WASHINGTON POST - Out & About - Monday June 13, 2005

The polo season opened Saturday with a game in Poolesville pitting Porsche against the Madison Hotel. But with sponsors like Gucci and Porsche, ladies decked out in chic sundresses and unlimited vodka-spiked lemonade, who had time to watch the game?

"Oh! You have to go get a fabulous cocktail ring!" exclaimed Dorit Sade , social secretary to the ambassador of Israel. The downtown boutique Alex served up oversize fake gems on a silver platter as models pranced around in preppy ensembles to the delight of all the fashionable fillies on hand at the polo grounds. Local jazz pianist Marcus Johnson soothed the sunburned crowd with tunes as team owner Dave Pollin and polo pro Charlie Muldoon led the Madison team to victory. Proceeds from the day, which drew nearly 100 onlookers, went to the Many Hats Institute, an organization dedicated to empowering local youth."

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