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The 20th annual record of notably social individuals from politics, diplomacy, business, philanthropy and the arts PORTRAITS BY TONY POWELL

Robert and Aimee Lehrman Favorite thing about Washington? It has a small town feel and big city smarts.

Charitable cause closest to your heart? The Literacy Lab, Fair Chance, The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Children’s Hospital and education Favorite Washington restaurant: Al Tiramisu for “Lobster Fra Diavolo”

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Mrs. R. W. APPLE, JR. (Betsey)

Mr. and Mrs. JAMES ABDO (Mai)

His Excellency the Ambassador of France GÉRARD ARAUD

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAM ABEL-SMITH (Mimi)

Mr. and Mrs. LOUIS M. ARONSON (Ami Becker)

The Honorable and Mrs. TYLER ABELL (Bess)

Ms. ADRIENNE ARSHT

The Honorable DAVID C. ACHESON

Mrs. ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL (Margaret)

Mr. JOHN B. (“JAY”) ADAMS, JR.

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN ARUNDEL (Christine)

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER ADDISON (Sylvia Ripley)

Mr. and Mrs. PETER W. ARUNDEL (Brady)

Mr. and Mrs. JORGE ADELER (Graziela)

Mrs. MARTIN ATLAS (Liane)

Mr. and Mrs. DADI AKHAVAN (Farinaz) Mr. and Mrs. JOHN E. (“CHIP”) AKRIDGE, III (Sally)

Mr. ANDREW ATHY, JR.

B Mr. JEFFREY BADER and Ms. ROHINI TALALLA

The Honorable MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT

Mr. and Mrs. BRET BAIER (Amy)

Best book you read all year? “In Praise of Slow” by Carl Honoré reminds us to pause from our addiction to living in an ever increasing fast forward and wired lifestyle and pause to savor the moment;

The Honorable and Mrs. CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR. (Adele)

Mr. ROBERT BARNETT and Ms. RITA BRAVER

The Honorable and Mrs. LAMAR ALEXANDER (Honey)

Mr. MICHAEL BARONE

Signature entertaining hallmarks?

Creativity and fun! We take inspiration from the charitable organization’s mission and try to reflect its spirit with light-hearted but sincere homage using customized, decor, menus and takeaways.

H.E. the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia and Mrs. ADEL BIN AHMED AL-JUBEIR (Farah)

What do you collect? Contemporary and our children’s art

H.E. the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates and Mrs. YOUSEF AL-OTAIBA (Abeer)

Favorite travel destination? Harbor Island, where all you need is a book, a bucket and a bathing suit and the kids can play for hours on the powder soft pink sand.

H. E. the Ambassador of Kuwait Sheikh SALEM ABDULLAH AL-SABAH and Sheikha RIMA AL-SABAH

Mrs. W. TAPLEY BENNETT, JR. (Margaret)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT ALTMAN (Lynda Carter)

Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND (“RAY”) BENTON (Nina)

Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL ANSARI (Karen)

The Honorable and Mrs. WAYNE L. BERMAN (Lea)

Justice and Mrs. SAMUEL ALITO, JR. (Martha-Ann)

Mrs. JOE L. ALLBRITTON (Barbara Jean)

Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES L. BARTLETT (Martha) Mr. and Mrs. JOHN S. BEALE, JR. (Louise) H.E. the Ambassador of Australia KIM BEAZLEY and Ms. SUSIE ANNUS

Mr. and Dr. ROBERT L. ALLBRITTON (Elena)

H.E. the Ambassador of the Netherlands and Mrs. RUDOLF S.BEKINK(Gabrielle)

H.E. the Ambassador of Oman HUNAINA AL-MUGHAIRY and H.E. FUAD AL-HINAI

Mr. and Mrs. HARRY BELIN (Susan)

Mr. and Mrs. JAIME APARACIO (Petra)

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Mr. and Mrs. MORTON BENDER (Grace) Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT BENNETT (Ellen)

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM J. BENNETT (Elayne)

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SOCIAL LIST Mr. JEREMY BERNARD

Mr. and Mrs. KENNETH D. BRODY (Carolyn)

Mr. and Mrs. ADAM K. BERNSTEIN (Tracy)

Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND C. BROPHY (Jeanette)

The Honorable and Mrs. STUART A. BERNSTEIN (Wilma)

The Honorable ANN BROWN and Mr. DONALD A. BROWN

Mr. MAX N. BERRY

Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD H. BROWN, III (Diane Ray)

The Honorable and Mrs. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, III (Madzy)

Mrs. RONALD H. BROWN (Alma)

The Vice President of the United States and Mrs. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. (Jill)

Mr. E. EDWARD BRUCE

Mr. and Mrs. R. HUNTER BIDEN (Kathleen)

Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM L. BRYANT (Aliki)

The Honorable and Mrs. JAMES H. BILLINGTON (Marjorie)

The Honorable and Mrs. MARK BRZEZINSKI (Natalia)

H.E. the Ambassador of Italy and Mrs. CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO (Laura)

The Honorable and Mrs. ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI (Emilie)

The Honorable and Mrs. ROBERT O. BLAKE (Sylvia)

Mrs. RUTH HALE BUCHANAN

Mr. ANTONY J. (“TONY”) BLINKEN and the Honorable Ms. EVAN RYAN

Mr. and Mrs. JOEL BUCHWALD (Tamara)

Ms. CAROL BLUE The Honorable and Mrs. ROY BLUNT (Abigail) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mrs. JOHN BOEHNER (Debbie) Mrs. THOMAS HALE BOGGS (Barbara) Mrs. SAMUEL E. BOGLEY (Rose Marie) The Honorable AVIS T. BOHLEN and Mr. DAVID P. CALLEO The Honorable and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER S. (“KIT”) BOND (Linda)

Graham Wisner and Rania Hanano Wisner

Ms. MAGALEN OHRSTROM BRYANT

Favorite thing about Washington?

Rania: Our friends.Washington has a highly intellectual and international community. Conversations at dinner parties are endlessly vibrant and interesting. Graham:Washington is the center of America’s international intellectual and political community.

And it’s the home of the Deadskins!

Mr. and Mrs. WILEY T. BUCHANAN, III (Janis)

Mrs. LUCY BUCKLEY

Charitable cause closest your heart?

Tomorrow’s Youth Organization( TYO), Refugees International,Vital Voices and Woodley House.

Ms. MAUREEN BUNYAN The Right Reverend MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, and Mr. PAUL BUDDE Mr. and Mrs. CHILDS FRICK BURDEN (Elaine) Mr. and Mrs. I. TOWNSEND BURDEN, III (Valerie) Mrs. EDWARD B. BURLING, JR. (Frida) The Honorable RICHARD R. BURT Mr. and Mrs. DWIGHT BUSH (Antoinette/“Tony”)

Favorite restaurant? Rania: Marcel’s for filet mignon. Always; Graham: La Chaumiere.for cassoulet.

Best book you read all year? Rania: “Baghdad Solitaire” by Leslie Cockburn; Graham: “The Good Spy” by Kai Bird

Count and Countess PEDER BONDE (Clarissa)

Mr. and Mrs. MARVIN P. BUSH (Margaret)

Mr. and Mrs. PAUL BONNER (Elizabeth)

Mr. and Mrs. C. MICHAEL BUXTON (Charlotte)

Signature entertaining hallmarks: Good wine

The Mayor-Elect of Washington, D.C., MURIEL BOWSER

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What do you collect? Rania: Red Bordeaux: Graham: seashells

The Honorable BARBARA BOXER and Mr. STEWART BOXER

Mr. and Mrs. CALVIN CAFRITZ (Jane)

Mr. and Mrs. BRUCE F. BRADLEY (Sharon) Mr. and Mrs. DAVID G. BRADLEY (Katherine) Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM (“BILL”) BRAWNER (Greta) Miss EDITH H. (“BOBBIE”) BREWSTER Justice and Mrs. STEPHEN G. BREYER (Joanna) Mr. and Mrs. ARTURO E. BRILLEMBOURG

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Favorite travel destination? The South of France and Jamaica.

Mr. and Mrs. CONRAD CAFRITZ (Ludmila) Mrs. PEGGY COOPER CAFRITZ

Favorite website or app? Rania: Uber.

It completely transformed my New York experience: Graham: Washington Post app.

