Featured Parties

Bumped and bumped again, the Salvation Army Annual Luncheon was one of the numerous charitable victims of COVID-19. Except that this Houston luncheon’s rescheduling and ultimate cancellation had no effect on the fundraising effort as the “n…

The smiles. We just can’t get over the endless dreamy smiles that fearsome trial lawyer and former Houston mayoral candidate Tony Buzbee bestows on his fiancé, Galveston beauty Frances Moody. Case in point: Those adoring eyes, so often recorded o…

For decades the Winter Ball honoring the ABC13 Women of Distinction has been a dazzling evening in January, usually the first black-tie to launch the winter social season. The parade of current and past honorees in sumptuous ballgowns created a tableau…

The sheer joy that lighted the face of Ballet Ball chair Beth Zdeblick as she danced with Harper Watters and Oliver Haklowich at the Wortham Theater Center in late February marked one of the final truly celebratory evenings of 2020. Within weeks, socie…

This was one virtual event that we were seriously looking forward to and we were not disappointed. All hail Houston Ballet for its ingenious pivot on the annual Jubilee of Dance, necessary because of COVID-19. With the 2020-2021 season canceled, there …

With COVID-19 playing the role of the Grinch that is disrupting most of our holiday plans, we congratulate two philanthropic femmes who are stepping up to fill in a few gaps. M.D. Anderson’s delightful Santa’s Elves fundraiser and The Women…

It was the perfect solution to the conundrum of how to combine social distancing and Thanksgiving traditions — a regal picnic in Memorial Park. Credit Tootsies creative director Fady Armanious with the clever reinvention of the turkey day celebration a…

The Houston firefighters “Red Hot Gala” was a night filled with surprises and, no, I don’t mean the display of fabulous six packs, biceps and pecs courtesy of the hunky first responders. We’re talking a story of life and death a…

Say it isn’t so. Mardi Gras is going to be no Mardi at all. On the same day that the City of New Orleans announced there will be none of the traditional Mardi Gras parades in the weeks preceding the magical date of February 25 so Galveston’…

Fabergé gloriously stepped out of its comfort zone on a recent evening that saw the iconic jewelry house partner with Houston Astros star Carlos Correa in a posh dinner evening benefiting the shortstop’s family charity. The “Golden Garden S…