What: Literacy Advance of Houston annual "Scrabble in the City" fundraiser.
Where: Saint Arnold Brewing Company.
The scoop: Party madness prevailed as wordsmiths, many in costumes, pitted their Scrabble skills against one another while sipping Saint Arnold's tasty brews and noshing on taste treats. "The Goya 8 Bean Salad" team (Peggi Stewart and Sarah and Scott Van Beck) took top honors. The "Scrabble Night Alive" contingent (Sarah Altemus, Diana and John Hoover and Marc Schroder) won for best team name. "The Playmates," loosely dressed as bunnies (Robin Dickehuth, Pat Guiterrez, Kathy Stockton and Jacqueline Yee) earned best team costume honors.
Among the more than 200 guests were Maria and Neil Bush, chairs of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, which matched funds resulting in a night's raise of $35,000 for adult literacy classes. Ellen Elam chaired and KPRC Channel 2's Khambrel Marshall served as emcee.
Who: Board president Brad Spalding, Drew Elam, Pam Morse and Dan Pastorini, April Lundy, Henry Torres, Larry Dierker, Debra Ford, Sarah Grimmer, David Irias, Dee Dee Dochen, Dawn Dixon, Angie Osborn and Stephanie Klein.
Joe Colangelo, Tamara East, Ellen Elam, Daniel East, Suzy Lopez.
