DC Council member Brianne Nadeau; Liz Anderson, director of Great Streets at the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development; Wonder founder and CEO Marc Lore; and Wonder 14th Street’s Samantha Jones.
July 14
Barbouzard Bastille Day Grand Opening
Dany Abi-Najm, Cedric Maupillier, Nasr El Hage, and Nellie Elana Gebrail of Barbouzard.Antoine Chahine and Mariam Chahine of Salon Antoine (left) with Marie Fadel and Bill Fadel.Crystal Carson, communications director for Michelle Obama; 94.7 the Drive’s Corinna Delgado; and TheGrio’s Gerren Keith Gaynor.
July 15
Book party for 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America at the private residence of Mary Jordan, Kevin Sullivan, and Kate Sullivan
Bloomberg’s Kate Sullivan with the Washington Post’s Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan.Yemisi Egbewole of Podium Strategies and Adrienne Elrod of the Elrod Gifford Group.2024 authors Isaac Arnsdorf, Tyler Pager, and Josh Dawsey.
July 17
Selva Grand Opening
Celebrity chef Carla Hall, Silvia Karagounis, Selva owner Antonis Karagounis, and Janine Brunson-Johnson of DC United and Audi Field.
July 18
Yala Greek Ice Cream First Scoop Ceremony
NBC4’s Tommy McFly; Virginia Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl; Chrys Kefalas of Yala Greek Ice Cream; Ekaterini Nassika, Greek ambassador to the US; and Evangelos Savva, ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the US.
July 19
Taste of the South Gala at the Anthem
Alex Stroman of Albemarle Corporation, Kevin Walling of HGCreative, US Capitol Police director of communications Tim Barber, and Robert Grady of Studio Grady.Block’s Andrés Bascumbe; Anna Claire Stietenroth, Congressman Brian Jack’s legislative director; Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions’ Mary Collins Howell; and the Australian Embassy’s Micki Werner Kelly.
July 20
Mubadala Citi DC Open Players Party at Ned’s Club
Musician Wale, DC mayor Muriel Bowser, and tennis player Frances Tiafoe.Tennis player Maria Sakkari, Mubadala Citi DC Open chairman Mark Ein, and tennis players Genie Bouchard and Nick Kyrgios.Tennis player Anna Kalinskaya, Jill Hazelbaker of Uber, and tennis player Yulia Putintseva.
July 23
Screening of The Fantastic Four: First Steps at the National Air and Space Museum
The Walt Disney Company’s Susan Fox; Matt Shakman, director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps; and Margaret Weitekamp of the National Air and Space Museum.
July 10
Wonder Food Hall Grand Opening
DC Council member Brianne Nadeau; Liz Anderson, director of Great Streets at the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development; Wonder founder and CEO Marc Lore; and Wonder 14th Street’s Samantha Jones.
July 14
Barbouzard Bastille Day Grand Opening
Dany Abi-Najm, Cedric Maupillier, Nasr El Hage, and Nellie Elana Gebrail of Barbouzard.Antoine Chahine and Mariam Chahine of Salon Antoine (left) with Marie Fadel and Bill Fadel.Crystal Carson, communications director for Michelle Obama; 94.7 the Drive’s Corinna Delgado; and TheGrio’s Gerren Keith Gaynor.
July 15
Book party for 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America at the private residence of Mary Jordan, Kevin Sullivan, and Kate Sullivan
Bloomberg’s Kate Sullivan with the Washington Post’s Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan.Yemisi Egbewole of Podium Strategies and Adrienne Elrod of the Elrod Gifford Group.2024 authors Isaac Arnsdorf, Tyler Pager, and Josh Dawsey.
July 17
Selva Grand Opening
Celebrity chef Carla Hall, Silvia Karagounis, Selva owner Antonis Karagounis, and Janine Brunson-Johnson of DC United and Audi Field.
July 18
Yala Greek Ice Cream First Scoop Ceremony
NBC4’s Tommy McFly; Virginia Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl; Chrys Kefalas of Yala Greek Ice Cream; Ekaterini Nassika, Greek ambassador to the US; and Evangelos Savva, ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the US.
July 19
Taste of the South Gala at the Anthem
Alex Stroman of Albemarle Corporation, Kevin Walling of HGCreative, US Capitol Police director of communications Tim Barber, and Robert Grady of Studio Grady.Block’s Andrés Bascumbe; Anna Claire Stietenroth, Congressman Brian Jack’s legislative director; Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions’ Mary Collins Howell; and the Australian Embassy’s Micki Werner Kelly.
July 20
Mubadala Citi DC Open Players Party at Ned’s Club
Musician Wale, DC mayor Muriel Bowser, and tennis player Frances Tiafoe.Tennis player Maria Sakkari, Mubadala Citi DC Open chairman Mark Ein, and tennis players Genie Bouchard and Nick Kyrgios.Tennis player Anna Kalinskaya, Jill Hazelbaker of Uber, and tennis player Yulia Putintseva.
July 23
Screening of The Fantastic Four: First Steps at the National Air and Space Museum
The Walt Disney Company’s Susan Fox; Matt Shakman, director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps; and Margaret Weitekamp of the National Air and Space Museum.
This article appears in the September 2025 issue of Washingtonian.
