The 100 Most Invited: A Spotter’s Guide to the Social Scene A SPOTTER’S GUIDE TO THE WASHINGTON SOCIAL SCENE
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4.BOB BARNETT AND
RITA BRAVER
LITERARY LAWYER & TELEVISION CORRESPONDENT
He is every would-be blockbuster
author’s new best friend and is always
on the lookout for new clients. She’s a
high-powered but low key CBS stalwart
with multiple Emmys.
5. WAYNE AND LEA BERMAN
LOBBYIST & WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY
Having gone on a crash diet and spruced
up her fashion look, she, among all White
House aides, is most likely to be mistaken
for a guest. His calls to the White House
get returned no matter who is president.
6. STUART AND WILMA
BERNSTEIN
BUSINESSMAN & GOP CONTRIBUTOR
A rare breed: home town kids who
went international. Returning from a
hugely successful ambassadorial posting
in Denmark, they now have lots of
smart new European pals to go with
their solid Bush team connections.
7. JAMES AND MARJORIE
BILLINGTON
LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS & HIS BIGGEST BOOSTER
The intellectual and gregarious Russian
scholar has a huge Rolodex of fancy friends,
especially wealthy donors with millions
to spare for his pet projects. His charming
wife never fails to put guests at ease.
8. ROY AND ABIGAIL BLUNT
LAWMAKER & LOBBYIST
The couple generated buzz last year
when the House Majority Whip married
the lobbyist for Altria, the tobacco
giant. Now they’re the first pick for bipartisan
hostesses eager to throw a bash with
a couple who hangs with the Bushes.
9. BEN BRADLEE AND
SALLY QUINN
EDITOR EMERITUS OF THE WASHINGTON POST & WRITER
Between the two of them, they know
where all the bodies are buried, having
buried a few themselves. Protégés
beware: Thin-skinned, she bites.
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9. SALLY QUINN
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10. DAVID AND KATHERINE
BRADLEY
PUBLISHER & PHILANTHROPIST
The brilliant but inscrutable investor holds
his own on the social scene, largely by virtue
of his success remaining elusive in the egodriven
publishing business. His latest coup:
moving the Boston-based literary institution,
the Atlantic Monthly, to Washington.
11. STEPHEN AND
JOANNA BREYER
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
The liberal-minded jurist is a bon vivant
with a title hefty enough to impress the
snootiest international visitor, even when
he’s not speaking in French. His wife,
the daughter of Lord John Blakenham,
an influential member of Britain’s Conservative
Party, rounds out the ticket.
12.JENNA AND
BARBARA BUSH
RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES
The twins know how to party. One
of their visits—with the Secret Service
in tow—can put a bar (i.e., Georgetown’s
Smith’s Point) on the map.
13. MARVIN AND MARGARET
BUSH FINANCIER & ACTRESS
Everyone wants to know them but very
few people have had the pleasure. They’ve
been known to party for a favorite cause
14. WILLIAM AND
BUFFY CAFRITZ
ENTREPRENEUR & FORMIDABLE FUNDRAISER
This couple has matchless staying
power largely because he’s happy to let
her work it. They have friends in every
political camp and the gumption and
means to hold the city’s longest lasting,
make-or-break Inaugural party.
15. ANDREW AND
KATHLEENE CARD
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR & MINISTER
Direct access to the White House and
God is a winning ticket in a town where
evangelical zeal spells good politics. Their
soft spoken listening skills have gained
them friends on both sides of the aisle.
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29. HAROLD E. FORD
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16. KEVIN CHAFFEE
JOURNALIST
An unabashed extrovert and social arbiter,
The Washington Times’ editor/scribe
does his best to keep the scene up to snuff.
He knows the rules of fellowship and bonhomie
and expects them to be obeyed.
17. MARION “OATSIE’’ CHARLES
GRANDE DAME PHILANTHROPIST
As trustee of the Doris Duke Foundation,
the gravelly-throated dowager has plenty of
money to hand out. It doesn’t hurt that she’s
witty and irascible, whether she’s joshing
with presidents or British heirs apparent.