Mrs. WILLIAM N. CAFRITZ (“Buffy”) Mrs. CHARLES A. CAMALIER, JR. (Anne) Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES A. CAMALIER, III (Patricia)

Pet peeve: Rania: people who think they understand the Middle East; Graham: blind patriotism v

Mr. and Mrs. F. DAVIS CAMALIER (Lynda) Ms. LORI D. CAMALIER

The Honorable NANCY G. BRINKER

Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL CANTACUZENE (Elizabeth)

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM E. BROCK, III (Sandra)

Mr. and Mrs. RODION CANTACUZENE (Melissa)

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SOCIAL LIST and Mrs. G. WAYNE CLOUGH (Ann)

The Honorable MORTIMER M. CAPLIN

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN COCHRAN (Barbara)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN J. (“JACK”) DEGIOIA (Theresa)

Mr. and Mrs. BERNARD J. CARL (Joan)

The Honorable THAD COCHRAN

The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN DELANEY (April)

Ms. MARGARET CARLSON

Mr. and Mrs. ANDREW COCKBURN (Leslie)

Mr. and Mrs. DONALD DELL (Carole)

The Honorable and Mrs. RICHARD W. CARLSON (Patricia)

Mr. and Mrs. C. SHELBY COFFEY, III (Mary Lee)

Mr. PHILIP DEUTCH and Ms. MARNE LEVINE

Mr. and Mrs. NEIL D. COHEN (Marcy)

Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES J. DIBONA (Evelyn)

Mr. and Mrs. TUCKER CARLSON (Susan)

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM S. COHEN (Janet Langhart)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN DICKERSON (Ann)

Ms. JENNY SPRINGER

The Honorable and Mrs. FRANK C. CARLUCCI (Marcia) Mr. JAMES CARNEY and Ms. CLAIRE SHIPMAN Mrs. JORGE E. CARNICERO (Jacqueline) Mr. and Mrs. JORGE J. CARNICERO (Rima) Mr. and Mrs. STEPHANE CARNOT (Brooke) Mrs. CONSTANCE CARTER Mrs. MCGHEE CARTER (Marcia) Mr. TOM CARVER and Ms. KATTY KAY Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN M. (“STEVE”) CASE (Jean) Mrs. EUGENE B. CASEY (Betty) Mr. and Mrs. HENRY C. CASHEN, II (Diana) Mr. and Mrs. ENRICO CECCHI (Andrea) Mr. and Mrs. GIUSEPPE CECCHI (Mercedes) Mr. KEVIN ST. CLAIR CHAFFEE Mrs. DAVID CHALLINOR (Joan) Mrs. ALDUS H. CHAPIN (Dolly) The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN E. CHAPOTON (Sally)

Mr. and Mrs. JONATHAN E. COLBY (Susan)

Mr. and Mrs. C. WYATT (“DICK”) DICKERSON (Tandy)

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM T. COLEMAN (Lovida)

The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN D. DINGELL (Deborah/“Debbie”)

Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES N. (“CHUCK”) CONCONI (Janelle Jones)

Mr. BARRY DIXON

Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL M. (“MIKE”) CONNORS (Julia)

The Honorable and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER J. DODD (Jacki)

The Honorable ESTHER COOPERSMITH

The Honorable ROBERT J. (“BOB”) DOLE and the Honorable ELIZABETH DOLE

Mr. DAVID CORN and Ms. WELMOED LAANSTRA Dr. and Mrs. MILTON CORN (Gilan Tocco)

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER J. DONATELLI (Karen)

Mr. and Mrs. WARREN J. COX (Claire)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN DONOVAN (Linda)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT H. CRAFT, JR. (Margaret)

The Honorable SHAUN DONOVAN, Director, Office of Management and Budget, and Ms. LIZA GILBERT

Ms. FRANCESCA CRAIG Dr. and Mrs. WILLIAM H. CROCKER (Jean) Miss CAROLINE CROFT Ms. LAVINIA CURRIER The Honorable and Mrs. WALTER L. CUTLER (Didi)

The Honorable and Mrs. O. DONALDSON CHAPOTON (Mary Jo)

Mr. and Mrs. JAMES M. CUTTS (June)

Mrs. KEVIN P. CHARLES (Ellen MacNeille Charles)

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Princess DAVID CHAVCHAVADZE (Eugenie) H.E. the Ambassador of Lebanon and Mrs. ANTOINE CHEDID (Nicole) The Honorable RICHARD B. CHENEY and the Honorable LYNNE B. CHENEY The Honorable and Mrs. MICHAEL CHERTOFF (Meryl)

Mr. and Mrs. LEO A. DALY, III (Grega) Mr. JOHN M. DAMGARD, II Miss REBECCA P. DARLINGTON

Miss AMANDA DOWNES Mrs. CHRISTINE DOWNEY Her Excellency the Ambassador of Monaco MAGUY MACCARIO DOYLE Ms. ELIZABETH DREW The Honorable and Mrs. KENNETH M. DUBERSTEIN (Jacqueline) Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD N. DUBIN (Elizabeth) Mrs. ROBERT W. DUEMLING (Louisa) The Honorable JOSEPH D. DUFFEY Mr. LAMMOT DU PONT

Mrs. STUART C. DAVIDSON (Sally)

Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM H. (“MIKE”) DU PONT (Rein)

Mr. JACK DAVIES and Ms. KAY KENDALL

Mrs. BRICE MCADOO CLAGETT (Diana)

Mrs. MICHAEL K. DEAVER (Carolyn)

The Honorable and Mrs. RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER, III (Leslie)

Mr. and Mrs. R. LESLIE DEAK (Moshira)

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Mr. and Mrs. GUY O. DOVE, III (Valerie)

The Honorable and Mrs. THOMAS A. DASCHLE (Linda Hall)

Mr. and Mrs. R. J. CICERO (Catherine Conover)

The Honorable WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON and The Honorable HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

The Honorable PAULA J. DOBRIANSKY

Mr. and Mrs. ELI WHITNEY DEBEVOISE, II (Heidi) Mr. and Mrs. ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (Alexandra) Mr. DAVID A. DECKELBAUM

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT DUVALL (Luciana Pedraza) Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT J. DWOSKIN(Claire)

E The Honorable DONNA F. EDWARDS Mr. and Mrs. MARK D. EIN (Sally) Ms. SUSAN EISENHOWER

Mr. JAMES P. ELDER, JR.

JR. (Marie Louise/“Pie”)

Ms. AMANDA BENNETT

Mr. PETER ELLEFSON and Ms. DEBORAH F. RUTTER

H.E. the Ambassador of Liechtenstein CLAUDIA FRITSCHE

Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN GRAHAM (Cathy)

Mrs. ANNE LIVINGSTON EMMET

Mr. DAVID FRUM and Ms. DANIELLE CRITTENDEN

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN D. GRAY (Melissa Phipps)

The Honorable and Mrs. CRAIG L. FULLER (Karen)

Mrs. HERMEN GREENBERG (Monica)

Mrs. RICHARD ENGLAND, SR. (Lois) The Reverend Monsignor JOHN J. ENZLER Mr. XAVIER F. EQUIHUA Mr. and Mrs. RICARDO ERNST (Isabel) Dr. and Mrs. AHMAD R. ESFANDIARY (Judy) Mrs. MELVYN J. ESTRIN (Suellen) Mrs. BENJAMIN C. EVANS, JR. (Jan) The Honorable JACK EVANS and Ms. MICHELE SEIVER

G Mr. and Mrs. STANLEY N. GAINES (Gay) Mr. and Mrs. JAMES E. GALE (Lisa Barry) Mr. and Mrs. DOUGLAS GANSLER (Laura) Dr. and Mrs. JACQUES GANSLER (Leah) Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM B. GARRISON, JR. (Mary)

Ms. PAGE EVANS Mrs. ROWLAND EVANS, JR. (Katherine)

Dr. and Mrs. MATTHEW B. GAVIN (Holidae Hayes) Reverend WILLIAM GEORGE, S.J.

