WASHINGTON LIFE CELEBRATES 15 YEARS AT CAFE MILANO

September 12 • Café Milano PARTY
PHOTOS BY PAUL SIMKIN
RED CARPET PHOTOS BY IMMANUEL AYACHANDRAN

THE EVENT: Back in 1991, the date “September 11th” had a much diff erent meaning for Washington Life: It was the print date of the fi rst issue. Fast forward 15 years, “9/11” conjures very diff erent emotions … which is why 9/12 has become the de facto anniversary date for the magazine. And what an anniversary it was! The Scene: The energy inhabiting Franco Nuschese’s venerable Georgetown A-list haunt, Café Milano (which opened a few months a er WL in 1992) was alive with WL friends past and present, harking back to the days when top hostesses’ salons served as social melting pots for the city’s movers and shakers. These days, Washington’s political and diplomatic “celebrities” are joined by tech gurus, real estate moguls and sports, entertainment and fashion personalities. As the warm and breezy night progressed, the mingling and high-powered networking moved into full swing as guests sampled Milano’s delicious food and wine, and enjoyed the sounds of the three-piece Latin band as well as the lovely fl oral arrangements by Ultra Violet. The People: Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen, Housing Secretary Alfonso Jackson; Swedish Amb. Gunnar Lund and wife Kari Marie Lotsberg, Italian Amb. Giovanni Castellaneta and wife Leila, Kuwaiti Amb. Salem Al-Sabah and wife Rima; Vanity Fair’s Judy Bachrach and Christopher Hitchens, MSNBC’s Nora O’Donnell, Fox’s Chris Wallace; Ina Ginsburg, Kathleen Ma hews, Theo Adamstein and Olvia Demetriou, Tony Podesta, Jack Davies, Kay Kendall, Mario Marino, Grace Bender, Ann Hand, Ashley Taylor, Christopher Reiter, Farah and Dino Pampillonia, Wendy Adler, Andrew Cockburn, Conrad Cafritz, Diane Williams, Judith Terra, David Corn, Bill Press and D.C. Councilmembers Carol Schwartz and Jack Evans.

Luca Ferrari, William Cohen, Janet Langhart
Cohen, Maria Chiara Ferrari and Italian Amb.
Giovanni Castellaneta

Bob Monahan, Terry McAuliff e
and Tom Quinn

Bruce Bradley, Kirsten Pollin, Sharon
Bradly and Dave Pollin

Tina and John Alster with Jean Smith

Kathleen Matthews and Max Berry

Rima Al-Sabah and Marcia Jackson

Anais de Viel Castel, Mandy O’Neil and Amal Zaari

Cindy Jones with Davis and Lynda Camalier

Chris Larsin, Bill Forte and Seyhan Duru

Secretary of HUD Alphonso Jackson

Secretary of Commerce Carlos and Edi Gutierrez

Muff y Stout and Kevin Chaffee

Denise Alexander, Tandy Dickerson and Deborah Gore Dean

Diane Williams and David Mercer

John McCaslin and Mark Russell

Katherine Kennedy and Marco Minuto

Kari Lotsberg and Swedish Amb. Gunnar Lund

Kate Adamson

Giselle Theberge with Pamela and Andrew Jacovides

Mandy and Amb. Mary Ourisman

Maajo Cooper-Henry

Bess Abell and Capricia Marshall

Sarah Holley and George Wallace

Bill Batts and Warren Brown

Bobbie Brewster, Bill Moody, Jacqueline and Marc Leland

Mark Scott, Jim Bell and Dana Landry

Philip and Michelle Schoenfeld

Grace Bender and Diane Wolf

Andrew Blecher and Mary Haft

Margaret Carlson

Katie Rost

Jason Van Buren and friend

Annie Groer, Theo Adamstein and Olvia Demetriou

John Firestone, Patricia Sagon and Connie Carter

Dima Ali, Jeff Neal, Alex Misci and Laurent Menoud

Aniko Gaal Schott, Nini Ferguson and Eric Motley

Roger Hickey and guest

Ghislaine Boreel, James Shallcross and Wyatt Dickerson

Nesrin Fraga-Rosenfeld

Kinsey Marable

Jack Evans

Richard Dubin and Chris Wallace

Ellen Vollebaek and Norwegian Amb. Knut Vollebaek

Judy Esfandiary, Judith Terra, Sveltlana Ushkova and Fenty Supporter

Bill Press

Ron Kessler

Nanc Itteilag, Gar Enders, Janet Whitman, Jeff David and Salley Widmayer
Geraldine Apponyi and Henry von Eichel with Tony and Buff y Miles
Mel Estrin with Bess and Tyler Abbell