18. WILLIAM JEFFERSON
CLINTON AND
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
FORMER PRESIDENT & SENATOR
If political ambition is the capitol’s gold
standard, then these two are the city’s
reigning Rothschilds. With Hillary gearing
up for a presidential run and Bill having
survived scandals enough to last
a lifetime, it’s all in the family when it
comes to spending political capital.
19. WILLIAM COHEN AND
JANET LANGHART COHEN
LAWYER & COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
The independently-minded former Maine
Republican senator who served as Bill
Clinton’s secretary of defense has two
favorite subjects -writing poetry and his
glamorous wife. A former model and television
personality, she always makes
an entrance with sizzle and spice.20. ESTHER COOPERSMITH
PHILANTHROPIST
This diehard Democrat is a social plus
no matter who is in power. Plugged in
with powerbrokers all over the globe,
she always gets a full house at her Kalorama
manse, especially when her friend
Queen Sirikit of Thailand is in town.
21. LEO AND GREGA DALY
ARCHITECT AND CONNOISSEUR
International globe trotters and
utter perfectionists with an eye for
the exotic, they are always ready to
share the good life with friends.
22. JOHN AND DEBBIE
DINGELL
CONGRESSMAN & LOBBYIST
Plenty of Democrats have fallen by the
social wayside since Congress and the
White House both went Republican, but
not these two. The dean of the House
(elected in 1955) commands respect, and
even fear, meanwhile his “good cop” wife
maintains bipartisan spirit, tossing General
Motors-sponsored parties at both the
Democratic and Republican conventions.
23. MAUREEN DOWD
COLUMNIST
A vamp who likes bewitching powerful
men. Expect to find her in a corner
deeply engaged in conversation
with someone no one else recognizes.
24. ROBERT DUVALL AND
LUCIANA PEDRAZZA
ACTOR & DANCER
The brooding actor and his muchyounger
wife live in the Virginia hunt
country but can be spotted at any event
where tango dancing is featured.
25. DONALD AND
TAYLOR ENSENAT
CHIEF OF PROTOCOL & POLO FAN
A wealthy New Orleans businessman, former
ambassador to the Sultanate of Brunei
and classmate of President Bush at
Yale, Ensenat and his wife meet and greet
for the Administration team on Embassy
Row, introducing the players to diplomats
and visiting foreign dignitaries.
26. HUDA AND SAMIA
FAROUKI
ENTREPRENEUR & BUSINESSWOMAN
When the Faroukis appear on the
scene, their Midas Mideastern connections
are always part of the allure.
27. SYDNEY MCNIFF
FERGUSON GAL ABOUT TOWN
Blonde, vivacious and eternally landing on
her feet, Nini is the ultimate party girl.
28. NANCY “BITSEY” FOLGER
CIVIC LEADER AND PHILANTHROPIST
The daughter of Neil H. McElroy, President
Eisenhower’s secretary of defense, this former
teacher is always ready to party for
arts, education and social welfare causes.
29. HAROLD E FORD
CONGRESSMAN
The African-American Democrat with
piercing green eyes and movie-star looks
has enough political rock star appeal to
energize any national political ticket If
you can’t find him on Capitol Hill or in
his Memphis, Tenn., district, try Georgetown’s
Cafe Milano where he likes to hold
court amid a bevy of admirers and pals.
30. BILL AND KARYN FRIST
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER & WIFE
In a capital city where hostesses always
risk being left with an empty seat without
so much as a last minute cancellation, this
second generation doctor can be counted
on to do his best to show up smiling. If he
has to duck out of a party to attend a stag
dinner at the Blair House with the President,
he can count on Karyn to pinch hit.
31. INA GINSBURG
FILM FAN AND HOSTESS
A Viennese expat who specializes in cultivating
top notch political arts and
crafts, she outshines the coyest courtier.
