Socialite Perle Mesta used her fortune to host inclusive dinner parties in Washington, D.C., becoming one of the most famous women in the world – "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball." ...

Perle Mesta was one of DC’s most famous socialites, a newspaper staple known for her charm and influence—“the hostess with the mostest,” as she was famously dubbed. Her hot-ticket parties ...

Perle Mesta at Oklahoma City’s iconic Skirvin Hotel will host a special High Tea with Mr. and Mrs. Claus on Dec. 8 and Dec. 15. The event offers an experience for the whole family, as James ...

Perle Mesta with Lyndon B. Johnson a tthe 1960 Democratic National Convention. When Woodward reported back to his boss, Johnson broke in to say, “Her name wouldn’t be Mesta, would it?

Mesta's affinity for hosting politicians and celebrities would inspire a musical starring Ethel Merman, "Call Me Madam," and a sobriquet that she was "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball." ...

Mesta, a U.S.-based startup, is aiming to address that challenge by combining stablecoins, fiat rails, and an API-first approach to simplify cross-border transactions for fintech platforms and ...

Mesta did make the cover of Time in 1949, but to say that “during the first six months of 1956 more than two thousand stories about Perle appeared in U.S. newspapers” is to say more about a ...

But Dolley and Alice were pikers compared with Perle Mesta, the wealthy widow from Oklahoma who reigned over Washington’s social scene from the 1930s until her death in 1975. One of the most ...

A broken 50,000-ton Mesta Machine Co. press sits idle in its own five-story building at Alcoa Inc.'s Cleveland Works. But it also rests at the center of a tense debate that could cost Northeast ...

Mesta Park is becoming the new place to be to watch the Oklahoma City memorial Marathon. Check out the Mario Brothers-themed festivities spectators are enjoying on race day.