Lisa Blue Baron Trumps Mother Nature’s Cold Shoulder With A Blowout...
That Lisa Blue Baron is a smart one. Each year she opens her fabulous Preston Hollow estate for a splashy party. Last year it was a poignant gathering. Yes, it celebrated Lisa’s 60th birthday and the...
View ArticleCarson Leslie Foundation’s “A Sunny Place For Shady People” Brought Out...
“A Sunny Place for Shady People” may sound like an episode of “The Sopranos,” but instead it’s the annual fundraiser for the Carson Leslie Foundation. How did the theme come about? According to...
View ArticleOnce Again Pat And Emmitt Smith Prepare To Tee Off For The Community
Why, oh why, can’t the MySweetCharity team of elves be everywhere? January was supposed to be Zen month, but oh, no! Here’s report from the field about the latest doings of the Emmitt Smith clan. Do...
View ArticleJUST IN: TACA Breaks Its Own Records With $1.3M Distributed to 46 Performing...
Well, TACA went and did it. They busted all of the organization’s past records for amounts to be distributed to performing arts groups. The amount? $1.3 million! It was just announced at the TACA Grant...
View ArticleTACA Played Santa Claus For 46 Performing Arts Groups
Looking like the lineup at NorthPark to chat with Santa, the performing arts nonprofit hopefuls and benefactors gathered at the Wyly last Monday night. The occasion was the TACA Grant Awards...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: Dallas Symphony Orchestra League...
Sarah Branch, Charles Branch and Dan Branch Every year the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Debutante Presentation seems to get more elegant and youthful. While the write-up is being finished, here are...
View ArticleFrom Birthdays To Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Debutantes, Dallas Knows...
Saturday, February 8, formal wear was abounding all over Dallas. There were some folks who were black-tie party hopping, with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League as the evening’s goal. John Clutts and...
View ArticleSend In The Gowns
Remember that fabulous evening gown you bought for that very special occasion. Once you wore it, you just knew you couldn’t wear it again because it was imprinted in everyone’s memory as “Wow!” And you...
View ArticleJUST IN: TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon Will Take Place Today
Holly Mayer, Lucilo Peña and Nancy Carlson (File photo) Just heard from the TACA team and today’s Silver Cup Award Luncheon at the Anatole honoring Holly Mayer and Lucilo Peña is, “Clearly a ‘go’ for...
View ArticleJUST IN: TACA’s Silver Cup Award Luncheon Raised $375,000
Holly Mayer and Lucilo Peña Think back to Monday when the frigid weather closed area schools? Despite the icy conditions, the TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon took place at the Hilton Anatole. The...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2014 TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon
Silver Cup Awards being unwrapped Remember back just a couple of weeks ago when schools were being closed due to the frigid weather on Monday, March 3? Despite the elements, the performing arts lovers...
View ArticleTACA Lovers Honored Silver Cup Awardees Holly Mayer And Lucilo Peña As Lights...
Tradition is a wonderful thing. And the TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon exemplifies just that. Founder Annette Strauss envisioned it as an occasion to salute a man and a woman for “their outstanding...
View ArticleRecord-Breaking Long-Distance Swimmer Diana Nyad May Not Be “Dancing With The...
Diana Nyad* “Dancing With The Stars” followers were watching tonight to see if contestant Diana Nyad would be voted off tonight. They were worried about her being able to juggle her being the keynote...
View ArticleJUST IN: Top Hat & Tails Moves To April And Returns To Celebrity Dancers
Paws in the City made a change last year. Instead of local celebrities dancing in the Top Hat & Tails fundraiser, they opted to have sponsored volunteers. Word just arrived that they’ve re-examined...
View ArticleRonald McDonald House of Dallas’ Young Friends Found Casablanca At Union Station
This report from the field came in about the younger set of the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas partying and raising funds for RMHD: Medley Turner, Meghan Looney and Bradley Means* The Ronald...
View ArticleHouse Of DIFFA 2014 Masquerade Was DIFFA-nitely DIFFA-rent
Marie Antoinette’s court characters (File photo) Sometimes memories of past glories can create impossible expectations for future efforts. With the 2013 House of DIFFA extravaganza only growing in...
View ArticleLengthy Event Raises Money For Children’s Cancer Fund
Since its founding in 1982, the Children’s Cancer Fund has awarded more than $7 million to help Children’s Medical Center and UT Southwestern Medical Center in their battles against childhood cancer....
View ArticleJUST IN: Eight New Members Added To TACA Board
Eight new members of TACA’s Board of Directors were just revealed. Jill Tananbaum and Sky Brewer (File photo) Drum roll. . . Joining present board members Shannon Brame, Barbara Daseke, Kemp Sawers and...
View ArticleArt Ball Auction Item #8: Explore Napa Valley & Celebrate Sophia Loren With...
There are some packages that are simple priceless because they’re a one-time-only opportunity. Any part of this Art Ball package would be drool-able, but all together. . . Well, you’re just going to...
View ArticlePaws In The City’s Top Hat & Tails Moved Its Dancing Ways To April
With temperatures in the 60’s it’s hard to imagine July with its sweltering heat. But maybe that thought of summer baking was the impetus for the Paws in the City organizers to up and move its annual...
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