Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> "Gregory Morrow" >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
> >
> > Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> >
> >> blake murphy >
> >> : in rec.food.cooking
> >>
> >> >
> >> > well, that was blinky, not blake.
> >>
> >> Well hell. I got my "B" men mixed up. Sorry.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > i remember the *fireplace*, on p st near p st beach and dupont
> >> > circle, but when i was going (early seventies) it was live music,
> >> > not male strippers like it is now, i think. if there was a drag
> >> > queen scene there, i missed it.
> >>
> >> IIRC it was a piano type place when I would frequent it. I was almost
> >> always in DC on business so I didn't get to the bar all that often.
> >> It might have had live bands on other nights. I don't think there was
> >> drag there at all. It was a pretty quiet joint when I was there. I
> >> liked it.
> >>
> >
> >
> > It has a nice corner location and windows you can see out of...so it's
> > good for people - watching. That little stretch of *** bars on (or
> > that used to be on) P Street there was SO seedy, rather incongruous
> > because Embassy Row and fancy hotels are mere steps away.
>
> Speaking of corner locations. I always requested the same room in the
> hotel I stayed at on DuPont. It wasn't a suite but the room was really
> big and had a huge bank of windows overlooking the front drive of the
> hotel and the street. The room was on the 2nd floor. It was a really fun
> place to people watch. Especially Sunday mornings


What hotel? I usually stayed at the Embassy Row Hilton on Mass.
Avenue...mere STEPS from the sleezy P St. action...and overlooking the
Turkish Embassy complex...also had a nice rooftop pool.

Also stayed at the older Carlyle Suites Hotel just north of Dupont...fun
little piano bar and steps away from 17th St. scene...


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Best
Greg