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Virtual, virtual, virtual! It’s the route that nonprofits, which traditionally earn big dollars from special events, are turning to in order to fill the void that COVID-19 and social distancing demands have created. PetSet’s “Fierce a…
Read MoreWhat: A private book signing for interior designer Marie Flanigan‘s debut book, The Beauty of Home: Redefining Traditional Interiors. Where: Mecox interior design and home store in Rice Village. PC Moment: Despite the mask and social distancing …
Read MoreI should start a podcast with this month’s Bomb — perhaps titled “Trying New Things With Jan.” Jan Barboglio welcomes me into her Greenway Parks home and immediately asks, “Would you like to try some tequila in your iced coffee?” She saw something earl…
Read MoreFor all the excitement generated by announcement last spring that Dr. Peter Hotez, the bowtie-attired COVID-19 expert, and Dr. James McDeavitt, Baylor College of Medicine’s COVID-19 commando, would lead the Center for Pursuit luncheon program, th…
Read MoreLike 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 MoreTypically, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Women of the Year fundraiser involves 10 young professionals willing to host creative events geared to bringing the most funds in order to win the coveted title. No surprise, the 2020 pro…
Read MoreNo one expected the 17th annual Women of Wardrobe Summer Soirée to resemble those of years past in happier times when social distancing and mandatory masks could never have been imagined. And so it was that the recent evening at Tootsies, held in the s…
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 MoreIn its fourth year, NorthPark Center’s Ambassador program boldly merges the worlds of fashion, art and philanthropy. The Ambassadors ― a masterful idea brought to life by Nancy A. Nasher and Kimberly Schlegel Whitman ― shines the spotlight on Dallas’ t…
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