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Welcome Party

THE SHOW MUST GO ON
The plan seemed simple and gracious. Lisa Gordon- Hagerty and Grace Bender were going to host a dinner at Neyla on September 22 to welcome their friend Morton Cohen, an entrepreneur moving to D.C. from Houston. But when the guest of honor got stranded in Texas due to Hurricane Rita, the hostesses decided not to cancel their evening of exotic cocktails and Middle Eastern food.

NEYLA’S HIDEAWAY
The party was the fi rst hosted in Neyla’s beautiful new back room, where rich, deep purple velvet wall hangings create the atmosphere of being inside an exotic tent. Tommy and Barbara Boggs, Jim and Leone Reeder, Togo and Gail West, Mary and Mandy Oursiman and former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge were among the 45 guests.

NEYLA’S PRIVATE DINING ROOM

Tom Ridge and Cathy Jones
Ann Free and Barbara Boggs

Togo West, Leone Reeder, Gayle West and John Reeder
Tommy Boggs and Jim Free

Vicki Sant and Sid Bass

PHOTOS BY KYLE SAMPERTON



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