• Home
  • popular
  • EVENTS
  • submit-new-event
  • CHARITY GUIDE
  • Children
  • Education
  • Health
  • Veterans
  • Social Services
  • Arts + Culture
  • Animals
  • LGBTQ
  • New Charity
  • TRENDING NEWS
  • News
  • City Life
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Home + Design
  • Travel
  • Real Estate
  • Restaurants + Bars
  • Arts
  • Society
  • Innovation
  • Fashion + Beauty
  • subscribe
  • about
  • series
  • Embracing Your Inner Cowboy
  • Green Living
  • Summer Fun
  • Real Estate Confidential
  • RX In the City
  • State of the Arts
  • Fall For Fashion
  • Cai's Odyssey
  • Comforts of Home
  • Good Eats
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2010
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2
  • Good Eats 2
  • HMNS Pirates
  • The Future of Houston
  • We Heart Hou 2
  • Music Inspires
  • True Grit
  • Hoops City
  • Green Living 2011
  • Cruizin for a Cure
  • Summer Fun 2011
  • Just Beat It
  • Real Estate 2011
  • Shelby on the Seine
  • Rx in the City 2011
  • Entrepreneur Video Series
  • Going Wild Zoo
  • State of the Arts 2011
  • Fall for Fashion 2011
  • Elaine Turner 2011
  • Comforts of Home 2011
  • King Tut
  • Chevy Girls
  • Good Eats 2011
  • Ready to Jingle
  • Houston at 175
  • The Love Month
  • Clifford on The Catwalk Htx
  • Let's Go Rodeo 2012
  • King's Harbor
  • FotoFest 2012
  • City Centre
  • Hidden Houston
  • Green Living 2012
  • Summer Fun 2012
  • Bookmark
  • 1987: The year that changed Houston
  • Best of Everything 2012
  • Real Estate 2012
  • Rx in the City 2012
  • Lost Pines Road Trip Houston
  • London Dreams
  • State of the Arts 2012
  • HTX Fall For Fashion 2012
  • HTX Good Eats 2012
  • HTX Contemporary Arts 2012
  • HCC 2012
  • Dine to Donate
  • Tasting Room
  • HTX Comforts of Home 2012
  • Charming Charlie
  • Asia Society
  • HTX Ready to Jingle 2012
  • HTX Mistletoe on the go
  • HTX Sun and Ski
  • HTX Cars in Lifestyle
  • HTX New Beginnings
  • HTX Wonderful Weddings
  • HTX Clifford on the Catwalk 2013
  • Zadok Sparkle into Spring
  • HTX Let's Go Rodeo 2013
  • HCC Passion for Fashion
  • BCAF 2013
  • HTX Best of 2013
  • HTX City Centre 2013
  • HTX Real Estate 2013
  • HTX France 2013
  • Driving in Style
  • HTX Island Time
  • HTX Super Season 2013
  • HTX Music Scene 2013
  • HTX Clifford on the Catwalk 2013 2
  • HTX Baker Institute
  • HTX Comforts of Home 2013
  • Mothers Day Gift Guide 2021 Houston
  • Staying Ahead of the Game
  • Wrangler Houston
  • First-time Homebuyers Guide Houston 2021
  • Visit Frisco Houston
  • promoted
  • eventdetail
  • Greystar Novel River Oaks
  • Thirdhome Go Houston
  • Dogfish Head Houston
  • LovBe Houston
  • Claire St Amant podcast Houston
  • The Listing Firm Houston
  • South Padre Houston
  • NextGen Real Estate Houston
  • Pioneer Houston
  • Collaborative for Children
  • Decorum
  • Bold Rock Cider
  • Nasher Houston
  • Houston Tastemaker Awards 2021
  • CityNorth
