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NBA Legends Hooping It Up With Fashionistas and Equinox Friday

So love Mikey Granberry, but he left one of the most fashionable parties off his list of this weekend’s NBA All-Star soirees. Try this one on for size, Oh Worshippers of Very Tall People:

Photo provided by The Fashionistas

FRIDAY - (7 p.m. to midnight at Equinox on Oak Lawn) You didn’t think the Fashionistas were going to be stay-at-home types this weekend. They’re partnering up with Equinox for an “Old School Red Carpet Gala.” What does it entail? Basketball players wearing the newest duds in court wear? Heck, no. The Legends of Basketball (Houston Chapter aka “Dallas’ most southern burb”)  will honor Moses Malone (pictured) and “Sweet Lou” Dunbar. Besides locals, you can also expect to see special invited guests. It will be a night of cocktails, legends of style, silent auction, and entertainment by DJ Guillaume, DJ Kelly Hooper, and live entertainment from Boss Level. The $50-ticket will cover Fashionista membership, cocktails, and hors d’oeuvres with proceeds going to the Fashionistas and Youth Basketball Camps of Texas. Leave it to those natty naughties Heidi Dillon and Bri Crum to be putting this little tall pal gathering together.

Oh, and, Mike, tickets just might be available at the door. See ya!

Dash For The Beads Tomorrow

So it’s rather gloomy and damp outside today, but the sun is scheduled to return tomorrow with the temps in 50′s. Those are all the elements for a good run. But wait, where is there an area that you haven’t done ad nauseam? What about the Bishop Arts District? That’s what we thought, and it just so happens that your timing, as usual, couldn’t be more perfect.

Starting at 9 a.m., Dash for the Beads will take place with proceeds directed to “Light Up Bishop Arts Project.” For your non-beautification types, DftB Steering Committee Member David Sassano explained, (more…)

All Tri — Grunt, Groan, Benefit Non-Profits

Sick of all the talk about getting in shape and making resolutions to be saints in 2010? Same here. Ah, but wait. Something has popped up that is a bit intriguing — All Tri, a non-profit fitness philanthropy program.

Photo provided by Tri All

You’re starting to get that glazed look on your face. Sounds a bit goody-two-shoes in sweats, huh? Snap out of it! Actually, it’s a pretty smart volunteer operation that last year helped 40 Dallasites (a few are pictured) raise $125,000 for 26 Dallas-area charities including Alzheimer’s Association, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, the Friends of Fair Park, the SPCA of Texas, Angel Flight, CONTACT Crisis Line, the Dallas Wind Symphony, Gilda’s Club of North Texas, the Gladney Center for Adoption, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Paul Quinn College.

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Komen Reminder: Don’t Forget to Set the Alarm Real Early

Tomorrow’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is a definite challenge for the best of alarm clocks on a Saturday. Remember to allow yourself enough time to get ready, set, go, and find a parking place at NorthPark.

The morning’s schedule is

• 6:30 a.m. – Race day registration inside NorthPark Center
• 6:30 a.m. – Survivor breakfast
• 7:30 a.m. – Fun Walk/Fun Run start (line up on Boedeker St. heading north. Translation: Neiman’s heading toward Nordstrom’s*)
• 8 a.m. – 5K Walk/Run start (line up on Park Lane heading west. Translation: Macy’s heading toward Nordstrom’s*)
• 9:30 a.m. – Survivor Celebration and Awards Presentation begins

There’s no rain in the forecast, but there are lots of goodies to collect. Oh, and afterwards, you can go shop at NP or just head home, kick off your sneakers, and watch the Texas-OU game on your widescreen.

* We  know the kind of directions that make sense.

Tory Burch Pink Vest is Best for Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation

In the olden days, October was usually associated with fall and Halloween-ish colors–black, gold, brown, pumpkin. But then the Susan G. Komen gals changed the whole palette of October colors to pink. Bright pink, light pink, positively pink, pink pink. For instance extremely fashionable ShopTalk  has taken on a Mary Kay/Pepto Bismol aura this past month.

Leave it to the true trendsetting capital of the world. . . . well, okay, of the Park Cities. . . Highland Park Village has come up with a Tory Burch pink vest. Plus 15% of the price goes to Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.

Hmm, we’re going to have to check the weather and see if it might go with our wardrobe for Saturday’s Race for the Cure. Great excuse to shop and help, don’t you know.

Run on Over to NorthPark or Luke’s to Register for the Komen

If you thought you would registerfor this Saturday’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure via the Internet, toss that idea. The online registration is closed.

But just as we suspected you never really planned on that. You’re a crafty one, you are. We know you always planned to trot yourself over to NorthPark or Luke’s Locker in Dallas now through Friday (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and do some shopping and register.

And for you oh-so tardy trotters, you can even register 6 a.m. on Saturday at NorthPark, if you get up very, very early. You might even beat the crowd looking for a parking spot.

And besides a ton of hardworking volunteers and staff members, the following sponsors are making this legendary event possible:

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Tx Tough Events Benefit Children’s Medical Center Tonight and Sunday

Photo by John Shipes

If you’re around Victory Park this evening, beware of speeding bicyclists. Tx Tough launches Tx Tough Grand Prix II at 5:30  6:40* p.m. with some of the top professional cyclists competing in a ”crit.”  For you new to the cycle world, crit is short for “criterium,” a bike race that is held on a short course usually on closed-off city center streets with possible speeds reaching up to 50 mph. The plan is 60 laps through the streets around Victory and American Airlines Center. It’s going to happen regardless of the weather and is free and open to the public.

As  if that isn’t enough, Tx Tough organizers will return to Victory on Sunday at 8 a.m. for Bike Bash. Starting at Victory, cyclists of all ages like Ken Woody Smith and his son (pictured from last year’s ride) will participate in a 6.2-mile, traffic-free bike ride that is also a pledge-based fundraiser.

All the miles and money from the two events will go to building awareness and funds for Children’s Medical Center. 

“Tx Tough puts on running, swimming, and biking events, but we’re really not about athletics. We have everyone from little kids to professional athletes involved, because what they all have in common is a heart for little people,” said Tx Tough founder Joel Williams, who has been a trustee and volunteer at CMC for decades. He was also one of the original folks who back in 2001 created Texas Stampede, which has raised $2.5M for pediatric programs associated with CMC.

As we all know the big bucks are coming from some very supportive types like such Tx Tough sponsors as: (more…)

Katydid’s Doing It to a Tee for Komen Dallas Race for the Cure

With the tsunami of events and projects gearing up for October’s 2009 Komen Dallas Race for the Cure, tee designer Katy Messersmith just debuted her latest Katydid cotton creation with 50% of the proceeds from the sales benefiting Komen. According to our calculators, each purchase of the $29.95-tee will garner just under $15 for the Komen.

Pictured here is the back of the screen-printed tee. If you think it’s glittering, it’s the touches of rhinestones. The front is a bit more subtle. Sorry to report that the black version is GWTW, but white and pink ones are still available in both long and short sleeve. If you look carefully, you’ll see the messages on the pink ribbon are faith, hope, and love. 

“The design on our new tee was inspired by the brave women who fight breast cancer and those who support them,” said T-fashionista Katy.

Want to bet what Katy’s race team will be wearing on the morning of October 17 at NorthPark?