Posts Tagged ‘Sandy Tucker’

KMOV has relinquished its crown for partnering with the Variety Club and surrendered it to FOX 2/KPLR, according to Suzi Schrappen.  “The stations will play an integral role in raising funds and awareness leading up to and during Variety Week (April 30-May 7),” said the stations’ prez and gm Spencer Koch. . .The holidays bring cheer from many expatriates including Mark Wittcoff, now living in BevHills and managing buildings and shopping centers in 36 states. Mark brought greetings from his dad, Ray Witcoff, and step mom Roma Broida, who just celebrated her 86th birthday.  They live in Scottsdale these days. . .Dr. Alan Londe and Sandy Tucker are hosting a black-tie New Year’s Eve and guests are clamoring for the doc’s cuisine extraodinaire. . Zillionaires Judy and Dennis Jones are still recovering from the 40th anni dinner of the West County Wine Tasters at their manse.  He said, “We enjoyed our last bottle of 1970 Chateau LaTour – the vintage of the year the club began.” (Must be nice to be rich!). . .Commercial real estater Jay Holland spent Saturday choosing new eyeglasses at Erker Optical, while Tom Schmidt ditto’ed and boasted that his Franco’s Restaurant has continued rolling out its prize osso buco, the veal shank first introed in the 19th century. . .Nearby, at David Shockley‘s Saville Row financial planner Steve Wedel of Four Seasons Wealth Management was getting kudos on having been named one of the best 1,000 planners in the U.S. by Barron’s and #1 in Missouri. Meanwhile,  Shockley was measuring clients for custom-made Zegna clothing.

Time was, every St. Louis household collected rainwater in barrels – but the containers eventually went the way of buggy whips.  They are, however, back again, especially in affluent west St. Louis county and the trendy Central West End where they have been purchased from websites for more than $100 each.  Now, MSD plans to get in on the trend offering discount-priced rain barrels through its billing department to MSD customers “current on their sewer bills.”  Delinquents and non-MSD customers need not apply for the $65 barrels. . .

Needlepoint has become hotter than ever, according to tycoon Dennis Jones, whose wife, Judy is involved with the Needlepoint Clubhouse in the Plaza Shops on New Ballas Road with Linda Aboussie, Judy Harper and Linda Bryant.  The craft has brought together four generations of Pearce-Jones-Franz girls.  They’re also offering the first Judaic catalog of designs in our town.  That news was offered by Dennis, who was cornered t’other day by Chris Pauli of Crown Investment Partners, who said his fund was up 36 percent in ’09. Sun-drenched Jones had just returned from an 18-day voyage on his yacht with Dr. Alan Londe, Sandy Tucker, Tom and Eleanor Berra and Bert and Eileen Wise.  Meanwhile, you can send congrats to Dennis and Judy Jones on their past-half-century of wedded bliss.