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Obama Inauguration Day 3
Early in the day, it will be brunch at Robert Nash and Paul Simmons’ mid-century modern in West Lake Hills, then Victoria Corcoran’s open house in South Austin. We’ll swing by Travis Country Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt’s viewing party and luncheon at Bess, then the Travis County Democratic Party’s inevitable Inauguration Watch Party at Scholz Garten, one of the many places we’ll surely meet county party chair and inveterate socializer Andy Brown.
Early in the evening, I would not under any circumstances skip the star-studded Texas Presidential Inaugural Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel. KEYE-TV’s Judy Maggio will emcee for a semi-formal event that is expected to include civil rights pioneers Ada Anderson and Willie Mae Kirk, along with State Reps. Mark Strama, Dawnna Dukes, Valinda Bolton, Elliott Naishtat and Eddie Rodriguez, former Senator Gonzalo Barrientos and Emma Barrientos, U.S. senatorial hopeful John Sharp and Charlotte Sharp, former mayor Bruce Todd and PR brain Elizabeth Christian.
Starting a bit later in the evening is the Texans for Obama gala at the Monarch Events Center. Event planner Sharrion Jenkins also promises a private screening of the inauguration and luncheon earlier in the day. Across town, Jeff Kirk is hosting a small party at the Kirk Gallery on Guadalupe Street, which will make a convenient stop among the other downtown festivities.
Then I’ll probably stroll over to Antone’s on West Fifth Street for the sweetly named Bush Retirement Party and Obama Inauguration Celebration. The onstage line-up includes Rep. Jim Dunnam & the Bad Precedents (which includes several musical politicos) with Hayes Carll, Guy Forsyth and the Heartless Bastards. There may be time to swing over to J. Black’s lounge on West Sixth Street for Robin Jordan and Jason Williams’ inaugural party/fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association. Late in the evening, it could be the All Yall’s Inaugural Ball at Mercury Hall on South First Street. At least then I’ll be close to home then.
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