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BACHELORS AND SPINSTERS BALL March 31 • The City Tavern Club PHOTOS BY JONAH KOCH BY EDIE VAN HORN
THE EVENT: The longest-running and most anticipated of Washington's springtime parties is the Bachelors and Spinsters Ball, held this year at the historic City Tavern Club. This annual D.C. institution is by invitation only, and in this, its nearly 70th year, the lucky revelers were as posh and festive as ever. The combination of an unseasonably chilly night and a great band kept us all seemingly glued to the Ketel One luges and the RBVs (not Red Bull and vodka, darling, but Veuve). It was almost a typical D.C. socialista party, except for the fact that in looking around the various parlors, it was evident that 21st century bachelors and spinsters are more likely to be 35 than 25. There was dancing to a swinging brass band, ice sculptures and balloons, and, as is customary, breakfast was served in the wee hours.
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