F Mrs. RICHARD M. FAIRBANKS, III (Shannon) Mr. and Mrs. A. HUDA FAROUKI (Samia) Mrs. NORMAN FARQUHAR (Elinor) Mr. and Mrs. HOSSEIN FATEH (Dalia) Mr. and Mrs. RAUL J. FERNANDEZ (Jean-Marie) Mrs. GEORGE M. FERRIS, JR. (Nancy)

The Honorable C. BOYDEN GRAY

Mr. GEORGE GRAYSON

Mr. TED GREENBERG and Ms. TAMMY HADDAD The Honorable ALAN GREENSPAN and Ms. ANDREA MITCHELL Mr. and Mrs. G. LAUDER GREENWAY, II

(Abigail Adams) Ms. NELSE L. (“KUBIE”) GREENWAY Mr. DAVID GREGORY and Ms. BETH WILKINSON Mr. and Mrs. ANDERSON GRENNAN (Mae Haney)

The Honorable JULIUS GENACHOWSKI and Ms. RACHEL GOSLINS

Mr. and Mrs. ROLF GRAAGE (France)

Ms. ANN GERACIMOS Mr. and Mrs. BERNARD S. GEWIRZ (Sarah)

Mr. KEN GROSSINGER and Ms. MICHELINE KLAGSBRUN

Mr. and Mrs. CARL S. GEWIRZ (Nancy)

Mr. and Mrs. EDWIN S. GROSVENOR (Deborah)

Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL K. GEWIRZ (Cleo)

Mr. and Mrs. GILBERT M. GROSVENOR (Mary Helen)

Mr. and Mrs. STEVEN B. GEWIRZ (Katrina)

Mrs. RUTH NOBLE GROOM

H.E. the Ambassador of Spain RAMON GIL-CASARES

Miss SARAH A. GROSVENOR

The Honorable and Mrs. JOSEPH B. GILDENHORN (Alma)

Mr. and Mrs. ACHILLE MURAT GUEST (Judith)

Mrs. HAMILTON FISH, JR. (Mary Ann)

The Honorable and Mrs. DOUGLAS H. GINSBURG (Dorothy/“Deecy”)

The Honorable and Mrs. CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ (“Edi”)

Mrs. WILLIAM H. G. FITZGERALD (Annelise)

Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG

Mr. and Mrs. ROLAND A. FLAMINI (Diane)

Miss SUSAN GINSBURG

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Ms. DORETTE FLEISCHMANN

Mr. BRENT GLASS and Ms. CATHRYN KELLER

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT M. HAFT (Mary)

Mr. and Mrs. MAXIMO FLÜGELMAN (Sedi)

Mrs. GILBERT HAHN, JR. (Margot)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT T. FOLEY (Carol)

The Honorable and Mrs. DANIEL R. GLICKMAN (Rhoda)

Mr. and Mrs. LEE M. FOLGER (Juliet)

Mr. and Mrs. DONALD GLICKMAN (Mia)

Mr. and Mrs. GREGORY HALL (Wendy Adeler)

Mrs. NANCY (“BITSEY”) MCELROY FOLGER

Ms. JULEANNA GLOVER

The Honorable and Mrs. LLOYD N. HAND (Ann)

Mr. and Mrs. NEIL C. FOLGER (Izette)

Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN GOLDBERG (Diana)

Mr. and Mrs. FRANKLIN L. HANEY, SR. (“Emmy”)

Mrs. YOLANDE FOX

The Honorable and Mrs. BARTON J. (“BART”) GORDON (Leslie)

Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD HANLON (Pamela)

Ms. KAREN FINNEY The Honorable JULIE FINLEY Mr. and Mrs. FRANK FIORINA (Carly) Mr. JOHN D. FIRESTONE

The Honorable BRANDON H. GROVE, JR.

Mrs. CHARLES E. GUGGENHEIM (Marion)

Mrs. NAJEEB E. HALABY (Libby)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN C. GORE (Antonia/“Toni”)

Mr. THOMAS HARDHART and Ms. VIRGINIA SHORE

Mrs. MARY ELIZABETH (“TIPPER”) GORE

The Honorable JANE HARMAN

Mrs. WILLIAM E. FRENZEL (Ruthy)

Judge and Mrs. WALTER GORMAN (Sarah)

Mr. MATTHEW T. HASTINGS

Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS FRIEDMAN (Ann)

Mr. and Mrs. KINGDON GOULD, III (Kristin)

Mr. and Mrs. ALFRED FRIENDLY,

Mr. DONALD E. GRAHAM and

Mr. TODD HATHAWAY and Ms. NORA MACCOBY HATHAWAY

Mr. and Mrs. JAMES C. FREE (Ann) The Honorable and Mrs. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN (Virginia)

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Mrs. PATRICIA E. HOWAR

Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN A. HAYES (Theo)

Miss JANET A. HOWARD

Mr. and Mrs. WEBB COOK HAYES, IV (Sara)

The Honorable STENY H. HOYER

Mrs. JOHN W. HECHINGER, SR. (June)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN E. HUNNICUTT (Catherine)

Mr. and Mrs. S. ROSS HECHINGER (Susan)

Mr. AL HUNT and Ms. JUDY WOODRUFF

Mr. ROBERT E. HEGGESTAD

The Honorable BONNIE MCELVEEN HUNTER and Mr. BYNUM M. HUNTER

Mr. and Mrs. J. RODERICK HELLER, III (Kay) Mrs. RICHARD M. HELMS (Cynthia) Ms. HELEN LEE HENDERSON Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HENDRICKS (Maureen) Mr. C. WOLCOTT HENRY Mr. JOHN HENRY and Ms. ANN CRITTENDEN

Mrs. RAYMOND J. HOWAR (Pamela)

Charitable cause closest your heart?

Vital Voices Global Partnership and Conservation International.

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Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL HERRALD (Susan) Mrs. ANITA G. HERRICK

Mr. and Mrs. JEAN-LOUIS IMHOFF (Michele)

Mrs. CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, JR. (Catherine)

Mr. and Mrs. MARTIN INDYK (Gahl)

Mr. JULIO E. HEURTEMATTE, JR.

Mr. JOHN PETERS IRELAN

Mr. ROBERT M. HIGDON, JR.

Ms. MAXINE ISAACS

Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE G. HILL (Christine)

Mr. and Mrs. WALTER ISAACSON (Cathy)

Mr. ROBIN HILL

Mr. and Mrs. C. OLIVER ISELIN, III (Swannie)

The Honorable CARLA HILLS

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER ISHAM (Jennifer)

Ms. IRENE HIRANO

Mrs. EUGENE ISTOMIN (Marta)

Mr. ROBERT G. HISAOKA

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Favorite Washington restaurant and what you order there? Café Milano holds a special place in our hearts; Franco Nuschese launched his restaurant the same year we arrived in Washington, and it quickly established itself as a place we were sure to see friends all having a great time and a great meal.

Best book you read all year? Donna: “Charleston” by Margaret Bradham Thornton who is a leading scholar on Southern literature. Mack:“National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear,“ by David Rothkopf

Dr. and Mrs. AARON G. JACKSON (Alexine)

Mrs. WALTER J. HODGES (Margaret)

Mr. HUGH NEWELL JACOBSEN

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTIAN C. HOHENLOHE (Nora)

Mr. and Mrs. SIMON T. JACOBSEN (Ruth)

The Honorable ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, and Dr. SHARON MALONE

Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST D. (“ERNIE”) JARVIS (Debbie)

Mrs. WALLACE F. HOLLADAY (Wilhelmina)

Mr. and Mrs. SAID JAWAD (Shamim)

Mr. and Mrs. WALLACE F. HOLLADAY, JR. (Winton)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN JEPPSON, III (Wendy Benchley)

Mr. ROBERT HOLLENSTEINER

Mr. and Mrs. FREEBORN GARRETSON JEWETT, JR. (Joan)

The Honorable and Mrs. STUART W. HOLLIDAY (Gwen)

Favorite thing about Washington?

When guests come to visit, our favorite thing is to take them to the Kennedy Center.

The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN M. HUNTSMAN, JR. (Mary Kaye)

The Honorable and Mrs. PAUL R. IGNATIUS (Nancy)

Mr. JIM HOAGLAND and Ms. JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK

Mack and Donna McLarty

Signature entertaining hallmarks: Bringing together the vibrant, diverse mix of people unique to our nation’s capital: diplomats, government officials, business leaders, journalists, academics, artists, scientists, and more, from across the country and around the world — even from across the political aisle!

Mr. and Mrs. JAY L. JOHNSON (Sydney/“Nini”)

The Honorable and Mrs. LINWOOD HOLTON (Virginia/“Jinks”)

Mr. ROBERT (“ROBIN”) JOHNSON

Mr. and Mrs. H. CARTER HOOD (Amanda Smith)

Mr. and Mrs. VERNON E. JORDAN (Ann)

Mr. and Mrs. OUTERBRIDGE HORSEY (Georgina)

Mrs. J. HOWARD JOYNT, III (Carol)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN K. HOSKINSON (Ana) Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR A. HOUGHTON, III (Peggy)

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Mrs. LINDA L. HOUGHTON

Mr. MICHAEL KAHN

Mrs. EDMOND N. HOWAR (Margaret)

Mr. MICHAEL KAISER and Mr. JOHN ROBERTS

What do you collect? Donna: Latin American art; Mack: Antique tartanware reflecting our Scottish heritage Favorite travel destination? Dallas, to see our near-perfect granddaughter, Los Angeles and Little Rock to spend quality time with lifelong friends.

Mr. and Mrs. EVAN JONES (“Cindy”)

Favorite website or cellphone app?

