NEIGHBORS
.
by Sharon Albert Brier, staff writer
Lovely ladies. Spring dresses and sunshine made for a perfect day at Suzie Johnson’s home where the Houston Junior Forum celebrated 70 years with a tea. The lunch honored presidents past and present – Janet Juban, Cooky Mays, Margaret Petersen, Jacque Royce, Cindy Cochran, Kay Newman, Paula Howeth, Judy Watson Perkins, Carolyn Kares, Gayle Barnett, Barbara Boek, Jan Arrington and Lucia Dixon Street. The new president is Kim Vidor. Abstract. When Houston artist Joseph Cohen met the future cultural arts manager for the city of Sugar Land, Lindsay Davis, four years ago, a picture-perfect merger was bound to happen. They were wed at sunset April 30 in the garden of the Montebello. Friends held a canopy chuppah covered with tallises that once belonged to Joseph’s grandfather and great grandfather. The couple was entwined in Joseph’s father’s (the late Ron Cohen) tallis as Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss chanted the blessings. The parents of the couple, Mirl Cohen and Celeste and Bruce Davis, witnessed the masterpiece creation. The couple will honeymoon in picturesque France. Strangers in the night. Alicia Cribbs and Kyle McIlheran initially met through a mutual friend in 2013, but it did not go as intended. They ran into each other six months later, and they have been running toward each other ever since. Alicia went to Kyle’s home one morning and noticed candles lit in the kitchen and dogs with bows around their necks. She said, “Yes.” They wed April 9 at the Kiehne Creek Farm in Fredericksburg in a field of bluebonnets, wildflowers and a few cows. Kyle surprised Alicia by singing The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra. A late-night snack of grilled cheese and Paulie’s cookies was served before the couple departed for Belize, where they swam with sharks and stingrays. The Best is Yet to Come, say the parents of the couple, Judd and Sheila Cribbs and Julie Wareing McIlheran. Hill Country. Maria Butler finally made the move to Hunt, Texas, where she has been visiting since she was a child. She was motivated by her four children, Duncan, Ria, Joanna and
Anthony Rathbun
Rumor Has It
LOVE AND MARRIAGE Lindsay Davis Cohen grins as she joins husband Joseph Cohen, as a modern-day flower girl, aka garden nymph, stands by.
Burke, who live between Austin and Boerne. Suzie Johnson hosted a farewell gathering for 30, which included well-wishers Isla Reckling, Rosalind Crawford, Linda Gale White, Susan Baker, Mariquita Masterson, Kathleen Rogers and Sarah Jennings. Many of the partiers have second homes in Hunt. A model event. The 17th Annual Spirit of Spring Luncheon and Fashion Show benefiting The Children’s Assessment Center raised a record $430,000 for programs critical to the healing of child victims of sexual abuse. Event chairs Kelley Lubanko and Kelli Weinzierl applauded the Modern Love collection of Milly fashions from Neiman Marcus. Former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur shared her story of triumph over tragedy as a childhood-incest survivor. In the crowd of 520 were Dominique Sachse (mistress of ceremonies), Stephen Lewis (auctioneer for the Chopard Boutique), John Weinzierl, Diane Caplan, Brady Crosswell, Tena Lundquist Faust and Megan Sutton-Reed. Groovy party. Love, Peace & Rock and Roll was the theme for the Alley Theatre’s Join the Band Gala. The fest featured rock music that transported costumed guests to another era. Guitars graced the tables with the names of the table sponsor, and huge portraits of famed
TANGLEWOOD/RIVER OAKS BUZZ JUNE 2016 22
singers were hung on the walls of the Silver Street Studios event space. Band groupies included Oscar Brown and Sarah Morgan, Kevin Black and Tony Bradfield, Gracie and Bob Cavnar, Andrew Cordes and Brian Teichman, Janet Gurwitch and Ron Franklin, Molly and Ford Hubbard, Kathryn and Jim Ketelsen, Christopher Knapp, Carmen and Butch Mach, Soraya and Scott McClelland, Jerry and Melanie Martin, Dancie and Jim Ware, and Sheridan and John Eddie Williams. The best kiss. For over 30 years, the Cronin and Brauer Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic through its Operation San Jose project has traveled throughout Mexico and Central and South America to train medical professionals and equip them with supplies to perform medical procedures. Hostess Sylvia Brauer threw a fundraiser for the clinic in honor of her late husband, Dr. Raymond Brauer, who started the foundation, and thanked the underwriter, The Fresh Market, and supporters Tom Troegel, Ellen Marrus, Heidi Massin and Dana Pittsenberg.
MORE ONLINE See Rumor Has It at thebuzzmagazines.com for additional photos. Have some good news to share? Email us at info@thebuzzmagazines.com.