A Bit of the OC in DC

Someplace that's always intrigued me in DC the few times I've gone there is the waterfront in Georgetown, aka Washington Harbor. It's a (Potomac) riverside promenade and office/residential/retail complex off of K Street. (I've heard that Liz Taylor has a condo there.) The "retail" is, for the most part, a bunch of bars and restaurants, most of them with outdoor seating. There's also a "boardwalk" of sorts stretching for a few hundred feet along the river. It's pretty cool.

On a typical summer evening, the place is literally packed with the DC area's "pretty people" -- privileged, pretentious, and preened. Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's actually a little bit of faux-Hollywood glam right here in button-down stuffed-shirt Washington. As S&BS in straight DC goes, nothing beats it. And the boats, oh, the boats! That's where I really felt the lime-green envy. The coolest party scene, evidently, is on the boats.

Finally last week the Post picked up on the buzz, putting the harbor and the party-boat culture on the front page of the Metro section. Check it out:


And don't miss the video!
Oh, to be middle-aged, single, straight, and wealthy enough to have a boat to moor at the harbor.