‘Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue’
courtesy of ‘Maryland Route 5’

We just got a fun submission from a PR firm pimping the renaming contest for the Washington Hilton’s new restaurant and bar. According to the website

The restaurant and bar’s new name should reflect an authentic Washington experience, our menu of fresh, locally inspired meals, hand mixed cocktails and our contagiously hospitable atmosphere that welcomes guests – including heads of state – back time and again.

I’m not sure what makes for an authentic Washington experience but you can place your vote at the website above.

I’m also not sure exactly what you’re voting on there.  There’s 4 items to choose from as well as a box to suggest your own. Are those four names that are already in the running? Am I supposed to pick one as well as suggest my own? Whatever. Make your suggestions. Rebecca beat you to “One Night in Paris” already but I’m going with “Firecrotch Cafe.”

Don Whiteside

Well I used to say something in my profile about not quite being a “tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy” but Tom stole that for our about us page, so I guess I’ll have to find another way to express that I am a man of many interests.

Hmm, guess I just did.

My tastes run the gamut from sophomoric to Shakespeare and in my “professional” life I’ve sold things, served beer, written software, and carried heavy objects… sometimes at the same place. It’s that range of loves and activities that makes it so easy for me to love DC – we’ve got it all.