Andrea Rodgers and her “Guy Friday,” Mike Carson at the America’s Cup of Polo
I attended the America’s Cup of Polo this weekend at Capitol Polo Club in Poolesville, Maryland. The event was to benefit Innocents at Risk, which I support.  On Friday night, “Guy Friday,” Mike Carson and I drove out to the polo club for [...]

If you missed the Miss America Viewing Party at Tattoo Bar on Saturday night, I hope you watched the Miss America pageant elsewhere. They really made it more contemporary and fun this year.
If you were at Tattoo, then you know that everybody there was yelling and screaming for Kate Marie Grinold, Miss DC 2008. Scene Bisnow [...]

Andrea Rodgers, Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover and Miss DC 2008, Kate Marie Grinold at Urban Chic at Bethesda Row.
After making my usual calls, emails, picking up silent auction items for upcoming events and writing in the morning, I headed to the Innocents at Risk Tea at Ann Hand. I brought two gifts with me for  girls [...]

Miss A-
 
I just started reading your blog and I think you are fabulous!  You give great advice and you support many important causes, which I admire greatly.  You go girl!
 
I have a random question for you.  I am relatively new to the DC area and I am experiencing the dilema of not having a great [...]

Innocents at Risk is a child-advocacy non-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established to fight the trafficking and exploitation of women and children through awareness programs aimed at educating the public of these crimes. Innocents at Risk partners with NGO’s and has The United States Department of State, which has endorsed the organization’s efforts on behalf of [...]

Please consider making a donation to send Kate Marie Grinold, Miss DC off to Miss America! Some of us are trying to help her with the associated expenses! We want our hometown girl to win this thing! I urge everyone to make a donation. I know these are tough economic times, but every dollar helps. So [...]

Last night, Washington bid farewell to my friend Ashley Taylor, who will be leaving her work at Ann Hand to study at the Gemological Institute of America in Florence, Italy. Before earning my GIA certificate in Diamond Grading, I had no clue how tough GIA courses would be. There is much more science and math [...]

 
Deborah Sigmund attended The Courage Cup’s Meadow Matches event this past June with her husband Donald, and guest Kate Marie Grinold, who is Miss DC 2008 and who is currently working for Deborah’s nonprofit, Innocents at Risk. Debbie saw my work on The Courage Cup, and has asked me to get involved to help her [...]