OK, here’s an idea: Everyone who bought a pair of shoes at the Foot Candy fashion show that Macy’s Cherry Creek hosted for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society should hoof it on over to Argonaut Liquors on Saturday for a wine tasting and book signing that also benefits the NMSS.
You’ll be mixing and mingling with a whole bunch of others who share your passion for funding MS research and patient services — a group that includes Denver author Cathie Beck. She’s donating a percentage from sales of her book, “Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship,” to the NMSS.
A finalist for the 2011 Better Life Award, Beck will be at Argonaut, 760 E. Colfax Ave., from 3 to 6 p.m. to autograph books while Julie Balistreri pours samples of her family’s wine. If you find one you like, buy it then because Argonaut will donate $5 from each Balistreri bottle sold to the NMSS.
Back to Foot Candy: Macy’s Cherry Creek hosts this annual showcase of footwear and fashion for the NMSS’s Colorado-Wyoming chapter, making it all the more fun by inviting several community leaders to join professional models on the runway.
This year’s guest mannequins included Newmont Mining’s Melissa Gustafson and her daughter, Emma; April Fullon, co-owner of Footers Catering; Kari Shrader, a member of the Walk MS committee; and chapter president Carrie Nolan.
Store manager Timothy Smith was there to welcome the 100 guests who paid a minimum $10 to enjoy Cline Wine and appetizers from Footers, spa services from the staff at Frizz Salon, shopping and the show.
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The Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s former maestra, Marin Alsop, discusses her role as music director of the Baltimore Symphony at a Dec. 16 luncheon put on by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. The 11 a.m. event is at Maggiano’s in the Denver Pavilions; sign up at . … Don’t toss that less-than-attractive Christmas sweater: Wear it to Root Down on Monday, when the restaurant joins with Odell Brewing for an Ugliest Sweater Contest. The fun starts at 5 p.m. at Root Down, which will donate 15 percent of all food sales to Tennyson Center for Children. … Colorado Service Dogs will benefit from a Dec. 23 auction, with entertainment by David T. Lyon. The 5:30 p.m. event is at 15445 E. Iliff, Unit B, in Aurora; register with Lija Day, 303-622-9382, or visit . … Families First is one of 800 charities that Payless Gives has chosen to participate in a December shoe giveaway. The international chain of shoe stores is sending coupons for free pairs of shoes for the Families First staff to distribute to its young clients. … The Volunteers of America Guild will be 15 years old in 2011 and to celebrate, four of the founding members — Dianne Eddolls, Victoria Frank, Mary Rossick Kern and Diana Murdy — are chairing a dinner with special guest Frank Abagnale, whose life on the lam inspired the movie “Catch Me If You Can.”
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