Birthday party held for friends who celebrate January birthdays
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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS UNITE
Marilyn Balyeat and Candy Dulaney were at the January Birthday party. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace).
Friends who share January birthdays met for the January Birthday Party in the home of Susan Edwards. Co-hostesses were Annie Bohanon, Sheryl Nikkel, Sandy Shapard and Martha Williams.
The dining room table held a centerpiece of tulips, Gerber daisies and Belles of Ireland. Menu items included tea sandwiches, dips and cookies.
Guests wore new nametags with their names and day of birth.
Among the people at the party were Jeary Seikel, Brenda McDaniel, Mary Kay Samis, Dannie Bea Hightower, Betsy Thorpe, Lil Ross, Marilyn Balyeat, Sue Ann Hyde, Connie Givens, Melba Rhinehart, Candy Dulaney, Jane Webb, Mary Margaret Ledbetter, Patty Jones, Caroline Gist, Phyllis Stough, Marilyn Smotherman, Jeanne Polk, Anne Holbrook.
Betsy Thorpe, Annie Bohanon and Susan Edwards have January birthdays.
Brenda McDaniel and Sandy Shapard celebrate their birthdays.
Cynthia Meyerson, Jeary Seikel and Lil Ross arrive at the party.
Oliver Boudin and Michael Powell talk about the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club
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Oliver Boudin, Chief Operating Officer and Manager, and Michael Powell, Executive Chef, from the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, talk about their club and parties.
Speaker’s Ball called off today due to the winter weather
The 2010 Speaker’s Ball set for 6 p.m. Friday, January 29th, has been canceled due to winter weather. It was originally set for the Centennial Building at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds. Chris Benge is Oklahoma Speaker of the House.
Chef John Bennett cooks memorable food from The Cellar Restaurant
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Remember these? The dessert cart from the original Cellar Restaurant held Mama Bennett’s 4-Layer Coconut Cake, Oeufs a La Neige-Snow Eggs, Trifle Chantilly and the famous original Mousse Au Chocolate with Whipped Cream during the Cellar Restaurant at Hightower retrospective dinner at Paseo Grill in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman).
Chef John Bennett brought back The Cellar Restaurant menu at a dinner at the Paseo Grill. The evening was in such demand that the there were two nights dedicated to the special event.
All the familiar foods from Frank Hightower’s Restaurant were served including New England clam chowder, corned beef sandwich, chicken salad and Shrimp de Johnge. The dessert cart, reminding all present of the Cellar’s way of serving, featured the guest’s forever favorites: Mama Bennett’s four -layer coconut cake, Oeufs a la Neige with fresh berries, Trifle Chantilly, and chocolate mousse.
Chef Bennett gave the history of The Cellar and Dannie Bea Hightower added to the information about the food and her late husband, Frank Hightower. Paseo Grill owner Joe Jungmann was host.
The tables at The Cellar were set with excellent china and silver and these place settings from the original Cellar Restaurant were on display during the Cellar Restaurant at Hightower retrospective reception at Paseo Grill. (Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman).
20-40-60 Etiquette question and answers
Parties Extra!… 20-40-60 Question…from a conversation with a friend.
YOU ASK…WE ANSWER…YOU DECIDE
QUESTION: What are your cell phone pet peeves?
Callie’s Answer: I HATE it when a number I don’t know calls me and doesn’t leave a message! I am always tempted to call it back but I think not leaving a voice mail is rude! YOU called ME!
Also, I don’t like it when you text someone and they call you. I texted you because I couldn’t call you! Another one I can’t stand is when individuals abbreviate their text messages. COME ON! Phone etiquette!
Lillie-Beth’s Answer: Those who feel they need to answer the cell phone the second it rings or receives a text, even when they’re in mid-conversation with you. It’s very disruptive.
…Having a private conversation over the cell phone via text In front of others. If it’s that urgent, excuse yourself and tell them why. If the urgent phone call happens to me (the urgency is usually child-related), when I return, I usually explain and apologize profusely.
…Overhearing intimate details of a strangers’ lives while they’re talking loudly on their cell phones in public places.
…Conversations through the checkout counter and out the other end, especially when it slows down attempts to empty a shopping cart for the cashier.
…Dropped calls that leave you and your conversation hang…
I offer these with apologies and with the full realization that I, too, am occasionally guilty of letting the cell phone invade time with actual people. The cell phone can quickly become a lifeline to another world, healthy or not.
And here’s a question for our readers: Have you ever been on the phone in your parked car outside some place only to have a friend walk up? Did you interrupt the phone call to visit with the person or do you wave your friend off until you’re finished? How did you handle it? What if it were a serious conversation?
Helen’s Answer: I am most annoyed when someone in the car ahead of me on the road is talking away and not paying attention to driving. If they miss a green light or they are weaving all over the road while talking, it is troublesome to all drivers.
