Caudalie Spa reception area.
Plaza in honor of Katherine Graham, then the owner of
The Washington Post. Coming out parties, weddings,
bar mitzvahs, charitable fundraisers and Scottish and
Russian balls have all brought me to this suite of rooms.
Numerous memories of these events linger: the Russian
princess who shared recollections of her acquaintance,
the last Russian Czar, Nicholas II; the shock and then
admiration of two young ladies sitting with me when
Sharon Stone called my name from several tables away;
the sheer splendor of the Plaza ballroom when decorated
traditionally to the nines; and the noble Plaza coat check
woman who pursued me, nearly to the hotel���s front door,
to ensure I did not leave behind a Russian fur hat that my
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