Don't count on Sharon Bush to go quietly into the night once her ties to the Bush dynasty are severed by divorce. The ongoing legal action between Neil and Sharon Bush notwithstanding, she continues on her long-established path of community service.
On May 21 Sharon Bush will chair a garden benefit for the prestigious American Ireland Fund with Irish tenor Ronan Tynan as guest entertainer. The Boston-based organization, which works for peace in Ireland, honored former President George Bush here in 1995.
The upcoming benefit should be a slam dunk for Sharon. Paige and Tilman Fertitta will open the verdant gardens of their River Oaks home for the dinner evening, which is limited to 150 guests. Minimum ticket -- $1,000. Bush has already sold eight of the 15 tables.
Typically one step ahead of the game, Tilman Fertitta, owner of Post Oak Motorcars and chief of Landry's Restaurants, has landed the first Rolls-Royce Phantom to be seen in Texas. The astronomically pricey new generation Rolls debuted in the Post Oak showroom last week and will be on display this week during the River Oaks International Tennis Tournament.
Fertitta beat out Dallas in securing the Lone Star premiere of the car that is custom-crafted to the owner's specifications. Price tag: $350,000. And, yes, Post Oak Motorcars is receiving orders. Who said economic downturn?
But then economic downturns don't matter much to your family — intact or divorced — if you can wage war using a phony morality and a facade of Christian piety to cover up corporate fraud, media manipulation, and gated communities of the affluent dedicated to "peace."
The fuel tank of the Rolls-Royce Phantom has the capacity to hold 26.4 gallons of liberated Iraqi petroleum products. Gas mileage has not yet been determined.