Donna: HubbleSite.org is out of this world! Mack: FaceTime is wonderful for connecting with my granddaughter.

Mrs. ALAN I. KAY (Dianne)

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SOCIAL LIST Mr. and Mrs. MARVIN L. KAY (Dolly)

Mr. LASALLE D. LEFFALL, III

General (U.S. M.C., Ret.) and Mrs. P. X. KELLY (Barbara)

Mr. and Mrs. JAMES LEHRER (Kate)

Mrs. JACK KEMP (Joanne)

Mr. SAMUEL LEHRMAN

Justice and Mrs. ANTHONY M. KENNEDY (Mary)

Mrs. SUSAN CARMEL LEHRMAN

Mrs. EDWARD M. KENNEDY (Victoria)

Mr. JAMES H. LEMON, JR.

The Honorable JOHN F. KERRY, Secretary of State, and Mrs. TERESA HEINZ

Mr. and Mrs. THEODORE J. (“TED”) LEONSIS (Lynn)

Favorite thing about Washington?

It is a village.

Mr. JOSEPH KEUSCH and Ms. JAN NEUHARTH

Mr. and Mrs. DANI LEVINAS (Mirella)

Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM J. KILBERG (Bobbie)

Mr. DAVID C. LEVY and Ms. CAROLE L. FELD

Mr. JAMES V. KIMSEY

Mr. and Mrs. H. FINLAY LEWIS (“Willee”)

Charitable cause closest your heart?

The Humane Society, National Theatre, Imagination Stage.

Mr. and Mrs. MARK KIMSEY (Sarah) Mr. AUSTIN H. (“KIP”) KIPLINGER

The Honorable and Mrs. HENRIK LILJEGREN (Nil)

Favorite Washington restaurant?

Jetties for a Surfside Sandwich.

Mr. and Mrs. KNIGHT A. KIPLINGER (Ann)

Mr. THOMAS L. LILJENQUIST

Mrs. TODD L. KIPLINGER (Dana)

Mrs. R. ROBERT LINOWES (Ada)

Mr. and Mrs. STEVEN KNAPP (Diane)

Mr. and Mrs. JAN M. LODAL (Elizabeth)

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER KOCH (Susan)

Mrs. JOHN G. LOFFT (Vibeke)

Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD KOCH (Doro Bush)

Mr. and Mrs. SCOTT ALAN LOGAN (Lydia)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT KOGOD (Arlene)

Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES PILLSBURY LORD (Gay)

The Honorable TOM C. KOROLOGOS and The Honorable ANN KOROLOGOS

Mr. WINSTON BAO LORD

Mrs. POLLY KRAFT Mr. THOMAS KRÄHENBÜHL and Ms. DOROTHY M. KOSINSKI

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT LEHRMAN (Aimee)

Ms. ANNE MARIE LYNCH

M The Honorable JOHN D. MACOMBER

Mr. and Mrs. RAJ KUMAR (Maria Teresa)

Mr. and Mrs. RAY MAHMOOD(Shaista)

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Mrs. WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD (Millicent)

Mrs. CAMERON J. LACLAIR, JR. (Mary) The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Mrs. CHRISTINE LAGARDE The Honorable and Mrs. JAMES C. LANGDON, JR. (Sandy) Mr. and Mrs. CHISWELL DABNEY LANGHORNE, JR. (Barbara) Mr. and Mrs. ANTHONY LANIER (Isabelle) Mr. and Mrs. CLIMIS G. LASCARIS (Carol) Mr. W. DAVID LAWSON, IV

Mrs. CHRISTOPHER J. MAKINS (Wendy) The Honorable and Mrs. FREDERIC V. MALEK (Marlene) Mr. and Mrs. FREDERIC W. MALEK (Britlan) Mrs. JAMES P. MALONEY, JR. (Rosalie) Ms. ANN WALKER MARCHANT Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE T. MARCOU (Karen Barker) The Honorable EDWARD J. MARKEY and Dr. SUSAN BLUMENTHAL Mr. and Mrs. DAVID S. MARRIOTT (Carrie)

Robert Higdon

Best book you read all year? Joan River’s “Diary of a Mad Diva” Signature entertaining hallmarks: Small groups for drinks & dinner, bundles of flowers, a mixing of porcelain & silver What do you collect? Meissen Monkey Orchestra pieces, based on the satirical illustration of the French artist Christophe Huet during the 18th century Favorite travel destination? Staying at a dear friend’s lovely house in Villefranche-sur-Mer, a charming French town set on a hillside overlooking the Mediterranean What are your holiday traditions?

The Grand-Hotel du Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat is a great bed and breakfast!

What are your holiday traditions?

Celebrating at home with family and friends

The Honorable and Mrs. JIM LEACH (Elisabeth)

Mr. and Mrs. J. WILLARD MARRIOTT, JR. (Donna Rae)

Favorite website or cellphone app? americas-table.com and Parkmobile.com

The Honorable and Mrs. PATRICK LEAHY (Marcelle)

Ms. JACQUELINE BADGER MARS

Pet peeve: Motorcades

The Honorable and Mrs. PAUL LAXALT (Carol)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT E. LEE, IV (Carew) Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL H. LEEDS (Sunita) Dr. and Mrs. LASALLE D. LEFFALL, JR. (Ruth)

Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD E. MARRIOTT (Nancy)

Mrs. VIRGINIA CRETELLA MARS The Honorable CAPRICIA P. MARSHALL and Dr. ROBERT MARSHALL

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Mr. and Mrs. CLARKE OHRSTROM (Molly)

The Honorable MARY V. MOCHARY

Mrs. RICARD R. OHRSTROM (Allen) Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER OLSEN (Michelle)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN J. MASON (JoAnn)

The Honorable and Mrs. ANTHONY J. (“TOBY”) MOFFETT, JR. (Myra)

Mr. and Mrs. PETER MARX (Toni)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT J. MONAHAN, JR. (Laurie)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN MURDOCH MATHESON (Susan)

Mr. and Mrs. C. BRAXTON MONCURE (Deborah)

Ms. CANDYCE MARTIN Mr. GUY MARTIN Mr. JUREK MARTIN and Ms. KATHLEEN NEWLAND

Mrs. GEORGE L. OHRSTROM, JR. (Jacqueline)

Ms. MAUREEN ORTH Mrs. JOHN R. OTTINA (Mollie) The Honorable MARY M. OURISMAN and Mr. MANDELL J. OURISMAN

Mrs. BONNIE BUCHANAN MATHESON

Dr. ROBERT MONTGOMERY and Ms. DENYCE GRAVES

Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES T. MATHESON (Julie)

Mrs. WENDY BURDEN MORGAN

Mr. and Mrs. MALCOLM MATHESON, III (Gail)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT MOSES (Patricia Kluge)

Mr. ROBERT R. MATHESON

Mr. ERIC L. MOTLEY

Mr. CHARLES B. MATHIAS

Mr. ROGER H. MUDD

General (U.S.M.C. Ret.) and Mrs. PETER PACE (Lynne)

Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD J. MATHIAS (Dale)

Mrs. PAT MUNROE (Mary)

Her Imperial Majesty FARAH PAHLAVI

The Honorable DORIS MATSUI

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER MURRAY (Carlotta)

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS (Kathleen)

Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS J. MURRAY (Evelyn)

His Imperial Highness Prince REZA PAHLAVI and Her Imperial Highness Princess YASMINE PAHLAVI

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Mr. ERNEST N. MAY, JR. The Honorable and Mrs. TERENCE R. (“TERRY”) MCAULIFFE (Dorothy)

Mr. and Mrs. HOWARD T. OWENS (Marnie)

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The Honorable and Mrs. CHARLES S. PASHAYAN (Sheila)

The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN D. NEGROPONTE (Diane)

Mr. and Mrs. SAM PATTEN (Laura)

The Honorable TIMOTHY J. MCBRIDE and The Honorable ANITA MCBRIDE

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT C. NELSON (Julia)

Senator and Mrs. JOHN MCCAIN (Cindy)

Mrs. JOHN A. NEVIUS (Sally)

Mrs. JOHN S. MCCAIN, JR. (Roberta)

Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM V. NEWLIN (Louisa)

His Eminence Cardinal THEODORE E. MCCARRICK

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM T. NEWMAN, JR. (Sheila Johnson)

The Honorable MITCH MCCONNELL and the Honorable ELAINE LAN CHAO

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT C. NICHOLAS, III (Lynn)

