For most people, the Fourth of July marks a day of simple pleasure — backyard barbecues, family picnics and fireworks on the Mall. For others, well, it can be a debaucherous afternoon spent at a million-dollar penthouse on the Potomac getting hosed down with dozens of other twentysomethings.
That’s what MicroStrategy Chief Executive Officer and billionaire Michael Saylor has in mind, hosting a “Red, White and Blue Beach Bash” Saturday at two top-floor apartments on Washington Harbor. But the party seems to owe more to college spring break than to the founding of our country, or so depicts an e-mail sent Wednesday in response to the “dozens of questions … and amusing insecurities” Saylor has received.
To one of the 430 RSVP’d guests — who must pick up their party passes at his inconspicuous “70-foot long, bright red Azimut Sport yacht” — Saylor advises that yes, “waterproof beachware” is a must and “in order to enforce it, we will probably spray some random people down with a fire-hose.” This beachwear must be wear red, white and/or blue. No other colors allowed “except for the color ‘clear.’ ”
“If you are a girl trying to slip thru security with a non-waterproof outfit, it had better be sexy,” reads the e-mail written by the fortysomething Saylor.
Clear clothes and a hose? Sounds like Cancun, not Washington.
Oh, and if you want to bring a friend, you better “include a short essay on why they would make a constructive cultural contribution to the party.”
