Sharon Albert Brier

College Bound

June 2008
Showing off some of the impressive accomplishments of the Class of 2008 are Blake Plummer and William Rosenstein, Hilary and Mary Rosenstein, and Dayna Skolkin (front). (Photo: ##http://www.andrewsphoto.com##www.andrewsphoto.com##)

Hats off to the Class of 2008! See why these graduates are in a class all their own.

Bellaire High School
Dayna Skolkin got accepted to eight universities and plans to attend UT with brother Emory Skolkin, who is a sophomore in the Plan II Honors program. Dayna plans to be in Denver for part of the summer and volunteer …

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Rumor Has It – August 2007

August 2007
Who would believe that Faye Tucker (pictured left) turned 100 in June? Her daughter Helene Atlas didn’t, but she still threw Faye a party to celebrate her landmark accomplishment.

The director of Vibe did a great job of putting the za za in at the Hotel ZaZa for their grand opening. Liquor glasses with colorful exotic drinks were readily available on the grand piano as guests made their way to the Phantom Ballroom and the Déjà vu Hemingway room. As partiers Bob Boudreaux and Arthur and Brenda Fant mingled …

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Rumor Has It – November 2006

November 2006
Sarah Klutts (left), Lila Tribolet, and Lea Mullins rode around in style for Sarah's 13th birthday.

He didn’t want to go but friend Steve Saka talked him into it. And that is how Ariel Bass won an all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas for two and a special party in Houston. He won a Texas hold ‘em poker tournament at the Men’s Club world championship. His new nickname, P.J., is in reference to his winning hand …

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Rumor Has It – October 2006

October 2006
Kris Brown (center) stops to chat with Leslie and Hedley Karpas (left and right) at the kick-off cocktail party for Kris Brown's Kick Club.

Roseann Rogers barely moved into her house in Bellaire before she hosted a vintage cowboy shower for Lara Bell Milam. Lara is the host of Wild About Houston on Channel 55. Seventy of her closest friends and family were there. Is it any surprise that Lara is having a little cowboy (her second baby)? It’s true—his gun showed up …

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Rumor Has It – September 2006

September 2006
Courtney Dart (left) and Parker and Lilly Sizemore take a break from partying at the Bellaire Last Splash Pool Bash to look adorable.

Bellaire Mayor Cindy Siegel was drowning in pride at the Bellaire Last Splash Pool Bash kick-off “fun-raiser” to build three new pools and update the multifunctional park. A fun leisure pool with a slide, a heated competition/exercise pool, and a separate swim team section will be ready for summer 2007. One hundred rubber ducks raced down the pool with the …

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Rumor Has It – August 2006

August 2006
Actress Minnie Driver and Bellaire's Molly Ware at a celebrity Pro-Am surf exhibition in California.

It’s no secret that 50 is the new 30. Perhaps that is why over 100 women visited with author Susan Swartz as she signed her new book, Ripe Living after 50, at the bookstore, More Than You Can Imagine, in River Oaks. A percentage of the purchases benefited the American Heart Association. Hostess and bookstore owner Vicki Rizzo wined the …

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Rumor Has It – July 2006

July 2006
Where there is tea, there is time for gals to get together. Pictured left to right: Arlyne Gimble, Nina Brown, Dorita Aron, Carol Goodfriend, and Linda Lesser.

No one wore a hat or gloves, but there was tea and plenty of food at Arlyne Gimble’s summertime tea party. A chance to see old and new friends, it was more about the time than the tea. Some of the neighborhood gals that nibbled on chocolates were Nina Brown, Carol Goodfriend, Dorita Aron, and Linda Lesser.

The perfect …

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Rumor Has It – June 2006

June 2006
Pink

The “Pink Girls” experienced what it is like to be movie stars. When they stepped out of their van wearing pink boas, to see Mary Wilson of the Supremes at the Stafford Center, people took their photos. The 12 good friends, Terry Upton, Lindy Neuhaus, Charlene Strickland, Ginger Upton, Nancy Laux, Nancy Godshall, deSha Norwood, Estelle Tees, Kenzie Hannah, Jeannie

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Rumor Has It – April 2006

April 2006
46ers Sandy Harris, Judy Salmon, Libby Marvins, and Sally Pehr are having more fun than ever.

Turning 60 is a group experience for the 46ers: Libby Marvins, Phyllis Applebaum, Sally Pehr, Judy Salmon, Judy Simon, Judy Turpie, Jayne Nathan, Barbara Glave, Sandy Harris, Cheryl Nussenblatt, Teri Wathen, and Susan Speer. The 12 women, who dubbed themselves 46ers, were born in 1946 and have been friends since they were teenagers. To celebrate, they took a Caribbean …

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