Ahh, to have been in Italy this past weekend would have been bellissimo!! Couldn’t be there? Well then, I hope you at least made it to the Italian Expo at the George R. Brown where Hall D was filled with many, many native Italians. There was a taste of fine fashion, wines, food and some […]
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Luxury skin care leader, La Prairie, teamed up with makeup artist, Rachel Wade, to launch it’s first color collection, “Bouquet de Jardin,” a bouquet of colour wrapped in luxury. Inspired by the gorgeous, bold peonies blooming in Brooklyn Botanical Garden, La Prairie Colour Ambassador, Wade, created the perfect canvas of colour for its Summer 2011 […]
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Gone are the days when watches were just for telling time…after all we now have our iPhones, Blackberrys, tablets…many much hipper and more stylish choices, to tell us exactly what time it is. It was precisely for that reason, that the watch business had it’s own recession a few years back. The cool people, were […]
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I was lucky to be a last minute addition for an exciting happening at the Houston Galleria this past Saturday, as Lester and Sue Smith master-minded in a grand style that only they can make happen! It was a dance tribute (aka flash mob) of 300 women, 100 of which were breast cancer survivors and […]
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Ahh, the Good Life…who doesn’t think of fashion, food & wine and, of course, luxury cars, when you think of Italy?! This weekend all of you that are Italian and the others that just wish they were, can experience all that is the best of Italian culture including art, entertainment and tourism at the 3rd […]
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Memorial Day is here…hard to believe I know! (was it really 96 today?) Summer is here, school is almost over and the time is upon us to head for the beach, pool, or whatever chillin’ route we wish to take. Although no one really seems to have lazy days anymore, even in summer…call it what […]
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Pizzeria Alto, the newest of Schiller-Del Grande’s urban chic restaurant duo in West Ave. has opened, and I have already got my favorites after many dining trips there, from their selection of designer pizzas. Being a creature of habit if I love something, I already have a new favorite food addiction at this restaurant. The […]
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Looking for a touch of Paris, Gulf Coast style? If you haven’t been to River Oaks Shopping Center’s newest restaurant, Brasserie 19, now is the time to go! Restaurateurs Charles Clark and Grant Cooper – Clark Cooper Concepts opened the doors of their newest restaurant on May 4, 2011, in the space previously occupied by […]
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It was raining red at the Go Red for Women Expo and Luncheon chaired by Ilene Allen and Lu Caltagirone. (Pattie Dale Tye chairs the Charter Circle of Red.) More than 600 American Heart Association supporters packed the Hilton Americas grand ballroom, where ladies in red enjoyed gratis health screenings and perused the “Go Red” marketplace. (Among the goods were Judith Ripka jewels, […]
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As summer is approaching, footwear focus needs to be on comfy chic-ness, cool-ness (temp, of course!) and just the right choice for the things you need for running around in to those places where going barefoot just won’t work. Some of my fave suggestions for casual wear is to put the stilettos and super-high wedges […]
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