GQ's \"The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C.\" story.
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GQ is making its way into the uncharted waters of Washington next Monday with an event celebrating its inaugural "50 Most Powerful People in D.C." feature story, in its September issue. Held at Cafe Milano and hosted by GQ editor in chief Jim Nelson, the party has been dubbed by the Yeas & Nays columnists as "the hottest ticket of the early fall social calendar," attracting the likes of Tim Russert and Redskins owner Dan Snyder (both confirmed attendees).
The real question is whether the article's subjects (Condoleezza Rice, Harry Reid, and Robert Gates among them) will be present. When asked about D.C.'s notorious crashers—Y&N says the original guest list of 150 is way over—GQ director of publicity Dan Scheffey told us, "We're not going to let them crash." In the meantime, however, hopeful attendees have been swarming the event's PR outlet, Qorvis Communications, with the hopes of scoring an invitation.
Scheffey is working with Dina Wise of New York-based Wise & Company to produce the event, the highlight of which (in decor terms) will be a blowup of GQ's periodic table of powerful people—a visual for guests to "gawk and look at," Scheffey said. While the September issue first appeared last month, the soiree was scheduled for next week, because, according to Scheffey, "nobody is around in August." Cafe Milano was the destination of choice, as it's listed as a "Power Hangout" in the story. (It also made our list of power lunch spots.)
The real question is whether the article's subjects (Condoleezza Rice, Harry Reid, and Robert Gates among them) will be present. When asked about D.C.'s notorious crashers—Y&N says the original guest list of 150 is way over—GQ director of publicity Dan Scheffey told us, "We're not going to let them crash." In the meantime, however, hopeful attendees have been swarming the event's PR outlet, Qorvis Communications, with the hopes of scoring an invitation.
Scheffey is working with Dina Wise of New York-based Wise & Company to produce the event, the highlight of which (in decor terms) will be a blowup of GQ's periodic table of powerful people—a visual for guests to "gawk and look at," Scheffey said. While the September issue first appeared last month, the soiree was scheduled for next week, because, according to Scheffey, "nobody is around in August." Cafe Milano was the destination of choice, as it's listed as a "Power Hangout" in the story. (It also made our list of power lunch spots.)
