Birthday Bash

Social gridlock reigned when society gadabout Rick Oshay hosted a boffo birthday beano at his Montecito home for his longtime companion Teresa Kuskey, founder of the colorful and energized La Boheme dance troupe.

Nearly 70 guests turned out for the sunset soirée when Rick and Teresa returned to our rarefied enclave after catching Les Misérables at the Pantages in L.A. and dinner at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, one of my favorite eateries.

Among those dancing the night away to local DJ Joseph Souza were Maitland Ward, Kostis Protopapas, Adam McKaig and Melissa Borders, Mike and Debi Stoker, Erik and Angelique Davis, Fred Brander, Fritz and Gretchen Olenberger, David Bolton and Gonzalo Sarmiento, Joan Rutkowski, Karen Knight, Chris and Mindy Denson, Robert Adams, and James and Erin Graffy de Garcia.