
Next, over to the Kennedy Center Rooftop (second time in a week--first was the VIP party for the KC speakers series) for the Awesomely Bad Ball to benefit the Forum Theatre. A really diverse crowd--different than the 400 same people you see everywhere, but lots of great friends, too. A good auction, though all items had "Buy It Now" pricing--so you could, for example, stop the bidding if you paid $150 for a $200 Milano gift certificate if you acted quick. Didn't make much sense to me from a fundraising standpoint, but for once I was the guest, not the worker bee!
You cannot fault an event that serves fried chicken, mashed potatoes and spaghetti and meatballs on the buffet. The polar opposite from our fabulous dinner at DC Coast last night (complete with complimentary tasting courses prepared by the chef just for our little table--the perfect end to what was prior to that a harrowing day!), but fantastic nonetheless.
I'm betting that this beat the PANTS off of the fundraising dinner across town. To loosely paraphrase my good friend M, "4,000 of your closest friends crammed into a room, including people bussed in from Iowa who paid a kajillion dollars thinking they were going to sit down and have dinner with the president." Fried chicken on a rainy rooftop beats that hands down any day.
5 comments:
You are right. I assume you are talking about the Republican dinner - they did raise $15 million. Pretty good pull!!
Great Dress...way to good on you, for me to even consider...
Great turnout for LFL...we rock.
Julie Brown - Pink November has a surprising large selection of her dresses.
Anons...
1: Yes, the dinner. That's a lot of cash from p.o.'d Iowans!
2: You, my sweet, rock. Your dress, also tres fab.
3: Yes, did stop by there as well (Shelly is wonderful!), but Alex had different ones, and frankly, I liked their selection much better.
love julie brown. which one?
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