This former Andy Warhol pop culture
vamp always knows the score.
32. RUTH BADER GINSBURG
AND MARTIN GINSBURG
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE & TAX LAWYER
With her owlish intensity, she usually
isn’t the one joking around at a dinner
party. Can be counted upon to bring an
air of stoic fortitude to the liberal chic.
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33. DAN AND RHODA
GLICKMAN
HOLLYWOOD LOBBYIST & CONSULTANT
Controlling access to the best screening
room in Washington as head of the
Motion Picture Association of America
is bound to be fun for this former
secretary of agriculture and Kansas congressman.
His wife keeps an eye on
the major VIPs who turn out for cocktails
and dinner before the show.
34. ALAN GREENSPAN AND
ANDREA MITCHELL
CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE & NBC CORRESPONDENT
Big media meets big money, this high energy
combo is compulsively social, able to turn
anything from a tennis game to their late-inlife
wedding into a Washington A-list affair.
35. CARLOS AND EDI
GUTIERREZ
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE & WIFE
Far more sociable than his icy predecessor,
Don Evans, this Cuban refugee and
former Kellogg CEO offers a beacon of
hope to socialites in Bush’s second term.
36. LLOYD AND ANN HAND
LAWYER & JEWELRY DESIGNER
He is a power lawyer and former protocol
chief with a surfeit of Texas charm. She
designs bijoux for almost every prominent
personality and organization in Washington.
With friends on both sides of the aisle,
they know how to make them all join Hands.
37. SIDNEY AND JANE
HARMAN
ENTREPRENEUR & CONGRESSWOMAN
A self made hi-fi zillionaire willing to lavish
lolly on favorite causes, he’s giving big
bucks to Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre.
She’s a brusque, hard-charging legislator.
Don’t be surprised if they leavein the middle of dinner. The don’t have
a social attention deficit, he just looks
a lot younger than his 80-plus years.
38. DENNIS AND JEAN
HASTERT SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES & FORMER TEACHER
The soft spoken super-legislator from Illinois
is an unassuming guy who can talk
to anyone about anything. A rare find
in the Andrew Jackson tradition.
39. CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
AND CAROL BLUE
WRITER & SCREENPLAY WRITER
An enfant terrible of note for even the
most intrepid hostess, Hitch is a handful.
With his sexy screenplay-writing wife,
he enjoys all the excesses of an active
social life. Rather than grousing about the
lack of civility in Washington, he does his
part to knock it down yet another peg.
40. JAMES HOAGLAND
AND JANE
STANTON HITCHCOCK
JOURNALIST & NOVELIST
The height of high manners, they specialize
in great gossip with a direct pipeline
to New York’s 400 most social folk.
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41. KAREN HUGHES
BUSH LOYALIST
After a sabbatical to tend to her family,
the President’s toughest Texan advisor
is back at work at the state department
where she will continue as George W.
Bush’s confidante and soul mate.
42. WALTER AND CATHY
ISAACSON
ASPEN INSTITUTE CHIEF & WIFE
The former Time Magazine writer, CNN
chairman and biographer of Henry Kissinger
and Ben Franklin lends a sense of
brainy cultivation to any gathering. He’s
the one to chat up if you fancy making a
splash at the prestigious Aspen Institute.
43. ALPHONSO AND
MARCIA JACKSON
SECRETARY OF HUD AND INVESTMENT CONSULTANT
This former utilities executive and his
outgoing wife are plugged in. They
met the Bushes years ago when he
was a Dallas housing official.
44. CLAY & ANNE JOHNSON
WHITE HOUSE AIDE & STATE DEPARTMENT ARTS DIRECTOR
These longtime Bush intimates (He was
Dubbya’s roommate at Andover; she’s a golfing
buddy) are trusted enough to withstand
the wooing ways of social Washington.
They are the official link between the White
House and the Georgetown social set.
