Houston’s Hottest Brunch Party — Young Professionals, Pretty Young Things and Glamazons Turn This River Oaks Hotspot Pink

Brasserie 19 valets scurried in the abominable heat midday Saturday as Porsches, Range Rovers and Mercedes  disgorged a stylish retinue of the young (some not so young) and restless, so attractive that even Carrie Bradshaw would have been intimidated. Les jeunesse dorée had gathered for brunch in celebration of national Rosé All Day.

The chilled pink wine flowed like Niagara Falls from bottles larger than most have ever seen. Fulfilling a special request, proprietor Charles Clark had ordered two nebuchadnezzars. That would be 15 liters of wine or 20 standard bottles of liquid contained in one mammoth bottle.

Gregarious Clark pouring from the mega bottles of rosé and entertaining the packed house was the man of the day answering the request from one of his best young customers who had placed the order and was overheard inviting his table and the next, which was packed with lovely young attorneys, bankers, gallerists and publicists, to drink to their hearts’ content.

Valets saved the primo parking slot for a swell Rolls-Royce convertible, a spot next to Clark’s 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible which just happens to be a shade of pink.

Some of the gilded youth in the house had been soaking up the B-19 (as regulars refer to it) buzz since there were teens. Some are such regulars that they have their own special tables.

The most special table in the house would be, no surprise, numbered table 19. It’s located in the very front and typically hosts parties of six or eight. On this day, the glamazons had taken over, each with tresses curling down to their well-endowed décolletage, makeup perfected, skirts just the right amount of short and stilettos just the right height.

Let us not forget that in 2014, Town & Country magazine had anointed the River Oaks hotspot as Houston’s best place to meet a rich husband.

The four-legged guest of the day was Daisy, the dachshund, who is such a frequent visitor along with her owner Ally Ondarza that Clark has created a doggie menu named after the pooch. When not minding Daisy, Ondarza oversees the action at Christopher Martin Gallery on Colquitt.

At another interesting table (actually, they all had a story) where everyone was in a pink wig, Clark poured from a magnum of  AIX Rosé, the wine sourced from the Provence vineyards and winery belonging to Clark’s friends.

Susan Spillios and friends decided the rosé brunch was the ideal situation for a birthday celebration. And it was a celebration from top to bottom.

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