GET DOWN TONIGHT! WE ASKED THE CITY’S CHIC SET TO SHARE SECRETS ABOUT UNFORGETTABLE EVENINGS IN DC. THESE NIGHT RIDERS CALL THE SHOTS AS THEY HIT THE STREETS FROM DUSK ’TIL DAWN. TAKE A JAUNT FROM HIP HAUNTS TO LO UNGES THAT FLAUNT, CAFÉS THAT MATTER, BARS THAT FLATTER, SHOWS A GO GO, DJS YOU MUST KNOW AND INSIDER’S TIPS TO MAKE OCTOBER NIGHTS GLOW. BY GEORGE W. STONE AND ANDREW NOYES PHOTOGRAPHY BY CARLTON WOLFE THE STYLIZER: LAVANYA RAMANATHAN The street’s Lavanya Ramanathan’s beat—and as editor of The Washington Post’s Style on the Go section, this mile-a-minute culture vulture runs through a lot of Jimmy Choos. “I don’t walk, I stomp!” she says. Indeed, the 28-year-old writer dashes from highbrow gallery openings to lowbrow tailgates to nobrow kid- friendly Rock-n-Romp concerts. It comes as a surprise to find that our peripatetic reporter is shy. “I’m not a schmoozer, I’m an experiencer,” she says. Experience she does. Ramanathan’s articles apprise outgoing locals of the people, places and shows to know. And after work, she heads out again. “I’m the type who wants to spend Saturday night at divey Pharmacy Bar (above, 2337 18th St., NW, 202.483.1200) wearing a $300 dress from Built by Wendy and then whine when beer ends up on it,” she says. A small price to pay for living life on the fly. N I G H T L I FE S P EC I A L
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GET DOWN TONIGHT!WE ASKED THE CITY’S CHIC SET TO SHARE SECRETS
ABOUT UNFORGETTABLE EVENINGS IN DC. THESE NIGHT
RIDERS CALL THE SHOTS AS THEY HIT THE STREETS
FROM DUSK ’TIL DAWN. TAKE A JAUNT FROM HIP H AUN T S
TO LO UNGES THAT FLAUN T, CAFÉS THAT MAT T ER , BARS
THAT FLATTER, SHOWS A GO GO, DJS YOU MUST KNOW
AND INSIDER’S TIPS TO MAKE OCTOBER NIGHTS GLOW.
BY GEORGE W. STONE AND ANDREW NO Y ES
PHO T OGRAPHY BY CARLT ON WOLFE
THE STYLIZER: LAVANYA RAMANATHANThe street’s Lavanya Ramanathan’s beat—and as editor of The Washington Post’s
Style on the Go section, this mile-a-minute culture vulture runs through a lot of
Jimmy Choos. “I don’t walk, I stomp!” she says. Indeed, the 28-year-old writer
dashes from highbrow gallery openings to lowbrow tailgates to nobrow kid-
friendly Rock-n-Romp concerts. It comes as a surprise to find that our peripatetic
reporter is shy. “I’m not a schmoozer, I’m an experiencer,” she says. Experience
she does. Ramanathan’s articles apprise outgoing locals of the people, places and
shows to know. And after work, she heads out again. “I’m the type who wants to
spend Saturday night at divey Pharmacy Bar (above, 2337 18th St., NW,
202.483.1200) wearing a $300 dress from Built by Wendy and then whine when
beer ends up on it,” she says. A small price to pay for living life on the fly.
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F ROM KEGS TO EGGSReturn to the scene of the crime! After a night of Ad a m s
Morgan debauch e r y, roll back to Bourbon (2321 18th St.,
N W, 202.332.0801) for brunch. “I’ve seen many people there
on Saturday morning who I also saw the night before in
the bars, at the theater, at the Hirshhorn’s After Hours
p a r t y. And they still look fabulous. Bourbon plays good
music and the food’s awesome,” says Ramanathan.
EX HIBI T IONIST STREAK“WILD CHOIR: CINEMATIC PORTRAITS BY JEREMY BLAKE” OPENS AT
THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART (500 17TH ST., NW, 202.639.1700) ON
OCTOBER 27. BLAKE GREW UP IN TAKOMA PARK AND MADE HIS NAME
CREATING LUSH DIGITAL VIDEO ART. “HE WAS TRULY A 21ST-CENTURY
ARTIST, DABBLING IN ALL MEDIA, ATTRACTED TO ART AND MUSIC AND
THE ELECTRONIC AGE ALL AT ONCE,” SAYS RAMANATHAN.
MAKE MONDAY NIGHT RIGH T !Your best bet for a weeknight bender? Head to the rooftop deck or luxe lounge
at Local 16 (1602 U St., NW, 202.265.2828). “It’s a mob scene on weekends, but
after the happy-hour crowd goes home on Monday, it’s an intimate spot, candle-
lit, red-walled and with friendly people behind the bar,” says Ramanathan.