October is the perfect time to reunite with friends for a “homecoming” party, and what better backdrop than college football. Living near Rice Stadium, we mark each of the Owls’ home games on our calendar with red ink. At times, it seems the Owls’ glory days (1954 Cotton Bowl champs!) are in the past; therefore,…

The weather is starting to cooperate and it’s not horrifically hot outside, which can only mean one thing, Houston society season is back in action. Though the 2018 parties kicked off back in April, things really kicked into full gear in September with everything from a Texans party at Steak48 to the Houston Symphony’s grand return to…

ELIZABETH ANTHONY, THE UPTOWN PARK STAPLE among Houston ladies who lunch, served up fall couture last week at the Junior League of Houston’s annual Opening Style Show. The event, which in recent years had showcased looks from Tootsies, sent Junior League members-turned-models down the runway in ensembles from labels like Giambattista Valli, Prabal Gurung, and Christian Siriano—all carried at…

Junior League’s annual Opening Style Show and Uptown Park mainstay Elizabeth Anthony is back in. With the catwalk change-up comes a clientele shift, too. Elizabeth Anthony’s sophisticated and conservative crowd filled seats inside of the Junior League’s classic ballroom. Under sparkling chandeliers, the specialty boutique, which last participated in the Opening Style Show in 2013,…

What: The Junior League of Houston opening fashion show luncheon Where: The Junior League of Houston headquarters on Briar Oaks Lane PC Moment: What could put the ladies in more of a fall mood than the grand array of seasonal fashions from Elizabeth Anthony that hit the catwalk in a tempting reminder that the big parties and luncheons are just around the…

FOR MANY KIDS, BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING at Target is a given. But for a group of nearly 100 in Houston last month, it was a special occasion when, on an early Saturday morning in August, more than 80 volunteers from the Junior League of Houston hit the aisles of Target’s Central store to serve as personal shoppers…

Cooking Buzz is produced in partnership with the Junior League of Houston, a women’s charitable and education organization founded in 1925. As a mother of two young children, ages 6 and 3, a lot of my day revolves around food – preschoolers and kindergartners are obsessed with eating (or asking for food and then not…

Ten years ago, the Junior League of Houston published Peace Meals: A Book of Recipes for Cooking and Connecting. As members prepared to distribute the new cookbook celebrating a “nourishing connection,” Hurricane Ike struck Houston, wreaking havoc and prompting residents to reach out and help each other. That connection was on display again a year…

The gavel was passed at the last meeting of the year to the new 2018-19 Junior League of Houston executive committee. Last year’s executive committee included (pictured, from left) Steph Magers, Mary Lee Wilkens, Catherine Smith, Sarah Snyder, Mitra Woody, Courtney Hoyt and Melisse Reynolds. Incoming executive committee members are Magers, president; Jayne Sheehy Johnston,…

Cooking Buzz is produced in partnership with the Junior League of Houston, a women’s charitable and education organization founded in 1925. Galveston during my childhood. I can practically smell the salt in the air and feel the sand between my toes, remembering hours of shell-hunting, castle-building and card games with my grandmother. I also remember…