Delicious Alchemy for Recipe For Success

April 20, 2017 by Beth Muecke 1 Comment

Location: Home of Becca and John Thrash

Delicious Alchemy, a dinner celebrating the work of Recipe For Success Foundation, was recently held at the home of Becca and John Thrash, along with chairs Karina and Carlos Barbieri and founders Gracie and Bob Cavnar. [Read more…]

Miss Houston/Miss Houston Teen Pageant 2017

April 16, 2017 by Beth Muecke Leave a Comment

Miss Texas USA~Nancy Gonzales/Miss Houston 2017~Hannah Johannes/Miss Teen USA~Karlie Hay/Bethie/Miss Texas Teen USA~Kirby Lindley/Miss Houston Teen 2017~Yasmine Moussa
Miss Houston 2016~Logan Lester/Miss Houston 2017~Hannah Johannes/Miss Houston Teen 2017~Yasmine Moussa/MIss Houston Teen 2016~Mary Frances Nance
Logan Lester and Bethie
Stephanie Ludwig, Hannah Johannes, Blaine Ochoa
Miss Houston Teen 2016~Mary Frances Nance/Miss Houston 2016~Logan Lester
Judges Staci Henderson, Ursaline Hamilton, Ruchi Mukerjee
Miss Houston 2017 winner~Hannah Johannes/Miss Houston Teen 2017 winner~Yasmine Moussa
Logan Lester, Hannah Johannes
1st runner up Blaine Ochoa and Bethie
Miss Houston 2016 Logan Lester and former Miss Texas Nicole Lassiter
Logan Lester crowning Hannah Johannes
Mary Frances Nance crowing Yasmine Moussa
Opening number
Miss Houston Teen 2016 Mary Frances Nance and former Miss Texas Nicole Lassiter
Miss Houston top 5 Natalie Cortes, Hannah Uhlig, Hannah Johannes, Blaine Ochoa, Stephanie Ludwig
Miss Houston Teen contestants
Mary Frances Nance
Congratulations on a great year girls!
Nicole and Bethie
Miss Texas USA Nancy Gonzales, Miss Houston 2016 Logan Lester, Miss Houston Teen 2016 Mary Frances Nance and pageant host Albert Soliz
Hannah Johannes and her Mom

Location: Hilton Houston Post Oak

I had the privilege of attending the 2017 Miss Houston/Miss Houston Teen pageant this weekend! Last year I was a judge for the pageant, and have since become super fond of so many of these girls. [Read more…]

Chron.com: Festive “Carnevale di Venezia” Opera Ball

April 12, 2017 by Beth Muecke Leave a Comment

Festive “Carnevale di Venezia”-themed masquerade ball raises $1.75 million for Houston Grand Opera.White-tie with an Italian twist: here’s how Houston’s finest dolled up for Opera Ball 2017

Culturemap: Best Gowns at the Houston Grand Opera Ball

April 9, 2017 by Beth Muecke Leave a Comment

GOWNTASTIC OPERA BALL
Best gowns at the Houston Grand Opera Ball: Carnevale di Venezia theme brings out the masks, too.

Vail March 2017

March 27, 2017 by Beth Muecke Leave a Comment

Bethie and Kendra on Vail mountain
The Aspen trees <3
We got to meet Shaun White
My Dad's house
I Love You Dad <3

Location: Vail, Colorado

My father raised me going to Vail, Colorado and, thanks to him, I raised my children going there too. He had a house there for many years, [Read more…]

STARSTRUCK by the Stages Gala

March 25, 2017 by Beth Muecke 2 Comments

Nicole Lassiter, Bethie
Chairs Jo and Jim Furr
Princess Tatiana Galitzine and Guillermo Sierra
Mauri Oliver
Ralph Burch, Terry Wayne Jones, Jay Jones
Sergio Morales, Vivian Wise, Fady Armanious
Patty Murphy, Vicki Rizzo
Brittany Rose, Bethie
Rudy and Debbie Festari
Carolyn Farb
Juliana Faraza
Susie and Sanford Criner
James and Nicole Lassiter
Clifford Pugh and John Dascoulias
Jennifer Silva, Cori Matthews
Brian Bayne, Meghan McCracken
Megan Bailey, Sharon Torres, Vivian Wise
Roland Maldonado
Angels!!
Bill Baldwin, Fady Armanious
Selfie and goodnight!!
Raquel Fatiuk, Bethie, Nicole Lassiter

Location: The Corinthian

Stages Repertory Theater held their annual gala last night appropriately titled STARSTRUCK. This is always one of the funnest galas of the year with people dressing super “red carpet glamour”. [Read more…]