State Dinner - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:40:54 +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 State Dinner - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Everything You Missed at Last Night’s White House State Dinner https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/04/27/everything-you-missed-at-last-nights-white-house-state-dinner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everything-you-missed-at-last-nights-white-house-state-dinner Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:51:24 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1634715 Wednesday night, President Biden and the First Lady hosted their second state dinner at the White House, this time honoring South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee. The event, which celebrated the 70th anniversary of the two nations’ alliance, was star-studded and lighthearted. At one point, the South Korean President […]

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PHOTOS: Inside Biden’s First White House State Dinner https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/12/02/photos-inside-bidens-first-white-house-state-dinner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-inside-bidens-first-white-house-state-dinner Fri, 02 Dec 2022 23:29:45 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1611481 Last night’s White House State Dinner—the first hosted by the Bidens, to honor France—was a glamorous black-tie affair, with an exquisite state dinner-worthy menu (butter-poached lobster, mais oui) and a celebrity-packed guest list. Check out these official White House images.

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There Were a Lot of Famous People at the State Dinner Last Night https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/12/02/there-were-a-lot-of-famous-people-at-the-state-dinner-last-night/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=there-were-a-lot-of-famous-people-at-the-state-dinner-last-night Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:08:10 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1611257 After the President and First Lady were spotted dining with French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron, at Fiola Mare on Wednesday night, they hosted a state dinner the following evening with more than 300 guests. In addition to the obvious politicians—Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Pete Buttigieg, etc.—there were a bunch of […]

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PHOTOS: The Decor for Tonight’s White House State Dinner https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/09/20/photos-the-decor-for-tonights-white-house-state-dinner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-the-decor-for-tonights-white-house-state-dinner Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:56:25 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=855803 Tonight, the Trump administration will host its second State Dinner, for Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Mrs. Jennifer Morrison of Australia. The evening celebration will cap an all-day series of events, which began with a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House this morning followed by bilateral meetings in the Oval Office and […]

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What Do the French Think of Trump and Macron’s Bromance? https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/04/25/what-do-the-french-think-of-trump-and-macrons-bromance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-the-french-think-of-trump-and-macrons-bromance Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:29:11 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=356954 Okay, by now you’ve probably heard enough about Le Bromance, aka the star-crossed presidents that are Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron. The French president’s visit has prompted plenty of political playfulness between the higher-ups (air kisses and knee pats and dandruff brush-downs, mon Dieu!). But what does the French news cycle have to say about the […]

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Four Takeaways From the Trumps’ First State Dinner Menu https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/04/23/four-takeaways-from-the-trumps-first-state-dinner-menu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-takeaways-from-the-trumps-first-state-dinner-menu Mon, 23 Apr 2018 21:16:20 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=355246 The Trump White House will host its very first state dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigette on Tuesday. So, what’s on the menu? Save your McDonald’s jokes. The three-course dinner will fuse French and American culinary traditions. And no, that doesn’t mean there’s well-done steak frites either. The meal will start with […]

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