Every weekend morning in between Thanksgiving and Christmas is special. I rise in the dark, while everyone else is sleeping (except Maddie, the cat), light twelve Christmas votives, make a strong cup of French Roast coffee, and listen to the quiet. There is strength in the quiet. There is joy in the quiet. There is…
First, I must thank KENS 5 and the Robert Tips Family once again for the wonderful weekend in downtown San Antonio. We had not played tourists since our children were young, so this was so much fun for a couple of empty nesters and a much needed get away from the stresses of life!! The Tips…
Today, dear blog readers, we will visit an area once San Antonio’s first neighborhood and the site where in 1836 General Santa Ana established a line of canons to fire upon the Alamo. La Villita has come a long way from the primitive huts which sat there in the early 1800s to a cozy,stone village now housing the city’s…
The happiest time around our house, growing up, was Christmas. My parents would set aside the boxing gloves and agree to make this time special. Santa was always generous. Yet, I never received the one thing many little girls longed for…a beautiful, two story Victorian doll house. I can remember decorating it in my mind…dreaming of…
When Collette asked me to join her Christmas Color Rock, I knew that my weekend in downtown San Antonio would be the perfect place for pictures. Our Riverwalk Christmas Celebration is renowned for the lights and influences of a distinct Mexican heritage….you just might not find more variety in Christmas colors set to the tunes…
JOYEUX NOEL!! Hello, to all VISIBLE MONDAY followers from Montreal, Canada! Well, I am not actually in Montreal, but I have the next best thing to being there. The lovely Sacramento of MisPapelicos paired up a group of bloggers for a Christmas celebration. We were to send our partner a thrift item, a handmade item, and…
Over 50 won’t keep me down!! Age Discrimination. Have you experienced it yet? I saw blatant age discrimination during some of the challenges on Project Runway last season against Bert Keeter, the over 50 designer. I have seen it in our neighborhood where several men over 50 have suffered layoffs…two became alcoholics when door after…
Inspire. That’s a great word to be sitting among the displays in Cathy Chesser’s store, Me & My House, because she is truly inspiring. Yes…she does it all. Over 50…she is a Wife (28 years) Mother (of five) Grandmother (he’s so cute!) Business Founder and Owner Community Servant She is not wasting one minute of her…