Once again, this year’s Best Friends Foundation Gala at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel stood out among the bevy of galas in the first week in May. The theme of “Do You Remember When Rock Was Young” ...

Born to Austrian parents, Christopher Reiter graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in finance. His real education, however, came from the vast amount of time he and his friends spent ...

Harvard alums and their friends gathered at the Chevy Chase home of Elbridge and Susan Colby to celebrate author Ross Douthat’s first book,“Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” on ...

They are known to the world on a double first name basis: Ben and Sally. Before Bennifer, before Brangelina, they took one look at each other and it was Kismet. He was barrel-chested and gravelyvoiced ...

Think about living in New York's Soho district and images of lofts instantly come to mind. Think Washington and one might picture Georgetown's Federal-style townhouses or Kalorama's grand ambassadors' ...

When Brook Rose and Gregg Busch purchased their historic Georgian home in Kalorama in May 2004, plaster was mercilessly peeling from the ceiling and walls, and sections of the imposing crown molding ...

THE EVENT: A birthday celebration for T.H.E. Artist Agency's which celebrated 21 years of being a premier modeling agency. THE SCENE: Guests arrived wearing t-shirts they were sent to decorate prior ...

Not many of us have our lives and our global destinations tightly scheduled for the next five years, but Carl Tanner does. Tanner, the tenor who won kudos at the Choral Arts Society's Christmas ...

THE EVENT: Young Smithsonian supporters made merry at the 17th annual Jolly Holiday party. THE SCENE: uests danced the night away as the DJ spun tunes. Santa Claus visited and partied with everyone ...

A few days after her nomination as the next U.S. ambassador to Barbados Mary Ourisman trekked across the Key Bridge to deepest Rosslyn for her first diplomatic negotiation. In a high security office, ...

The Event: Best Friends Foundation's alternative fete begged the question "Do You Remember When Rock was Young?" As Sister Sledge belted out their '70's hit, "We Are Family," it was obvious that ...

THE EVENT: Jordanian Amb. Karim and wife Luma Kawar hosted a birthday party for close friend Isabel Ernst at their residence in Mclean. THE SCENE: After a sumptuous Middle Eastern dinner, 40 guests re ...