GALLERY BETHESDA LUXURY APARTMENTS GRAND OPENING PHOTO GALLERY!

Did you stop by the Grand Opening of the first new residential building to open in Bethesda in years yesterday? If not, I have photos from the opening here for you. And rooftop views that are not possible from any other vantage point in Bethesda. Video is coming soon!

Fortunately, the weather turned perfect just in time for the event, as representatives of Donohoe Development, Vantage Management, Monument Bank, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, and other VIP guests celebrated the opening of the state-of-the-art Gallery Bethesda luxury apartment tower. As always, click on any photo to blow it up for greater detail:

Getting ready to cut the ribbon

Rooftop pool, complete with
artworks and a lifeguard on duty

Since I was last up on the roof at
The Gallery, Roof - the restaurant - has
opened (upper left corner)

18 stories above downtown Bethesda;
that road going straight into the
distance in the upper right corner?
Arlington Road

For those who can't decide whether
they want to lay out in the sun, or
be in the pool - you can multitask
on the roof at Gallery Bethesda

It won't be this easy to get a chair
after the building fills up

The outdoor fireplace is on the
other side of the fencing by the pool

Take in the skyline of the Bethesda Central
Business District from here

Not a cloud in the sky. Well...

VIP guests

More VIP guests

This outdoor fireplace will be
fantastic during the winter

I hope you're not afraid of heights

Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center

The Mormon Temple

Inside the rooftop Sky Lounge

Rack 'em up

I should have grabbed that
Bud Light Straw-Ber-Rita
before it disappeared

The late James A. Donohoe III at
the Gallery's topping out party
(sorry for the blurry photo, but
this photo was part of the slideshow
running on the big screens)

Indeed it is!

The photo booth

You have to spend time in the Sky Lounge to pick
up all of the little interior design details

Tables with views include this
one by the pool

Chill out after work in front of the big screen

There's the screen

Another poolside view

I've named this the
Walter Reed table

The elevators to the rooftop

There was a scavenger hunt to
win prizes

Appetizers by 4935 Bar & Kitchen
on Cordell Avenue

More of the 4935 spread...

Perhaps something healthier?

With Gallery Bethesda's property manager,
Manuel Majano, in charge, the
entire event was well-orchestrated