Ms. DOROTHY MCGHEE The Honorable and Mrs. THOMAS F. (“MACK”) MCLARTY, III (Donna) The Honorable JULIETTE CLAGETT MCLENNAN Mrs. ROBERT S. MCNAMARA (Diana) Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM F. MCSWEENY (Dorothy) Mr. DAVID L. MERCER Mrs. PHILIP MERRILL (Eleanor) Mr. and Mrs. THEODORE A. MILES (Carlotta/“Buffy”) Dr. and Mrs. WENDELL G. MILES (Ann) Mrs. G. WILLIAM MILLER (Ariadna) Mr. and Mrs. JAMES P. MILLS, JR. (Deborah) The Honorable and Mrs. NORMAN MINETTA (Danealia/”Deni”)

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(Deborah Gore Dean) Mr. and Mrs. MALCOLM E. (“MIKE”) PEABODY (Pamela) Mr. and Mrs. PAYSON R. PEABODY (Karin)

Dr. and Mrs. THOMAS P. NIGRA (Jane)

Mr. and Mrs. HAVEN N. B. PELL (Mina)

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM A. NITZE (Ann)

The Honorable NANCY PELOSI and Mr. PAUL PELOSI

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT H. (“BOB”) NIXON (Sarah)

Mr. MARK PENN and Ms. NANCY JACOBSON

Her Majesty Queen NOOR

Mrs. CHARLES H. PERCY (Loraine)

Mr. FRANCO NUSCHESE

Mr. LUCIAN PERKINS and Ms. SARAH TANGUY

Mr. And Mrs. LAWRENCE C. NUSSDORF (Melanie)

Mr. and Mrs. DAVID PERLIN (Skye Raiser) Mr. JOSEPH G. PERPICH and Ms. CATHY SULZBERGER

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Mr. and Mrs. MILTON V. PETERSON (Carolyn)

The President of the United States BARACK OBAMA and First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA Justice SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR

Ms. LAUREN PETERSON Dr. and Mrs. MICHAEL J. PETITE (Jeannette) Mr. and Mrs. JOHN E. PFLIEGER (Donna)

Mr. CHRISTOPHER OGDEN and Ms. LINDA FUSELIER

The Honorable THOMAS R. PICKERING Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL P. PILLSBURY (Susan)

Ms. DIANA (“DEEDY”) OGDEN and Ms. MARGO L. CARPER

Mr. and Mrs. PHILIP W. PILLSBURY, JR. (Nina)

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER OHRSTROM (Lilla)

Mr. and Mrs. WALTER H. PINCUS (Ann)

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REID, JR. (Nina Black)

Miss PATRICIA BENNETT SAGON

The Honorable CHELLIE PINGREE and Mr. DONALD SUSSMAN

Mr. CHRISTOPHER REITER

Mr. and Mrs. KYLE SAMPERTON (Kim)

Mr. and Mrs. RANDOLPH W. RENCHARD (Lila)

Mr. and Mrs. ROGER SANT (Victoria/“Vicki”)

Mr. BILL PLANTE and Ms. ROBIN SMITH

Mr. JAMES V. REYES

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER S. SARGENT (Ann)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN D. PODESTA (Mary)

Mr. PERCIVAL L. REYNOLDS, JR.

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN A. SARGENT (Susan)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN J. POHANKA (Lynn)

Mr. and Mrs. R. ROLAND REYNOLDS (Diana)

Mr. and Mrs. ARTURO SARUKHAN

Mr. and Mrs. CURTIS POLK (Amanda)

Mr. and Mrs. WAYNE REYNOLDS (Catherine)

Mr. KENNETH M. POLLACK and Ms. ANDREA KOPPEL

Mrs. WALTER T. RIDDER (Marie)

(Veronica Valencia) His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan and Mrs. KENICHIRO SASAE (Nobuko)

Mrs. ABE POLLIN (Irene)

The Honorable and Mrs. THOMAS J. RIDGE (Michele)

Mr. and Mrs. B. FRANCIS SAUL, II (“Tricia”)

Mr. and Mrs. HERMAN PORTEN (Regina)

Mr. and Mrs. C. JACKSON RITCHIE, JR. (Jane)

Mr. and Mrs. B. FRANCIS SAUL, III (Dawn)

Mr. and Mrs. NORMAN S. PORTENOY (Winifred)

The Honorable and Mrs. CHARLES S. (“CHUCK”) ROBB (Lynda)

Justice and Mrs. ANTONIN SCALIA (Maureen)

The Honorable and Mrs. COLIN L. POWELL (Alma)

Mr. and Mrs. ARLIE SCHARDT

(Bonnie Nelson Schwartz)

Mr. and Mrs. EARL A. POWELL, III (Nancy)

The Chief Justice of the United States and Mrs. JOHN G. ROBERTS (Jane)

Mr. NICHOLAS B. SCHEETZ

Lady PREVIN (Heather)

Ms. ROXANNE ROBERTS

Mr. and Mrs. BOB SCHIEFFER (Patricia)

Miss JUDY LYNN PRINCE

Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN ROBERTS (“Cokie”)

Mr. and Mrs. FREDERICK H. PRINCE (Diana) Dr. and Mrs. JEROLD J. PRINCIPATO (Marjorie)

The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN D. (“JAY”) ROCKEFELLER, IV (Sharon)

Mr. and Mrs. NASH WHITNEY SCHOTT (Aniko Gaal)

The Honorable PENNY S. PRITZKER, Secretary of Commerce, and Dr. BRYAN TRAUBERT

The Honorable and Mrs. FREDERICK B. ROONEY (Evelyn)

Mr. ROBERT C. SCHWARTZ

Mr. JOHN PYLES and Ms. BARBARA HARRISON

Mr. and TIMOTHY C. ROONEY and Ms. DANA DEMANGE

The Honorable BRENT SCOWCROFT

Mrs. EBEN W. PYNE (Nancy)

The Honorable SELWA S. (“LUCKY”) ROOSEVELT

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The Honorable CAROL L. SCHWARTZ

Ms. GAIL SCOTT

His Imperial Highness Prince ERMIAS SAHLE-SELASSIE HAILE SELASSIE and Princess SELASSIE (Saba)

Mrs. J. EUGENE QUINN (Irene/“Margy”)

The Honorable JONATHAN C. ROSE and The Honorable SUSAN PORTER ROSE

The Honorable PETER A. SELFRIDGE, chief of protocol of the United States, and Mrs Selfridge (Parita))

Ms. SALLY QUINN

Mr. and Mrs. BRUCE ROSS-LARSON (Shelly)

The Honorable and Mrs. IVAN SELIN (Nina)

Mr. THOMAS H. QUINN

Ms. RYNTHIA M. ROST

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM S. SESSIONS (Alice)

Mr. and Mrs. WHAYNE S. QUIN (Ursula)

Mr. and Mrs. RANDOLPH D. ROUSE (Michelle)

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The Honorable MARY (“MOLLY”) RAISER

The Honorable and Mrs. EDWARD RANDALL ROYCE (Marie)

Mr. and Mrs. MITCHELL RALES (Emily)

Mr. and Mrs. DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN (Alice)

Mr. and Mrs. MARK SHRIVER (Jeanne)

Mr. and Mrs. W. RUSSELL RAMSEY (Norma)

Mr. and Mrs. MILES RUBIN(Nancy)

Mr.TIMOTHY SHRIVER and Ms. LINDA POTTER

Mr. FRANK B. RANDOLPH

Mrs. OTTO J. RUESCH (Jeanne)

Mrs. DONALD RAPPAPORT (Susan)

Dr. and Mrs. LOCKWOOD RUSH (“Jackie”)

Mr. and Mrs. SIMON SIDAMONERISTOFF (Nancy)

The Honorable and Mrs. JAMIN B. (“JAMIE”) RASKIN (Sarah Bloom)

Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS D. RUTHERFOORD, JR. (Jean)

Mrs. ELIZABETH B. (“BETSEY”) REA

The Honorable and Mrs. FREDERICK J. RYAN, JR. (Genevieve/”Genny”)

Mr. and Mrs. GANT REDMON (Frances) Mr. and Mrs. SAMUEL S. REED (Juliet) Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS A. REED (Vanessa) Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES H. (“CHIP”)

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Mr. JONATHAN SILVER and Ms. MELISSA MOSS The Honorable and Mrs. LEONARD L. SILVERSTEIN (Elaine) Mr. JAMAL SIMMONS Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT H. SMALL (Shirley)

Mrs. ANWAR SADAT (Jihan)

The Honorable and Mrs. LAWRENCE SMALL (Sandra)

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN SAFER (Joy)

Mr. and Mrs. DOUGLAS SMITH (Gabriella)

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Mr. and Mrs. JOHN T. TAFT (Christine)

Mrs. ROBERT H. SMITH (Clarice)

