The Heart of Wellington

The Heart of Wellington

We are at the height of Palm Beach’s social season, and it would not be complete without a Sunday brunch, hosted by Bagatelle, just before the Polo matches, at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. The club is set in Wellington’s horse country. What once was a town of farms and dirt roads has become a premier residence, [...]

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Palm Beach Princess
Swinging Polo Mallets with Tareq and Michaele Salahi

Swinging Polo Mallets with Tareq and Michaele Salahi

 
 
The girls who took over The Courage Cup with the kids of Work to Ride and celebrity polo player at the 2006 event.
The Washington Post is leading the media on the White House “Crasher-gate” story. Yesterday, I received more media inquiries about Tareq and Michaele Salahi and my experience with them. I knew the day [...]

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News & Current Events
Passionate Living: Lezlie Hiner

Passionate Living: Lezlie Hiner

 

 
Brandon Rease, Kareem Rosser, Kevin Jones, Daymar Rosser, Richard Prather
 
Lezlie Hiner (photographed at left speaking at The Courage Cup’s Courage & Hope Gala in 2008) embodies “passionate living”. She has taken polo, the ”sport of kings,” to help Philadelphia at-risk youth stay in school. Many would ask, “Why polo?” Goodness knows, I’ve been asked that question numerous times over the years [...]

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News & Current Events
America’s Cup of Polo

America’s Cup of Polo

Andrea Rodgers and her “Guy Friday,” Mike Carson at the America’s Cup of Polo
What a great weekend! 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 [...]

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News & Current Events
Join Miss A For Two Great Events This Saturday!

Join Miss A For Two Great Events This Saturday!

I hope everyone will join me this Saturday for two great events - The Power of Shopping to benefit YouthAIDS and then for Ride To Thrive Polo Classic to benefit Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program!
If you don’t want to wait until Saturday, join us tomorrow night for a Pre-Chukker Cocktail!
- Miss A
 
 
 

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Charity
4th Annual Ride to Thrive Polo Classic

4th Annual Ride to Thrive Polo Classic

I’m so excited to share information with you about the upcoming Ride to Thrive Polo Classic, which is the Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program’s largest annual fundraiser. Horses do so much good for children with special needs, or facing other adversity like in the case of the Work to Ride kids which I support through [...]

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Charity

Talking With Your Hands

I typically answer questions, but today I am just going to “blog”. 
I was at Kinko’s in Crystal City this past Sunday afternoon using their cutter to cut parking passes for The Courage Cup, a 501c3 nonprofit that I started to to help at-risk urban youth. We support programs in the mid-Atlantic region which give disadvantaged [...]

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Diamonds & Engagements