the great room.

i had such a good time tonite at the “soft” opening of the great room at the doubletree hotel in bethesda. i covered the event for washington life magazine and met so many great people – including a fun couple who lives in my building…how crazy is that? they were like “you look like this photographer who lives in our building…” what do you know? the blonde photographer! it turns out he’s an amazing plastic surgeon so i introduced him to my dear friend aubryn from hela spa who was there with the ever-stylish lotta…the owners of the hotel also made an appearance along with tons of bethesda + dc socialites…i got to chat with two lovely ladies from panama one of my favorite countries! there were incredible performers, delicious sushi, lots of wine, and an entire room full of gorgeous, decadent chocolate creations.
bravo doubletree, what a great evening!

the elephant symbolized wealth + prosperity…the man on stilts? well, he sang for hillary clinton last night.

the view from the sushi bar.

treats from the chocolate room – hats off to executive chef timothy jones + the culinary team.

the hotel owners.

the very chic samira a. + abdulwahab a.

the impressive performers:

jon e. + teri g. enjoy the entertainment.

maribel a. + marianne m. – yay for panama!

one styling little boy + the smokin hot aubryn g. + lotta l.

shahram + sarah s.

a very fun group – candi + howard r., paul a., jeff k., marc r.