With the annual Presidential dinner to the Cabinet as a curtain-raiser, there is a short intermission—just one day—before the Diplomatic Reception, when it seems as if the White House becomes a setting for a Graustarkian novel, so bejeweled, besashed, beturbaned, and betiaraed are the guests.
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The tone was definitely festive, save for one besashed and besotted celebrant who moaned, as he lunched past the statue of Queen Victoria, that “I’ve been barred.”
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I recall a bevy of queenlettes, all besashed and bathing suited, observing the procession having already traversed the route.
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