LA DOLCE VITA
The Season October to May
By Bill Dougherty Welcome back! We hope you had a great summer. While the majority of you were somewhere working on your tans on far away beaches; Vicki Vaughn, this year’s Evening of Trends chairman and her committee, worked throughout the summer. Our big event will be held on October 13th at Montelucia and they have made T-Gen our beneficiary for the next two years or more. The Trends Charitable Fund Focus is now on rare childhood diseases and ovarian cancer. The switch for the TCF has received overwhelming support. The community has reached out to them and to the magazine with countless cards, letters and emails in favor of the groundbreaking decision. We hope together we can make a difference and at the same time spread the message of this fine genomics research center. Much more on this and a special thank you to our community in our December issue. It’s no secret that we have had a wonderful relationship with Neiman Marcus and Vincent on Camelback for many many years. They have been so supportive of the publication and the countless charitable organizations with whom we work. So; the other day Kitty Broderick, the stores savvy PR czar, Aimee Josette of Fine Apparel and Dwight Giesse, my friend from our I. Magnin & Co days and the manager of
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