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Shelby's Social Diary
Celebrating a museum on the move even before its building is complete
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 10th, 2010 at 4:02 PM
We had no idea what a splendid space and a splendid building that the Houston Museum of African American Culture had obtained until we joined supporters at "A Spring Sonata ...
Shelby's Social Diary
Air kisses not recommended at Hermann Park "Hats in the Park"
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 10th, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Mayor Annise Parker had a fashion dilemma Tuesday morning. She was scheduled to introduce the honoree at Hermann Park Conservancy's "Hats in the Park" luncheon. Everyone wears a hat ...
Partying at the Oscars
Houstonians add a glam Texas touch to the Academy Awards soirees
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 10th, 2010 at 11:26 AM
For almost two decades, social icon Lynn Wyatt has reigned as the Houstonian with the most prestigious invitations to the Oscar scene in Los Angeles. This past weekend, the Texas ...
Shelby's Social Diary
So many charity events, so little time
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 9th, 2010 at 3:26 PM
A look at the social calendar for the month and you can tell that we are barreling toward spring break. It seems that every major charity is scheduling its spring ...
Shelby About Town
Dan Aykroyd set to stir up the Orange Show's Art Car Parade
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 9th, 2010 at 6:00 AM
Comedian Dan Aykroyd is about to add one more imaginative role to his credits — that of Grand Marshal of the Houston Art Car Parade. Forget Blues Brothers, Ghost Busters and ...
Shelby's Social Diary
No card tricks required, the Museum of Natural Science gala a winner
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 8th, 2010 at 11:44 AM
To say that the Houston Museum of Natural Science gala was magical would be just too corny for words. So we'll skip that and move on to the basics ...
Shelby's Social Diary
Rockets' Clutch City Foundation scores big at Tux & Tennies gala
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 6th, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Talking about feeling vertically challenged. Even the 6-foot-plus folks strolling across the floor of Toyota Center Thursday night had to feel like peewees in the presence of the NBA pros ...
Shelby About Town
Baseball, the Biggios and Kobe beef hot dogs a big win for St. Thomas
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 5th, 2010 at 6:00 AM
When was the last time you had a Kobe beef hot dog at a baseball game? Or sliders and French Fries, prepared by a gourmet chef, while watching the game ...
Shelby's Social Diary
How suite it can be for the well connected at RodeoHouston
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 3rd, 2010 at 4:29 PM
So we didn't arrive in one of the scores of stretch limos or stretch Hummers that RodeoHouston fat cats hired Monday night for transport to Reliant Stadium. We saw ...
WEEKEND DIARY
A jewel of a hotel with energy draws hip execs to downtown Dallas
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 3rd, 2010 at 10:48 AM
I confess that I had not done all of my homework before arriving in Dallas and checking in to what I had assumed was the "Jewel" Hotel. That's what ...
Shelby's Social Diary
Moores School gala hits a high note — with a special guest
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 2nd, 2010 at 2:49 PM
A little George Gershwin, a bit of Cole Porter and a touch of Duke Ellington — the Moores School of Music Symphony Orchestra proved its musical mettle Friday night at the ...
Shelby About Town
Private jets and Old World traditions mix at Cibolo Creek Ranch shoot
By Shelby Hodge
Mar 1st, 2010 at 5:59 PM
When Austrian Count Anton von Spork founded the International Order of St. Hubertus in 1695, he could never have imagined the St. Hubertus hunt that took place recently at Cibolo ...
Smoke gets in your eyes
Updated with winners: Pit meisters turn up the heat at rodeo barbecue cook-off
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 27th, 2010 at 9:00 PM
UPDATE: Winners of The 2010 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest Grand Champion Overall: Drillin' N Grillin' Champion Ribs: Drillin’ N Grillin’ Champion Brisket: Blowin’ Smoke ...
Five Questions
We got the dish from food columnist John Mariani
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 24th, 2010 at 2:00 PM
How, we ask, does food columnist and author John Mariani weigh less than an NFL tackle? The man who eats for a living swept through Houston on a foodie binge ...
Falling in love
These legal eagles soared out of the courtroom and down the aisle
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 24th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Like a scene from Boston Legal or the Deep End, Laura Spalding tried her first case before a jury at the tender age of 26. The partner with Davis McMath ...
Shelby's Social Diary
An honor awarded in good taste
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Just think of all the beef tenderloin, the fine Bordeaux and the Grand Marnier soufflés that have been consumed since Tony Vallone opened the doors on his first restaurant ...
Thinking green
A forest grows around the new Bayou Bend visitors center
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Watching the contemporary metal-clad building going up at the corner of Westcott and Memorial Drive has been something of a painful experience for neighbors accustomed to the verdant stretch of ...
Shelby's Social Diary
The guys never looked so pretty as they did at DiverseWorks "deb" party
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 22nd, 2010 at 1:31 PM
You can always count on the DiverseWorks Art Space annual gala to offer the truly wicked in theme and costuming and this year's "Debutantes Run Wild!" Friday night was ...
Shelby's Social Diary
Salvador Dali would have danced all night in this over-the-top setting
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 22nd, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Okay, so the moving eyeball videos on suspended orbs were a little disconcerting. But that was the only less-than-glowing review of the unprecedented decor of Saturday night's Houston Ballet ...
Falling in love
An artist and a litigator: They found romance in Montrose
By Shelby Hodge
Feb 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Litigation attorney Ryan Lindsay hadn't been in town long when he wandered one evening into the popular Montrose watering hole Meteor. That's where, in the fall of 2002 ...
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