Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Dallas may have staked its claim as the official home of the frozen margarita, but a new fine agave-focused tequila company, Mayenda, recently came to town to show a fresh way to sip and savor the liquor. And when we say “came to town” we mean they thr…
Read MoreThere could not be a tighter friendship than that between the fabulous Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl and Adrian Dueñas (or perhaps that of Dueñas and designer Nina Magon, but that’s another story.) This is a recounting of the night that Brandsberg-Dahl …
Read MoreWhat: The Big Brunch benefiting Children at Risk Where: The Ballroom at Bayou Place PC Moment: Bon appetit! More than a dozen Houston restaurants and foodie enterprises put their best plates forward for the 300 guests who arrived with appetites at the …
Read MoreWell, it finally happened. I met someone. At the 2023 Equest Gala in Dallas. Ominous clouds loomed overhead and brought with them a powerful gust. I declined the valet attendants’ protection of a large golf umbrella, opting instead to cantor the short …
Read MoreScene: The annual DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) Dallas creative black-tie gala House DIFFA The List at the Hilton Anatole. Takeaway: The fundraiser, this year presented by The Louis L. Borick Foundation, welcomed over 1,400 attende…
Read MoreScene: the 10th Anniversary of ReuNight, benefiting The Family Place, at the Dallas Petroleum Club on May 18, 2023. Takeaway: There needs to be a charity version of fantasy football. Something where we play strategist with our local non-profit’s gala d…
Read MoreThe 15th edition of Dallas Art Fair has left us all a bit winded. Open any art-world publication of late, and all proclaim that the pandemic is over and that fairs — a major component of the multi-billion-dollar global art market — are back IRL and in …
Read MoreWhat: Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP) Bubbles & Bourbon Tasting Where: The Arrangement on Post Oak Boulevard PC Moment: Perhaps the highlight of this energized Houston gathering was announcement that longtime supporters Gloria and Frank Mesza…
Read MoreThe Houston social calendar is always chock-a-block with events raising funds for worthy nonprofits covering nearly every sphere of the city from the Houston Food Bank and Bayou preservation to education and assistance for youth with learning disabilit…
Read MoreWhat: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Glassell School of Art annual benefit and art auction Where: The Glassell School PC Moment: With the “Keep Glassell Weird” as the theme, many among the art-minded throng dressed accordingly while ackno…
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