One of the most colorful parties of the year, The Casita Maria Fiesta held at the Mandarin Oriental had everyone cha-cha-cha-ing. Shaking things up were emcees Mario Buatta and Maggie Rodriguez, honorees Nancy Gonzalez, Adrienne Arsht, and Lorenza Dipp de Torres Lample, chairs Jacqueline Weld Drake, Aileen Mehle, and H.R.H. Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, and guests including Lauren Goodman, Santiago Barberi Gonzalez, Daisy and Paul Soros, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Ann and Bill Nitze, Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini, Violaine and John Bernbach, Audrey and Martin Gruss, and Joyce and Bob Sterling. Needless to say, a long siesta was in order following this blowout fiesta! |