Owner Mercedes Carranza, who celebrated the restaurant’s fifth anniversary in August, offers a place to escape and relax while enjoying expertly prepared dishes using only the finest ingredients. “If it’s not on the menu, let us know and we’ll personalize it for you,” Carranza said of his philosophy of making his customers happy. “We’ll make […]
As we approach the upcoming football season, it is important to protect our children from injury. In a collegiate football study, 28 percent of players suffered some type of injury that year. Foot and ankle injuries are frequent, and even knee and hip injuries can be a result of the shoe/grass interaction. Injury prevention is […]
For four decades, Lee Tracy has been a go-to fashion destination for Gulf Coast women. Today, owner Katie Hinkel continues the personalized service her mother and father, Lee and Mike McLaughlin, started in 1978. “I was an infant” in 1978, Hinkel said. “I have literally grown up in the business.” It all began with Connie […]
By Erica Frank, MD, FAAP Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing health problems facing today’s generation of children. According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control data, the number of children affected by obesity has tripled in the last four decades. In the United States, 1 in 3 children are considered overweight […]
