Although they legally tied the knot in February with Justice of the Peace David Patronella presiding, Dr. Jessica Sheets and Dr. Lucho Rossman did the wedding-gown and broom-jumping thing in Lisbon, Portugal, last week with more than 60 friends and family as witnesses and with Gordon Bethune, former Continental Airlines CEO, officiating.

The couple, both radiologists at Methodist Hospital, organized three days of activities surrounding the wedding ceremony including a champagne and port reception in Lisbon, a day tour to the picturesque town of Sintra, a lavish rehearsal dinner and the wedding at the opulent Pestana Palace Hotel.

Presiding over the wedding ceremony was a first for Bethune, long-time squeeze of Rossman's sister Jessica Rossman. A fun aside: They found the broom in hotel housekeeping in order to include that tradition in the ceremony.

Dinner and dancing followed in the adjoining stables (elaborately redesigned for swank soirées) where guests partied late into the night. The celebrants included groomsman Dr. Aashish Shah and wife Roseann Rogers, Miya Shay, Kim Padgett, Brittany Zucker, Sherri Zucker, Laurette Veres, Tom Flynn and a host of docs from Methodist.

Movie and then dinner

Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro welcomed several dozen art and film patrons to their River Oaks home for a swell dinner following screening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston of Focus Features' Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore. The film is based on a memoir by University of Houston creative writing professor Nick Flynn.

The evening was a collaborative happening, co-hosted by the UH Arts Initiative, the MFAH film department and the Houston Cinema Arts Society. Discussing the film over dinner were Adelaide de Menil, Beverly and Howard Robinson, Raquel Segal, Inprint Inc. executive director Rich Levy and UH creative writing faculty.

Shared canvases an artful twist

The red "sold" dots popped up throughout the night when artists David Adickes and Taft McWhorter hosted the joint exhibition "Come Together" which featured several collaboration pieces and independent works. By night's end the happy artists had sold 14 solo works in addition to the collaborative pieces.

The party action took place at the SculpturWorx studio where 100 fans poured in including MOCAH co-founders Rhonda and Reginald Adams, artist Allan Rodewald, Jason Fuller, Dr. Roland Maldonado, Joel Bickley, artist Chris Silkwood, Pamela Best, Lori Betz, Dr. Michael Yafi, Andy Cordes and Brian Teichman, Elizabeth and Lou Wilson and big-time Taft supporter Nikki Hart.