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Best Party Ever
BY LEAH BERRY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN MICHAEL SIMPSON
Winners of Durham Magazine’s 13th annual Best of Durham poll gathered for a celebration held in their honor on June 26 at Frontier RTP. Amid decor from American Party Rentals, Amazing Balloons and Floral Dimensions, representatives from our readers’ favorite businesses and organizations mingled with one another while relishing in this milestone achievement. Guests had the chance to check out party sponsor Hendrick Subaru Southpoint’s all-electric 2023 Solterra and groove to tunes supplied by Verve Event Productions/EastCoast Entertainment. An Imagine Circus magician performed tricks for the crowd, ZimZoom Photo Booth captured fun moments and memories, Bulkogi, The Pit Durham Event Venue and Saladelia Cafe & Catering shared some 5
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1 Sponsor Hendrick Subaru Southpoint’s Ashley Lamonds, Anna Latta, Poonam Nandani and Joseph Rossman. 2 Bulkogi’s Charlie Ji and Triangle Media Partners’ Ellen Shannon. 3 Mike McRoberts, Lisa McRoberts and Karen Poulsen of Growler Grlz. 4 Jennifer Denny and Bridget Ryan of Bridget A. Ryan, CPA, PLLC and Carl Johnson of Carl Johnson Real Estate at Coldwell Banker HPW. 5 Doris Cramer with Lucie’s Home Services and Michele Castle of Isagenix. 6 May Wahdan-Lloyd and Dirk Watson of Jewelsmith. 7 VerveEvent Productions/EastCoast Entertainment’s Seth Felder.
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