Anne Lee Phillips - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/anne-lee-phillips/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:49:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Anne Lee Phillips - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/anne-lee-phillips/ 32 32 103504436 The Secret Life of Park House Houston — Inside the New Private Social Club Inspired By London’s Most Exclusive Retreats https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-secret-life-of-park-house-houston-inside-the-new-private-social-club-inspired-by-londons-most-exclusive-retreats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-secret-life-of-park-house-houston-inside-the-new-private-social-club-inspired-by-londons-most-exclusive-retreats Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:49:08 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=529458 On a recent Saturday evening, a group of gala attendees paraded from the Post Oak Hotel in their black-tie attire to the newly opened posh private social club Park House at 4411 San Felipe for an impromptu after-party. You didn’t see the play-by-play o...

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Icons of Houston Resale Unite For the Launch of the Ultimate Thrifting Guide — Lady Mary Beth Shares Her Best Secrets https://houstonnewmedia.org/icons-of-houston-resale-unite-for-the-launch-of-the-ultimate-thrifting-guide-lady-mary-beth-shares-her-best-secrets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=icons-of-houston-resale-unite-for-the-launch-of-the-ultimate-thrifting-guide-lady-mary-beth-shares-her-best-secrets Sat, 18 May 2024 15:42:41 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=525852 When Houston’s beloved Beyoncé was in town for a concert in the fall, her team knew just where to go to purchase some last-minute items (crystal glasses and decanters) for the green room backstage: The Guild Shop on Dunlavy Street in Montrose. To those...

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An Avant-Garde Dinner With Dallas Artist Shayna Fontana https://houstonnewmedia.org/an-avant-garde-dinner-with-dallas-artist-shayna-fontana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-avant-garde-dinner-with-dallas-artist-shayna-fontana Tue, 07 May 2024 18:58:09 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=523977 Photographer Shayna Fontana is known for her fabulous surrealist fashion editorials for magazines such as Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and PaperCity. Her perspective-shifting reimagining of ordinary items has been translated into a collection of fine bone-po...

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Prominent Texas Architect Defends Hand Drawing In a Spirited Talk at Houston’s Greenwood King — Michael G. Imber Speaks Up https://houstonnewmedia.org/prominent-texas-architect-defends-hand-drawing-in-a-spirited-talk-at-houstons-greenwood-king-michael-g-imber-speaks-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prominent-texas-architect-defends-hand-drawing-in-a-spirited-talk-at-houstons-greenwood-king-michael-g-imber-speaks-up Fri, 03 May 2024 01:30:51 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=523162 Prominent San Antonio architect Michael G. Imber gave a spirited talk about his new book The Art of the Architect (Triglyph Books) at Greenwood King Properties’ The Lobby on Kirby Drive presented by the Institute of Classical Architects (ICAA) with Seb...

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Houston’s Own Red Hot Dinner Party — Local Tastemakers Get Spicy with a Charleston Entrepreneur https://houstonnewmedia.org/houstons-own-red-hot-dinner-party-local-tastemakers-get-spicy-with-a-charleston-entrepreneur/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houstons-own-red-hot-dinner-party-local-tastemakers-get-spicy-with-a-charleston-entrepreneur Fri, 16 Jun 2023 01:30:08 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=464496 Good Night Hospitality partners Bailey and Pete McCarthy rolled out the red hot carpet for Charleston-based Red Clay Hot Sauce’s CEO Molly Fienning with a dinner party at their Montrose restaurant Rosie Cannonball. The gracious dining room of Ros...

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Texas Design Week Houston — As Elegant As Ever, Alex Papachristidis https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-design-week-houston-as-elegant-as-ever-alex-papachristidis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-design-week-houston-as-elegant-as-ever-alex-papachristidis Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:05:58 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=450668 Alex Papachristidis perpetually brings a fresh approach to elegant interiors, making him one of the world’s most recognized designers. His latest book, The Elegant Life: Rooms That Welcome and Inspire (Rizzoli), features an array of interesting and per...

