"Normally I get a kiss," said Evelyn Downing of St. Petersburg, after having her glass of water refilled by Billy Crowder, a toga-clad USF student during the Goddesses in the Garden event at Sunken Gardens Thursday. Downing, who's legally blind, mistook Crowder for her grandson, who was also donning a toga and helping out at the event, but Crowder, good-naturedly obliged, leaning down to give her a peck on the cheek. Goddesses in the Garden featured a luncheon and fashion show, and under the canopy of trees and beautiful foliage, women were invited to take part in a wine tasting, tarot card reading, sit in a massage chair, and enter a silent auction. Tiaras were also given out to over 100 women who attended the fundraiser benefiting the Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf. "These women set the standards for the tiaras," said Sue Brett of St. Petersburg, who brought Downing, her mom, as well as her aunt and mother-in-law. "They're all goddesses."
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