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Dan About Town: The Best of Bashes, Balls, and Benefits This Past November and December

Party photographer Dan Swartz’s monthly roundup.

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2022 Portrait of a Nation Gala at the National Portrait Gallery | November 12. Gala honoree Clive Davis with musician Alicia Keys.
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Party photographer Dan Swartz’s diary of bashes, benefits, and galas.

Georgetown Wine & Dine Weekend opening reception at the Four Seasons Washington, DC | November 4

Bourbon Steak owner Michael Mina, the Four Seasons’ Marc Bromley, Fox 5 anchor Erin Como, and Bourbon Steak chef Robert Curtis.

 

Cafe Milano’s 30th-anniversary party | November 11

Politico founder Robert Allbritton, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, and dermatologist Elena Allbritton.
Cafe Milano owner Franco Nuschese, entrepreneur Mark Ein, and Cafe Milano manager Laurent Menoud.
Washington Nationals Founding Partners Group chairman Paxton Baker, TV personality Janell Snowden, and musician Doug E. Fresh.

 

2022 Portrait of a Nation Gala at the National Portrait Gallery | November 12

Washington, DC, gala chair Kristin Cecchi, National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet, and Washington, DC, gala chair Susanna Quinn.
National Portrait Gallery director of curatorial affairs Rhea Combs, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, gala honoree Serena Williams, and Starbucks board of directors chair Mellody Hobson.

 

25th annual Oyster Riot at Old Ebbitt Grill | November 18

Realtor Carrada Stewart, Kelci Stewart, and Old Ebbitt Grill executive chef Salvatore Ferro.
Bart Farrell of Clyde’s Restaurant Group, Bobby Jones of Old Ebbitt Grill, and David Moran and John Filkins of Clyde’s Restaurant Group.
The Kellogg Collection’s Bonnie Moore, Maddy Moore of Amazon Web Services, and Joanna Lundquist, coordinator at the US Chamber of Commerce.

 

2022 Bourbon & Bubbles at the Barns at Wolf Trap | November 19

Joe Choti of Tickets.com and Sara Jaffe of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Rob Victor, Jennifer Victor, Evelyn Bynum, and PNC’s Richard Bynum.
MicroStrategy’s Drew Bachman and Michael Swiercz, Carrie Le of the Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church, and MicroStrategy’s Louise Andenmatten.

 

Miss America sendoff and toast at a private residence | December 3

Host Anthony Coley; Alivia Roberts, Miss District of Columbia 2022 and special assistant at the White House; Teresa Roberts; and Sonya Gavankar, director of digital strategy for Axiom Space and Miss District of Columbia 1997.

 

Yellow Ribbons United’s Tiny Heroes Winter Wonderland at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City | December 5

Host Anthony Coley; Alivia Roberts, Miss District of Columbia 2022 and special assistant at the White House; Teresa Roberts; and Sonya Gavankar, director of digital strategy for Axiom Space and Miss District of Columbia 1997.

This article appears in the January 2022 issue of Washingtonian.

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