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Dan About Town: The Best of Bashes, Balls, and Benefits This Past January and February

Party photographer Dan Swartz’s monthly roundup.

Written by Dan Swartz | Published on February 24, 2023

Dan About Town: The Best of Bashes, Balls, and Benefits This Past January and February

Chefs Gordon Ramsay, Christina Wilson, and Rock Harper.

Wolford new-collection preview at Wolford Georgetown | January 18

ZSC_8602a copy - Washingtonian — Prevent Cancer Foundation CEO Jody Hoyos, Steptoe & Johnson associate Reem Sadik, and National Portrait Gallery Portrait Circle chair Kristin Cecchi.

Bloomberg Government’s “Never Miss a Beat” reception at Bloomberg Government’s offices | January 24

ZTC_8445a copy - Washingtonian — Apollo Global Management’s Reggie Love with Bloomberg Government’s Emily Wilkins and George Cahlink.

ZTC_8470a copy - Washingtonian — Bloomberg Industry Group CEO Josh Eastright, Bloomberg Government president Arielle Elliott, and Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

ZTC_8437a copy - Washingtonian — Aspen Strategy Group’s Niamh King; Singapore’s ambassador to the US Ashok Kumar Mirpuri; and Luxembourg’s ambassador to the US Nicole Bintner-Bakshian.

“UnSanctioned Party” at La Résidence de France | January 27

ZSC_3463a copy - Washingtonian — New York Times White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Washington Post White House reporter Tyler Pager, CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, and Washington Post reporter John Hudson.

ZSC_3419a copy - Washingtonian — CrowdStrike cofounder Dmitri Alperovitch; Ukraine’s ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova; Haddad Media’s Tammy Haddad; and actor Liev Schreiber, cofounder of BlueCheck Ukraine.

ZSC_3447a copy - Washingtonian — The Washington Post’s Amanda Katz with New York magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi and Kara Swisher

Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen opening party at the Wharf | January 28

ZSC_5810a copy - Washingtonian — Tysons Galleria’s Rich Dinning with Cvent’s Ashley Baber and Bharet Malhotra.

ZSC_5793b copy - Washingtonian — MedStar Washington Hospital Center nurse Karen Park and Katsuya Fukushima, executive chef and partner at Daikaya, Bantam King, and other spots.

NFL Super Bowl LVII reception at District Winery | February 1

ZTC_3218b copy - Washingtonian — The NFL’s Kenneth Edmonds, Brendon Plack, Roslyne Turner, and Jonathan Nabavi.

ZSC_0177a copy - Washingtonian — Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Washington Commanders president Jason Wright.

ZTC_3035a copy - Washingtonian — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bruce Smith.

Book party for Eric Holder’s Our Unfinished March at a private residence | February 2

ZSC_2270a copy - Washingtonian — Congressman Steven Horsford, Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, and Emily’s List executive director Emily Cain.

ZSC_2569a copy - Washingtonian — Devex’s Raj Kumar, Voto Latino’s María Teresa Kumar, Alloy’s Sharon Malone, actor and Voto Latino cofounder Rosario Dawson, and former US attorney general Eric Holder.

ZSC_1360a copy - Washingtonian — Georgetown University professor Mustafa Aksakal; Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department; and Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.

This article appears in the March 2023 issue of Washingtonian.

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