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Glowing success

A longtime Baltimore designer sets a smashing table and throws a memorable birthday fete for his daughter.

On a late autumn evening, Baltimore designer Henry Johnson held an intimate birthday dinner for his daughter, Amanda Johnson, at Sascha’s 527 Café. The restaurant is…MORE

Arty party

The Contemporary Museum hosts a progressive dinner party amongst modern artworks in three area homes.

“People like to see collections of contemporary art in people’s homes,” says Contemporary Museum executive director Irene Hofmann, which is why on an early spring evening,…MORE

Enchanted evening— A Guildford cocktail party

Lee and Claire Miller host an evening of music for friends and family in their Guilford home.

Claire Hecht Miller was anxious. She was out running last-minute errands before hosting her first major party in her recently renovated home for 55 guests. “When…MORE

Pazo Anniversary Party

Style covers the 5th anniversary party held at Pazo in Baltimore

It was five years ago that fine-dining duo Tony Foreman and Cindy Wolf unveiled Pazo, their Mediterranean-themed lounge and restaurant in Fells Point. So they decided…MORE

Designer Rita St. Clair Celebrates 40 Years in Business

Some 150-plus friends, clients, associates and well-wishers gathered on a warm October evening to join designer Rita St. Clair in celebrating 40 years in the interior…MORE

Caterer Jerry Edwards’ party at Silo Point

On a warm, breezy early August evening, Chef’s Expressions chef/owner Jerry Edwards marked his 50th birthday with an al fresco party for 330 guests at the…MORE

Chef's Night Out

Ted Stelzenmuller of Jack’s Bistro hosts an over the top dinner party for local chefs

From inside Jack’s Bistro on Nov. 17 of last year, a strange clamor filtered through the windows and doors: laughter, thwacks and thuds, the lively tones…MORE

Great Scot!

A dinner party for 40 celebrates the ‘Poet of Scotland.’

Proud Scots worldwide pause for drams and a hearty meal on the Jan. 25 birthday of Scotland’s favorite son, Robert Burns, and the Mount Vernon home…MORE

The Toast of the Town

From over-the-top theme parties for hundreds to small office lunches, Style gets the skinny on corporate holiday celebrations around Baltimore.

t’s that time of year when Baltimoreans don their holiday best and head for the annual holiday office bash. But as Style discovered, some employees get…MORE

Masquerade Ball

During Mardi Gras week, Jake Boone's friends throw him a surprise birthday bash.

It’s no great surprise that real estate agent/floral designer Jake Boone “loves a good party,” says longtime friend and fellow flower guru Barbara Taylor. But the…MORE

Ice palace

The new Ritz-Carlton throws a water-themed bash to celebrate the topping-out of its construction downtown.

View more photos from this event. The developers of the new Ritz-Carlton Residences, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, wanted to celebrate the topping-out of the construction phase of…MORE

Holiday Highland fling

A Monkton couple re-creates a Scottish tradition.

How do you say “thank you” to all your friends for making you feel at home so quickly in a town you moved to just a…MORE

'Come. Don’t call.'

This festive fete is a Tuesday-before-Thanksgiving tradition.

“Eat. Drink. Gossip. Come. Don’t call.” That’s how the invitation to Sascha Wohlhandler and husband Steve Suser’s annual holiday party reads every year. And all their…MORE

Big Night

For one evening only, a group of Baltimore chefs prove that five cooks in the kitchen isn't too many.

“To be a chef,” says Corks owner/chef Jerry Pellegrino, “you gotta be a little weird.” So when five chefs team up, as Jerry Edwards, John Walsh,…MORE

Southern Charm

When asked to host a small dinner party fund-raiser for the Creative Alliance, South Carolina native Mary Roby didn’t have to think twice. The Butcher’s Hill…MORE

Fall feast

It was dinner by committee when the guests at Barry and Maria Fleischmann’s seasonal supper helped with the shopping and took turns in the kitchen.

It was dinner by committee when the guests at Barry and Maria Fleischmann’s seasonal supper helped with the shopping and took turns in the kitchen. Believe…MORE

Dinner with Friends

An annual all-male dinner party features fine wine, rich food and a few secrets they’ll never tell.

When a certain group of Baltimore men gets together for its annual dinner party held the night before New Year’s Eve, the activity list boasts everything…MORE

Surf-side Chef

Chef Riche Griffin throws a casual dinner party, Rehoboth Beach-style.

When it comes to entertaining at home, Riche Griffin says, “KISS is one of the best rules:Keep It Simple, Stupid.” As chef and co-owner of Dish—…MORE

Mixing it Up

At Baltimore restaurateurs Tom Looney and Ed Scherer's beach house, it's always party time.

What’s the deal with Ed Scherer and Tom Looney? So far it’s been nine years of 14- to 16-hour workdays running their Canton restaurant Helen’s Garden—…MORE

Tuscan Feast

Chef Jerry Edwards entertains guests at home with a Mediterranean dinner party.

On a warm May evening, caterer/restaurateur Jerry Edwards hosted 50 guests for an “evening in Italy.” Though technically the dinner party was held in his Timonium…MORE

An Intimate Spring Feast

Restaurateurs Linwood and Ellen Dame hosted a dinner party that pulled out all the stops. When guests received the pretty hand-written invitations to a “springtime dinner”…MORE

The Gentlemanly Joys of Cork and Fork

This men-only supper club cooked up an epicurean evening of camaraderie.

There’s a familiar, nostalgic quality to the scene: a dozen or so gentlemen in evening dress, sitting around a table laden with fine wines and superb…MORE

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