1. Blood Orange Gin Sparkler with Rosemary
4. Wild-Boar Bites (I use these crackers instead of bread)
I posted about the Paula Mendoza Trunk Show at Muleh on the CultureQueu a few days ago because I knew her jewelry would be beautiful and it would be loads of fun, but I didn’t think it would be champagne-and-after-party fun, and the jewelry was even prettier in person, which kept me pretty busy, not to mention all the gorgeous clothes at the store - so much going on that I almost forgot to take pictures :O And sorry for the pixelated images, my camera was not behaving, it’s temperamental in the rain.
The 4th of July party I went to last night was at this apartment downtown with an amazing view of DC. Since not many apartments buildings are near all the museums and monuments, it’s rare to see one that looks out onto them, a very unique and beautiful site indeed.
And of course the reason we were there - the fireworks - my favorite part of the Summer.
Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure
Newseum
Friday June 6th, 2008
One of my good friends and lab-mates was invited to the Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure Eve of Race Event which took place last evening, and he brought me as his guest. Last year the foundation invested $3.3 million into breast cancer and health programs in the D.C. area and since our lab’s primary search focus is breast cancer we were very delighted to be a part of this great and very energizing event.
The event took place at the Newseum, my favorite museum in the city (more about it on a separate post). Among the breast cancer advocates/celebrities present were “Sex and the City“‘s Cynthia Nixon (who is gorgeous and very slim in person), “Desperate Housewives”’ Ricardo Chavira (I very shyly took a picture with him) and movie star Gabrielle Union (my friend not shyly at all took a picture with her).
The Newseum was “passionately pink” for the evening - pink cocktails, pink tables, pink desserts, pink carpets - and the party was catered by Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant (the food was gorgeous and delicious).
The event was wonderful and every detail was perfectly executed - Cynthia Nixon and Nancy G. Brinker (the founder of the organization) gave very inspiring and moving speeches about their experience with breast cancer and about the future of treatments and prevention for the disease. Next year we are planning to put a team together to participate in the race and volunteer at the different events- wanna join us?
Images 1 and 2 by Ben Murray
Image 3 by Carrie Devorah / WENN
All other images by me
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