Speakeasy

Published February 1, 2008 5:00am ET



I don’t like any bars that don’t let you dance on the furniture.”

– overheard from one young Georgetown socialite at the opening party for the Momo Sports Bar on U Street Tuesday.

“It’s sort of like you get drunk: You have a hangover, you go get another drink to solve the hangover.”

 – Brookings Institution scholar William G. Gale, describing the economic- stimulus package being debated on Capitol Hill.