The Washington Kastles Celebrate Ana Kournikova's B-Day at PINGPONG

Chelsea Foushezaney and her guests make their way to the
St. Germain-sponsored open bar at Ping Pong on 7/21/10.

However Ana did not show up. Nor did I know if it was actually even her birthday (thanks to a friend of mine and Wikipedia, I found out that it was actually June 7th. Extremely belated, perhaps?). Nevertheless, this OUTSTANDING party that followed the Best Of Washington Restaurant Event at the National Building Museum last Wednesday night required an entire weekend of recuperation, and it was well worth it. With Ping Pong afficionado Myca Ferrar being the choosey concierge for the evening, PPDS had a surprisingly fun and chic crowd for the event, especially at a place so new to DC, and more impressively, not even on the map in terms of the nightlife circuit. Coming with about fifteen friends, we each had an amazing experience that made are stomachs hurt all day on Thursday at work.
Plus, anywhere that has St. Germain (an elderflower liquer from Paris that I would honestly inject into my veins if I could, that's how delicious it is) is okay in my book, and the event that evening had an entire open bar of it. Yes, with St. Germain sponsoring the night, I was exposed to an array of St. Germain cocktails (St. Germain and soda, St. Germain and champagne...okay, not very creative. But still) and didn't even have to reach for my snakeskin wallet. Aside from the plethora of booze, servers were also passing out delicious hors d'oeuvres from the Ping Pong menu, ranging from pineapple-glazed chicken puffs to shrimp-infused dumplings with hoisin sauce. If nothing else, Ping Pong definitely pimped out the good items on its menu and will definitely have a ton of returning guests from the evening.
Even better? DC's most fabulous Swede, Peter Stepanik, was there photographing the entire evening, in an attempt to make DC slightly LA. Did they pull it off? Let's be real, people. But it was a good try- and an even better evening. I think more tennis players should be celebrating their birthdays in DC. And, Ana, could you please bring Enrique next time?!?

With Pergrin Pervez, of The PGP Group.