by contributor Brendan Kownacki
Photos by Neshan Naltchayan
Thankfully it wasn’t ‘all work and no play’ when a
bustling crowd gathered Thursday for the annual Washington Business Journal Book of Lists Celebration.
Publisher Alex Orfinger was on hand to welcome guests including Mayor Vincent Gray as they toasted the 30th anniversary of the paper’s premiere yearly ranking guide.
The book of lists which celebrates local businesses is an
annual tradition for the journal and business leaders from every industry were
on hand to raise a glass.
The evening featured flowing drinks and made to order
food from a pop-up restaurant sponsored by Ridgewells. Guests networked and
socialized not only in-person, but virtually thanks to real-time twitter and
photo streams being broadcast around the National Building Museum on large
monitors.
The buttoned-up business crowd kept the energetic soiree
going into the late evening—but not too late. Everyone did have work the next
day after all, and you don’t make the Book of Lists because you’re fond of sick
days.
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