At 12:25 PM -0400 9/2/04, conventions at alerts.nationaljournal.com wrote:
>We've Saved The Best For Last
>No, not the president's speech -- we'll leave that assessment to the
>partisans. But here are the cream of the closing-night bashes:
>-- With the help of Blues Traveler, the Republican Governors
>Association "Rocks the Planet [Hollywood] in Times Square." (1540
>Broadway, 5 p.m.)
>-- Reps. Eric Cantor of Virginia and Roy Blunt of Missouri are the
>toast of a smokin' cocktail party at the Grand Havana Room,
>sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. (666 5th Ave., 5 p.m.)
>-- The Warehouse party finally winds down at Tunnel. (220 12th Ave., 10 p.m.)
>-- Alexander Strategy Group, the new kids on the all-week-party
>block, do one more night at Terra Blues. (149 Bleecker St., 10:30
>p.m.)
>-- Emily Pataki, Taylor Whitman and the Bush twins are expected at
>Gotham Hall for the "Next Generation of Leaders" gala. (1356
>Broadway, 11 p.m.)
>-- Jack Dempsey's is the site of one last throw-down, with enough
>corporate sponsors to ensure an over-the-top affair. (36 W. 33rd
>St., 11 p.m.)