New Year Soiree
New Year Soiree Posted on March 1, 2016 Ranch & Coast Magazine hosted an intimate celebration under the stars at Mille Fleurs in Rancho Santa Fe to ring in 2016 and look ahead to a bright New Year.
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Doggie Gras
Doggie Gras Helen Woodward Animal Center’s fourth annual Doggie Gras Parade took place at the Rancho Santa Fe Farmer’s Market to shine a light on the center’s orphan pets. Purple, green, and gold bedecked and bejeweled the event, where attendees noshed, took pictures against New Orleans style-backgrounds, made Doggie Gras-themed masks, and participated in…
Opus 2015
Opus 2015 Posted February 16, 2016 San Diego Symphony’s season-opening gala, “Passport to the World,” featured works by An-Lun Huang, Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, the concert, and a post-concert party. Gala chairs were June and Bob Shillman; honorary chairs were Katherine and Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, and Cathy and…
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Talking Thru Her Hat
Talking Thru Her Hat Posted February 10, 2016 Fashionistas and cultural historians gathered at the Women’s Museum of California to view glamorous and extravagant hats at the reception that marked the opening of Talking Thru Her Hat: Hats and the Women Who Wore Them. Many guests wore hats and some wore vintage clothing as well.…
Silver Tea
Silver Tea Posted on January 29, 2016 St. Germaine Children’s Charity hosted the 32nd Silver Tea at a private estate in La Jolla. Members welcomed nearly 400 guests to tour the traditional California-style home, enjoy tea sandwiches, cookies, and refreshments, and bid on an array of auction items. Silver Tea Chair, Nicole Hall-Brown, was joined…
Gingerbread City
Gingerbread City Posted on January 28, 2016 At the Fairmont Grand Del Mar, the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County’s annual holiday epilepsy awareness event featured celebrity chefs, complimentary Champagnes and wines, holiday music, auctions, and the largest nationally recognized gingerbread structure competition on the West Coast, showcasing creations by San Diego’s leading chefs, artists,…
The Country Friends New Member Event
The Country Friends New Member Event Posted on January 26, 2016 La Femme Chic Consignment Boutique in the Cedros Design District partnered with The Country Friends to host an evening of sipping, sampling, and shopping. Attendees learned the benefits of consigning designer clothing and accessories, and adding key pieces to make wardrobes new again. La…
Rady Children’s Holiday Soiree
Rady Children’s Holiday Soiree Posted on January 25, 2016 The annual holiday party for the Del Mar Unit of Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary took place at the Rancho Santa Fe home of Louay and Sophia Alsadek. Event chairs Amber Yoo and Allie Fomon raised their glasses and announced the details of the 55th annual “Heard…
Hands Across Borders Gala
Hands Across Borders Gala Posted on January 16, 2016 PCI, Project Concern International, raised more than $600,000 at its 27th annual Hands Across Borders gala in support of its work to enhance health, end hunger, and overcome hardship around the globe. The event brought together more than 500 people at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa and…
Celebration of Friends
Celebration of Friends Posted on January 14, 2016 A reception was held at the Rancho Santa Fe home of Marc and Patty Brutten to celebrate the many successes of Friends of San Pasqual Academy. Supporters and their guests met some of San Pasqual Academy’s successful alumni, and learned more about the organization that enriches and…
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Words Alive
Words Alive Posted January 13, 2016 Words Alive featured Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Isabel Allende as the keynote speaker at the 12th annual Author’s Luncheon. Allende discussed her new novel, The Japanese Lover, a multigenerational love story that sweeps from San Francisco in the present day to Poland and the United States during World…
Poinsettia Ball
Poinsettia Ball Posted January 5, 2016 The Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA and the Paul Ecke, Jr. Poinsettia Ball volunteer committee presented the 25th Annual Paul Ecke, Jr. Poinsettia Ball at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort. Guests rang in the event’s silver anniversary and the holiday season with a formal evening of live entertainment, dancing, gourmet…
Orange & Black Ball
Orange & Black Ball Posted on January 4, 2016 The Timken Museum of Art’s Orange & Black Ball and Timken After Dark Cocktail Party were led by co-chairs Joye Blount and Jessie Knight Jr., honorary co-chairs Joy and Ward Timken and Sue & WR Timken, Jr., and art co-chairs David Bull and Teresa Longyear. The…
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