After her concession speech at the National Building Museum on Saturday afternoon, Hillary Clinton, along with her
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family, friends and longtime supporters, retired to 701 restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue (owner Ashok Bajaj also owns the Bombay Club across the street from the White House, which has long been one of the Clintons’ favorite restaurants in town).
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The former first family stayed for about two hours as they thanked supporters, gave out a lot of hugs and posed for countless pictures.
Among the 250-plus people who partook in the cocktails and hors d’oeuvres were Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen (pictured), and longtime local Clintonites Lanny Davis, Mack McClarty, Vernon Jordan and Julian Epstein.
Later that night, Sen. DianneFeinstein, D-Calif., was spotted at Teatro Goldoni on K Street at its “power booth,” table No. 5. Dining with talk show host Bill Press and his wife, Carol, the senator looked very relaxed after what must have been a stressful week, having hosted Sen. Clinton at her Northwest home Thursday night for a tete-a-tete. According to Chef Enzo Fargione, the group dined on linguine with fresh porcini mushrooms and Sicilian green olives, soft-shell crabs, and capellini with tomato sauce and fresh basil.
