There’s nothing like the gals getting together for lunch. But when it’s the Cattle Baron’s Ball lassies and Traffic LA fashions at The Joule Hotel, then it’s fundraising and fun raising.
So, what was the fashion du jour? It was jazzy and snazzy with Matthew Simon throwing smidgets of commentary. Hey, he knew his audience and they didn’t need to be led to the trough to drink in the season’s trends.
For instance, those adorably short skirts that your boyfriend would have approved and for which your grandma would have given you the “stinky eye.”
Just ask Olivia Kearney. Arriving late, the Fort Worth darling made her entrance in between models. Upon eyeing the itty-bitty poof skirts, she giggled that hubby Jeff Kearny would have described the ladies who wore such precious skirts as “ducks”. Excuse me. Come again? You’ll have to ask the Kearneys for a full explanation. Be prepared for a giggle and a blush.
At the head table where CBB Co-Chairs Cindy Stager and Jill Tananbaum were holding court, the topics focused on HP Village rumors. Someone whispered they had heard Deno’s, Tom Thumb and Starbucks were gonners. Your intrepid MSC crew sent the intern elf to check that rumor out with HPV spokes beauty Kersten Rettig.
But still the girls fantasized about life if the rumors proved to be true. What a major giggle! Without hesitation table guests claimed rights to start cobbling, café latteing and producing produce at their homes.
On the other hand, the more serious among the group included Teffy Jacobs, who reported that her mom, Doris “Mansion-selling Maven” Jacobs, was rehabbing from a v-e-r-y nasty fall. Not to worry about a slow-down in area real estate sales. Doris is on the phone and Teffy is showing the estates. BTW, Doris’ signing hand is just fine and dandy for closing deals.
Another factoid arising from the luncheon is that since announcing the move to Gilley’s and Kenny Chesney being the headliner, the CBB committee team — Amy Green, D’Andra Simmons, Mary Martha Pickens and Gini Florer — has raised $1.26M so far for the American Cancer Society.
To go with dessert, the Joule’s ESPA founder Susan Harmsworth briefly talked about skincare. She surprised some by reporting that one of today’s problems is “young women using very aggressive procedures and very aggressive products on skin that really should be calmed and soothed resulting in rosacea, middle-aged acne, all sorts of things.” Looking around the room, this problem was not visible with this crowd. Everyone looked flawless. But as a parting gift, Susan provided each with a teaser of the ESPA products and an invitation to visit the spa. It wouldn’t have been surprising to have seen some of the gals opening the goodies before they pulled into their driveways.