The Flying Bridge, one of D.C.’s newest event venues, hosted its official launch party on Monday night with a burlesque-themed party. Event planner Aimee Dominick of A. Dominick Events partnered with Elan Artists to provide a variety of 1920s era entertainment including scantily-clad cigarette girls, jazz musicians and—of course—burlesque dancers.
Amarylllis topped the tables with florals in soft pink, white, and green—a contrast to the more hard-edged entertainment.
Burlesque dancers performed for guests, beginning in full costume.
The risque entertainment didn’t stop with the imagination. Dancers performed a traditional strip tease for guests.
Tables inside the venue’s tented space provided seating with views of the Capitol.
Dominick set up tables and highboys around the perimeter of the tent on the venue’s balcony.
Dominick used gilded frames to display the event sponsors’ logos.
Cigarette girls wandered through the party doling out candy.
For the more daring palette, Occasions served espresso-crusted smoked bison loin on black rooster bread crops and garnished with housemade plum chutney.
Golden citrus beet with lemon verbena, mascarpone, and honey powder.
Among the passed hors d’oeuvres: bacon and apple rosettes drizzled with dulce de leche and served warm.
Waiters passed chocolate lava cookies and milk shots for dessert.
Other dessert selection included fruit pie pops in apple-cinnamon, strawberry-rhubarb, candied ginger and pear, and wild blueberry.
The rooftop venue, named for the open-air space atop a ship’s navigation bridge, provides views of the Capitol, Washington Monument and Union Station. The space can accommodate 200 people seated or as many as 400 for a reception and is equipped with a retractable canopy as well as heating and air conditioning for year-round events.
**Photos by Tony Brown/Imijination Photography
