The Vintage Contessa’s Italian Birthday Celebration

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

What a night it was! Donae turned 50 on Monday, and this past weekend we celebrated.

And celebrate we did!

It started with shopping and champagne at Dolce & Gabbana, followed by dinner and drinks at Toulouse across the way, at River Oaks District.

It didn’t just stop at dinner and drinks, though.

Authentic Italian dancers came out and danced halfway through the night, Hanh Tran did a live painting, and there was a cake to rival all cakes by Elizabeth Harvey Designs (see below). It was quite the soiree, and it was such a fun celebration.

The most important part was that Donae wanted to raise money for Know Autism, and she’s almost at her goal of $25,000 (link to donate below). Everyone was so generous and it was a truly special evening.

See below for tons of photos from this incredible night!

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Rob, Donae, and Bella Chramosta

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Fady Armanious & Bill Baldwin

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Lenny Matusezewski and Sheree Freede

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Sneha and Nick Merchant

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Shannon Hall

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Norman Freede, Tamara Klosz Bonar, Michael Bickham, Lenny Matusezewski

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Kathryn and Colby Swain

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Vic & Nancy Cangelosi, Donae and Bella

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Brittany Zucker, Paul David Van Atta, Sherri Zucker, Gregg Harrison

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Karen Henry, Donae, Diane Caplan

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Kim Padgett and Cheryl Byington

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024 The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Jen Crum and Jim Tompkins

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Jenny Moore, Donae, and Roseann Rogers

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Huw and Jennifer Pierce

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Ben and Bethany Buchanan

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Tammy Nguyen, Tracy Faulkner, Alice Mao Brams, Tammie Anne Johnson

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024 The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Rocky & Elyse Stevens, Pat Cummings, Tommy Osborne

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024 The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024 The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Katie Pipkin, Lisa Lacorte, Ericka Bagwell, Stephanie Perkins, Andrea, Romy Mitchell, Todd Ramos

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Tammy & Wayne Nguyen, Deborah Duncan

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Roz and Alan Pactor

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Mona Khan, Sukaina Rajani

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Beth Muecke, Ursaline Hamilton

The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024 The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024 The Vintage Contessa'S Italian Birthday Celebration December 22, 2024

Click here to see the rest of the photos (pw : Italia)

Click here to see the photo booth photos. 

You can donate to Know Autism here

All photos by Daniel Ortiz

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