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"How often does a girl get to say &amp;quot;Al Gore&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Young Jeezy&amp;quot; in the same sentence, let alone have a red carpet brush with both of them? Check out my photos and fabulous fashion news from D.C.&amp;#x27;s most star-studded Monday night bashes, after the jump. My first stop of the evening was the Green Inaugural Ball, hosted by Al Gore at the National Portrait Gallery. As you might have guessed, shades of lime, emerald, mint, and kelly ruled the red carpet. Check out Will-i-am, who performed a set at the party, wearing a Moschino suit and a bright green Yves Saint Laurent shirt. I asked him how he landed the coveted spot on stage. &amp;quot;Al Gore called me on the night of the election...&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Al Gore just called you?!&amp;quot; I interrupted, breaking a fundamental rule of journalism (note to self: It&amp;#x27;s not about you!) as I imagined the former VP ringing up the former Black Eyed Pea. &amp;quot;So of course you say yes. Al Gore has done more than anyone out there to bring attention to the environmental crisis.&amp;quot; In fact, he inspired Will.i.am to buy himself an electric car and ditch the plastic bags. I had to get all tabloid-y on him for a minute and ask about Fergie&amp;#x27;s wedding, of course...&amp;quot;It was beautiful,&amp;quot; he told me. &amp;quot;She&amp;#x27;s like a sister to me.&amp;quot; John Legend also performed (&amp;quot;I have no idea what I&amp;#x27;ll sing yet,&amp;quot; he told me on the green carpet. &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s just me up there, so I don&amp;#x27;t need a set list&amp;quot;) and said he and the incoming president had become pretty chummy already. &amp;quot;He&amp;#x27;s just super. A great, great guy,&amp;quot; he said of Mr. Obama. And while he was freezing his bum off at the &amp;quot;We Are One&amp;quot; concert yesterday, it must have been worth it--team Obama thanked him with a prime seat at tomorrow&amp;#x27;s swearing in ceremony. Oprah correspondent Lisa Ling wore a superchic one shoulder purple dress by Nicole Young and described the current feeling here in D.C. for us: &amp;quot;There&amp;#x27;s an undeniable energy here right now, certainly unlike anything I&amp;#x27;ve ever experienced,&amp;quot; she said. The guys from Maroon 5 also cruised through (above) on the way to their performance, and while Mr. Gore was feeling pretty camera shy, I did manage to snap...wait for it...this shot of his bald spot. You&amp;#x27;re welcome! I made my way to the Hip Hop Ball shortly afterwards (can I just say that buying a giant $20 clutch from Forever 21 that&amp;#x27;s big enough to hold my flats was the single smartest decision I&amp;#x27;ve made in like three weeks?!) and schmoozed with a crowd whose excitement was incredibly infectious. Russell Simmons and LL Cool J honored some of their favorite people in the hip hop industry, including T.I., Young Jeezy, MC Lyte, and Bow Wow, and then Busta Rhymes came out on stage for a surprise performance and shook the rafters. That room was about to burst with excitement and pride and inspiration--and I was jumping up and down like a 12-year-old with my camera phone. I&amp;#x27;m headed to the swearing in tomorrow morning (um, in six hours actually) so I&amp;#x27;ve got to get my beauty rest, gals! I&amp;#x27;ll be filling you in on Michelle Obama&amp;#x27;s wardrobe, the chicest ways people are staying warm, and more...I can&amp;#x27;t wait!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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