Jenna and Barbara Bush, the onetime party girls turned proper Republican daughters, partied once again last night at the Roseland Ballroom. Nothing terribly exciting or even mildly embarrassing happened, at least as far as we could tell, but we couldn't tell much as the media wasn't allowed to get close to the First Daughters, much less party with them.
The media mob was penned into a barricade corral on the sidewalk outside the ballroom, and permitted only to take pictures of the ladies as they arrived. We felt like the yapping paparazzi on the red carpet at the Oscars ("Down here, Jenna!" "Move in closer together, girls!"), although there probably aren't as many mysterious puddles at the Oscars as there are on the streets of midtown Manhattan.
The event was called "R: The Party," with R standing for Republican, or maybe Roseland or possibly Restricted. It was never clear. The twins looked pretty and poised as they stood for their photo op. Jenna, the blonde one, had a slightly shaggy hairdo that made her look like a younger, more petite Martha Stewart; Barbara, the darker one, seemed to be enjoying the spotlight a bit less than her sister, which would make her the Nicky Hilton (or to keep the presidential parallel, the Tricia Nixon) of this sister act.
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In fact, we eventually got a ticket and went inside to check out the scene for ourselves. It was sweaty all right, rather dark and quite crowded with young people. There was no sign of the twins, whom unreliable reports said had repaired to the VIP lounge upstairs. The smell of beer and body odor permeated the place. Onstage, a rock band was playing a tune by the Doobie Brothers. Yep, a lot like 1979.
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