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Alessandra Branca x Red Antler Bungalows https://houstonnewmedia.org/alessandra-branca-x-red-antler-bungalows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alessandra-branca-x-red-antler-bungalows Thu, 09 Mar 2023 02:32:43 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=441797 Über-chic guest houses Red Antler Bungalows are upping the interior design ante. Designer Alessandra Branca has been tapped to design a showcase, The Branca Bungalow, which will be open for tours during the Spring Round Top Antiques + Design Show. Red ...

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Dallas Design News to Know — Two Texas-First Showrooms, a New Blue Print, and an Industry-First Vegan Alternative to Animal Leather https://houstonnewmedia.org/dallas-design-news-to-know-two-texas-first-showrooms-a-new-blue-print-and-an-industry-first-vegan-alternative-to-animal-leather/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dallas-design-news-to-know-two-texas-first-showrooms-a-new-blue-print-and-an-industry-first-vegan-alternative-to-animal-leather Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:42:18 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=440072 Dig into all the latest Dallas-centric design news to know this February 2023.    Dream Weavers Designer and maker of bespoke carpets JD Staron has opened its first Texas showroom in Dallas Design Center. Originally a painter, master weaver Jakub ...

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North Carolina Fashion Favorite Celebrates Stylish Houston Women With a Texas Fiesta https://houstonnewmedia.org/north-carolina-fashion-favorite-celebrates-stylish-houston-women-with-a-texas-fiesta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=north-carolina-fashion-favorite-celebrates-stylish-houston-women-with-a-texas-fiesta Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:45:41 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=415483 Contemporary North Carolina-based clothing brand Marie Oliver fêted influential Houston women and friends of the brand in high style at a dinner party held at Adair Downtown. In a thoughtful twist, the brand’s agency Savannah Engel PR reached out...

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TXDW Dallas — Drake/Anderson and Summer Thornton https://houstonnewmedia.org/txdw-dallas-drake-anderson-and-summer-thornton/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=txdw-dallas-drake-anderson-and-summer-thornton Sun, 11 Sep 2022 23:37:06 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=406856 Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson bring glamour and elegance to their extensive range of residential and commercial projects, from Manhattan’s One57, 70 Vestry, 520 Park, and Herzog & de Meuron’s 56 Leonard to second homes in the Hamptons, Bermuda, an...

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Texas Design Week Dallas — Ken Fulk https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-design-week-dallas-ken-fulk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-design-week-dallas-ken-fulk Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:57:56 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=406862 No one infuses a space with personality quite like Ken Fulk. He brings cinematic oeuvre to his layered interiors, be they in a home, a hotel, restaurant, members-only club, or private plane. Fulk, who’s based in San Francisco and is known as much for h...

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Texas Design Week Dallas — Jean-Louis Deniot https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-design-week-dallas-jean-louis-deniot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-design-week-dallas-jean-louis-deniot Thu, 08 Sep 2022 22:49:01 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=406860 French designer Jean-Louis Deniot is an international, irresistible man of intrigue. His impressive list of projects cataloged in his latest book, Destinations: Jean-Louis Deniot (Rizzoli, September 2022), span the globe, from Flamingo Drive in Miami t...

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TXDW Dallas — Stephen Sills in Conversation with David Netto, and Alex Papachristidis https://houstonnewmedia.org/txdw-dallas-stephen-sills-in-conversation-with-david-netto-and-alex-papachristidis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=txdw-dallas-stephen-sills-in-conversation-with-david-netto-and-alex-papachristidis Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:23:40 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=406868 Stephen Sills — a member of the Architectural Digest AD100 and 30 Deans of Design, as well as the Elle Decor A-List — is one of the foremost designers in the world, known for his intellectual interiors. His designs not only achieve beauty and innovatio...

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Stylish Texas Women Convened at The Commodore Perry Estate in Austin for Brandon Maxwell’s Joyful Collection https://houstonnewmedia.org/stylish-texas-women-convened-at-the-commodore-perry-estate-in-austin-for-brandon-maxwells-joyful-collection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stylish-texas-women-convened-at-the-commodore-perry-estate-in-austin-for-brandon-maxwells-joyful-collection Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=412187 Lauren Santo Domingo, co-founder of Moda Operandi, and Austin philanthropist Andra Liemandt, CEO of The Kindness Campaign, hosted a glamorous poolside lunch and intimate shopping event to celebrate New York designer Brandon Maxwell at The Commodore Per...

