Politics & Personality - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Wed, 09 Jan 2019 21:30:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Politics & Personality - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Westfield Montgomery Opening Celebration https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/11/14/westfield-montgomery-grand-opening-celebration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=westfield-montgomery-grand-opening-celebration Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/westfield-montgomery-grand-opening-celebration.php Guests enjoyed the new MET Bethesda at the Westfield Montgomery relaunch party. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Sharon Bair, Clive Mackenzie, Jim Agliata, and Kate Agliata. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Westfield Montgomery’s Patti Green with Washingtonian publisher Cathy Merrill Williams. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Michelle Kreitz and Lisa Lamont. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Westfield Montgomery introduced […]

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AMAR’s Second Annual Gala https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/11/03/amars-second-annual-gala/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amars-second-annual-gala Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:02:07 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/amars-second-annual-gala.php The Ballroom of the Park Hyatt Washington during the AMAR Second Annual Gala Dinner. Photograph courtesy of the AMAR Foundation. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Chairman AMAR International Charitable Foundation and Ambassador Lukman Faily, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S. converse at the head table of the AMAR U.S. Second Annual Gala Dinner. Photograph courtesy of the […]

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Truck It! Food Truck Festival 2014 https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/10/02/truck-it-food-truck-festival-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=truck-it-food-truck-festival-2014 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/truck-it-food-truck-festival-2014.php 94.7 Fresh FM’s Kelly Collis at Washingtonian’s Truck It. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Occasions Caterers’ delectable chili station. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Guests enjoying the food trucks. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Meg of Meggrolls served her delicious custom rolls. Photograph by Jeff Elkins. Sam and Leah Moser enjoying treats with their dogs. Photograph by Jeff […]

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Bao Bao’s First Year in Washington https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/08/15/bao-baos-first-year-in-washington/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bao-baos-first-year-in-washington Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:18:48 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/bao-baos-first-year-in-washington.php Baby Bao Bao’s First Medical Exam The Smithsonian National Zoo’s veterinarians examined Bao Bao a few days after birth. The Zoo reported the cub weighing about 4.8 ounces and gave the newborn a clean bill of health. Photograph by Courtney Janney | Smithsonian’s National Zoo The “PandaCam” The National Zoo’s animal caretakers closely monitored Bao […]

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A Georgetown Birthday Celebration for Kevin Spacey https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/07/30/a-georgetown-birthday-celebration-for-kevin-spacey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-georgetown-birthday-celebration-for-kevin-spacey Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:04:56 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/a-georgetown-birthday-celebration-for-kevin-spacey.php Lyndon Boozer and Steve Winter at the rooftop party for the Kevin Spacey Foundation, where Winter is program director. Boozer, who is with AT&T, was a co-host of the party. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard and Melissa Moss of MLH Strategies at the Kevin Spacey Foundation party on the […]

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John Ficklin’s White House Career https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/06/26/john-ficklins-white-house-career/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-ficklins-white-house-career Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:50:29 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/john-ficklins-white-house-career.php One maître d’duty is to plan White House dinners—usually, as this photo with Rosalynn Carter shows, with the First Lady. The President most interested in menus in Ficklin’s time was Dwight Eisenhower, who cooked, chiefly soups, and grilled on the roof. According to Ficklin, he even suggested dinner wines. Despite, or perhaps because of, the […]

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AT&T Best of Washington Happy Hour at STK https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/06/19/att-best-of-washington-happy-hour-at-stk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=att-best-of-washington-happy-hour-at-stk Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:40:44 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/att-best-of-washington-happy-hour-at-stk.php   Meggie Schmitt, Ashley Cox, Mary McGroarty, Christina Dupre, and Wanda Archy. Photograph by Andrew Propp. Laith Alnouri, Liz Rowan, and Kelly McFarland. Photograph by Andrew Propp. Jessica McKeon, Maria MinKarah, Michael Savage, and Natalie Van Evon. Photograph by Andrew Propp. Danielle Howele and Gina Dakovni. Photograph by Andrew Propp. Rina Huang and Dora Grote. […]

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National Arboretum Annual Cookout https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/06/18/national-arboretum-annual-cookout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-arboretum-annual-cookout Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:07:31 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/national-arboretum-annual-cookout.php The Capitol’s original columns are a signature feature of the US National Arboretum. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. Before the barbecue dinner, a National Arboretum guest takes advantage of the tent and one of the many fans posted throughout. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. Every year the annual Friends of the National Arboretum dinner honors […]

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Opera Ball 2014 https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/06/09/opera-ball-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opera-ball-2014 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:06:03 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/opera-ball-2014.php A view of the Japanese ambassador’s koi pond, which enhanced the serene mood of the annual Opera Ball. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. Kennedy Center chairman David Rubenstein with Opera Ball co-chair Sachiko Kuno. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. Nobuko Sasae, who with her husband, Japanese ambassador Kenichiro Sasae, hosted the Opera Ball, now in […]

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A “Country Barbecue” at the Italian Embassy https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/06/06/country-barbecue-at-the-italian-embassy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=country-barbecue-at-the-italian-embassy Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:01:25 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/gallery/politics-personality/country-barbecue-at-the-italian-embassy.php The setting of the annual Country Barbecue on the lawn of Villa Firenze, the Italian ambassador’s residence on Albemarle Street. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. The honorary patrons of the Country Barbecue—after all, it’s at their home—Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero and Laura Denise, his wife. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. The Country Barbecue is an […]

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