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Baseball, cocktails, tea and diplomacy
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AFTERNOON TEA HONORING WOMEN
OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
COOPERSMITHRESIDENCE(Photos by Tony Powell)
ELLE magazine editor-in-chief Robbie Myers was a special guest at an a>ernoon tea hosted by
Esther Coopersmith at her Kalorama residence. This year’s Ambassadors Ball chairman, Capricia
Marshall, organized the event to honor the women of the diplomatic corps.
6. Niger Amb. Hassana Alidou and Cameroon Amb. Joseph Foe-Antangana
7. Capricia Marshall and Robbie Myers
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8. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
RYAN ZIMMERMAN’S ‘A NIGHT AT THE PARK’
NATIONALSPARK(Photos by Tony Powell)
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Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman hosted an intimate event at Nats Park to benefit
the zIMS Foundation, dedicated to treating and curing multiple sclerosis. The event is now in
its 6th year. Many of his teammates showed up for dinner, cocktails and a special performance
to close out the night from double platinum-selling recording artist Kip Moore.
1. Kip Moore and Ryan Zimmerman
2. Cheryl and Keith Zimmerman
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ARBORETUM
DINNER UNDER
THE STARS
NATIONALARBORETUM(Photos
by Vithaya Phongsavan)
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COCKTAILS
FOR A CAUSE
THEGEORGETOWNCLUB
(Photos by Tony Powell)
Innocents at Risk, an organization
founded by Deborah Sigmund that
works to protect women and children
from human trafficking, held a fundraiser at the George Town Club. Guests
celebrated summer with cocktails, hors
d’oeuvres and a silent auction.
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This annual dinner in the Grand Meadow of
the U.S. National Arboretum saluted the state
of South Carolina (a different state is honored
each year) and celebrated the Arboretum’s
work on 446 acres of green space in Northeast
Washington. Guests, including new arboretum
director Richard Olsen, took tram tours of the
gardens during cocktail hour before dining
on shrimp and grits, pulled barbeque chicken
sandwiches and peach cobbler.
9. Richard Olsen, Erin Olsen, Melissa Pflieger,
Pamela Raymont-Simpson, Liz Dugan and
Ann Thompson
3. Andrea Roane and Deborah
Sigmund
4. Christine Warnke
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WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
5. Debra Decko, Richard Desonier and
Monique Summers-Mally
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RECEPTION
HONORING
EMBASSY SOCIAL
SECRETARIES
MERIDIANHOUSE
(Photos by Jay Snap)
Representatives from more than 25 foreign
embassies gathered at Meridian House to
honor the city’s embassy social secretaries and
their valuable role in promoting diplomacy for
their countries. Stuart Holliday, president and
CEO of Meridian International, gave welcoming
remarks to guests, including former White House
social secretary Ann Stock (1993-1997) and
current White House social secretary Deesha
Dyer. Dyer spoke of her intention to keep the
White House open and accessible not only to all
Americans, but to the world
10. Ann Stock, Lee Sa erfield, Deesha Dyer
and Stuart Holliday
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