45. ROBERT JOHNSON
ENTREPRENEUR
Now that he’s become a billionaire after
the sale of his Black Entertainment Television
network to Viacom, this savvy businessman
has time to focus on basketball (he
owns the Charlotte Bobcats) and chinwagging
with President Bush on Air Force One.
46. VERNON AND
ANN JORDAN
LAWYER & BOARD MEMBER
Her list of corporate boards reads like a
subset of the Fortune 500. He is a consummate
flirt and should be grateful that
she lets him be the star of every show.
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49. JOHN KERRY
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47. KARIM AND LUMA KAWAR
JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR & WIFE
With their close ties to King Abdullah of
Jordan, they pitch the Hashmite Kingdom
with entrepreneurial zeal. They met
as college students in Boston where
they learned to party down, and they still
do, albeit in proper diplomatic style.
38. EDWARD “TED’’
KENNEDY AND
VICTORIA REGGIE KENNEDY
SENATOR & LAWYER
The Kennedy family’s patriarch is the star of
any party, one of the few liberals who can
still shoot the breeze with the most conservative
opponent. A couple that knows
how to sing in the sunshine, they seem to
be happiest in each other’s company.
49. JOHN KERRY AND
TERESA HEINZ
SENATOR & PHILANTHROPIST
He is shaping up to be the lone Massachusetts
senator to twice run for President. She
runs the multi-million dollar Heinz Foundations
and is probably the only Washington
woman for whom being first lady
would be a demotion. Their favorite party
is her annual awards dinner at the Folger to
honor recipients of the John Heinz Award
in memory of her first husband, the late
ketchup and pickle heir H. John Heinz IV.
50. JAMES KIMSEY
BUSINESSMAN/PHILANTHROPIST
The co-founder of America Online and the
city’s leading bachelor, he makes any woman
feel like a queen whether she has reigned
(like sometimes escort Queen Noor) or not.
51. BOBBY AND
DORO KOCH
DOMESTIC WINE INDUSTRY LOBBYIST & HOMEMAKER
The President’s only sister tends to
be a bit of a recluse until her husband
coaxes her out of hiding. A Democrat
and lobbyist, he works hard to
make sure he never upsets the clan.
52. POLLY KRAFT
ARTIST AND HOSTESS
Recently widowed after the death of
superlawyer Lloyd N. Cutler, the very
clued-in watercolorist has a way with
powerful men. Happiest chatting intimately
in a low-lit corner, she captivates
even the most hard-charging overachievers
with her sultry artistic wiles.
53. JAMES AND SANDY
LANGDON LAWYER & WIFE
An Aiken Gump attorney and best
friend of Dubbya’s from Texas days, he
is the Democrat to see when it comes
to getting an establishment idea past
White House gatekeeper Karl Rove.
54. LASALLE AND
RUTHIE LEFFALL
SURGEON & CIVIC LEADER
Smart, smart, smart. The eminent cancer
specialist and his beautifully dressed
spouse supported all the best causes
back before diseases were in.
55. MARC AND JACQUELINE
LELAND
FINANCIAL ADVISOR & FASHIONISTA
Oh so Francophile, they stand for
Old World Europe, no matter what
President Bush has to say.
56. JEAN-DAVID AND
MARIE-CECILE LEVITTE
FRENCH AMBASSADOR & WIFE
Graced with one of the best Embassy
Row addresses, they work hard to keep
Franco-American affairs on a friendly
footing. The couple demonstrated great
panache hosting one of the most opulent
opera balls just as Congress was
threatening to ban French fries.
57. FINLAY AND WILLEE
LEWIS JOURNALIST & AUTHOR
This gentlemanly journalist and his upbeat
wife like a bit of pedigree on the social
menu and can be counted upon to turn up
at top-notch literary affairs, especially when
PEN/Faulkner winners are on display.
58. WINSTON BAO LORD
BASEBALL PROMOTER
The handsome, self-effacing and unattached
son of diplomat Winston Lord
and writer Bette Bao Lord knows
how to keep score when it comes to
bringing baseball to Washington.
