http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Flitting among the fabulous en-us jbrett@ajc.com 2008-05-12T14:48:57-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Flitting among the fabulous http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/05/12/this_house_feels_like_home.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Ronald McDonald House volunteer Karin Smithson, left, and Asia Fleming decorate cookies at the home last Thursday. Staff photo by Allen Sullivan. Lakisha Fleming of Reidsville never dreamed she’d need the Ronald McDonald House. Then daughter Asia, who turns... 3805303@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-05-12T14:48:57-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/05/08/ecofabulous.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Laura Turner Seydel, left, and Monica Hagedorn at the Harry Norman EcoTour event. Photo by Ross Henderson. The EcoBrokers of Harry Norman Realtors celebrated Earth Day last month with an EcoTour of Homes, spotlighting two Buckhead homes in the... 3723403@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-05-08T13:57:02-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/05/06/goinggoinggone.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Y’all, I can’t be everywhere, but luckily the Butterfly counts a number of fabsters among her colleagues. Chief among them is today’s mystery correspondent, who sends this missive from Saturday’s Human Rights Campaign dinner. The 21st annual HRC dinner, at... 3654003@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-05-06T11:26:53-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/04/30/im_going_to_china_are_you.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly The Butterfly is Beijing-bound. I’ll be traveling this summer as part of the AJC’s Olympics team, which includes veteran sports columnist Jeff Schultz and photographer Johnny Crawford. Schultz, naturally, will be taking the lead on sports coverage. Read his recent... 3516403@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-04-30T14:50:54-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/04/23/heroes_saints_and_legends.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Wesley Woods Foundation President Lillian Darden with Walter E. Massey, president emeritus of Morehouse College and one of the honorees at the recent Heroes, Saints and Legends event. Photo by Laura Heath Gary. The recent Heroes, Saints and Legends... 3341203@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-04-23T17:09:02-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/04/21/a_fab_bash_to_salute_the_lion.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Jovita Moore, left, and Ben Lipitz. Photo by Poane’. About 200 guests attended the fab bash at FAB earlier this month to kick off Disney’s “The Lion King,” here through May 4 at the Atlanta Civic Center. Chantylla Johnson,... 3270403@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-04-21T12:56:42-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/04/14/artist_sells_all_to_save_her_h.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Su and Gordon Daitch Su Daitch is as colorful as her paintings. An effervescent personality, the self-taught artist has work hanging in shops and restaurants around town, and is a regular at Simpatico, on the Marietta Square, on Saturdays.... 3101203@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-04-14T14:23:17-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/04/10/another_move_to_cobb_county.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly An image from the 2008 Southeastern Flower Show. Next year, the show moves to Cobb County. First it was the Atlanta Opera. Then the Atlanta Ballet. Now another venerable Atlanta institution, the Southeastern Flower Show is heading north to... 3030703@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-04-10T16:33:46-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/04/10/sunday_night_a_snooze_never.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly From left, Ian Walker, Katie Walker, Carey Benham and Doug Benham at Veneralia. Photo by Angela Morris You’d think Atlanta’s fabsters might start to run out of gas by the end of the weekend, and that a Sunday night... 3019903@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-04-10T11:26:28-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/04/02/april_showers.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly With June the prime time for tying the knot, April seems to be shower season. A colleague and I were discussing pre-game festivities leading up to weddings and babies. Anymore, it’s not uncommon to sift through a stack of invites... 2832603@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-04-02T16:42:19-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/03/31/atlanta_braves_first_baseman_m.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Atlanta Braves first baseman Mark Teixeira has signed on to host the 2008 Prevent Child Abuse Georgia Celebrity Golf Classic, planned for June 30 at White Columns Country Club in Alpharetta. Proceeds benefit Prevent Child Abuse Georgia (PCA) Georgia,... 2776203@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-03-31T21:33:55-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/03/27/doug_flutie_on_football_autism.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Doug Flutie with Saba Silverman, founder of the Habima Theatre Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie, founder of the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism (www.dougflutiejrfoundation.org), was in town Thursday to help kick off the 15th... 2693903@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-03-27T21:21:37-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/03/25/is_modesty_out_of_fashion.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly Parents of ‘tween girls, is it hard for you to find outfits your daughters like and that you approve of? I don’t have kids, but walking past the girls’ department I sometimes wonder who is buying midriff-baring tops for 12-year-olds.... 2628303@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-03-25T12:12:27-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/03/24/now_heres_a_timely_event.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly The Killips Honoree Barbara Rosenblit Here’s the sweetest story. Avi Goldman and Robert Killip are both Weber School alums, having graduated in 2003. Barbara Rosenblit was one of their teachers there. On March 16, Avi and Robert got married.... 2606403@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-03-24T15:53:24-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/entries/2008/03/21/former_american_idol_star_in_t.html?cxntfid=blogs_social_butterfly American Idol finalist and Top 40 artist Elliott Yamin will perform at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Hope for a Cure gala, planned for 6 p.m. April 26 at the InterContinental. Diagnosed at 16 with type 1 diabetes, Yamin... 2563203@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/social/ 2008-03-21T17:54:15-05:00