Upcoming Holiday events in Galveston
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 Anniversary of the Dickens on The Strand Festival This annual Victorian-themed holiday street festival dates […]
Women in Business: San Antonio Medical Spa Owners
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 niche and how technology, licensing and being physician-owned are central to mindfully […]
Upfront: A Brush with Death Opens Minds and Hearts
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 when their normal, spontaneous circulatory and respiratory functions stop, a state known […]
Taking Care of Those Gams
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, tanned, muscular and gleaming. However, there are other women who are dealing with […]
Role Model: Melissa McKennon
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 junior and senior years at Sidney Lanier High School. Then she […]