Issue link: http://papercitymagazine.uberflip.com/i/1087553
38 HEY, BIG SPENDERS SHELBY HODGE SHOPS TILL SHE DROPS. PHOTOGRAPHY PRISCILLA DICKSON, BONNER RHODEN. C hampagne flowed and credit cards flew for Houston Tri Delta Alumnae's fifth annual The Sale at the Bayou City Event Center. The two-day fund-raiser for The University of Texas MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital began with a champagne shopping preview, where the chicest of bargain hunters enjoyed early access to discounted goodies from more than 50 high-style Houston merchants, including Tenenbaum Jewelers, À Bientôt, and Savannah House. Adding substance to the shopping were special programs from Dr. Richard Gorlick and Dr. Branko Cuglievan of MD Anderson and Zsila Sadighi of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, who conferred on their research programs, and a New Year, New You panel discussion with House of Harper's Caroline Harper Knapp, Switch2Pure's Estela Cockrell, and The Blond Pantry's Marla Murphy. WHO: The Sale chairs Johnnie Taylor and Libby Sims; Houston Tri Delta Philanthropies president Jen Moss; Nan Kelley (also a Tri Delta alumna), host of Great American Country's Top 20 Countdown and Grand Ole Opry Live; Caroline Christian; Pam Sengelmann; Connie Wright; Tami Owen; Dee Dee Robinson; Paige Wilson; Shelby Doehring; Grace Kim; Laura McWilliams; and Tiffany Halik. See more Shelby Hodge at papercitymag.com. THE SALE IGNITES MARKDOWN MAYHEM FOR A WORTHY CAUSE. Dee Dee Robinson, Connie Wright, Tami Owen Kathy Bateman, Melinda Wooten Lori Claypool, Tiffany Herleth, Katie Corts Marla Murphy, Caroline Harper Knapp, Estela Cockrell Claire Day, Martha White Ellie Wright Graham, Leighton Duke, Taylor Duke Deutsch Robyn Canterbury, Alicia Kimmel Chair Libby Sims, chair Johnnie Taylor, Jen Moss Kerstie Moran, Kristin Volentine Elizabeth Henderson Diana Dillworth Hoover