The Washington whirlwind weekends continue

This weekend was the Cinderella Ball for the Washington Ballet (by the way, the performance of Cinderella can be seen at the Warner Theatre May 7-11, so get your tickets now), as well as other various parties on Friday evening including a celebration for our Nationals at K Street Lounge, and sticking with the sports theme, the Capitol Olympics fete on the rooftop of the Charlie Palmer building which was held by Michael Saylor.  This was a serious security event - no one was allowed in without an athletic outfit - no exceptions - and entrance was expedited by a cool medal made specifically for the party.

Some who were way worn out from whooping it up Friday night into Saturday morning didn’t make it to any of the White House Correspondents Association Dinner festivities, but some of us got to see the gorgeous views atop 701 Pennsylvania Ave. while supporting Voto Latino with Rosario Dawson (who by the way, looks even more beautiful in person).  Then it was off to the most inspiring, well choreographed and executed dance performance I may have ever laid eyes upon.  The Capitol Movement Project did their Third Annual concert at the Lisner Auditorium and the dancers received a standing ovation that seemed to last forever and it was more then well deserved. Then it was off in the rain to the Capitol File Magazine After Party at the Newseum, where the guests got to hob nob with Craig Ferguson, LC (Lauren Conrad of “The Hills”), her arch nemesis Heidi Montang, Perez Hilton, Rosario Dawson, Dennis Hof (of the HBO Show “Cathouse” - yikes!), Tim Daly and many more.  Did I mention the potty mouth - and I mean this mouth needs to get scrubbed with Lysol disinfectant - on Ashlee Simpson’s now fiance’ DJ and Fall Out Boy bassist Peter Wentz?  I do not think DC was ready (nor ever will be) for the outrageous verbiage he yelled out over the mic, and even Jason Binn, Niche Media CEO and Main Host, asked Wentz to shout out an apology for his potty mouth.  No Orbit gum would take the dirt out of this guy’s mouth.  The music was excellent though, so while many forgave him for his raucous behavior, there was no forgetting.

This is just a quick summary of a very full weekend.  Please have patience while the Punch puts together a more detailed account with great pictures of each event.  In the meantime, don’t forget to hit L2 for the Many Hats fundraiser on Wednesday evening as well as the Terra Boutique event the same night.  This week and coming weekend looks to be jammed pack again, so much more to come!