To increase awareness of the upcoming Houston Croquet Classic that benefits the Sunshine Kids Foundation, we are having a happy hour at Marfreless from 6:00 to 8:00 or so on Tuesday, February 16. It also happens to be Mardi Gras, and an additional excuse to grab a cocktail or two. We will be collecting donations, encouraging registration for Croquet, and we might even have a raffle prize.
The annual Houston Croquet Classic will be held on Saturday, March 13 at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. It's centered around a competitive, if typically poorly played croquet tournament complemented with an expansive silent auction, a fajita lunch, live music (The Fondue Monks), and a VERY open bar. If you have been before, you know that it is a lot of fun, and it also raises money for an exemplary local charity.
Mike Riccetti
Note from Lori: Marfreless is the bar in the parking lot behind the River Oaks Theatre on West Gray. there is a white outdoor staircase and a blue door. That is the infamous Marfreless. The coolest bars are hidden!
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BOOK CLUB
Book Club is the Third Thursday of the month unless otherwise indicated by the Hostess.
Members (by order of rotation)
Sandra . Lori . Clare . Cara . Carole . Shawn . Crista . Libby . Jayme . Laura . Catherine . Veronica . Karen . Betsy
March 19, 2015 - CRISTA - How To Be Both: A Novel by Ali Smith
April 16, 2015 - LIBBY - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
May 21, 2015 - JAYME - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
June 18, 2015 - LAURA
July 16, 2015 - CATHERINE
August 20, 2015 - VERONICA
September 17, 2015 - KAREN
October 15, 2015 - BETSY
ROTATION RESTARTS
November 19, 2015 - SANDRA
DECEMBER - ORNAMENT EXCHANGE: FIRST THURSDAY, December 3, 2015 - LORI's
JANUARY 14, 2016 - LORI
FEBRUARY 18, 2016 - CLARE
MARCH 17, 2016 - CARA
APRIL 21, 2016 - CAROLE
MAY 19, 2016 - SHAWN
JUNE 16, 2016 - CRISTA
JULY 21, 2016 - LIBBY
AUGUST 18, 2016 - JAYME
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 - LAURA
OCTOBER 20, 2016 - CATHERINE
NOVEMBER 17, 2016 - VERONICA
DECEMBER - ORNAMENT EXCHANGE: FIRST THURSDAY, December 1, 2015 - LORI's
JANUARY 19, 2017 - KAREN
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 BETSY
ROTATION RESTARTS
Some Past Books: The Help, Love Monkey, the Poisonwood Bible, A Piece of Cake, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Escape, Big Fish, Mom Always Liked You Best, Loving Frank, Ricochet: A Novel, Twilight, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, My Sister's Keeper, The Carrie Diaries, The Liars Club, The Worst Thing I've Done, The Wish Club, Still Alice, Middlesex, 'Tis, Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Cutting for Stone, The Island, Timeline, My Lobtomy, Water for Elephants, Zeitoun, The Cat's Table, The Hunger Games, Sarah's Key, A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love and Loss by RoseMarie Terenzio, Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb, City of Thieves by David Benioff, The Caller, Fifty Shades of Grey, Room, Gone Girl, Life of Pi, Swamplandia, And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, The Light Between Oceans: A Novel by M.L. Stedman, Where's you Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple, The Dinner by Herman Koch, Heft by Liz Moore, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso, Little Failure: A Memoire by Gary Shtygart, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, One Plus One by Jojo Moyes, The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld, I Forgot to Remember by Susan E Mec ...
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy hour for the Houston Croquet Classic
We will be at Cowboy Moth at HOB, but here is a way to make your Fat Tuesday meaningful - party for a cause! LOL