An event called the Wonder Ball has a lot to live up to, but the fact that there were guests who flew all the way from the U.A.E. to attend is proof that the black-tie hootenanny to benefit the Children’s Museum is a fundraiser of epic proportions.
There’s something slightly incongruous yet completely welcome about walking into a space usually crammed with little ankle-biting mouth-breathers and instead being greeted by a fully stocked bar. The gilded guest list included co-chairs Janna and Sean O’Neill, Phil and Julie Gordon, and Aisha Al Riyami and Wadhah Al-Adawi, the ridiculously gorgeous Jenny Fitzsimmons and her equally toothsome other half, Pedro Bonilla, do-gooding doctors Vanessa Kerry and Brian Nahed, best-seller machine Ben Mezrich and his fashion plate, Tonya, Colombian supermodel Pamela Vargas, equestrienne extraordinaire Christy Cashman, brunette yummy mummy Kathryn Burton and her main squeeze, Chad Jackson, all-around badass Sabra Katz, corkscrew-curled beauty Emma Pickard, and pretty much every other philanthropically inclined parent of a child in Boston.
After a delicious dinner and some blessedly brief remarks, the first floor was transformed into a psychedelic disco, prompting one guest to observe: “I’m shaking my ass where I’m usually wiping my 4-year-old’s nose.” ◆
Avez-vous dish? Dirt? A spectacular social occasion? Call J.S. at 617-859-1400, ext. 303, or send an email to jonathan@improper.com.
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Wonderball
By Jonathan Soroff | Dec. 8, 2017
Julie Gordon, Carole Charnow and Philip Gordon at the Wonder Ball
Ben Mezrich and Tonya Mezrich at the Wonder Ball
Sam Slater and Jessica Slater at the Wonder Ball
An event called the Wonder Ball has a lot to live up to, but the fact that there were guests who flew all the way from the U.A.E. to attend is proof that the black-tie hootenanny to benefit the Children’s Museum is a fundraiser of epic proportions.
There’s something slightly incongruous yet completely welcome about walking into a space usually crammed with little ankle-biting mouth-breathers and instead being greeted by a fully stocked bar. The gilded guest list included co-chairs Janna and Sean O’Neill, Phil and Julie Gordon, and Aisha Al Riyami and Wadhah Al-Adawi, the ridiculously gorgeous Jenny Fitzsimmons and her equally toothsome other half, Pedro Bonilla, do-gooding doctors Vanessa Kerry and Brian Nahed, best-seller machine Ben Mezrich and his fashion plate, Tonya, Colombian supermodel Pamela Vargas, equestrienne extraordinaire Christy Cashman, brunette yummy mummy Kathryn Burton and her main squeeze, Chad Jackson, all-around badass Sabra Katz, corkscrew-curled beauty Emma Pickard, and pretty much every other philanthropically inclined parent of a child in Boston.
After a delicious dinner and some blessedly brief remarks, the first floor was transformed into a psychedelic disco, prompting one guest to observe: “I’m shaking my ass where I’m usually wiping my 4-year-old’s nose.” ◆
Avez-vous dish? Dirt? A spectacular social occasion? Call J.S. at 617-859-1400, ext. 303, or send an email to jonathan@improper.com.
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