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PHOTO GALLERY: Cocktails for a Cause


  • By Nick Friedman
  • | 11:59 a.m. November 26, 2014
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Designing Daughters hosted a charity bar tending event Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Libby's Cafe + Bar's new L Bar. Members tried their hand at bar tending, and tips and 15% of sales went to local arts and humanities organizations.

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Trevor and Nikki Taylor
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Beth and Dale Karins
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Bill English, Mark Hill and Tommy Sorentino
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