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Five Austin galas: The spring social season takes off
Surfing the social swirl …
Braedon and Brooke Box
Highlights of the Beyond Batten Gala included a charismatic set by Australian country rocker Keith Urban (reminding me just a wee bit of Bruce Springsteen). …
Kim Fodor and Peter Gardere
An auction climaxing in a $120,000 split bid on two shots at F1 ultra-VIP status at the Circuit of the Americas. …
Leslie Sweet and Jenny McCann
And the expert charity video — run twice for different layers of guests — which reported the astonishing news that the foundation, just three years old, had already funded a general test for hundreds of inherited diseases and is perhaps a year away from clinical trials on a Batten cure. …
Vesta Frommer and Robin Wombwell
Talk about “Lorenzo’s Oil”! The foundation is not releasing the net and the gross from the gala. …
The Rodeo Austin Gala once again rounded up the biggest herd of guests at Palmer Events Center. …
KaLynn Laney and Hap Feuerbacher
Classy chairwoman KaLynn Laney put the numbers decked out in jeans and bling at about 2,000. …
Thelma and Tony Sanders
The leadership for Rodeo Austin, as always, welcomed the throngs with forceful friendliness. …
Stephen and Donna Ross
Makes one frisky for the upcoming extravaganza at the Travis County Expo Center in March. …
Leigh Ann Lindsey and Jill Fosse
CASAblanca for Court Appointed Special Advocates at Hyatt Regency Austin was all about Gigi Edwards Bryant …
Melvyn Anderson and Deonne Washington
After we published a column about the businesswoman and youth advocate, an unusual number of people confided in me that Gigi was a close friend. …
Max Ekesi and Sara Suminski
That says even more about this snazzy social star who told me she was grateful her speech was videotaped so she could just enjoy one of the season’s most enjoyable parties …
Rachel Dendy and Diane Kerlin
Got to spend a little bit of time with recurring role model, JoLynn Free, and with last year’s honoree, Judge Darlene Byrne and her husband, Dan Byrne, a capable couple I should get to know better. …
The gala grossed $350,000. Waiting for the net. …
Later, like a heat-seaking missile, I honed in on honorees Alisa Weldon and Lynn Yeldell during the Human Rights Campaign gala at the Four Seasons Hotel. …
Jarrett Urban, Terrance Hines and Ken Dunn
They received the group’s Visibility Award, as well they should, not just because of their essential magazine, L Style G Style, but also for their tireless work on a dozen or more charities. …
Sheryl Cole, Art Acevdeo and Dawnna Dukes
Didn’t spot the other honorees, former Austin City Council Member Randi Shade and her partner, Kayla Shell, but noticed that almost every Democratic politician of stature was present — plus a few noteworthy Republican donors. Shade and Shell won the Bettie Naylor Award, named for the activist hero. …
Lynn Yeldell and Alisa Weldon
Snug at the Four Seasons, the crowd networked up a warm storm while singer Courtney Sanchez got everyone’s toes tapping. …
The gala grossed at least $250,000. No word on the net yet. …
A stabbing wind nearly knocked me off course to the next gala, Diamond Disco for the Travis County Medical Alliance. So I dropped into Edge, a cunning new menswear boutique at Brazos and Fifth streets. There, manager Rob Enriquez filled me in on the chic array. Gotta cheer when there’s more for men to wear. …
Gus and Jeni Lowry
Anyway, at the Omni Hotel, I followed the grand staircase to a set of rooms unfamiliar to me. There, a modest number of guests, some in 1970s drag, nibbled, sipped and boogied the night away. …
Rohini and Philippe Bochaton
I was also unfamiliar with the nonprofit that supports healthcare networks in our county. Must learn more.
Dr. Ken Moghadam and Dr. Amir Khorashadi
As at the evening’s other galas, guests volunteered that they’d either seen me earlier that night, or that they, too, were on the way to another gala.
Yes, the spring social season has officially taken off.
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