The string of events surrounding the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner typically put the focus on the boldface names in attendance, but some of this year’s hosts still had style in mind. Here’s a look at how the likes of The New Yorker, People, Politico, Vanity Fair, and MSNBC fed and entertained the political and media figures on the weekend's party circuit.
Time and People's photo booth
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At the Atlantic Media dinner on Friday at the Georgetown home of owner David Bradley, Susan Gage Catering served a sustainable menu designed by The Atlantic Monthly's food editor, Corby Kummer, and worked with the Ociana Group to decorate tables with bird figurines and plants in mercury glass urns.
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Magazines arranged artfully behind the bar decorated the Time and People party at the St. Regis.
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The Time Inc. sibling publications also staged photo shoots in front of a step-and-repeat, giving guests prints and flashing the shots on a screen in the St. Regis courtyard.
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The Time/People party marked the return of a rarely seen event accessory: a gift bag packed with full-size cosmetics and snacks, which weighed in at about 10 pounds.
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The New Yorker put out napkins printed with cartoons from the magazine at its Friday night party in the rooftop bar at the W Washington, D.C.
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At MSNBC's after-party on Saturday night, Occasions Caterers served a large array of casual food options, including self-serve s'mores.
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At the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair party, guests including Anna Kendrick and Rosario Dawson lounged among political pillows.
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Politico hosted a Sunday brunch at the home of its publisher, Robert Allbritton, where Design Cuisine served a pretty spread of breakfast bites like truffled hashbrowns and tiny sticky buns on sticks, amid flowers from New York florist Vert-De-Gris.
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The tent (from HDO) behind Allbritton's $24 million Georgetown manse also housed a crepe bar.
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The McLaughlin Group and Thomson Reuters also co-hosted a morning-after brunch, staging an omelet station on the rooftop of the Hay-Adams, with views of the White House.
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