Susie Simon’s Park Cities house literally crows. It’s because the diminutive hostess loves roosters and they’re found roosting especially in her top-notch kitchen. One was the MacKenzie-Childs creation that was a gift from one of her kiddos. Its mate was a gift from her other daughter, but it was nesting at Susie’s lake house.
On Monday, January 19, Susie pointed to a black-and-white teapot on her Viking range. Smeared words decorated the pot. It seems that five years ago following the death of Susie’s husband, she had met Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson on her visit to Dallas to promote her association with MacKenzie-Childs at Neiman’s Downtown. Upon purchasing the pot, Fergie wrote a personal note on it. Only problem? Susie’s diligent housekeeper tried her darndest to wipe off the scribblings.
Didn’t matter. Susie knew and appreciated the effort of all. But on this night, the focus wasn’t on teapots or roosters. It was on the guests attending The Soup’s On! patron party.
On the covered porch teenagers Kate Clifford and her brother John Clifford were joined by Grace Coleman. They were there because, “Our folks were involved in the party.”
Actually the Clifford kids’ folks were half present. Mom Jennifer Clifford was meeting and greeting. Dad Joe was en route. He had just recently returned from Haiti. Jennifer admitted that while her husband wasn’t a doctor, he knew how to meet- and-greet Haitians. He even managed to learn a few Haitian Creole French words, like “Just have a seat over there.”
In the living room, Soup’s On! Speaker Jimmy Wayne was joining Luncheon Co-Chairs Anne Besser and Jackie Moore to the delight of photographers.
In the entrance, Jan Osborn reported that earlier in the day she had tried out the new SMU tennis courts. Review? Spectacular.
But it was an early evening. The next day’s luncheon benefiting The Stewpot Alliance would have Chef Chair Brian Luscher and his crew of celebrity chefs (Donald Chalko, Bruno Davaillon, Omar Flores, Chad Houser, Chad Kelley, Matt McCallister, Danyele McPherson, Janice Provost, Abraham Salum, Oliver Sitrin and Sarah Snow ladling bowls of “designer” soups to help those in need.