Flow and faults
Socialite/sex-tape scandal star Kim Kardashian is from Los Angeles, but her Friday night visit to the opening of Ibiza —the District’s newest stop on the nightclub circuit — had her thinking of the Mediterranean.
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“They picked the right name,” said Kardashian, who’s perhaps best known as being a) the daughter of famed O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Kardashian and b) the sidekick of recent jailbird Paris Hilton. “Both the energy and music reminded me of being on the Spanish isle.” (Ibiza is one of the Mediterranean Sea’s Balearic Islands and belongs to Spain.)
The visit was Kardashian’s first to Washington, and the 25-year-old L.A.-based starlet was the official hostess of the new Northeast hot spot. She shared a private table above the DJ booth, where acclaimed vinyl spinner DJ AM (aka Adam Goldstein, who also is the former fiancé of another Paris Hilton friend: Nicole Richie) played an impressive set.
But, although Kardashian may have looked flawless, the night wasn’t without its faults. High-heeled clubgoers complained about falling down stairwells due to the lack of lighting. The bar’s computerized system crashed twice, leaving the crowd thirsty and impatient. And the club was understaffed, a problem perhaps caused by the event’s high interest: the line to get into Ibiza extended down the block.
“Next time, we’ll be ready,” said club co-owner Eric Clay. “It’s the Murphy’s Law of club opening — everything that can go wrong will go wrong, you know? … I’ve been a clubgoer, but this is the first club I’ve owned.”
Already Ibiza has joined a battle of words with other nighttime hot spots.
“As opposed to Fur or Love, we have the largest dance floor in the city,” Clay said. “The city has been missing a true dance club.”
Clay went on to take an anonymous swipe at, well, somebody: “We’ve had some people try to impede on our progress in getting to where we are. It’s nothing confirmed, but it’s been pretty obvious by what’s happened who was concerned.”
Oh, it’s on.
