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My heart is with James Avery for the holidays {GIVEAWAY}

My heart is with James Avery for the holidays {GIVEAWAY}

Dec 17, 2019 | Cora Marie, Family, Fashion & Style, Giveaways, Issa Brooke, San Antonio

I spend a lot of time thinking about what the girls will remember from their childhood as they get older. As I’m experiencing it, right now, in the moment, I wonder which will be the stories that we’ll tell around the dining table for years to come? What...
Model for a Cause: Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Model for a Cause: Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Oct 16, 2019 | Events, Fashion & Style, San Antonio

For the past three years, every October I have had the honor of playing model for the day and walking in the Bexar County Family Justice Center’s Annual Fashion Show and Luncheon. While the day full of hair, makeup, and runways is fun, there are also always...
San Antonio Fashion Awards and FGI’s 30th Anniversary: How to wear orthodontic bands for formal events

San Antonio Fashion Awards and FGI’s 30th Anniversary: How to wear orthodontic bands for formal events

Oct 9, 2019 | Beauty, Fashion & Style, San Antonio

A couple months ago Dr. Hembree at Ferris Orthodontics started me on rubber bands to compliment my progress with adult braces. This new layer of responsibility has meant toting around little bags of spare orthodontic bands and a handy little tool for applying them to...
HAUTE TIP: Kendra Scott announces Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute at UT Austin

HAUTE TIP: Kendra Scott announces Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute at UT Austin

Oct 1, 2019 | Events, Fashion & Style, Haute Tip, True Beauty

Women of the world – unite! Kendra Scott, known mostly for her dainty baubles and self-made success story, held an event last week at the University of Texas at Austin to announce the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (WEL). The WEL...
How to buy your first (or 100th) pair of cowboy boots with Tecovas

How to buy your first (or 100th) pair of cowboy boots with Tecovas

Aug 27, 2019 | Designer Dish, Fashion & Style, San Antonio

When I first moved to San Antonio nine years ago, I was daunted at the prospect of purchasing my first pair of cowboy boots. I grew up on a farm in Indiana, sure, but cowboy boots do not maintain the same level of popularity and passion as they do here in Texas. Not...
Doors opening: A trip to NYC with FGI!

Doors opening: A trip to NYC with FGI!

May 28, 2019 | Events, Fashion & Style, San Antonio, Travel

If you remember way back in 2015, I proudly announced I had joined an organization called Fashion Group International – San Antonio with the mission of designing the future of fashion in San Antonio. 4 years later, this passion project has come a long way....
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4️⃣0️⃣ under 4️⃣0️⃣!! 🤩🤩 THA 4️⃣0️⃣ under 4️⃣0️⃣!! 🤩🤩 THANK YOU to the @sabizjournal for putting on such a fun celebration last night, and giving my girls an excuse to stay up with way past their bedtime on a school night. We were inspired celebrating my fellow winners, and a very well-deserved Woman of the Year recognition for @bruner84! 🥳🥳 We’re just getting started y’all! 🥰
Happy birthday to my youngest, my baby, my Issa Br Happy birthday to my youngest, my baby, my Issa Brooke. You are one of the best things about my life, and I cannot believe that you are 8. Thank you for teaching me to let loose, have more fun, and take more selfies. 😉 I love you so very much!
Ramen is all the craze at @jinyaramenbar! 🤩🍜 Ramen is all the craze at @jinyaramenbar! 🤩🍜 One of our account coordinators @megan.valco tested the newly open JINYA. She started with Sautéed Broccolini and Spicy Salmon and Tuna Cones. Followed up by incredibly tasty Chicken Ramen. 

JINYA also has Vegan options and will be opening March 15th!! Definitely head out because it was a 10/10 menu and experience. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
How do you show love to your community? #ad We've How do you show love to your community? #ad We've shared dozens of ways to make your world a better place over the years, but one of the simplest in my opinion is to register to be a bone marrow donor. It takes just a few minutes of your time, and then all you have to do is say "YES!" in the event that you're matched with someone who desperately needs this life-giving procedure. I've been registered in the @BeTheMatch directory for years, and have yet to get that call, but I know if my time should ever come, I'll be ready. I know it's what I would hope and pray for should myself or one of my family members ever need a bone marrow transplant, and it really does create ripples of caring and love that will be felt in our communities for generations to come. #timetomatch
On this International Women’s Day, it’s time t On this International Women’s Day, it’s time to #EmbraceEquity! It’s time to show the world why women should be in every room, helping make every decision, and creating better opportunities for all. We’re surrounded day in and day out by women who make the world go round, so today on #IWD2023, we celebrate YOU! 

