Author: Shelby Hodge

What: “Fashion in the Fields” luncheon benefiting Recipe for Success Where: Hope Farms PC Moment: The runway fashion show featuring styles from local design ateliers saw men, women and children strutting the catwalk that ran through the far…

Oh, how we groused when Bo’s Place decided to move its Kentucky Derby “Hats, Hearts, and Horseshoes” benefit indoors. But wait. We also grumbled when it was held outdoors in the blistering heat of the Houston Polo Club. That said, Sun…

When top chefs team up to create a special meal, the results are always delicious. When they combine their culinary skills with cream of the crop Houston Ballet talents, the result is a great meal and a deliciously fun event. So it was when chefs Aaron…

What: The 20th annual International Women’s Leadership Summit, sponsored by the Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation Where: Hotel ZaZa, Museum District PC Moment: Highlight of the convocation was the fireside chat between Emmy award-winning…

The philanthropic side of the late residential real state icon Martha Turner will be revisited this Mother’s Day weekend when an incredible collection of her fashions and accessories will be offered in what is being called “An Estate of Grace” sale. Pr…

True to tradition, the Latin Women’s Initiative fashion show and luncheon was one dizzily raucous fundraiser with more than 900 people, mostly women, packing the Hilton Americas-Houston ballroom. The sold-out throng raised a record $550,000 for f…

What is a fundraiser chair to do when her plane is stuck in South Carolina for untold hours and she totally misses her event? Just ask Lexie Sakowitz Marek, who along with husband Mike Marek chaired the 13th annual K9s4COPS “Unleashed Gala.&#8221…

Take my word for it, cancer sucks. Just ask Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Robin Roberts. In one of the most moving of M.D Anderson’s “Conversation With a Living Legend” fundraisers, previous Living Legend Roberts headed a fires…