The Honorable STROBE TALBOTT

Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN SMITH (Sally Bedell Smith)

Mrs. W. WAVERLY TAYLOR (Edmée)

The Honorable and Mrs. MARION H. (“JOE”) SMOAK (Mary Frances)

Mrs. DANIEL J. TERRA (Judith)

Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD (“DICK”) SNOWDON, III (Catharine)

Mr. and Mrs. PHILIP THOMAS (Patti)

Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL SNYDER (Tanya) Mr. DAVID SOLOMON and Ms. JANE MANSOUR Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL R. SONNENREICH (Linda) Mr. GENE SPERLING and Ms. ALISON ABNER Mr. and Mrs. DAVID J. STEEL (Susan Watters) Mr. and Mrs. PATRICK STEEL (Lee Satterfield) Mr. T. GARRICK STEELE Mr. and Mrs. ANDREW STEPHEN (Katherine Field) Mr. and Mrs. JAMES MORGAN (“JAMIE”) STERLING (Lisa) Mrs. ISAAC STERN (Linda) Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD R. (“TED”) STETTINIUS (Sarah) Mr. and Mrs. JOSEPH STETTINIUS, JR. (Regina) Mr. and Mrs. GUY T. STEUART, II (Margaret) Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE C. STEVENS, JR. (Elizabeth/“Liz”) Mrs. THEODORE F. STEVENS (Catherine) The Honorable ANN STOCK and Mr. STUART C. STOCK Mrs. WALTER J. STOESSEL, JR. (Mary Ann) Mrs. AUCHINCLOSS STRAIGHT (Nina) Mrs. HENRY STRONG (Malan) Mrs. FRANKLIN L. STROUD (Kandy) Ms. KIMBALL STROUD

Favorite thing about Washington?

Parks and running/bike trails.

Mr. and Mrs. EVAN THOMAS (Oscie)

Charitable cause closest your heart?

N St Village, City Dance, Special Olympics.

Mr. DODGE D. THOMPSON Mr. RICHARD E. THOMPSON Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM R. TIEFEL (Norma)

Favorite Washington restaurant and what you order there? The Dubliner!

Our order: confidential.

Mr. and Mrs. MAURICE B. TOBIN (Joan) Mr. and Mrs. VLADIMIR S. TOLSTOYMILOSLAVSKY (Suzanne) Mrs. SAMI E. TOTAH (Annie) The Honorable KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND and Mr. DAVID L. TOWNSEND Mrs. LEWIS R. TOWNSEND (Ann Van Devanter) Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN J. TRACHTENBERG (Francine) Mr. GEOFFREY O. TRACY and Ms. NORAH O’DONNELL

Best book you read all year? “Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most” (by Timothy Shriver) ... of course!

Signature entertaining hallmarks: Moving furniture to create spaces for openness, laughter, and dancing What do you collect? We try not to collect anything other than friends

Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL TRAGER (Mariella)

Favorite travel destination?

Connecticut inns, Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod

Mr. and Mrs. C. BOWDOIN TRAIN (Georgina) Mrs. RUSSELL E. TRAIN (Aileen) Admiral and Mrs. STANSFIELD TURNER (Marion)

Favorite hotel or resort? The Study in New Haven, Conn. because it is comfy, friendly and in the action

The Honorable JOSEPH DAVIES TYDINGS

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V Mrs. JACK J. VALENTI (Mary Margaret)

Ms. JOANNA STURM

Mr. JAMES F. VALENTINE and Ms. KATHY KEMPER

Mr. A. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, JR.

Mrs. CHARLOTTE CRAWFORD VAN METRE

Mr.. KEVIN SULLIVAN and Ms. MARY JORDAN

Mr. CHRISTOPHER T. VAN ROIJEN

Mrs. MARY H. DAVIDSON SWIFT

Mr. and Mrs. PETER P. VAN ROIJEN (Beatrice)

The Honorable and Mrs. JAMES WADSWORTH SYMINGTON (Sylvia)

The Honorable PHILIP L. VERVEER and The Honorable MELANNE VERVEER

H.E. the Ambassador of Hungary GYÖRGY SZAPÁRY

Dr. and Mrs. GIORGIO G. VIA (Anna Maria)

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The Honorable WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, IV

What are your holiday traditions?

Capture the flag with kids of all ages regardless of the weather Favorite website or cellphone app? contemplative.org Pet peeve: The “Washington Cocktail Party Overlook” (our definition of when some purported big shot pretends to be talking to you while looking all over the room for someone more important!)

The Honorable RICHARD N. VIETS

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Mrs. CURTIN WINSOR, III (Deborah)

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Mr. WILLIAM L. WALDE and Dr. MARY FRANCES SMOAK

Mr. GRAHAM WISNER and Ms. RANIA HANANO WISNER

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Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. DONALD M. WOLF (Jean)

Thomas Hale (“Tommy�) Boggs

Mr. ADAM WALDMAN and Dr. BARBARA STURM WALDMAN

The Honorable and Mrs. JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN (Elaine)

Mr. and Mrs. MALLORY WALKER (Diana)

The Honorable PAUL WOLFOWITZ

Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM M. (“WILLY�)

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The Honorable NEAL S. WOLIN and Ms. NICOLE ELKON

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER WALLACE (Lorraine) Mr. REDMOND WALSH and Ms. TIA CUDAHY

Mr. and Mrs. KENNETH R. WOODCOCK (Dorothy)

The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN W. WARNER (Jeanne Vander Myde)

Mr. ROBERT (“BOB�) WOODWARD and Ms. ELSA WALSH

Ms. MARGARET G. WARNER

Mr. JAMES R. WOODYARD

The Honorable and Mrs. MARK R. WARNER (Lisa Collis)

Mrs. MICHAEL WOYEVODSKY (Xenia) His Eminence Cardinal DONALD W. WUERL

Virginia Dawson

Miss VIRGINIA (“OZZIE�) WARNER

Mr. and Mrs. STEVEN WYATT (Cate Magennis)

George C. Denby

Mrs. WILLIAM W. WARNER (Kathleen)

Ruth Boorstin Benjamin C. (“Ben�) Bradlee Mary Braga William N. (“Bill�) Cafritz Ruth Caplin Prince David Chavchavadze Olive Watson Cobb Countess (Viviana) Crespi

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Mrs. C. LANGHORNE WASHBURN (Judith)

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Mr. and Mrs. ANGUS YATES (Elizabeth/“Sissy�

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The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM H. WEBSTER (Lynda) The Honorable EDWARD L. WEIDENFELD and The Honorable SHEILA RABB WEIDENFELD Mrs. ERIC W. WEINMANN (Mary)

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The Honorable

William E. (“Bill�) Frenzel

Ms. FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO and Ms. FAITH GAY

Christina (“Ina�) Ginsburg George K. Graeber

Mr. and Mrs. JEFFREY ZELL (Lauri)

Roderick M. (“Rod�) Hills

Mr. and Mrs. JEFFREY D. ZIENTS (Mary)

Mr. and Mrs. J. ROBINSON WEST (Eileen)

Mrs. WARREN ZIMMERMANN (Corinne/“Teeny�)

Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE Y. WHEELER, III (Frances) Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS WHEELER (Carol) Mr. and Mrs. HENRY C. WHEELWRIGHT (Celeste) The Honorable and Mrs. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (Sandra)

Diana McLellan Rachel Lambert (“Bunny�) Mellon

The Honorable and Mrs. TOGO D. WEST, JR. (Gail)

Ms. KATHARINE WEYMOUTH

The Honorable

Mr. PAUL ZEVNIK and Ms. GINNY GRENHAM

Dr. SIDNEY WERKMAN

H.E. the Ambassador of the United Kingdom SIR PETER WESTMACOTT and LADY WESTMACOTT (Susie)

Melvyn J. (“Mel�) Estrin

Princess (Selene) Obolensky Nuala O’Donnell Pell

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The Honorable John B. Rhinelander John S. Samperton Novella de Lozier Samperton Lili-Charlotte (“Lolo�) Sarnoff The Honorable

Robert S. (“Bob�) Strauss Ingrid Valtin

Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE WILL (Mari) Mr. and Mrs. PAUL WILLIAMS (Catherine) Mr. and Mrs. WESLEY S. WILLIAMS, JR. (Karen)

Janet Grayson Whitehouse Virginia Summerlin Wilcox Virginia Hayes Williams

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POLLY KRAFT Profession: Artist Favorite subject you like to paint: The Long Island landscape Favorite cause: Sasha Bruce Youthwork How has the Washington scene changed most over the years? There has been a diminishing feeling of camaraderie; the small, cozy dinner party has all but disappeared. Best party you ever attended: Truman Capote’s 1966 Black and White Ball honoring Kay Graham in New York Most memorable host? Liz Stevens, who always puts together a wide assortment of unexpected guests. Signature clothing style? Black pants and black turtleneck for everywhere.

