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The A-Gays fly at The Monarch
A sometime party game: Name Austin’s A-Gays. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Back during my Houston youth, a gang of bankers, doctors, executives and retailers were easily pegged as occupying a separate social plane. (My invitation to the Diana Awards must have been lost somewhere in my bare efficiency apartment.)
Grayson Parrish + “OutCast” host Heath Riddles
Not so in open, sentient, engaged Austin. Here, the list is permeable and mostly defined by those who give their time or treasure to worthy causes. Thus, the several hundred who flocked to The Monarch’s mod, ground-floor public rooms on Friday for an Equality Texas benefit were rewarded with an outstanding selection of men and women, singles and couples, straight and gay, old and young.
Zoe King, Heidi Bloch
I’m a bit squeamish about recording the cocktails served at parties like this, but my goodness, the bartenders were working up a storm. My champagne with vinegar-soaked sugar cube was divine, then another drink was invented before my eyes — magnificently bitter. Restaurants provided food stations and the crowd migrated from the jazz band to quieter corners, such as the terrace, where the Stephens — Moser and Rice — acted out the Gillian Girl montage from “Valley of the Dolls.” (Had I stayed any longer, I might have done the Shubert Alley scene, my speciality.)
Haylie Rudy, Alex Rudy
If I started a list of names, I’d be in big trouble, because everybody there was somebody worth noting. My favorites, however, were sisters Haylie and Alex Rudy, who complained of the teasing they received at school every time their famous, handsome parents, Amy and Kirk Rudy, appeared in the newspaper. Well, Haylie and Alex, it’s your turn…
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