  • Urban Office
  • Villa Cotton
  • Luck Springs Houston
  • EightyTwo
  • Rectanglo.com
  • Silver Eagle Karbach
  • Mirador Group
  • Nirmanz
  • Bandera Houston
  • Milan Laser
  • Lafayette Travel
  • Highland Park Village Houston
  • Proximo Spirits
  • Douglas Elliman Harris Benson
  • Original ChopShop
  • Bordeaux Houston
  • Strike Marketing
  • Rice Village Gift Guide 2021
  • Downtown District
  • Broadstone Memorial Park
  • Gift Guide
  • Music Lane
  • Blue Circle Foods
  • Houston Tastemaker Awards 2022
  • True Rest
  • Lone Star Sports
  • Silver Eagle Hard Soda
  • Modelo recipes
  • Modelo Fighting Spirit
  • Athletic Brewing
  • Rodeo Houston
  • Silver Eagle Bud Light Next
  • Waco CVB
  • EnerGenie
  • HLSR Wine Committee
  • All Hands
  • El Paso
  • Avenida Houston
  • Visit Lubbock Houston
  • JW Marriott San Antonio
  • Silver Eagle Tupps
  • Space Center Houston
  • Central Market Houston
  • Boulevard Realty
  • Travel Texas Houston
  • Alliantgroup
  • Golf Live
  • DC Partners
  • Under the Influencer
  • Blossom Hotel
  • San Marcos Houston
  • Photo Essay: Holiday Gift Guide 2009
  • We Heart Hou
  • Walker House
  • HTX Good Eats 2013
  • HTX Ready to Jingle 2013
  • HTX Culture Motive
  • HTX Auto Awards
  • HTX Ski Magic
  • HTX Wonderful Weddings 2014
  • HTX Texas Traveler
  • HTX Cifford on the Catwalk 2014
  • HTX United Way 2014
  • HTX Up to Speed
  • HTX Rodeo 2014
  • HTX City Centre 2014
  • HTX Dos Equis
  • HTX Tastemakers 2014
  • HTX Reliant
  • HTX Houston Symphony
  • HTX Trailblazers
  • HTX_RealEstateConfidential_2014
  • HTX_IW_Marks_FashionSeries
  • HTX_Green_Street
  • Dating 101
  • HTX_Clifford_on_the_Catwalk_2014
  • FIVE CultureMap 5th Birthday Bash
  • HTX Clifford on the Catwalk 2014 TEST
  • HTX Texans
  • Bergner and Johnson
  • HTX Good Eats 2014
  • United Way 2014-15_Single Promoted Articles
  • Holiday Pop Up Shop Houston
  • Where to Eat Houston
  • Copious Row Single Promoted Articles
  • HTX Ready to Jingle 2014
  • htx woodford reserve manhattans
  • Zadok Swiss Watches
  • HTX Wonderful Weddings 2015
  • HTX Charity Challenge 2015
  • United Way Helpline Promoted Article
  • Boulevard Realty
  • Fusion Academy Promoted Article
  • Clifford on the Catwalk Fall 2015
  • United Way Book Power Promoted Article
  • Jameson HTX
  • Primavera 2015
  • Promenade Place
  • Hotel Galvez
  • Tremont House
  • HTX Tastemakers 2015
  • HTX Digital Graffiti/Alys Beach
  • MD Anderson Breast Cancer Promoted Article
  • HTX RealEstateConfidential 2015
  • HTX Vargos on the Lake
  • Omni Hotel HTX
  • Undies for Everyone
  • Reliant Bright Ideas Houston
  • 2015 Houston Stylemaker
  • HTX Renewable You
  • Urban Flats Builder
  • Urban Flats Builder
  • HTX New York Fashion Week spring 2016
  • Kyrie Massage
  • Red Bull Flying Bach
  • Hotze Health and Wellness
  • ReadFest 2015
  • Alzheimer's Promoted Article
  • Formula 1 Giveaway
  • Professional Skin Treatments by NuMe Express

