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52 Meredith Zidell, Melanie Myers at Can Do By Jane Rozelle. Photography Kristina Bowman, Melissa Macatee, Lisa Means, Tamytha Cameron. W e adore an afternoon fling — or three. A trio of luncheons kept us out and about, starting with Dallas Museum of Art's Art in Bloom International fête, with a lecture by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, who oversees Britain's royal gardens. Next, we hopped to Highland Park for Wilkinson Center's Can Do! Luncheon at the always smart Dallas Country Club. To round things out, we noshed with Brené Brown — author and researcher known for her über-popular TED Talk — at the Sheraton downtown for Dallas Children's Advocacy Center Appetite for Advocacy Luncheon. ART IN BLOOM-ERS Chair Barbara Daseke; honorary chair Linda Ivy; Dallas Museum of Art League pres Jewel Williams; Barbara Durham, Anita Braun, Shannon Brame, Sylvia Hunt, Bonnie Kraus, Faye Briggs, Paige Lane, Sharon Gleeson, Debbie Newman, Marilyn Porter, Judy Dryden, Holly Huffines, and Susan Cooper. CAN-DO LUNCHEON GOERS Chair Sara Albert; Wilkinson Center's exec director Anne Reeder; Katherine Perot Reeves, Christina Parks, Marilu Rodriguez, Tucker Enthoven, Carole Jordan, Brett Gray, Richard Amory, Karla Nivens, and Adrienne O'Connor. DCAC CROWD Co-chairs Paula Richmond and Megan Steinbach; DCAC president and CEO Lynn Davis; Lauren Haskins, Irish Burch, Waverly and David Smith, Katie Pedigo, Jennifer LeLash, Julian Leaver, Kristen Mazza, and Katy Blakey. POWER LUNCHEONS OUR AIM IS TO RESPECT KENSINGTON PALACE'S HISTORIC FABRIC AND BUILD ON IT TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW NEEDS AND VISITORS MOVING FORWARD. — Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, Garden Advisor to Historical Royal Palaces in the United Kingdom and speaker for Art in Bloom International WE HEAR AND SEE FIRSTHAND THE MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE THAT OUR PROGRAMS MAKE IN CHANGING FAMILIES AND THEIR FUTURES. — Sara Albert, Wilkinson Center Can Do! Luncheon chair Barbara Daseke, Linda Ivy at Art in Bloom Brad Adams, Brené Brown, Jen Adams at DCAC Anne Reeder, Regina Montoya at Can Do Jocelyn White, Linda Spina at Art in Bloom Lauren Loftis, Emily Greene at DCAC Lauren Ozanus, Chelsea Hill at DCAC