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If you weren't invited to the latest embassy parties, don't worry. Every major hotel lounge, conservative or modish, sets the scene for affairs, business and otherwise. The nation's, indeed the world's, lifeblood, courses through the Washington bar scene.
Located near historic DuPont Circle, this red-hot D.C. nightspot occupies Teddy Roosevelt's former mansion and is furnished in vintage antiques. DJs spin a hybrid of down tempo dub and exotic lounge music. It feels like a sophisticated A-list house party at an ambassador’s private residence, complete with cocktails, supermodels, D.C. power players, and a very tight velvet rope!