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Gatsby Gala
Dennis Milbrath is dressed to suit the Gatsby Gala’s theme at the McDonald Mansion.
Liza Nichayeva, left, and Erin Biesecker
Flappers’ gowns rippled and the chrome on ostentatiously elegant, pre-Depression automobiles shone on the manicured grounds of Santa Rosa’s grandest old estate for the Gatsby Gala. It was a playful, retro night of amusement and a social triumph for the sponsoring Sonoma County chapter of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The owners of McDonald Avenue’s exquisite Mableton, or McDonald Mansion, dressed in their 1920s best and greeted the Sept. 21 gala’s 150 guests. Bartenders from Stark’s Steakhouse and Jackson’s Bar and Oven poured modern interpretations of Prohibition-era, perfectly chilled contraband. After dinner came timeless lemon-chiffon cake and music, which drew guests onto the dance floor and back to a fleetingly gilded age.
M-L and Bill Reinking, left, laugh with Kevan Jurin during the Gatsby Gala.
Tatiana Argenal, left, Liza Nichayeva and Amanda Muller vamp it up in their Gatsby-era garb during the NAMI fundraiser. NAMI Sonoma County chief Rosemary Milbrath, left, joins Terri Timms and Vivian Brockway at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Sonoma County Gatsby Gala.
photos by Alvin Jornada
Jan/Feb 2014 sonomamag.com
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