59. FRED AND
MARLENE MALEK
MERCHANT BANKER & FUNDRAISER
He’s one of the few establishment Republicans
with a key to most of the Bush family’s
favorite sky boxes. A member of the
Alfalfa Club and the Carlyle Group, he
helped put up the bucks to buy the Texas
Rangers and put George W. Bush in charge.
Now he’s founding member of the Washington
Baseball Club, the odds-on favorite
to own the Nationals baseball team.
Talk to her about biking around Europe.
Talk to him if you’ve got a company to sell.
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SIR DAVID AND LADY
CATHERINE MANNING
BRITISH AMBASSADOR & MYSTERY WRITER
The special relationship extends well
after office hours. Everyone is scouring
the Internet to find remainders of her
out-of-print psycho-dramas hoping to find
a way in any door for dinner with regular
guests Condi Rice and Karl Rove.
61. JAQUELINE BADGER MARS
CANDY HEIRESS AND PHILANTHROPIST
The fabulously rich Middleburg chatelaine
likes to get dressed up and
attend the opera. Those sparklies
she wears sure aren’t M&Ms.
62. CHRIS AND KATHLEEN
MATTHEWS
TELEVISION TALK SHOW HOST & LOCAL NEWSCASTER
A double dose of fast-talking media
stars, they’re any host’s trophy guests.
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63. JOHN CINDY AND
ROBERTA MCCAIN
SENATOR & WIFE & HIS MOTHER
A maverick with folk hero appeal, he and his
lovely ladies are invited everywhere. Mostly
busy but there may be a window in 2008.
64. MITCH MCCONNELL
AND ELAINE CHAO
SENATOR & SECRETARY OF LABOR
Between them, they’ve got the Senate and
the White House covered. Armed with
brains, discipline and perfect manners,
they are Washington’s top power
couple—in the Bob and Elizabeth
Dole mold.
65. BILL AND DOROTHY
MCSWEENY
RETIRED OIL EXECUTIVE & D.C. ARTS
AND HUMANITIES CHAIR
Yellow Dog Democrats, they’ve spent
the last 30 years supporting just about
every cultural organization in town.
Any budding arts-minded socialite
would be wise to woo them.
66. NORMAN AND
DENI MINETA
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION & WIFE
This former Democratic congressman
knows how to work a room and is
a major White House pipeline to Capitol
Hill. They are partners who can
keep the conversation humming.
67. JOHN AND DIANE
NEGROPONTE
INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR & WIFE
Returning to Washington after a distinguished
diplomatic stint in New York, the
new intelligence czar knows what it’s like
to be out of fashion. A rare breed, he’s
an optimist who trusts the social scene
will be lovlier the second time around. It
doesn’t hurt, either, that his wife is the wellconnected
daughter of Sir Charles Villiers,
the late chairman of British Steel.
68. BILL AND ANN NITZE
LAWYER & ART DEALER
Darlings of the glitterati and literati alike,
they keep Georgetown spinning with a
steady supply of parties for fancy out-oftown
folk. One sure sign they’re back from
Aspen is when the valet car parkers are
camped outside their chic Federalist home
69. QUEEN NOOR
FORMER QUEEN CONSORT
OF JORDAN AND AUTHOR
The high profile widow of Jordan’s
King Hussein is a special favorite, especially
with the regulars who knew her
father. Beautiful, aloof and always fashionable,
she commands any room with
her regal aura of foreign intrigue.
70.FRANCO NUSCHESE
RESTAURATEUR
His generous helpings of perfect service
and quality cuisine breathed life into Washington’s
late night scene by marrying Cafe
Milano’s young, hip, Eurochic crowd to
the Washington Establishment. Now the
place hums from lunch ‘till the wee hours.
71. BARACK AND
MICHELLE OBAMA
SENATOR & HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR
The charismatic Illinois Democrat is the
ultimate trophy guest. Many have
tried but so far, few have succeeded
in luring this post-Democratic Convention
oratorical superstar to their event.