MARIE RIDDER How has the Washington scene changed most over the years? It’s much larger and more affluent but not as cozy as it was back when you knew everyone in government and diplomatic circles. What has stayed the same? It’s still an interesting city because it is the seat of government. What do you miss most about the “Old Washington”? The informality of dinner parties of eight to 10 people that we had all the time. Best Washington event you ever attended: John and Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House dinner for André Malraux in May, 1962. Most memorable host: Joe Alsop’s dinners were always full of interesting talk, fabulous food and sometimes eccentric behavior. Signature style: Nothing now, but when I was covering fashion in Paris in the early ‘50s, it was anything the couturiers offered me for free!

KATE LEHRER Profession: Writer What do you most like to write about? Characters going through enormous transitions. How has the Washington scene changed most over the years? Back then money didn’t matter as much (now it does). What has stayed the same? It still helps to be close to power — real or imagined. What do you miss most about the “Old Washington”? A feeling of community without regard to political divisions.

Best advice you’d offer to a newcomer: Avoid the temptation to look over the shoulders of people to whom you are talking (either literally or metaphorically). Best Washington event you ever attended: My first visit to the White House: a dinner for eight upstairs in the family quarters and a tour of the rooms. Signature style: Casual and direct, but often with corners rounded.

DIANE REHM Profession: Radio host. The most fascinating person you ever interviewed: Mario Vargas Llosa and E.L. Doctorow — because they allowed themselves to dream on air. How has the Washington scene changed most over the years?

It’s become a more open and friendly place to live with more variety of food, dress and creativity.

What has stayed the same? I grew up in a small town called Washington, D.C. that is now a big city with international importance. Best advice you’d offer to a newcomer: Find what you love to do and put your heart and soul into doing it well. Best Washington event you ever attended: The White House ceremony where President Obama awarded me the Presidential Medal for the Humanities. Signature style: Slim and black.

BUFFY CAFRITZ How has the Washington scene changed most over the years? Things are far less formal but at the same time there appears to be less acrossthe-aisle, informal conversation and bridgebuilding than before. What has stayed the same? Public policy, diplomacy and political debate. What do you miss most about the “Old Washington”? Less traffic. Best advice you’d offer to a newcomer: When you’re in a conversation, don’t look over the person’s shoulder to see who might be more important in the room. Best Washington event you ever attended? My late husband Bill’s last Thanksgiving dinner with our family at the Hay-Adams. Most memorable host: Katharine Graham Signature style: Something respectful of the occasion.

ANN JORDAN How has the Washington scene changed most over the years? The city is bigger, much more diverse and totally open. People from all over the world now come here as a matter of course. What has stayed the same? It remains largely a middle-class town and unlike in New York, it’s still easy to get around by car. Advice you’d offer to a newcomer: Find a good cause to support; it will give you an anchor here. Best Washington party you ever attended: The Kennedy Center Honors always has a great audience of fascinating people from all over the country. Signature clothing style? Neat and presentable clothes that last a long, long time.

Photographed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

RUTH BUCHANAN How has the Washington scene changed most over the years? Fewer glamorous parties in private homes. What do you miss about “Old Washington”? The grandiose formal gatherings — also private — with dancing! Best advice you’d offer to a newcomer: Smile a lot, join the fun and give of yourself. Most memorable host: Marjorie Merriweather Post was always smiling, bejeweled, beautifully dressed and made you totally feel at home. Signature clothing style? Feminine and blue.

SPECIAL FEATURE | BOOK REVIEW

WHEN GEORGETOWN RULED THE WORLD

BY MICHAEL PILLSBURY

The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington”

by Gregg Herken (Alfred A. Knopf, $30)

t seems like only yesterday. The new director of CIA summons a spy to his office and instructs him to attend a series of Sunday night gatherings to identify “dubious security risks,” telling him “I don’t care whether they were blabbing secrets or not. Just give me the names of the people at Georgetown cocktail parties.” This story is from 1950. Dozens more like it pioneer a new approach to the orthodox field of usually dry and boring diplomatic histories of the Cold War. Many thought Stephen Sestanovich’s recent book, “Maximalist,” was the best ever account of the national security policy battles swirling around American presidents from Truman to Reagan, but now Gregg Herken’s “The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington” goes further. It mines hundreds of freshly declassified CIA documents in order to recreate exactly where these policy battles occurred. The answer lies mainly in a few square blocks of Georgetown not far from where Secretary of State John Kerry lives today, a few blocks down from my own house on O Street NW. Herken’s story begins with a comment

by Kissinger: “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny of the Western world.”

The author traces the history of the Georgetown Set to 1926 when future Secretary of State Dean Acheson purchased 2805 P Street NW in a poor black neighborhood. The first secretary of state to reside in Georgetown was already there — Charles Evans Hughes. Kerry is the eighth in a group that also includes John Foster Dulles, Cyrus Vance, Henry Kissinger and Christian Herter. Herken’s stories feature a

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lot of leaking by CIA and Pentagon officials who lived there, too, although he prefers to focus primarily on the journalists who also nestled among them. This volatile mix was of great interest to FBI officials for four decades because they knew journalists are almost totally dependent on access and leaks.

Everyone with a Top Secret clearance is supposed to know that classified materiel can only be stored or discussed in securityapproved offices, never kept at home or mentioned around “uncleared personnel,” especially journalists. Three colleagues of mine have been jailed for violating this rule.

Media reports suggest that several others are under security investigations this year. Now comes the revelations of leaking shown in hundreds of declassified CIA documents assembled by Herken, a diplomatic historian and University of California professor, who shows just how things used to work. He

includes an account whereby President John F. Kennedy “accidentally” left classified documents in the hotel room of Washington Post publisher Phil Graham. He reveals at least 20 major leaks that affected the White House, including President Dwight Eisenhower’s demand for an investigation to discover how the Post learned of the “missile gap” that helped JFK defeat Richard Nixon in 1960.

Cracking down on leakers was high on the agenda of three famous men who never lived in Georgetown and often spoke against those who did —Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Herken misses some major stories such as Selwa S. (“Lucky”) Roosevelt’s memoir, “Keeper of the Gate,” in which she disclosed how she became Ronald Reagan’s chief of protocol by writing an appreciative article based on Georgetown that defended Nancy Reagan from gossip column attacks.

He also misses the Georgetown visit of Ian Fleming to the 29th and R Street house later owned by Kay and Phil Graham. In 1941, Fleming provided two memos to Wild Bill Donovan about how to organize the OSS, which in turn became the outline for the structure of the CIA. Starting in 1953, Fleming would write famous novels about James Bond and tell an interviewer that he chose the codename “007” for Bond because the Georgetown ZIP Code was 20007 and so many spies resided there. (The tale may be apocryphal inasmuch as ZIP Codes were not introduced until 1963.)

A map of the 15 houses where the action occurred mark the best pages in the book: Averell and Marie Harriman at 3038 N Street NW; powerful syndicated newspaper columnist Joe Alsop and his wife Susan Mary at 2720 Dumbarton Street NW; Chip Bohlen, ambassador to Soviet Union and France, and his wife Avis at 2811 Dumbarton Street NW

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Map by Robert Bull

— not far from John Foster Dulles at 3107 Dumbarton Street NW and his brother, CIA Director Alan Dulles, at 2723 Q Street NW. Among the leakers in 1948 was Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, a kind of super hawk who apparently passed along memos and cables about the need for “containment” of the Soviet Union, thereby making the obscure George Kennan into a national hero.

Kennan himself seems to have been security minded. He writes in his diary that he refused to reveal his views on China policy in front of journalists even though he stayed at the Alsops’ home when he visited Washington.

Leaks, not self-promoting, made Kennan as famous as his anonymous 1947 “X article” on containment theory in Foreign Affairs.

Herken also shows how the Georgetown Set could influence elections. Phil and Kay Graham openly supported Johnson in 1960 against fellow Georgetown resident Kennedy but soon shifted to whomever could beat Nixon. (The source of the “missile gap” leak was never identified and Nixon was undermined. ) Leaking had its costs. Johnson accused CIA director Richard M. Helms in 1966 of being too close to Joseph Alsop and

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demanded an investigation. National security adviser McGeorge Bundy resigned in 1966 after Johnson accused him of being too close to Alsop as well.

