Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
What: Children at Risk “Big Brunch, Bright Futures” Where: The Grove treehouse at Discovery Green PC Moment: Children at Risk staff, supporters and friends raised $140,000 while renewing acquaintances that had been on ice for more than a ye…
Read MoreBellissimo! The transformation of Rice University’s historic Cohen House into a Venetian palazzo was indeed a beautiful work of art that set the stage for a posh coterie of young fashionables and youthful members of the old guard who gathered to …
Read MoreHula dancers, fire twirlers and Hawaiian leis set the luau stage for the grand opening of the Heights House Hotel, an old drive-up motel completely transformed by a $3.5 million reimagining into a hipster haven perfectly in tune with today’s mid-…
Read MoreWhat: Children’s Museum Houston annual Friends and Families Luncheon Where: Lott Hall at Hermann Park (rain forced the event to move from outdoors in the McGovern Centennial Gardens. PC Moment: The basic message, delivered via Zoom by guest speak…
Read MoreIn a twist on tradition, necessitated on several levels due to the pandemic, the annual Bayou Bend Garden Party was delayed from its typical April date to the first Sunday in June. Yes, it was a bit steamy but not so sultry as to prevent wall fans, han…
Read MoreWhat: Tee Up fore TEACH (To Educate All Children) Where: Topgolf Katy PC Moment: Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! The sound of clubs hitting golf balls resonated throughout the multi-level facility where more than 200 supporters of TEACH competed with their dri…
Read MoreIf Theorem Vineyards owners Kisha and Jason Itkin have their way, sauvignon blanc will soon rule summer palates replacing rosé as the warm weather drink of choice for a certain cognoscenti. The Houston couple launched the first salvo in their gentle ba…
Read MorePhilanthropy has been a cornerstone of Nancy Almodovar’s real estate firm almost from its founding in 2014 so it was no surprise that on the occasion of a recent birthday, the glamorous business leader asked guests to support the Houston Area Wom…
Read MoreWhat: The 19th annual Cherry Blossom Gala Where: Decorative Center Houston PC Moment: It would have been the 20th annual gala benefiting Abandoned Little Angels (ALA) had the pandemic not caused cancelation of the 2020 event. So the 19th cherry blossom…
Read MoreMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston Grand Gala Ball chairs Phoebe and Bobby Tudor had long been wading in the planning of this evening that would inaugurate the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building as an added venue for the all-important black-tie fundraiser. The g…
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