On Friday, January 20th, I had the opportunity to go to THE official Ingagural Ball of the 45th President of the U.S. There are only 3 official presidental balls, one of them being the Liberty Ball in which I was able to attend. My best friend and roommate, Giovanna, is not only Kellyann Conway’s niece but assistant as well (at the time). Giovanna was able to get a TON of tickets so family could attend and see their loved one enter the white house. I was told on a whim that there was an extra ticket to the ball and I figured that this was a once in a life time opportunity that I just could not pass up. On my way to the hotel to get ready I was joking with the Uber driving how I’m about to prepare myself to look all bad and boujee while amoungst the richest of the rich, meanwhile I only have 20 doll hairs in my bank account. I actually couldn’t even make it to the front of the hotel because of all the protestors and road blockage. I walked a couple of blocks with my dress in hand and fake eye lashes tightly secure. When I actually got to the hotel there were a TON of police officers roaming the inside and the outside of the hotel. As soon as I walked in you can smell the money, men and women that just had that millionaire look. I felt like I was an outsider looking in to a whole other life. I have to admit I don’t know much about poltics in the sense that if I saw governers or any other noteable politician I probably wouldn’t know who they were unless read about them in the paper. I keep up with current events but I am definitely not a know-it-all when it comes to politics and lack there of, hence the feeling of looking into a whole other world.
It was amazing to experince this with some of my closest friends, all of us college students, who have never been to a Ball and are just excitied to be in an environment that we might not ever be in again. Walking up the stairs to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, there were floods of women in the most gorgeous gowns. I honestly think that was one of my favorite parts, seeing the gowns that people showed up in. I almost wanted to ask them who they were wearing that night. As you can see in the picture above they had a wall with fresh greenery and a women whose job it was to talk a million pictures for people from their iPhones.
Now in the actual convention center it was a HUGE space with about 4 huge bars in the middle of the rooms. There was mood lighting, a glow of navy blue filled the room. There was pickings of course but I didn’t really each much with so much going on and we got 5 drink tickets as well, each equaling $5. Funny thing is when I went up to the bar, I wasn’t sure what to order…should I order a swanky drink? Do I even know what a swanky drink is? I ask the bartender what she suggested and she looked at me like I had a million heads….she said she was a vodka girl so I said girl make me whatever you think. It was this nauseating mix of vodka, triple sec and cranberry juice never to be or should be consumed by anyone ever again. I ended up snagging a champagne flute with Chadon filled to the rim as it sat on the bar, it was disrespectful to anyone who just though to leave it there so I did what I had to do. As Trump came out to dance with Melania someone had happened to see Floyd Mayweather in which me, Giovanna’s brother and her cousin went to go try and take a picture with him. He was surrounded by 5, 6’9″ body guards ready for any moment. There were rumors that Caitlan Jenner was in the mix as well, and I also got to say Hi to Kellyann Conway. Becuase I am so close with Giovanna I have known her for some time now, meeting her at different family events at Giovanna’s house. It was crazy seeing how, honestly, for lack of better words, famous she is now. So all in all the ball was good, everyone loves a good celebrity sighting, one free drink and the chance to see real male Irish Dancers in tight pants. Cheers to that ladies!