This year's event marked the brand's 35th anniversary, and elements of the decor nodded to the milestone.
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Flowers from Shawna Yamamoto decorated tabletop centerpieces that marked the anniversary.
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Yahoo News and ABC News Reception
Yahoo and ABC co-hosted a reception at the Washington Hilton Saturday before the dinner. The decor, designed by Hargrove, celebrated the journalists who work at both media companies, including Katie Couric and Michael Isikoff. Guests were invited to pose for photos in a matching oversize frame.
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Green: Nature, Health, Renewal, Growth, Healing, Harmony
Lush canopies of natural greenery popped against neon green Lucite tabletops at the Museum of Modern Art’s 2013 Party in the Garden benefit in New York.Â
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Lounge furniture was asymmetrically positioned and sectioned off into areas that held pink, yellow, or purple rentals.
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William Fulgham Design Associates' ribbon chandelier had colorful, low-hanging fringe.
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Lighting added to the bright, color-blocked look of the event space.
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Giant pinwheels hung overhead.
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Dinner tables were decked in colored linens.
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Bright colors appeared on everything from the invitation to the decor and even showed up in the evening's fruity cocktails.
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Playful menu items included cherry bocconcini with grape tomatoes with individual tubes of balsamic vinaigrette. Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex handled the catering.
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Earthy, Succulent Arrangements
Also at Diffa, Sarah Dippold Design's table had small tureens that held earthy arrangements of mosses, berries, and succulents.
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A Table in a Bubble
At Girari Sustainable Event Furnishings’ tabletop design competition at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, event producer Alexandra Rembac-Goldberg of Sterling Engagements designed a showcase table with a bubble theme. The entire look was placed inside a clear bubble structure from Casa Bubble.
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Alzheimer's Association National Capital Area Chapter Brain Ball
The charity hosted its fund-raiser at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on May 8. Ridgewells handled catering, and festive menu items included pours of champagne over popsicles for dessert cocktails.
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Dinner tables were spread out through the Caribbean reef, the aquarium's galleries, and the Kovler Family Hall (pictured). Sodexo provided catering, and the main course was Kona coffee-rubbed tenderloin with stout molasses, a coconut-ginger crab cake with papaya-pepper slaw, and Polynesian sweet potatoes with tricolor carrots and turnips and toasted macadamia nuts.
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