New party trend? The Bahraini ambassador hired a henna artist for her fete; maybe you should too!
Hadia Abul-Qasim at work at Bahrain's National Day reception at the Ritz-Carlton. (Tony Powell for the Embassy of Bahrain)
So you thought your holiday party was special because it had a chocolate fountain. For a grand reception celebrating her country's National Day, the ambassador from Bahrain Houda Ezra Nonoo provided her guests with a henna artist. (Also, a lavish buffet of lamb, fish, saffron risotto. And: a chocolate fountain.)
Guests arriving at the Ritz-Carlton ballroom were intrigued by the woman at the back of the room bent over one wrist after another in intense concentration. Was she a palm reader? When they came closer, they saw that Hadia Abul-Qasim was painting intricate black designs along any willing arm. A line of women quickly formed. The ambassador told us the henna artist has been a popular fixture at her parties for the past few years. Does she get herself decorated? "I just don't have the patience," Nonoo said, "to let it dry."
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| December 10, 2010; 12:00 AM ET
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She is fantastic! Do you have any contact information for her? I'd love to hire her for a friend's henna ceremony.
Posted by: jsid | December 10, 2010 10:23 AM | Report abuse
yeah, they were doing this at a dot-com bash I attended in San Francisco in 1999. Big whoop, DC...
Posted by: patriciawsf | December 10, 2010 11:36 AM | Report abuse
Are you suggesting San Francisco might be more hip than D.C.? Controversial! ;)
Posted by: The Reliable Source | December 10, 2010 7:50 PM | Report abuse
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