Starting at the edge of dawn, often lasting for days, always accompanied by the constant thud of house music, Magnus' soirees have become renowned for two things: the legendary levels of chemical ingestion, and the new peaks of sheer stubbornness they demonstrate when it comes to returning to reality.
In the hotel ballroom, a snow-covered walkway lined with street lanterns led to a replica of a Colonial-style manor house built for the soiree by four members of Todos: Michael Conkey, Dave Prusch, John Martelli and Chad Richter.
The China Room presented table settings of three state dinners, including the Trump administration's sole such soiree for the president of France.
Russia's ambassador to the United States, Yuri V. Ushakov, was host at an elegant soiree for some of Washington's most prominent people recently, just as the latest spy scandal between the two countries was exploding.
On Thursday: the Posts' picnic and Mary Jane Gallaher's traditional soiree for 250 or so at her home in Lexington.
After my book Refusing the Veil came out last year, some female Muslim acquaintances organised a soiree for me to read from it and discuss its contents.
Even in the more stark milieu of a modern bookstore, there will be an afternoon tea soiree for children.
A $40 ticket gets you a seat for the 8 15 p.m. screening, but come early: Doors open at 6 30 for a soiree that includes three drinks, access to a Pop Tart bar and other surprises.
In June 2008, not long after Barry Humphries, 74, was warned not to work for six months following an appendix explosion, Humphries's client Dame Edna launched her own cosmetics range and held a soiree at the Berkeley hotel in Knightsbridge, where invitees gobbled french fancies decorated with iced spectacles.
The guest list immediately will make the soiree one of the most scrutinized of the season -- at least among the many political types on this small island this week.
Sawdon had a female companion called Paddy, and the two of them organised soirees for favoured pupils.
