The show drew conspicuously on Mesta’s reputation as “The Hostess With the Mostes’.” Characteristically, Mesta embraced the production and befriended its star, Ethel Merman. Renowned for ...

Bestselling author Meryl Gordon's biography "The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess" (Grand Central Publishing), tells the story of the socialite ...

Connie Cronley stopped by to share one of her latest reads, a book highlighting the life of Pearl Mesta, an Oklahoma socialite who became one of the most influential hostesses in Washington ...