My other pet peeve is when the catchy tune of the cell phone ring interrupts lunch or dinner, a meeting or a conversation with a friend. Set the phone to vibration.
Hilarie H. Blaney, Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant’s, Answer: 1. Cell phones ringing in a funeral or wedding. “On December 30th I attended a funeral and stood to recite a prayer just as a cell phone rang. When attending the funeral of my former boss Senator Bellmon, a cell phone rang. Amazing.”
2. Listening to people in the doctor’s office, elevator and heaven forbid, the bathroom.
3. Not listening to a voice mail, but calling the person to say “you called?” That makes someone repeat a detailed message they have already left for you.
(Callie Gordon, a college sophomore, is a debutante this year and has been in many new social situations recently. Lillie-Beth Brinkman is a former debutante and currently the assistant features editor for The Oklahoman. Helen Wallace has written a social column for The Oklahoman for many years and has been on various local Ball committees.
This group does not always agree (via age differences), but they ALL see the need for proper behavior.)
Ask a specific etiquette question and you will get three answers…Then you decide for yourself how you would handle the situation. The answers have information for every age range….Callie is 20-ish; Lillie-Beth is 40-something, and Helen is 60-plus.
Please email us with your questions and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and daily blogs. We will try to answer your etiquette questions weekly on the Parties Extra! blog. Sometimes we will ask other people for their opinions. Look for us!
helen.wallace@cox.net…lbrinkman@opubco.com… calliezok3@aol.com
Tom McDaniel named Grand Marshal in St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Tom McDaniel, 2010 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal
Tom McDaniel, Oklahoma City University President, is the Grand Marshal of the 2010 St. Patrick’s Parade which is set for March 13th.
He will also be honored on March 6th at the St. Patrick’s Green Tie Gala. The event benefits the Catholic Charities’ Sanctuary Women’s Development Center, a special program for homeless women and children. It is at 6:30 p.m. at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. Martin Rouine, consul general of Ireland, will attend.
For information or tickets, call 405-523-3000, or go to www.catholiccharitiesok.org. or Wimgo.com
The honor of “Grand Marshal” is given each year to a man or woman of Irish descent who has made extraordinary contributions to the Oklahoma City community. The Parade is at 1 p.m. March 13th and Paula Jones is parade committee chairman. The parade begins at NW 6th and Broadway.
McDaniel’s community service includes positions on the Oklahoma Centennial Commission, State Fair of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the Oklahoma State Chamber, UMB Oklahoma Bank, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Downtown Rotary Club. He and his wife, Brenda, have chaired the Oklahoma City Art Museum’s annual Renaissance Ball and were 2006 co-chairmen for the Reflections of Hope dinner for the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Foundation.
Karen Luke named board president of Girl Scouts-Western Oklahoma
Karen Luke receives the president’s gavel from Pat Aaron. (Photos provided)
Karen Luke is the new board president of the Girl Scouts-Western Oklahoma. She was named at the annual meeting Jan. 16th. New members of the board were also announced.
Three special awards were given to longtime supporters of the Girl Scouts-Western Oklahoma: Jan Garrett, Oklahoma City; Deanne Hughes, Tulsa, and Mary Nichols, Oklahoma City.
Luke graduated from the University of Oklahoma. She served as the first director of Leadership Oklahoma City, Chairman of the OKC National Memorial Foundation and Junior League past president and is currently director of SSM Oklahoma/St. Anthony and Bone & Joint Hospitals and Allied Arts. She is on the Oklahoma City Board for BancFirst Oklahoma.
She has been honored by Downtown Now, Girl Scouts Red Lands Council Women of Distinction, Junior League International, Byliners Award, Phi Beta Kappa-Oklahoma City Chapter- and the Oklahoma Health Center Foundation.
She is also active with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the OU Institute for Breast Health and has worked with the Juliette Low Leadership Society for the Girl Scouts.
Jan Garrett, Mary Nichols and Deanne Hughes were presented special awards at the meeting.
Happy birthday Dannie Bea
Lindsay, Johnson, Dannie Bea, Michael, and Millie Hightower were at the birthday party. (Photo by David Faytinger).
Dannie Bea Hightower was the honoree at a birthday party given by Seyan and John Hefner. It was a dinner buffet and the hosts served a beautiful cake topped in flowers. Lovely antique china, silver and tablecloths were used.
Several of the guests were Dannie Bea’s Wilson Elementary School classmates: Carolyn Berry, Martha Williams, Betty Rowntree.
Among the other guests were family members and neighbors from Heritage Hills including Jerriann and Goeffrey Altshuler, Geraldine Raupe, Betty and Bill Raulston, Virginia Hefner and Leigh Hefner.
Helen Ford Wallace with birthday shout outs!
Linda Miller, Lillie-Beth Brinkman, Paige Dillard and Grayson Cook filmed and produced this birthday shout out. I love it! HFW
Larry Brannon talks about holiday cooking and shares a couple of recipes
Larry Brannon talks about cooking.
