65 Roses Benefit

07.07.06

The Skinny
65 Roses", an annual fundraiser benefiting the Louisiana chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, was held at Republic New Orleans this year and quite the elegant affair.

Noteworthy
In the early evening, hoteliers Ashish Verma (Windsor Court), Sean Cummings (International House) and Michael Valentino mingled with documentary filmmaker Rebecca Snedeker, WDSU's "it" couple Travers Mackel and Helena Moreno and Shoefty duo Sarah Winston and Michael Mott as guests sipped "White Rose" martinis and listened to New Orleans-based rockers The Vettes and The Hush. Later on, the Los Angeles-based Dynamite Brothers (Roosevelt Hotel, LAX) had guests swaying to a medley of disco, pop, punk, and hip-hop as real estate developers Cres Gardner, Mac Bauer, Mark McKenna and Gigi Matthews held court along with Sherry Serio and Cindy Dunn at the Patron-level bar. As was expected, Grace Rose, Leah Bauer's three-year-old daughter who has CF, outshined even the always-affable Leah and proved to be the consummate host for the evening.

photography by plaine studios