D.C fashion👠beauty👄street art👊and music💃

To secure your spot, please purchase your ticket from the Eventbrit link ( https://www.eventbrite.com/e/french-embassy-reception-tickets-24433953613 )

Let us dress-up and party on the soil of the birth place of Fashion (FRANCE). This event is a showcase of France and French culture.

• We will meet and socialize with French professionals, business people and diplomates at the Event

• Buffet Campagnard (Typical french style finger food buffet) prepared by the Embassy's chefs will be served

• We will have an Open Bar featuring French wines & drinks.

I organized this event, in collaboration with the Embassy and The French-American Chamber of Commerce (I am proudly a member).

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Payment Instructions :

1. You should login from a PC to see the 'Pay Now' button, after RSVPing. Then hit the button.

2. Verify correct dollar amount for number of people you're paying for.

3. If you don't have a Paypal account, click "Pay with a Debit or Credit Card".

4. If you have a Paypal account, simply log in, and pay as you normally would via Paypal.

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Ticket Price :

1. $45 - Up until April 26th, 2016
2. $ 55 - Between April 26th and May 17th, 2016
3. $ 65 - Between May 17th and May 31st, 2016
4. $ 70 - Between May 31st and noon June 3rd,2016.

Please get your early bird ticket at your earliest convenience.

Dress Code :

Reception/Cocktail Attire

Parking & Metro Info :

Parking on the Embassy's premises is not allowed. However, street parking is free. There is no metro station close by. Hence, we highly recommend a shared ride.

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Refund & Ticket Resell

All sales are final. We only refund the full amount, if the event is canceled. If it is rescheduled, we will send an email to those who RSVPed 'YES' advising that. A full refund will be given to those that let us know within 2 calendar days of the update email, if you are unable to make it on the new date. No refunds will be given after that time.

However, you can sell your ticket to someone else if you are unable to attend. Please, feel free to post in the comment box for the event, that you have a ticket for sale. Work out payment between yourselves, and have the seller only send the organizer a "message" through their Meetup profile (do not comment in the comment box of the event posting) letting us know the full name and Meetup profile URL (if a member) of the person taking your spot. You must let us know two hours before the RSVP close time, on the day of the event.

To secure your spot, grab your free ticket from the Eventbrite link ( https://www.eventbrite.com/e/santaholiday-party-and-costume-contest-tickets-29069095447 ).

ABOUT THE EVENT

It is that time of the year and let us get together to deliver our wish list to Santa:)

You better come out

You better not procrastinate

Better not stay alone

I'm telling you why

The P A R T Y is coming to town:)

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Dress-up in your festive outfits. StoneFish Lounge shows its graciousness to our group, by giving us three different gift cards, for top three winners; valued at $ 75, $ 50 and $ 25. Make it difficult for us to select by coming in authentic, chic and creative costumes. Our hosting team will announce the winners around 8 pm~ish.

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We booked the whole venue for this party.

Event is free and 21+

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We will have specials just for our group and a costume competition. Stonefish Lounge makes me feel loved and honored, by serving, one of my favorite cocktails, which has got my name on it- MER-Tini:)

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METRO & PARKING INFO :

Stonefish Lounge is half a block from Farragut North Metro Station (take L Street Exit). Also, please take into account Metro's Safe Track Work & Service Adjustments. Check it on http://www.wmata.com/ and plan accordingly.

Street parking might be difficult. However, if you plan to drive, there is a PMI Parking Garage (1725 Desales St. NW, Washington DC 20036), $ 20 for 12 hours. It is a 24 hour and 7 days garage.

This is just to kick start in a fashionable way. Lost Society is one of the landmarks of DC and one of the best rooftop venue. On top of that, I organize this with my other Meetups and you will get to mix and mingle, with many insanely wicked friendly socialites.

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How about some gathering, grinning and griping, over unbeatable happy hour prices, just for our group? We have specials, just for our group. Lost Society make me feel loved and honored, by naming, one of my favorite cocktails, after me - MerTini:) It will be one of the featured cocktails.

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The Oscar Awards Ceremony is one of the best ceremonies, where fashion designers show off their talent. Let us watch it together.

The full list of nominations for the 2017 Oscars (http://oscar.go.com/nominees). Every nominee, every category, every detail you need is right here. What was nominated for Best Picture (http://oscar.go.com/nominees/best-picture)? Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight all secured Best Picture nominations. The nominees for Actor in a Leading Role (http://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/best-actor-nominations-2017-oscars) include Casey Affleck, Andrew Garfield, Ryan Gosling, Viggo Mortensen and Denzel Washington. For Actress in a Leading Role (http://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/best-actress-nominations-2017-oscars), Isabelle Huppert, Ruth Negga, Natalie Portman, Emma Stone and Meryl Streep were nominated. Check out the complete list of nominations below. Let the glitz, glamour and prestige begin! Watch The Oscars LIVE! OSCAR SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26 7e|4p on ABC.

Ruth Negga is an Ethiopian-Irish actress who has appeared in the films Capital Letters (2004) (also released as Trafficked in some countries), Isolation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(2005_film)) (2005), Breakfast on Pluto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_on_Pluto_(film)) (2005), Warcraft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_(film)) (2016) and Loving (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_(2016_film)) (2016). She has also played roles in television, such as in the BBC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC)'s mini-series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-series) Criminal Justice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(TV_series)), RTÉ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT%C3%89)'s Love/Hate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love/Hate_(TV_series)), E4 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E4_(channel))'s Misfits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfits_(TV_series)), and ABC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company)'s Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel%27s_Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.). In 2016, she began a starring role as Tulip O'Hare in AMC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_(TV_channel))'s Preacher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(TV_series)).

For her portrayal of Mildred Loving (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v.Virginia) in Loving (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving(2016_film)), Negga was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress), Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_-_Drama), Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Female_Lead), Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Actress), and a BAFTA Rising Star Award (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Rising_Star_Award).

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We will have the whole venue by ourselves, with a humongous projection screen and several TVs.

Drinks and food specials (5-7pm) :

• Domestic Beers and Wings Pairings $ 1 0

• Mer-Tini $ 8

• Bottle Service (Bottle of Ciroc with Chicken Platter) $ 250

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METRO & PARKING INFO :

Stonefish Grill is a short block away from Farragut North Metro Station (take the L St. exit) and two blocks from Farragut West (take 18th St. exit).

Street parking might be difficult. But there are parking garages around.

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