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SPARKLE PLENTY Tena Lundquist Faust, Shelly Ann Marks, Tama Lundquist at Bulgari Monica Bailey Bickers Kristen Cannon at Bulgari Jana Giammalva at Wayne Smith BEGUILING SOIRÉES AT BULGARI, I W MARKS, PAST ERA, WAYNE SMITH AND ZADOK JEWELERS David Armendariz, Jenna Robichaux Charlie Montague at I W Marks Yelana Katchan, Ashley Miranda Patricia Eadie, Sarah Jacobs at Wayne Smith at Bulgari CATHERINE D. ANSPON DOES SOME GEM GAZING. PHOTOGRAPHY SONTERA DRESCH, SETH VAUGHAN, ROSWITHA VOGLER, AND MICHELLE WATSON FOR CATCHLIGHT GROUP. SPEAKING IN VOLUMES AT BULGARI Cocktails clinked and bons mots were penned when Joanne King Herring, international social star and activist for Afghanistan, headlined at an intime party hosted by Bulgari, where Miz Herring has been a very good client. (One of her stunners graces the blockbuster volume Bulgari.) The evening toasted the guest of honor's recent release, Diplomacy and Diamonds, which tantalizingly fills in details left out of Charlie Wilson's War. Supporting cast: Bulgari Houston boutique director Karen TunerSmith with husband Robert Smith; Bulgari exec Yelana Katchan, in from NYC; twin set Tama Lundquist and Tena Lundquist Faust, dishing with Shelly Ann Marks; Judith Oudt; Joan Blaffer Johnson; John Mecom; Billy Burge, raising flutes with Carolyn King; Miz Herring's son Beau King; Sherry Shao-To; Harriet Gertner and son Lance Rosmarin; Terry Chalmers; and Aries Milan. Emily Cotton, Christen Hatfield at I W Marks Brad Marks, Joanna Hartland at I W Marks Diane Caplan, Nancy Marcus Golden at I W Marks I W MARKS' RALLY CRY I W Marks' holiday soirée also gave back, via a big-hearted silent auction stocked with amazing bauble loot and other goodies, to benefit the Rally for Kids with Cancer. (Save the dates: October 19 and 20, 2012.) Benevolent ones: Daniel Marks and Brad Marks, who presided over the sparkly night; Rally for Kids director Patricia Eadie; Nancy Marcus Golden; Susan Marks; Joanna Hartland; Hannah and Cal McNair; Emily Cotton; Christen Hatfield; Sarah Jacobs; Diane Caplan; Jenna Robichaux; and Karen and Byron Hood. Corky Rebstock at Past Era PAST ERA GLAMOUR Important Edwardian diamond rings, dramatic Deco bracelets and all manner of lovely Art Nouveau baubles were some of the attention getters at Past Era Antique Jewelry's holiday cocktail, which served as a grand opening for its new West Alabama bijoux emporium. Owner and founder Marion Glober, with husband Gary Glober, greeted friends, fans and followers including Cindy and Larry Burns, Caroline and Peter Billipp, Sam Bethea, Cynthia and Mark Palmer, Becky Randolph with Gerald Bertolino, and Beverly and Robert Pickelner. Liba Fishel, Todd Stern Gina Fishbeck at Zadok's John Jamail Jr., Harriet Gertner at Wayne Smith Caroline & Peter Billipp at Past Era WAYNE SMITH JEWELS DECKS THE HALL At Wayne Smith's eponymous Uptown Park jewel stop, vintage, estate and contemporary creations (designed by the discerning Mr. Smith himself) caught our eye. We weren't the only ones. Ringing in the season at the jewel-box boutique: etiquette lady Annie Cater, Renea Abbott, Denny Lyons, Aileen Gordon, Maggi Jones, Don Mafrige Jr. chatting up Suzy Simons, Terry Wayne Jones, Houston Ballet's James Nelson, Richard Lapin, John Jamail Jr., Dania Manning, Laura Ward, and Joyce and Alfred Goodman. Wayne Smith Aileen Gordon at Wayne Smith Dror & Helene Zadok at Zadok's Marion Giober Sam Bethea at Past Era 35 CANDLES AT ZADOK JEWELERS It seems 1976 was a very good year. Three and a half decades later, seventh-generation Zadok Jewelers put on the ritz and glitz to celebrate the bijoux purveyor's 35th anniversary. Houston store founders Helene and Dror Zadok, joined by sons Segev, Gilad and Jonathan, hosted a lavish gem bash that doubled as a holiday fête, complete with mammoth diamond-shaped ice sculpture, a cake that served hundreds of well-wishers, and PAs by designers such as Rina Limor. In the gilded setting: Beth Wolff, Kara Howes, dashing Texans GM Rick Smith and wife Tiffany, Karina Barbieri, and Maybritt Mujadzic. Becky Randolph Gerard Bertolino at Past Era Beau King at Bulgari Joanne King Herring Karen Turner-Smith at Bulgari Beth Wolff at Zadok's Gilad & Lisa Zadok at Zadok's Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff at Wayne Smith Susan & Daniel Marks at I W Marks Tiffany Smith, Jonathan Zadok, Rick Smith at Zadok's Amy & Segev Zadok at Zadok's Azra Rauf at Bulgari Samir Hamman at Bulgari Suzy Simons, Don Mafrige Jr. at Wayne Smith Nicole Nguyen, Trang Trinh at Zadok's Johnette Dodson, Denny Lyons, Holly Paull at Wayne Smith FEBRUARY | PAGE 12 | 2012 Georgia Baker, Annie Cater Maggi Jones at Wayne Smith