Parties Extra!

Helen Ford Wallace interviews Etiquette Expert Carey Sue Vega about holiday parties and party good manners.

Click here for more Parties Extra! photos Ree Drummond, award- winning blogger,  signs her new cookbook “The Pioneer Woman Cooks” at Full Circle Bookstore.  The line of people, who were carrying her cookbook and waiting for her signature, stretched throughout 50 Penn Place.

Drop by Trochta’s  Flowers and check out their Thunder display.

Amy Grant. (Photo provided). Tamara Hermen reminded us that the 53rd annual Flaming Festival will be at the  Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club  on Wednesday, Nov.

Here are some excerpts from Judy Savage’s article that ran in The Oklahoman on October 26th, along with a video about her ideas.  She is really a neat and creative landscape designer.

A Cocktail reception was held in the home of Pam and Bill Shdeed to honor author John Grisham who gave a public lecture on the Oklahoma City University campus the next day.

Jin Ju played a piano program featuring selections composed by Frederic Chopin and Jorg Demus.

Click here for more photos from Parties Extra! ETIQUETTE QUESTION #2 : From Helen’s email.

Click here for more photos from Parties Extra! Jane Webb of C/K and  Co.

Bill Cameron, owner; Donna Orender, president of the WNBA, and Governor Brad Henry were at the Tulsa news conference.

(A couple of years ago, we asked local residents for 10 holiday party tips.

Event Chairman…Debbie Yoeckel Event Co-Chairman… Elaine Levy Jennifer Williams, event coordinator for American Lung Association in Oklahoma,  announced that  table hostesses for the upcoming Fight for Air Luncheon  will be treated to a luncheon October 29 at the Paseo...

Friends of St. Jude  in  Oklahoma City will host a Halloween Boo Bash on  Oct.

Mary Kay Bullard, Bibby Wilson, Millon Lilly, Cherie Martin, Jerry Jennings and Susie Blinn were at the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae luncheon at Nancy Arnold’s home.

What a weekend! University of Oklahoma- University of Texas in the Cotton Bowl!

Harolyn Enis, Elizabeth Prosser, Kinnon Chapman and Nancy deCordova were at the OU Kappa Alpha Theta 100th anniversary celebration in Norman.

Remember this recent blog post on October 11th? Never know what  will come up next….Etiquette Question….

click here for Parties Extra! photo gallery Helen talks to Mary Payne Moran with Hail Mary’s Boutique Catering,  Margo Ward and Dave Cathey.

Matt Goad, Jeremy and Julie Tubb, Mike Anderson were among supporters at the donor party and premiere viewing of  “ReCreating America: Creativity and Learning.” (Photo by David Faytinger).

Gaylord College Dean Joe Foote greets dignitaries. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).