    Shelby About Town

    Big-time tennis, Tilman, top guns and Dennis Rodman are among the socialnewsmakers

    Shelby Hodge
    Apr 5, 2011 | 3:42 pm
    • Tennis pros Ryan Sweeting left, and Ryan Harrigan flank Alice and Keith Mosingat the River Oaks International launch.
      Photo by Shelby Hodge
    • Steve and Joella Mach are among tennis sponsors.
      Photo by Shelby Hodge
    • J.B. and Marita Fairbanks, left, with Brady Knight
      Photo by Shelby Hodge
    • Sterling Bank CEO Downey Bridgwater at the Break for 8 - HoustonPBS SportingClays Challenge.
      Photo by Julie Coan
    • Tilman Fertitta and sound mixer Tony Rowland readying for the CNBC Power Lunchinterview.
      Photo by Shelby Hodge
    • Steve Tyler and Carrie Underwood at the Country Music Awards
    • Sporting clay chairs Butch Mach, left and George Ball flank HoustonPBS generalmanager John Hesse.
      Photo by Julie Coan
    • Trey Lipsitz, left, and Brady Knight at the HoustonPBS Sporting Clay Challenge.
      Photo by Julie Coan
    • Marita Fairbanks, from left, Alexandra Knight, Kelli Blanton and Dr. Lisa Santosat the tennis event.
      Photo by Shelby Hodge
    • Marcy Taub Wessel and Tom Wessel at tennis tourney launch.
      Photo by Shelby Hodge
    • Kim and Dan Moody, left, with Laurie and Reed Morian at the Mosing home.
      Photo by Shelby Hodge

    It was a heady contingent that schmoozed around the vast swimming pool at the chateau-style home of Alice and Keith Mosing on Sunday as key off-the-court players in the River Oaks International gathered not only to launch the popular tennis tournament at River Oaks Country Club but also to salute the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.

    Tournament chair David Modesett and wife Diane mingled through the crowd that spread from the interiors of the Mosing's River Oaks home to the broad terrace where the country club catering team proved that it can match the best of them when it comes to sophisticated party fare.

    The Mosings' home is literally a tennis ball-throw from center court where the tournament action began on Monday. Many of the tournament sponsors, which include the Mosings, were in the mix, such as Bobbie and John Nau, Downey Bridgewater, Marcy Taub Wessel and Tom Wessel, Shana and Andrew Linbeck, Terri and John Havens, Steve Brice and John Eads. Two of the players joined the party — Ryan Sweeting and Ryan Harrigan.

    In 2008 the River Oaks International merged with the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships to become the River Oaks U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. And with or without this imprimatur, the tournament is the singular most important week of seeing and being seen inside the Loop.

    Joining the party landscape were Laurie and Reed Morian, Adrian and Rex Ross, Judge Mike McSpadden with Jane Johnstone, Laurie and Brett Sanders, Kelli and Eddy Blanton and Steve and Joella Mach, who chairs the tennis tournament luncheon on Wednesday and Thursday.

     More smokin' guns

    Last week it was the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston clay shoot. This week, we focus on the ninth annual Break for 8 – HoustonPBS Sporting Clay Challenge held at the Greater Houston Gun Club. Chairs George Ball of Sanders, Morris, Harris and Butch Mach of Mach Industrial led the day to winning proceeds of $131,000.

    The day-long event included sub-guage, shooting clays and flurry competitions with 92 shooters, including one female, participating. Taking high overall honors was Mach Industrial Group while ATP Oil & Gas/Russell Reynolds won the sub-gauge competition, West Side Lexus the sporting clays and Bud Light/Silver Eagle Distributors won the team flurry.

    Among the individual shooters earning top rankings were Allen Brown, Lucian Bukowski, Hector Hernandez and the two chairs, Ball and Mach.

     Live from La Griglia

     Tilman Fertitta's bid to buy outstanding stock in McCormick & Schmick's attracted national attention that put the restaurant mogul in the spotlight Tuesday on CNBC's Power Lunch. The interview was broadcast live from La Griglia, part of the Landry's family, where more than a few local notables were power lunching themselves.

     John Beeson, Ali Ebrahimi and Neil Strauss held a corner table while Jack Rains and Kristi Schiller held court at another. Arthur Seeligson did business at a corner table, Jason Fuller and Cindy Clifford held forth at another as did Steve Trauber and Bill Wright at various tables.

    Before Fertitta sat down for his CNBC interview, yet another camera crew on the opposite side of the restaurant interviewed him for the local NBC affiliate.

