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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

COWBOY KNOW-HOW

Use these rodeo pick-up lines & you're sure to lasso up some love

By Rachel Hanley

Mar 8th, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Finding true love is a tricky business for any cowboy or cowgirl. Take the complexities of a dating relationship and throw in lassos, bull riding and tobacco — and ...

CELEB SPOTTING

Night Owl: Hilary Duff hangs at The Owl

By Sarah Rufca

Mar 6th, 2010 at 6:19 PM

Where does a former Gossip Girl go when she's back in her hometown? Well, if she's Hilary Duff and her hometown is Houston, she spends Friday ...

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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 ...

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Think '50s-era nightclub, think Baylor College of Medicine gala

By Shelby Hodge

Mar 5th, 2010 at 3:36 PM

It was as if the glory days of the venerable Warwick Hotel had returned Thursday night when "Frank Sinatra" joined "Barbra Streisand" on stage in the ballroom of ...

DOMINIQUE'S SALOON

First Menil men's mixer combines art and billiards

By Clifford Pugh

Mar 5th, 2010 at 12:04 PM

In 1984, Dominique de Menil told William Hill that the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston needed to do something to get men interested in collecting art. "She said ...

OSCAR TOUCHES HOUSTON

Real-life trio from The Blind Side charm Houston audience

By Clifford Pugh

Mar 4th, 2010 at 4:29 PM

Sunday night is going to be special for Leigh Anne Tuohy. She's going to the Oscars. "Write about how big my boobs look in the dress or ...

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 ...

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Getting a fashionable start on spring

By Shelby Hodge

Mar 2nd, 2010 at 4:13 PM

What a breath of fresh air it was in the couture salon of Neiman Marcus recently when supporters of the University of St. Thomas Spring Fashion Event gathered ...

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Air kisses not recommended at Hermann Park "Hats in the Park"

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By Shelby Hodge - March 10th, 2010

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 ...

Shelby About Town

Dan Aykroyd set to stir up the Orange Show's Art Car Parade

By Shelby Hodge - March 9th, 2010

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 ...

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Pouring it on at the HLS&R's Rodeo Uncorked! wine auction and dinner

By Shelby Hodge - March 8, 2010

Deep pockets — that's the basic requirement for making your mark at one of RodeoHouston's champion auctions. Of course, it helps if you partner with a few friends who ...

SHELBY ABOUT TOWN

Baseball, the Biggios and Kobe beef hot dogs a big win for St. Thomas

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By Shelby Hodge - March 5th, 2010

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 ABOUT TOWN

Private jets and Old World traditions mix at Cibolo Creek Ranch shoot

By Shelby Hodge - March 1st, 2010

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 ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Gala on the Green a natural beauty

By Shelby Hodge - March 1st, 2010

Houston's cultural kaleidoscope spiraled through the spectrum on Saturday. The day began with a cowboy parade through downtown and concluded with a chi-chi black-tie gala at Discovery Green. No ...