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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Opera Goes to Paris at the Long Center
Austin Lyric Opera canceled the Opera Ball last season …
Sari Gruber and Sebastien Gueze
Instead, they staged a smattering of small-scale fundraising parties that responded to a chastened economy …
Craig Verm and Richard Buckley
This season, opera leaders split the difference by swirling various parties around the opening production, “La Boheme,” at the Long Center …
Gail and Jeff Kodosky
The whole place was outfitted like Paris, with dramatically lighted, sculptural representations of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe …
Karen Landa and Dale Dewey
After a near-miss earlier in the evening, I stumbled on several of the social junctures, including a splendid late supper in the Kodosky Lounge …
Stanislav Pronina and Ksenia Zhuleva
Where, happily, I ran into namesakes Jeff and Gail Kodosky, whom I need to spend more time with …
Peter Bay and Mela Dailey
Looked festive, but it had been a long day and long night, so I checked out early.
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Runway to Heaven at the Austonian
Erin Weitzel, Mallory Farr and Kelly Hansard
When the time came, the Runway to Heaven charity fashion show at the Austonian turned out just fine for the average viewer …
Cassandra Graza and Nadia Bening
Instead of landing on one of those upper floors with out-of-body views, Runway was held in the unfinished ground-floor space, where the Ballet Fete after-party frolicked …
Francie and Trent Thurman
That worked out well, because any space upstairs would have involved obstructed views, and this vast, open hall fit the look and scale of the show …
James and Ronit Mele
The seating area was subdivided into so many VIP and VVIP districts, it was easy to get confused, and, for the first time, I witnessed some squabbling about relative proximity to the long, segmented stage …
Robert Turluck and Jamie Stewart
But the seating came after the lengthy entry line and the somewhat disorganized shepherding of guests to their appropriate districts (I encountered no problems because I like to stand in the back) …
Ronda Gray and Kimberly Thomsen
A large subset of the guests were there to cheer the winners of the Glossy 8 Stylemaker Awards, who were presented for a second time this week — four of them also served as celebrity models …
Jim Duran (mystyle-austin) and Anne Elizabeth Wynn
As with the earlier Glossy 8 VIP Party on Stratford Drive, this event was brightened by Dripping Springs Vodka drinkies and outstanding sushi from Piranha, the Arlington-based restaurant group which has planted a colony over by the Austin Convention Center …
Renee Sobremonte and Anju Garg
Austin Children’s Shelter and Children’s Medical Center Foundation of Central Texas were the chosen charities this year, probably receiving more attention than hard cash, but we’ll quiz leaders for net takes …
Nikki Fowler and Ryan Tumey
Superwoman Sue Webber volunteered to whip the runway show into shape at the last minute, and her firm hand was readily evident once the models began to strut …
Huey Nguyen and Mai Lu
Regular readers of this blog know better than to expect a fashion review from this social columnist, but my eyes weren’t glued shut …
Laura Villagran and Kevin Smothers
UT student Alexandra King’s loose, fun creations looked promising, while Linda Asaf’s more mature work, crowned by a timely wedding gown, were suitably flattering …
Brian McKinely and Anita Benner
Of course, I was most interested in the menswear, and Versace’s unstructured jackets snapped me to attention a few times. Yet the standouts were the sophisticated, plastic inventions of Poleci, whose urban wear triumphed at the end of the show …
My-Cherie Haley, Rochelle Rae and Laura Labay
And truly, if you didn’t know in advance all the beforehand and behind-the-scenes angst and misdirection, you could never tell that anything was wrong …
One last note: This runway show thing is getting a little out of hand. Austinites still flock to them, but can we really sustain reasonable standards when they are staged at least once a week here? Just a thought.
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Design Excellence Awards at the Westwood Country Club
The Austin Design Community could not have composed a more serene midday for the 2009 Design Excellence Awards ceremony at niche-retreat Westwood Country Club …
Lisa Anderson and Brian Ledet
We could only stay for salad and ice tea at the luncheon served by the Design Community and the American Society of Interior Design. Speeches praised Texas and Austin in particular for growing the organization while it shrinks elsewhere …
Jeanne Whittington and Jennifer Burggraaf
And now on to the Winners (take a deep breath): Commercial Large > 5000 sqf: The Bommarito Group … Commercial Retail / Hospitality: Laurie Smith Design Associates …Commercial Singular Space:The Bommarito Group … Residential Bathroom: Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Residential Kitchen: Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Residential Model / Parade / Showhouse: Panache Interiors; Residential - Residence Contemporary Large > 3,500 sqf: Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Residential Singular Space: Linda McCalla Interiors …
Greg Lee and Marla Bommarito
More Winners: Residential Sustainable Residence: Count and Castle Designs … Residential Remodel Large > 3500sqf: Linda McCalla Interiors …Residential Remodel Small < 3500 sqf: Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Product Design / Special Detail / Custom Original Piece: he Bommarito Group … Visual Merchandizing Display: Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Rising Star Remodel: Michelle Thomas Design … Rising Star Sustainable Residence: Chelsea Remy Design … Rising Star Singular Space: Michelle Thomas Design … Best of Show: The Bommarito Group …
Laurie Britt and Taverner Bushman
Merit Award Winners: Commercial Large > 5000sqf : Laurie Smith Design Associates … Commercial Retail Hospitality: Tracy Overbeck Stead Interior Design / Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Residential Bathroom: Susie Johnson Interior Design Inc./ Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Residential Kitchen: Richens Designs Inc. / Count and Castle Designs … Residential Residence Traditional Large > 3,500 sqf: Kasey McCarty Interior Design Studio … Residential Residence Contemporary Large > 3500 sqf : Susie Johnson Interior Designs Inc. … Residential Singular Space: Linda McCalla Interior Design … Residential Remodel Small < 3500 sqf: Susie Johnson Interior Designs Inc. … Historic Preservation / Adaptive Reuse: JEIDesign Inc.; Product Design / Special Detail / Custom Original Piece: Linda McCalla Interior Design …
Katherine Weems and Stephanie Martenson
Whew! That’s a lot of awards!
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