Soup’s on, and it didn’t matter if your taste buds were set for something sweet or savory, because the restaurateurs taking part in Soup for the Soul had something to please every palate.
Chef Michael Long of Opus generated lots of excitement with his Cool Spring Strawberry Soup, which was finished with a shortcake “swizzle” and dollop of poppyseed creme fraiche. Greg Goldfogel’s new Alto had two varieties for guests at this benefit for Porter Hospice and Hospice of Peace: smoked tomato bisque and goat cheese fondue soup, while students at the Arapahoe-Douglas Career and Technical School showed off their skill in the kitchen with a spicy chicken soup.
Recipes for soups served at the seventh edition of this popular event can be viewed by visiting centurahealthathome.org and clicking the Soup for the Soul icon.
If great soups – and tasty appetizers from Catering by Design – weren’t enough, co-chairs Jeannie Bennington and Neysa Lettin came up with one more clever twist to enhance profits: instead of having guests pop balloons or buy “surprise boxes,” they sold Campbell’s soup-lookalike cans that had been stuffed with gift certificates.
Planning ahead
In anticipation of Jeans & Jewel, an April 14 benefit for the Kempe Children’s Foundation, several Larimer Square boutiques will be hosting a champagne brunch and shopping spree at the Pepsi Center’s Lexus Club. “Jeaneology” will be from 9:30 a.m. to noon on March 27 and the $20 tickets can be purchased by calling 303-864-5314. A percentage of the day’s sales will go to Kempe. In addition, designers Lindsay Bloom (jewelry) and Issac Booth (fashion) will be there to add custom embellishments to any purchases. The benefit itself begins with dinner at a Larimer Square restaurant followed by a concert by award-winning singer Jewel at Wells Fargo Theater in the Colorado Convention Center.
Lt. Col. John Mosley and Commander Kent Rominger, who went on to distinguished careers in the military after graduating from Colorado State University, are the speakers for Our Past Gives Wings to Our Future, the CSU Alumni Association’s 2007 Green and Gold Gala. It takes place April 14 at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. Mosley, a 1943 grad, was a Tuskegee Airman and member of the U.S. Air Force. He also is a longtime champion for civil rights and was the first African-American to play football in the Big Seven Conference. His career was with the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Rominger graduated in 1978 and became an astronaut who took part in five space shuttle flights. A captain in the Navy, he has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Superior Service Medal and was inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame in 2000. He is now a Colorado State Monfort Professor in Residence. Tickets for the auction, dinner and dance are $100, or $90 for Alumni Association members. Call 800-286-2586.
Colorado Ballet Auxiliary invites prospective and renewing members to a “girls night out” April 19 at Dori Gharrity’s Greenwood Village home. She is chairing the 6:30 p.m. social with Mary Frances Hummel; call her at 303-740-2207.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com. She also contributes at denverpostbloghouse.com/Davidson.