“The Georgetown Set” makes good use of declassified transcripts including one of a Watergate era phone conversation Kay Graham had with Kissinger when he was living at 3026 P Street NW. He told her that it was “treason” in the view of the Nixon White House to be talking to her or anyone else in the Georgetown Set. At one point, the biggest secret in Washington was Kissinger’s opening to China for which his boss wanted all the credit.

Nixon was dismayed to read that Kissinger had been shown a “jade jockstrap” as part of a burial suit in Beijing by Zhou Enlai, a detail Kissinger had forgotten to tell him but that appeared in a news column. Nixon and Kissinger wiretapped a dozen staff members but failed to find any leaking.

President Kennedy went over to Joe Alsop’s house on the night of his inauguration.

The following year, again at Alsop’s home, Kennedy told Bohlen that U-2 over flights had discovered Soviets nuclear missiles in Cuba. The journalists present all covered the

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Cuban crisis favorably.

Herken makes good use of earlier research, including such books as “The Georgetown Ladies’ Social Club” by the late C. David Heymann and several hundred declassified CIA documents.

He shows that the earliest leaks were part of fierce policy struggles. Several leaks in 1946-1947 were aimed to counter an aggressive campaign by Hoover’s FBI to prevent the creation of a CIA because the FBI wanted to control international espionage.

By the early 1950s, Herken shows that expenses for dozens of the famous Sunday night dinners hosted at CIA co-founder Frank Wisner’s home (3327 P Street NW) may have been reimbursed by the CIA. The Sunday soirées took place because the servants were all off duty that one night of the week. Up to a dozen families might bring dishes to the party, including those made from complicated recipes taught by OSS clerk Julia Child in her renowned Georgetown Cooking Class.

Michael Pillsbury is a former senior Pentagon official and author of the forthcoming book “The Hundred-Year Marathon” (Henry Holt)

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SPECIAL FEATURE | SOCIAL CLIMBER’S BIBLE

SOCIAL SUMMIT on’t despair if you’re not a birthright member of the upper crust. “The Social Climber’s Bible: A Book of Manners, Practical Tips, and Spiritual Advice for the Upwardly Mobile” (Penguin, $20) by Dirk Wittenborn and his niece, Johnson & Johnson heiress Jazz Johnson, is all you’ll need to lie, cheat and claw your way to the top of the socialite mountain. These choice bits of advice will help you get started:

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1. Never be overdressed, for the simple reason that it will make it clear how hard you’re trying to be something you’re not.

11. Social climbers don’t sleep around; they simply fall in love easily with men and/or women who always seem to be very rich, very famous and/or generous.

2. One of the safest ways to make it seem that you’ve lived a far more exciting life than you have is to casually claim friendship with a genuinely famous, rich and/or powerful person who is no longer alive.

12. Where your host places you at a dinner party reveals just how little they think of you and as such, it is the only honest barometer a climber has of his or her current status.

3. Highly accomplished people never get tired of hearing how great they are, no matter what they tell their shrinks.

13. Switching your place card at a seated event is not bad manners. Getting caught is bad manners.

4. Purge any and all embarrassing details and indiscretions from cyberspace, to make sure your past does not sabotage your future.

14. E-mailed thank-you notes send a subliminal message that you think your host isn’t worth a stamp and a walk to the mailbox.

5. Get a list of all the Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon and Narcotics Anonymous meetings offered in your city and start attending those that are held in ... the most exclusive and expensive neighborhoods. Every one of America’s first families has at least one heir or heiress with a substance abuse problem.

6. Check the pages of the newspapers online every day for memorial services open to the public to celebrate the lives of recently deceased statesmen, celebrities and society figures who never would have deigned to talk to you while they were alive. ...

Dead rich and famous people have famous friends who are still alive and can help you.

15. Rich, famous and powerful people who are getting older need new friends. Especially when their children are eager to dump them into an assisted-living village.

16. How does a WASP look and act? Just imagine you are suffering from constipation 24/7/365, avoid public displays of affection, never smile at strangers and never fail to remind the outsider that he or she doesn’t belong.

7.Attend openings of upscale art galleries.Those willing to drop 400K for a work on paper with as little concern as you have springing for extra cheese on a sandwich are the kind of people you want to know.

8. The trick to befriending celebrities is making them think they have singled you out for friendship because you, unlike 99.99 percent of the rest of the world, treat them as if they are normal, when in fact you have been stalking them for years.

9. The three questions you never want to ask at a cocktail party: 1. Who are you? 2. Where do you live? 3. What do you do? They indelibly mark you as an obvious social climber.

10. If you are a gay man or a heterosexual woman, take advantage of any and all opportunities to become new best friends with the long-suffering wife of a powerful man. … Because she’s lonely, she’ll make you an honorary member of the family.

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Authors Dirk Wittenborn and Jazz Johnson, authors of “The Social Climber’s Bible” have watched the best and worst social climbers succeed and fail in their assaults on the bastions of high society.

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SPECIAL FEATURE | LUXURY TRAVEL

RESORTS RUN BY NATURE

BY JOHN ARUNDEL

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ith a world ecosystem in continuous peril from global warming, deforestation and other threats too many to count here, here are two environmentallyfriendly resorts in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic where eco-tourism takes center stage. >>

PLAYA CATIVO A Luxury Eco Lodge in the Costa Rica Rainforest This newly-opened eco-lodge astride the tranquil waters of southern Costa Rica is built for nature lovers. Set across 1,000 acres of lush rainforest, this tucked-away boutique resort is accessible only by boat. Here you can bask in a small world run by nature. Self-sustaining, it is powered by off-grid solar and hydroelectric power, and its farm-to-table restaurant El Gavilán features local seafood, grass-fed beef and produce grown on the property.

Its seven guest rooms overlook the aquagreen waters of Golfo Dulce and are constructed from reclaimed wood and tiles crafted by local artisans.There are no hair dryers and none of the bed linens are ironed - that consumes too much energy; so don’t mind if a few of the bed sheets are wrinkled.There’s also a freshwater, chemicalfree swimming pool, and all of the waste is sorted, with organic waste composted and the rest recycled. “We are very proud of our green credentials,” says Hotel Manager Luis Pardo,“and we encourage our guests to tell others what we’re doing and take a few green ideas home.”

With a leisurely stroll in the gardens or the private rainforest, you might find such rarities as the Black Mandible Toucan. Perhaps nowhere can you find so many types of habitats squeezed into such a tiny area; Costa Rica holds the world record for number of species, with 615 species per 6,000 square miles. Activities here include snorkeling, paddle boarding and kayaking, not to mention bird watching, hard-line pier fishing and nature hikes.

The resort was built by McLean real estate

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Stockholm’s Playa Cativo inGrand CostaHotel Rica which recently underwent $100 million in renovations.

executive Mark Betts, creator and owner of Middleburg’s highly-acclaimed Goodstone Inn & Restaurant. “I just fell in love with the place,” he says. “It’s unique in its native beauty and seclusion.”

Playa Cativo Eco Lodge,Puntarenas, Costa Rica (508) 745-5779 (reservations) www.playacativo.com

CASA DE CAMPO The Sporting Life With 7,000 verdant acres, Casa de Campo is a place where old Washington families and the occasional politician or celebrity have been escaping to for 40 years. Owned by the Fanjul brothers, Cuban-American sugar barons, the resort is a discreet enclave offering the highest level of privacy for the affluent, who often arrive via yacht or private jet.“For 40 years we have been a favored escape to the world’s financial moguls, politicians and Hollywood elite,” says Peter Bonnell, Casa de Campo’s chief marketing officer.

The resort enhances the typical Caribbean vacation with endless avenues for play, with elite sports clubs dotting the property, including a 245-acre shooting club for trap, and a polo and

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Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo

equestrian club featuring three tournament fields.

On 90 acres of awe-inspiring golf designed by Pete Dye, the fearsome “Teeth of the Dog,” has seven holes jutting devilishly into the ocean.

On our trip we took a catamaran to the pristine Catalina Island, six square miles of sugarsand beaches and snorkeled out to coral reefs a short distance from the pier, returning to lobster cooked on an open grill on the beach.

Last summer, 10 million viewers of ABC’s hit show “The Bachelorette” watched episodes shot inside the resort’s luxe villas. Michael Jordan hosted his bachelor party here, and Beyonce and Jay-Z dropped in last Spring, decamping to a $25,000 per night casita.There is also a stunning artist’s village, Altos de Chavon, modeled after a 16th-century Mediterranean town. A small church caters to destination weddings, and a 5,000-seat Grecian style amphitheater, inaugurated by Frank Sinatra, hosts concerts throughout the year..

Casa de Campo La Romana, Dominican Republic (800) 877-3643 (Reservations) www.casadecampo.com.do

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