72. MANDY AND MARY
OURISMAN
AUTO MAGNATE & HOSTESS
Whether they are supporting pals, charities
or the hottest GOP political candidate,
they entertain beautifully and are
among the most flexible guests on the
Washington-Palm Beach-London circuit.
73. COLIN AND ALMA
POWELL
CORPORATE EXECUTIVE & PHILANTHROPIST/AUTHOR
The former general and secretary of state
is the one Washington celebrity who
makes even the most famous Hollywood
stars step back in awe. Perhaps that’s
one reason he and his elegant wife, a
noted arts and education booster, haven’t
shed a speck of their own star power.
74. WAYNE AND CATHERINE
REYNOLDS
EDUCATION ENTREPRENEUR & PHILANTHROPIST
With foundation millions galore, they do
things her way, and so does everyone
else. Regulars at any party where major
money is required, they like pop culture,
high rollers and upending the locals,
especially anyone who gets in the way
on their roadmap to achievement.
75. CONDOLEEZZA RICE
SECRETARY OF STATE
All Washington is at her sexily
black-booted feet.
76. ROXANNE ROBERTS
JOURNALIST
The Washington Post’s new Reliable
Source’s alabaster shoulders demand serious
admiration from any aspiring hostess.
Don’t worry about the power players.
They already think she walks on water.
77. SELWA “LUCKY’’ ROOSEVELT
WRITER AND FORMER CHIEF OF PROTOCOL
Never one to be overlooked or underestimated,
she commands center stage
especially when the Washington Operaand tenor Placido Domingo take a bow.
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81. SALEM
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78. KARL AND DARBY ROVE
PRESIDENTIAL ALTER EGO
AND SOUTHERN COOKING EXPERT
From right wing geek to besieged
White House consigliere, the former
Young Turk is now the one behind the
throne wearing the cardinal’s ring.
79. DONALD AND JOYCE
RUMSFELD
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE & HOMEMAKER
In and out of top Republican administration
posts for 40 years, Rummy doesn’t
have much time for parties so she occasionally
fills in. They prefer the
security of loyal pals from the days
before CNN was invented.
80. TIM RUSSERT AND
MAUREEN ORTH
NBC BUREAU CHIEF & WRITER
Work and play, play and work. Partying
always has a purpose unless it really
doesn’t, in which case, check the local coffee
shop. They’re probably swapping tales
with friends after church at Holy Trinity.
81. SALEM AND RIMA
AL-SABAH
KUWAITI AMBASSADOR & FORMER JOURNALIST
What’s the point of all that fancy dressing if
not to attract the best guests and the biggest
stack of invitations. With her Donatella
Versace chic and stiletto heels, Rima
looks more like a Paris model than the wife
of a brainy and highly effective Arab ambassador.
They make their parties sparkle by
mixing the most powerful guests together
with the most eclectic entertainment—
everything from Marvin Hamlisch at the
piano to a belly dancer for a ladies’ lunch.
82. ROGER AND VICKI SANT
ENTREPRENEUR & BOARD MEMBER
Savvy, amiable and cultivated, they write big
checks to the Smithsonian, the Phillips Collection
and National Gallery to help edify
all those folks who don’t happen to have a
Bonnard hanging on their living room wall.
83. ANTONIN AND
MAUREEN SCALIA
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE & HOMEMAKER
After a hard day at the Court rolling
back the last traces of New Deal jurisprudence,
what could be better than dinner
out with friends. The conservative
jurist doesn’t mind the fray. He knows how
to make his own fun and so does she.
84. NASH AND ANIKO SCHOTT
FORMER LITIGATOR & DECORATOR
Good natured, smart and welcome pretty
much everywhere. What’s the point of
being well-dressed if you don’t show it off?
85. CAROL SCHWARTZ
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
Who says you have to be a Democrat to
have any fun? This libertarian Republican
is bold and brassy and definitely one
to support if you want to keep smoking in
your favorite District bar or restaurant.
