About Guest List
Guest List is Washingtonian’s fantasy cast of who we’d like to invite over for dinner each month.
A monthly roundup of people we’d like to have over for drinks, food, and conversation—plus one person we definitely would not.
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Roland Mesnier
The former White House pastry chef has a new book of recipes he served to five First Families.
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Leah Sera
She’ll lead the University of Maryland’s first-in-the-nation master’s program in medical cannabis.
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Monica Goldson
Prince George’s County’s new schools chief takes over the system she graduated from.
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Natwar Gandhi
The memoir by the former CFO of the District is one part DC’s comeback story, one part ode to immigration.
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Natasha Cloud
The Mystics star led a one-day team-wide media blackout to call attention to gun violence in DC.
Disinvited!
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Tom Dunn
The Leesburg pol was pilloried for sneaking snarky language into proclamations meant to honor LGBTQ rights and Juneteenth.
Credits: Photo-illustration by John Ueland. Photograph of Mesnier Courtesy of White House. Photograph of Sera Courtesy of University of Maryland. Photograph of Goldson by Marvin Joseph/Washington Post. Photograph of Gandhi by Harry Hamburg/Ap Photo. Photograph of Cloud by Jonathan Newton/Washington Post. Photograph of Dunn by Norman K. Styer/Loudoun Now.
This article appears in the August 2019 issue of Washingtonian.