Growing up in an Italian-American home, particularly at this time of year, we anxiously awaited the many batches of homemade Italian cookies that our Grandmothers and Mothers would make. I can still recall that fragrant smell of the baking cookies that filled our home. However, if you are like me and many of my generation, […]
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This Sunday Cotton Club Collection, one of our fave fashion boutiques on San Felipe in Houston’s River Oaks area, will be hosting a fundraiser for the charity, Faith in Practice and honoring, specifically, the Mann Surgical Team and their patients. Faith in Practice is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian organization that seeks to improve the physical, […]
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Neiman Marcus’ big move to the Galleria in early 1969 was the biggest story in retail that this city had seen. It moved from its Downtown Houston location on Main Street to Westheimer & Post Oak as an anchor for this new center that was going to be built as an attachment to the store. […]
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It’s never too late……I feel that to be the most appropriate reason for this story of a very momentous meeting I had several weeks back here in Houston with a remarkable woman. It was a transformative experience that made for a lasting memory. However, since that meeting, life happened and many distractions fell my way […]
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This has been a month in our city of recognizing very special women. It was just last week that we recognized one of our city founders, C. Baldwin Hotel namesake, Charlotte Baldwin Allen as the unsung hero of the original founders of our Bayou City. Beginning this Sunday, October 20, the Museum of Fine Arts […]
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I may have only returned from Italy last night but I couldn’t wait to report on what my daughter, Nicole Pactor Graham who attended this in my absence and many of my friends reported on social media was “the party of the year”. The bash befitting the incredible mark that Charlotte Baldwin Allen made on […]
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It’s time again to join bpptours back across the pond as we head to Florence, Italy and the Tuscan region once again for another awesome visit. I love both times of the year that we are there but I must say after the torture of the warm months of summer, it is always especially delightful to […]
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Celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Diaper Foundation with party bites by Monarch Hospitality, sip on a signature cocktail crafted for the celebration and groove to music by DJ Senega as you prepare to view, try on and hopefully purchase the great fashions of Sachin + Babi at Tootsies. It is with such sadness that […]
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We are just a few weeks away from what is one of my favorite events of the year, Festa Italiana. Unfortunately, I cannot personally make it as ironically, I will be in Italy at that time but it is an event that my family never misses! I encourage you to go and celebrate 41 years […]
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There were so many friends and loyal supporters of both the iconic Cafe Annie and of the new food zsar in town, Ben Berg, that it took two nights of preview parties to get everyone in for a sneak peak before the new Annie Cafe and Bar opened its doors this Thursday night. Welcoming everyone […]
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