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Like everything else at this time, the fact that the Kentucky Derby takes place this Saturday seems somewhat unreal. We should be watching college football games and cheering on the Houston Astros. But postponed due to COVID-19 from the original Runnin…
Read MoreOur ballgowns hang limply in the closet and our Judith Leiber minaudieres haven’t seen daylight since March. Gents’ tuxedos are accumulating dust. And there is no immediate end in sight for the termination of our beloved, gilded charitable …
Read MoreFour decades ago, John Travolta and Debra Winger catapulted the Houston social scene into the national spotlight with the star-studded premiere screening of Urban Cowboy and a rollicking country/western after-party at Gilley’s, known then as the …
Read MoreHouston Grand Opera’s annual Opening Night Gala in October has been, through the years, one of the loveliest black-tie evenings on the calendar. Celebrations under a party tent on Fish Plaza in front of Wortham Theater Center have been gilded aff…
Read MoreWhen JDRF executive director Rick Byrd was asked back in late March if he knew how to put on a virtual gala, his response was no but he was going to learn. And learn he did. The nonprofit’s virtual evening was such a success with net proceeds of …
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 pandemic refuses to leave Houston alone, hosts and hostesses are cleverly working their way around this uninvited party guest. While some wonder when socializing with friends will mean more than partying with merely a handful of careful…
Read MoreBeyond Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, the next most recognizable face on the COVID-19 intelligence scene is Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. He’s the cheerful guy in th…
Read MoreWhen the card went out to save the date for Becca Cason Thrash’s fundraiser for Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following the devastating fire in April 2019, charitable patrons and socials around the world took notice. Mexico City was the destination, an…
Read MoreWhen the card went out to save the date for Becca Cason Thrash’s fundraiser for Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following the devastating fire in April of 2019, charitable patrons and socials around the world took notice. Mexico City was the destination,…
Read MoreWith the cancellation in March of all upcoming social gatherings, Houston nonprofits have been scrambling since then to find alternative means of raising the all-important funds generated by luncheons, galas and dinners. Many have turned to the virtual…
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