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Come preview the @mcnayart’s new exhibition with Come preview the @mcnayart’s new exhibition with us! 🎨

ON VIEW March 4, 2023 - July 2, 2023, Womanish is a heartfelt, provocative, and daring display, just in time for Women’s History Month and #IWD2023 Head to stories to see more behind the scenes, and find out which piece was the girls’ favorites. I’m thrilled to serve on the Community Committee for this exhibit, and can’t wait to bring many more friends and family to the McNay to pay homage to these talented female artists!

From the museum’s website: “Since its opening in 1954, the McNay has consistently collected and presented artwork by women. The Museum’s founder, Marion Koogler McNay, was an artist and a supporter of the arts–and we strive to honor her legacy.

Womanish: Audacious, Courageous, Willful Art features artwork by women acquired by the McNay from 2010 to the present. In 2010, the McNay presented the landmark exhibition Neither Model Nor Muse, which celebrated artwork by women from all of the Museum’s major collecting areas. Envisioned as a second chapter to this exhibition, Womanish features over 70 artists and demonstrates the McNay’s ongoing commitment to women.

The title of this exhibition is inspired by Alice Walker’s essay Womanist, in which she defines womanish as, “Usually referring to outrageous, audacious, courageous or willful behavior.” By highlighting the wide variety of ways women express themselves through art, this exhibition aims to celebrate the term “womanish,” which is all too often considered derogatory.

The artwork represented spans over 90 years and includes portraiture, abstraction, landscapes, and more. This exhibition includes regionally, nationally, and internationally known artists, who exemplify a range of lived experiences as well as many sources of inspiration.
Yesterday was San Antonio Day at the Texas State C Yesterday was San Antonio Day at the Texas State Capitol and I was honored to represent women business owners with my @nawbosa and @nawboatx sisters! You truly cannot complain if you don’t take the time to understand how public policy evolves and shapes our personal and professional lives. Grateful to be a part of an organization that advocates for our needs and makes the path easier for those who come after us!
In case your Monday was for the birds, here’s so In case your Monday was for the birds, here’s some dogs…🐶🐶🐶 From the perspective of the cutest almost 8-year-old I know. 👧🏼 All are available for adoption @footbridgefoundation as we speak, even 12-year-old Fancy who captured so many of your hearts in stories a few weekends ago!

Have you adopted any pets? What made you realize they had to come home with you?
What does it mean to join us in the pursuit of the What does it mean to join us in the pursuit of the haute life? ⬇️

🌸It means only working on projects you’re passionate about. 
🌸It means being home when your kids get off the school bus, or being able to take your dog on a walk in the middle of the day because you make your own schedule. 
🌸It means a life where you feel happy and fulfilled at work, but equally free to pursue a meaningful life away from your laptop. 
 
That’s what drew me to the PR and Marketing world, but when I landed my first job in the industry I discovered that it wasn’t all glitz and glamour. So when I found out I was pregnant with my second daughter I decided I was done working this hard for someone else’s dream. I started my own agency, and I never looked back. Now I want to help more women make a leap of faith, and it’s my life’s passion to make their version of the haute life become a reality.

Interested in learning more? Visit our Haute In Network Agencies site via the link in my bio, or send me a DM! I’d love to see if our model is a good fit for YOU. 💗
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Haute in Texas is where savvy public relations meets passionate blogging influence. Owner Aquila Mendez-Valdez splits her time between the Haute in Texas blog and the Haute in Texas public relations consulting business. She writes on fashion, beauty, and motherhood, and helps her clients to achieve their business goals both online and in the community. We’re glad you’re here; come join us in the pursuit of the haute life.
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