Continental Club VIP Grand Opening Celebration at Union Station
Salah Czapary of Yala Greek Ice Cream, Rochelle Julich of SHKR and Continental Club, State Department senior adviser Hana Barkett, and Duo Group’s Daniel Kramer
August 18
The Lounge at Bourbon Steak Media Preview at the Four Seasons Hotel
Bourbon Steak’s Andres Sweek, Quentin Welch, and Engidawork AlebachewGreat Day Washington producer Nora Tarabishi and host Elaine Espinola with the Four Seasons Hotel’s Christina CrissContent creators Donnell Marshall and Natasha Anderson, corporate social-media manager David McCombs, and Morgan Benth of the Four Seasons
August 19
DC IndyCar 250 Welcome Reception on the National Mall
Versus Equity’s Vinoda Basnayake, DC mayor Muriel Bowser, and Penske Corporation’s Bud DenkerJennifer Stevenson of the TLEX Institute, Vida Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl, Jason Turner of Verdant DC, and Victor Bonett of AmazonThe Metropolitan Police Department’s Jason Bagshaw, Jeffery Carroll, and Joy Lee with Tomás Talamante, director of intergovernmental affairs in the DC mayor’s office
August 21
Moms Clean Air Force Inaugural “Power of Moms Award” Luncheon at Marcus DC
Musician Jon Batiste with his mother, 2026 Power of Moms Award honoree Katherine Batiste, and his father, Michael BatisteEnvironmental Defense Fund’s Margot Brown, Marcus DC’s Kellon Maximay, Moms Clean Air Force’s Julie Kimmel, and the Morrow Hotel’s Anthony ForteIsabel González Whitaker and Almeta Cooper of Moms Clean Air Force with Elise Nelson Leary of Presidential Innovation Fellows (center)
August 30
Our Daughters’ Futures Fund “Forever Fearless” Fundraiser at the Square Washington, DC
Artist Annie Broderick; Girls Inc. DC’s Heather Hairston; and Maggie O’Neill and Sally McBratney of Our Daughters’ Futures FundTTR Sotheby’s International Realty’s Kayla Vogel and Kimberly Casey, Allison Priebe Montgomery of Queen Bee Designs, and retired Air Force colonel John MontgomeryUsan Usan’s Peter Chang, Becky Lee of Becky’s Fund, and NBC4’s Tommy McFly
September 1
FX’s The Drop—A Snowfall Saga DC Red Carpet at the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Stars of FX’s The Drop—A Snowfall Saga Isaiah John, Simmie “Buddy” Sims III, Gail Bean, Peyton Alex Smith, and Asante BlackkThe Drop creator Malcolm Spellman with political commentator Ameshia CrossCapital City Go-Go assistant coach Jason Thompson and head coach Tevon Saddler
This article appears in theOctober 2026 issue of Washingtonian.
