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Adjusted for today's inflation, that is more than $100 million.ĬHANG: According to her obituary, she built the estate because her first Florida home, quote, "became too small for her parties." With 58 bedrooms and 33 bathrooms, Mar-a-Lago was just the right size to host royalty, diplomats, charity events and costume balls. Marjorie Merriweather Post spent about $7 million building it. He dug into Mar-a-Lago's history for Smithsonian Magazine.

MICHAEL LUONGO: Mar-a-Lago is a classic Spanish Revival, Spanish Renaissance, Mediterranean Revival mansion of the 1920s - very, very much of its time, very opulent. Heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post built the Palm Beach property back in the 1920s. “Inquiries and so forth were way down (from the past),” said Glenn Mahone, the society’s president and gala chairman.We've been hearing quite a bit lately about Mar-a-Lago, but its rich history began long before Donald Trump ever moved in. 8, but clearly that “W” didn’t translate into ticket sales. Trump nabbed Arkansas, Bill Clinton’s home state, winning 60.4 percent Nov. 19, was canceled this week because of low demand, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The Arkansas Inaugural Ball, which was to be held Jan. Only one of the traditional state society inaugural balls has fallen victim to Trump’s victory. Then on Saturday night, Gays for Trump is hosting its own portmanteau party at the William F. But not to worry, just blocks away on that same night there’s “The Deplorables Inaugural” ball for the starting price of $500 a ticket at the Ronald Reagan Building adjacent to the Trump International Hotel. The first “DeploraBall” will be Friday at the National Press Club and is sold out. There will also be not one, not two, but three balls for “deplorables,” the Hillary Clinton dig that turned into a badge of honor for some Trump supporters during the 2016 campaign. Chris Christie serving as honorary chairman) will be hosting their own celebrations the night before Trump’s big day and in the days after. Elsewhere in D.C., Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina and New Jersey (with Gov. Bush years, expect nearly 10,000 guests this year and promise a big-name headliner whose identity is still hush-hush.

Organizers of that gathering, which reached its peak popularity during the George W. That same night, Solange Knowles, who recently performed alongside her sister Beyoncé and brother-in-law Jay Z (Elevator? What elevator?) at President Barack Obama’s final White House bash last week, is performing at the “Peace Ball” hosted by Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.Īcross the river at National Harbor, secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson and former Texas governor (and ex-presidential candidate) Rick Perry will be at the Texas State Society’s “Black Tie and Boots” ball. “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson will no doubt be sporting an ethically conscious frock at PETA’s “Animals’ Party” at the Willard InterContinental on Jan. 20, there will be plenty of well-heeled guests at the dozens of unofficial galas, cocktail grabs and protest parties taking place around town. And that means partying, lots and lots of partying.ĭespite the apparent lack of A-list attendees at President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony and the three official inaugural balls that follow Jan.

Now that the Great Dress Crisis of 2017 has been thoroughly debunked, Washington can get back to the very important business of gearing up for next week’s inauguration. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuīy Helena Andrews-Dyer, The Washington Post