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"Generally, I always brunch with this particular circle on Tuesdays. We were at Peels the week the call came through. John Jannuzzi and I were splitting the spa eggs and trying to ignore the biscuit Betsey (Johnson) had ordered. Cory Kennedy was in the middle of telling us what went down in the crawl space of Le Baron that weekend." More»

President Obama celebrated Wednesday night in Chicago with huge fundraisers, but celebrated the actual evening of his birthday Thursday night with a patio party for about 200 in the White House Rose Garden.

There are basically no photos from the 5-hour "fabulous but casual" private party except this photo of their chef setting up the scene, via the Obama Foodorama blog.

Politico did a succinct run down of the VIPs that attended: More»

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