    In an aside, freelance sound mixer Tony Rowland, owner of ABR Sound here, who handled audio for the CNBC interview, has been tapped by NBC national to be part of the team that is in London for the much-ballyhooed April 29 royal wedding.

     Still beaming

    That would be best buddies Cindy Clifford, marketing and PR specialist, and Jason Fuller, regional director for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who are just back from attending the Country Music Awards festivities in Las Vegas. Talk about having friends in the right places. This duo was invited out by a pal at the swank Bellagio who had tickets for them to the awards ceremonies at the MGM Grand. What he failed to mention was that the tickets were on the 12th row.

    "The show lasted three hours," Cindy e-mailed. "And we both said it was as if we had packed three weeks of the rodeo into those three hours, with way, way better seats!"

    Aside from close-up view of Keith Urban, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood, Cindy reports that "One of the most interesting parts was watching the ushers move seat fillers in and out of the seats when the guests up front left for a minute! It was constant shuffling and fun to watch!"

     Sight 'ems

    Basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman lunching at Del Frisco's on Monday where comedian Dennis Miller also found a quiet table . . .

    NFL Rookie of Year Ndamukong Suh, top-ranked golfer Lee Westwood and former Houston Oiler quarterback Warren Moon dining at different tables in Del Frisco's on Friday . . .

    Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb (formerly with the Philadelphia Eagles) dining at Sullivan's Ringside where VCU head coach Shaka Smart was recovering after the team's close loss to Butler . . .

    Sad Kentucky fans also drowning their sorrows at Armando's on Sunday night with Houston hosts Dr. Frances Jones and Florence Rutherford . . .

     Mark A. Emmert, president of the NCAA, hosting a small group dinner in the wine room at Prego.

    unspecified
    news/society
    CULTUREMAP EMAILS ARE AWESOME
    Get Houston intel delivered daily.

    Party Watch

    Bayou a Drink? Cocktails in Bloom draws a colorful crowd of Houstonians

    Joel Luks
    Jul 15, 2025 | 3:00 pm
    Buffalo Bayou Partnership Cocktails in Bloom 2025
    Courtesy of Buffalo Bayou Partnership
    Laura Massad, Cynthia Dehlavi, and Meredith Kruz.

    What: 2025 Cocktails in Bloom benefiting Buffalo Bayou Partnership

    Buffalo Bayou Partnership Cocktails in Bloom 2025
      

    Courtesy of Buffalo Bayou Partnership

    Laura Massad, Cynthia Dehlavi, and Meredith Kruz.

    Where: Lost Lake in Buffalo Bayou Park

    The Scoop: A vibrant swirl of color, cocktails, and community took over Lost Lake as nearly 200 supporters gathered for the fourth annual Cocktails in Bloom. This breezy outdoor affair — one of Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s signature spring events — celebrated the organization’s work to transform Houston’s historic waterway into a destination of trails, parks, and unforgettable spaces.

    As golden hour lit up the lush landscape, guests dressed in garden-party glam strolled the lakeside scene, drink in hand. Flora and Giant Texas Distillers kept spirits high with fresh, seasonal pours, while Chef Christian Hernandez and a who’s-who of local food favorites — Barbacana, Burger Bodega, Kin Dee, and more — offered bites that felt picnic-perfect but plated with flair.

    A lively soundtrack from Lou Alejandre and Houston Groove Society gave the evening a cool, jazzy edge, and the Quick Draw Photobooth had attendees lining up for playful sketches and snaps. Nature met nightlife in the most Houston way possible. Under the stars, with a cocktail in hand and a cause in mind.

    Who: Judy Nyquist, Jennifer and Tadd Tellepsen, Josep Prats, Sarah Newbery, Bryce Hairston Kennard, Stacy and Scott Humphries, Matt Assiff, Zion Escobar, Mark Conely, Maggie Tsang and Isaac Stein, and Sallie and Bob Wright.

    buffalo bayou partnershipparksfundraisers
    news/society

    most read posts

    Houston is one of America's most overpriced cities, study finds

    TikTok star Keith Lee crafts matcha latte for Hill Country flood relief

    More than 20 deals and specials celebrating Houston's 713 Day

    Loading...