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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax October 21, 2019
Matt and Mary Baeher, Mary and Jesse Butler
photo by Lori Sax
Shari Phillips, Eleni Marinucci
photo by Lori Sax
Sarah Karp
photo by Lori Sax
Rahul Sharm, Yuvraj Khosla, Swaran Singh
photo by Lori Sax
Poonam Maini, Jeanine Ryan, Sheena Maini, Kaitlyn Perez
photo by Lori Sax
Candy and Brian Roberts
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The tablescape
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Nuria and Shawn Marsh
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John Sciara, George Cappello, Poonam Maini, Joey Panek
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Terri and Michael Klauber
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Tammy and Sarah Karp
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Ally Small, Andrea and Aaron Rutsky
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Freya and Loyd Robbins
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Vinod and Gita Khilmani
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Manjot and Aadya Gill
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Tarang Soni, Sonus Singh
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Scott Guinn, Margaret Wise
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Mike Schillace, Phil King
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Shamini Ghay, Tim Cross
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April and Charlie Balliette, B.J. Creighton
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George Cappello, Melissa Howard
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Thane Richmond-Moore, Jonathan Moore
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Mike and Gina Ohlman
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Siri Dal, Lynn Barrie
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Francis Broussard, Richard Barrie
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Sarah Karp, Tommy Klauber, Tammy Karp
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Melissa Howard, Iveta Mesarasova, Karen White, Kym Smith-Copeland
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David McCoy
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The event benefits the nonprofit that Poonam Maini, owner of Tandoor Restaurant, has founded to feed the hungry and empower women in her native India.
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