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Ed Gillespie, the old days
washingtonpost.com > Arts & Living > Style
With a VIP gala opening, Georgetown's Social Safeway is back on the market
By Lisa Rein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Washington, meet the Socialtini. ... The new signature martini debuted before Georgetown glitterati Wednesday night at an exclusive VIP gala awash in stiletto heels and Dom Perignon. A Belvedere vodka fountain and brie were flown in from Paris. A white-jacketed sommelier dashed among 10 wine bars pouring Louis Roederer Cristal and Robert Mondavi Reserve to show off the host's 2,500-bottle, climate-controlled cellar.
The assistant White House chef, Sam Kass, ladled out cool cucumber avocado soup and white bean toast with fresh herbs. Vice president Al Gore's social secretary, Philip Dufour, now an event planner, stood at the door greeting people as they arrived in limo after limo. The 650 guests -- a who's who of U.S. senators and representatives, lobbyists, television commentators and publishing executives -- mingled in sequined ball gowns, black cocktail dresses and linen suits.
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The Social Safeway is back! After a year of remodeling, during which the city's elite had to buy their artisan breads and imported olives at Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Giant and Dean & DeLuca, one of the District's most famous supermarkets is roomier, greener, foodier. ... The company saw fit to throw a red-carpet celebration worthy of a state dinner, with a publicity budget that apparently rivals that of "Avatar." Glossy silver tri-fold invitations went out to 2,000 Important People. After all, this is the District's first 24-hour full-service grocery.
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CBS News's Rita Braver and Bill Plante came, as did D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Ed Gillespie, former chief of staff for president George W. Bush.
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© 2010 The Washington Post Company
With a VIP gala opening, Georgetown's Social Safeway is back on the market
By Lisa Rein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Washington, meet the Socialtini. ... The new signature martini debuted before Georgetown glitterati Wednesday night at an exclusive VIP gala awash in stiletto heels and Dom Perignon. A Belvedere vodka fountain and brie were flown in from Paris. A white-jacketed sommelier dashed among 10 wine bars pouring Louis Roederer Cristal and Robert Mondavi Reserve to show off the host's 2,500-bottle, climate-controlled cellar.
The assistant White House chef, Sam Kass, ladled out cool cucumber avocado soup and white bean toast with fresh herbs. Vice president Al Gore's social secretary, Philip Dufour, now an event planner, stood at the door greeting people as they arrived in limo after limo. The 650 guests -- a who's who of U.S. senators and representatives, lobbyists, television commentators and publishing executives -- mingled in sequined ball gowns, black cocktail dresses and linen suits.
....
The Social Safeway is back! After a year of remodeling, during which the city's elite had to buy their artisan breads and imported olives at Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Giant and Dean & DeLuca, one of the District's most famous supermarkets is roomier, greener, foodier. ... The company saw fit to throw a red-carpet celebration worthy of a state dinner, with a publicity budget that apparently rivals that of "Avatar." Glossy silver tri-fold invitations went out to 2,000 Important People. After all, this is the District's first 24-hour full-service grocery.
....
CBS News's Rita Braver and Bill Plante came, as did D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Ed Gillespie, former chief of staff for president George W. Bush.
....
© 2010 The Washington Post Company