86. DAN AND TANYA SNYDER
WASHINGTON REDSKINS
OWNER & ARBORIST EXTRAORDINAIRE
Many a friendship has been forged
inside this owner’s skybox. Let’s hope
the team does better this season.
87. GEORGE
STEPHANOPOULOS
AND ALI WENTWORTH
TALK SHOW MODERATOR & ACTRESS
She’s the telegenic daughter of Reagan
social secretary Muffie Brandon
and he spent eight years in the Clinton
White House before donning his
journalist’s hat. They’ll party for the
right cause, but so far, they haven’t
been able to agree on which one.
88. GEORGE AND
LIZ STEVENS
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER/DIRECTOR & SOMETIME DECORATOR
He started the Kennedy Center Honors
Gala which has everyone vying for
Hollywood face time. She’s a Phipps
steel heiress with a passion for Democratic
causes. What’s not to like?
89. TED AND CATHERINE
STEVENS SENATOR & LAWYER
The president pro-tem of the Senate and
his arts supporting wife know that it’s what
you know and who you know that count
in the social jungle. Between the two of
them, they have all the bases covered.
90. ANN AND STUART
STOCK
KENNEDY CENTER EXECUTIVE & LAWYER
They know just how much work is involved
in the care and feeding of major talent
both on and off stage, and they keep
going—always with a smile. Real troopers.
91. NINA AUCHINCLOSS
STRAIGHT WRITER
Brainy, witty and peripatetic, she’d be
on the A-list even if her siblings didn’t
include Gore Vidal and Jackie O.
92. GEOFF TRACY AND
NORA O’DONNELL
RESTAURANTEUR & TELEVISION CORRESPONDENT.
Neither his wife nor his salads
wilt under the Kleig lights.
93. JACK AND MARY
MARGARET VALENTI
RETIRED HOLLYWOOD LOBBYIST & MENTAL HEALTH PATRON
Always a plus (he’s a super raconteur),
they are invited everywhere and will
come unless he’s on the Left Coast.
94. BOUDEWIJN AND JELLIE
VAN EENEENAAM
NETHERLANDS AMBASSADOR & WIFE
Surprisingly good value considering
his provenance as a New Romantic.
He can’t stop showing off in front
of his gorgeous blonde wife.
95. JOHN AND JEANNE
WARNER SENATOR & REALTOR
Formerly a hunt country hound, the fiveterm
Virginia Republican has become
the statesman he always knew he was
destined to be. That said, he’s cut back
on his social schedule since marrying
Jeanne van der Hyde, the first of
his three wives not to score as a
show horse.
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98. JEFFREY WEISS
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96. SEPTIME WEBRE& KAY KENDALL
BALLET IMPRESARIO & BALLETOMANE
Talent meets patron, The Washington
Ballet’s Cuban-born director and everyouthful
chairwoman liven up any party
– especially when dancing gets hot.
97. WILLIAM AND
LYNDA WEBSTER
JURIST & PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANT
The former director of the FBI and CIA
and his down-to-earth wife add sparkle and
gravitas to the many events they attend.
98. JEFFREY WEISS
AND JULIANNA
GLOVER WEISS LAWYER & LOBBYIST
More inviting than invited, they minister
to all the young conservative protégés
who’ll be first in line for top
jobs when the septuagenarian pals
of the President retire for good.
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99. TONY AND DIANE
WILLIAMS MAYOR & WIFE
There’s always a buzz when Hizonnor
and the Missus walk into a room.
After all, he’s been known to jump into
a swimming pool while fully clothed.
100. PAUL WOLFOWITZ
PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK
Wolfie is happiest going to the Opera or
getting together with Administration pals
like Karl Rove and Don Rumsfeld. Unlike
some presidential picks, he believes you
dance with the one that brung you.
Susan Watters covers the Washington
social scene for Women’s
Wear Daily and W Magazine