It was all about skin, great art and a great cause.

As promised, it was a great time at the Cascade AIDS Project Art for Life event last Saturday evening. Our model Rick set the tone for the evening by being scantily clad and the first Portland heatwave of the year caused necklines to plunge and hemlines to rise!

Here are a few photos to give you a sense of the evening.















Here's our guy, Rick Dinihanian, hunkering down for a long evening of lounging between the sheets to be on display for hundreds of guests.
















Yep it's me and my right hand gal, Syslee, pre-cocktails, pre-dinner and pre-bidding. Behind us is the installation (Rick was in the bed all evening) that each guest had to saunter past in order to get to the evening's action. A lucky couple in Lake Oswego made the final bid and will get a complete bedroom makeover compliments of French Quarter, JD Madison, Madison-Millinger Rugs, Bella Casa and Bedford-Brown.
















We had the best patron table in the house, in my opinion. Here are two of the stars.... Nicole Vogel, mademoiselle terrible of the West Coast magazine world and publisher of Portland Monthly AND Seattle Metropolitan; and Michele O'Hara mademoiselle terrible of the image and branding world and founder of Luminous Brands Consultancy. All that responsiblity and still very fun and smart at parties!
















There was a lot '0 leg around our fancy Patron table, and here is just a smattering!

OK, not so much skin here. But hey, these smiling faces were representing the serious side of French Quarter Linens. Meet Erynn and Timothy from our Pearl District store and Maddie from our Bridgeport store.

Rick, center stage, during the final bidding on the ultimate bedroom package.

Hostess & Emcee Extraordinaire Miss Poison Waters and The Man of the Evening, clothed.

















And one last skin shot!


And, please don't forget to support charities that touch a special place in your heart.
We at French Quarter Linens heartily support the incredible amounts of work and devotion that the folks at CAP have dedicated their lives to.

Special thanks and honors to Roma Peyser at CAP who really makes all this fundraising and event planning come together.

Check out Cascade AIDS Project website.