Tootsies, not only known to many of us as the chic place to shop for our finest and most stylish wardrobe essentials has also developed quite a reputation for all of its many charitable events that it sponsors throughout the year. It has always been respected as an establishment that not only dresses the community […]
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Opening Night: Isaac Mizrahi The “Project Runway All Stars” judge will take the stage on Saturday, November 2 at 8:00 PM to discuss his captivating memoir about growing up gay in a Syrian Jewish Orthodox family and the freedom he found through fashion. Mizrahi’s book, I.M.: A Memoir, chronicles his childhood in 1960s Brooklyn, where he […]
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Local jewelry designer, Christina Greene, is launching her 17th addition to her brand since its beginning in 2011 and it could not be more special to the designer. It is her first collection for brides and it was designed for her own very special wedding day last summer in Colorado. The bridal collection was debuted […]
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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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With summer in the rear view mirror and winter on the horizon, it’s one of the best times of year to take inventory of what’s in your closet and move the sleeveless dresses and cover ups to the back, and bring forward sweaters, jackets, and boots. I fully believe in the power of manifestation, so […]
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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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