Category Archives: Interview

Dining

Popular Caterer and Soufflé Queen Launches New Venture

Elizabeth Swift's Fab Fête frozen soufflés are the missing link to epic cheese boards

Sunday, November 22nd, 2020
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If we have mastered anything this year, it’s how to pivot. Arguably the most widely used word of the year, businesses large and small have had to dance their way around unprecedented challenges and push all creative boundaries. 2020 has forced everyone to think outside of the box, but for events expert, Elizabeth Swift Copeland, […]

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Interview

An Interview with Nicole Pactor Graham….How She Changed Her Life

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

As many of you may know, my daughter Nicole Pactor Graham has had quite a busy few years. She’s an entrepreneur, working with her hubby Mike, in an Urban Chicken business, The Garden Hen, that does everything from building chicken coops to educating children on the lifecycle of the egg hatching project.  She’s doing all of […]

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Interview

Getting Real with a REAL Housewife at Cakewalk Style…

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

Yesterday Julie and I were tied up at another meeting, so we dropped in to say hello, were off and then sent our fabulous intern, Madeline Molloy, over to Cakewalk Style to interview Kelly Bensimon, known to many as a former “Real Housewife of New York”  and to hear all about her new fragrance, In […]

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Interview

A Day in the Life of Roz Pactor…and Her Red Glasses

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

By: Julie Bortnick, from prosecco to plaid Haven’t you ever wondered what a day in someone else’s life looks like? I know I have, and especially when it’s a fabulous and fashionable person like Roz. From store visits to almost nightly events to good meals and even Felicity, Roz leads a very exciting (and BUSY) […]

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Fashion

Stop In, Must Visit New Henri Bendels….Open One Week!

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

Henri Bendels opened in Houston on June 22nd to the public with a fun party that evening that over 300 attended.  However, there was a press review first, where I was fortunate to get to chat with the President of Henri Bendel, Chris Fiore.  He’s relatively new to the company, only a year, but comes […]

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Interview

H-Town’s Own Mad Men Connection….Eric Ladin!

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

For those of you that can remember, as it feels like years since we last saw it, we were all very proud and a little in awe of one of Houston’s former residents and now a very active working actor in L. A., Eric Ladin, who did some cameo roles on Mad Men as Betty’s […]

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Events

Lester Smith + Ellen DeGeneres Dancing for Breast Cancer…Not to Be Missed!

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Everyone in Houston knows how passionate philanthropist Lester Smith and his wife, Sue, are about supporting cancer-related causes. Now the nation is about to find out!   Lester has been invited to appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” next week to talk with Ellen about his book “You Gotta Dance Like Nobody’s Watching,” which benefits breast […]

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Beauty

A FRESH approach to Beauty, not just for Earth Week but for all weeks!

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

I guess it just felt right that I should be chatting with Lev Glazman, co-founder with his wife Alina Roytberg, on Friday at Neiman Marcus about his very popular and ultra-hip collection of bath and body products, known so appropriately as FRESH. There we were going into Earth Week and talking about his natural and […]

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