Friday, December 7, 2012

went to dinner at the home of Connie Milstein on 3210 – R Street, N.W. in Georgetown. Connie is the owner of the Jefferson Hotel in Washington DC. The occasion of the event was a fund raiser for the organization called Key to the Cure 2012. This is an organization aimed at curing epilepsy. It is run by Susan and David Axelrod who have a child with epilepsy. It was an extraordinary evening with all the glitterati of Washington DC at the meeting including a visit from VP Joe Biden. I had the opportunity to chat a bit with the vice president and discuss our work with HIV-AIDS. He clearly knew who I was since I have met him several times when he was in the Senate and he was present at the East Room ceremony when I received the presidential Medal of Freedom. In addition there were number of other known media and political stars including Alex Castellanos, the Republican Strategist. The joke of the evening is that David Axelrod had just shaved off his mustache to raise money for the CURE. He had been joking on TV Sunday Talk Shows that he would shave off his mustache is Obama lost the election. Obviously, Obama won, but now David shaved it off for a cause. Alex Castellanos now promised to shave off his moustache to raise money for the CURE.