My appointment for this evening was rescheduled.  The owner of the restaurant I am designing, the soon-to-be manager, and I were supposed to meet in Dupont Circle to bar hop.  Yea, you read that right.  I’m getting paid to order fancy drinks in cool, DC night clubs. 

Okay, if I haven’t yet clicked away from my obnoxious bragging, I have to confess that it really isn’t THAT glamorous.  My task isn’t to have fun. I’m along to catalogue the reactions of the others with me.  And here comes the work:  I have to take those reactions and apply them to our establishment.

Bottom line:  It is apparent without any more gallivanting that a clean, masculine aesthetic will prevail. But we still need to check the competition.

Don’t blame me if I tap my toes and sip a trendy cocktail.  It’s RESEARCH.