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Top Texas Fashion Designer Gets an Austin Moment Fit For a Movie — Lauren Santo Domingo and Moda Operandi Celebrate Brandon Maxwell https://houstonnewmedia.org/top-texas-fashion-designer-gets-an-austin-moment-fit-for-a-movie-lauren-santo-domingo-and-moda-operandi-celebrate-brandon-maxwell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-texas-fashion-designer-gets-an-austin-moment-fit-for-a-movie-lauren-santo-domingo-and-moda-operandi-celebrate-brandon-maxwell Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:54:35 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=403611 Lauren Santo Domingo, co-founder and chief brand officer of Moda Operandi, and Austinite Andra Liemandt, CEO of The Kindness Campaign, hosted a lunch and intimate shopping event to fête Texas fashion designer Brandon Maxwell at The Commodore Perry Esta...

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Harry Winston’s Marvelous Creations — High Jewelry Collection Makes its Stateside Debut in Houston https://houstonnewmedia.org/harry-winstons-marvelous-creations-high-jewelry-collection-makes-its-stateside-debut-in-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harry-winstons-marvelous-creations-high-jewelry-collection-makes-its-stateside-debut-in-houston Thu, 19 May 2022 16:25:12 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=397228 Nature’s role as the ultimate muse is celebrated in Harry Winston’s new high jewelry collection called Marvelous Creations. Nature’s inspiring patterns and brilliant creations found on land, in the skies, in the water and deep within the earth are tran...

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Famed Pop Artist Jumps Into NFTs With the Help of a Houston Entrepreneur — Inside the Ashley Longshore and Metagolden Teamup https://houstonnewmedia.org/famed-pop-artist-jumps-into-nfts-with-the-help-of-a-houston-entrepreneur-inside-the-ashley-longshore-and-metagolden-teamup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=famed-pop-artist-jumps-into-nfts-with-the-help-of-a-houston-entrepreneur-inside-the-ashley-longshore-and-metagolden-teamup Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:46:57 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=373390 “I tried to get a meta wallet, and I needed a Xanax and two martinis to figure it out,” pop artist Ashley Longshore says in a hype video for her first-ever NFT (non-fungible token) drop. All Longshore really needed to get into that digital realm was tr...

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Infinite Beauty — The World of Mark D. Sikes https://houstonnewmedia.org/infinite-beauty-the-world-of-mark-d-sikes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infinite-beauty-the-world-of-mark-d-sikes Sat, 15 May 2021 22:34:46 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=341043 Mark D. Sikes knows beauty. The interiors aesthete released his second book, More Beautiful: All-American Decoration (Rizzoli), in September 2020 — and it’s now into its fifth printing. Los Angeles-based Sikes, who debuted on the Architectural Digest A...

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Dispatch Hudson Valley — Christopher Spitzmiller https://houstonnewmedia.org/dispatch-hudson-valley-christopher-spitzmiller/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dispatch-hudson-valley-christopher-spitzmiller Thu, 13 May 2021 03:09:34 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=341024 A pair of Christopher Spitzmiller handcrafted lamps is a talisman of sorts, found in the most exquisitely decorated rooms in America. The master ceramicist began throwing clay in the back of Southampton’s Mecox Gardens as its artist-in-residence. The l...

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Hot Props in the Hill Country — Own Your Own Round Top Farm, Ranch, or Even an Antiques Venue https://houstonnewmedia.org/hot-props-in-the-hill-country-own-your-own-round-top-farm-ranch-or-even-an-antiques-venue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hot-props-in-the-hill-country-own-your-own-round-top-farm-ranch-or-even-an-antiques-venue Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:19:50 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=310252 Antiques fairs, fabulous local restaurants and watering holes, rolling hills and a sky filled with stars. . . Round Top and its environs beckon louder than ever. We scouted the area for the most picturesque farms — and an antiques venue as well — all a...

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