Friday, October 27, 2006

Asylum, a different bar

The United States, especially its capital, isn't quite renowned for alternative nightlife nowadays, less so for an eccentric bar. Not too fast. Asylum is set in Adam's Morgan, Washington's hip neighbourhood, lined up with ubiquitus and boring hip hop clubs and pizza parlours. And Asylum is in the middle of that, passed by thousands of times every day without ever being noticed. Good for them. A fetish bar on top, a gothic bar underground - and nothing on the ground floor. Not to worry, no need to be into these electronic impulses they try out on the front of the bar in order to get in. We're respectful of others and can do as they wish. It's an explosian in Washington's conservatism although by speaking with the folks doing their stuff on the small stage at the front of the bar, we learn that Washington is the biggest swinger city in the country. The clientele, fetish and goth...but what do you want, it's a change from those hip hop kids accross the street. An interesting experience guaranteed.

Asylum // 2471 18th Street, NW // Washington, DC // USA

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