Naeem’s training as an internist informs her belief that the first order of business is health.  “Once […]

Women in Business: Dr. Laura Bennack

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Dr. Laura Bennack Radiance Med Spa Radiance Med Spa, like its moniker, feels like a tranquil getaway. Lighted mosaic installations decorate the lobby and clinic areas. The entire decor is one of soft lighting, comfortable chairs and fuzzy blankets.  Radiance feels less like a medical facility and more like a place for pampering. It seems […]

Women in Business: Roma Kumar

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Roma Kumar Sonterra Laser Med Spa A savvy businesswoman who worked in the corporate arena at Dell for seven years, Roma Kumar became interested in medical spas after her husband, Dr. Sanjiv Kumar, a Harvard-trained opthalmologist, returned from a conference in 2007 and declared, “I need to start doing Botox injections!” Botox was developed by […]