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Arrived at the Willard InterContinental Hotel today. Home of the historic Round Robin Bar, where Henry Clay introduced George Washington to the mint julep. We're in town to research a music project, see some sites and have a good time. A mint julep is traditionally made of four ingredients: mint, bourbon, sugar and water. I passed on the mint julep and ordered a Vesper Martini per “Bond, James Bond” Plymouth Gin shaken not stirred, garnished with olives.
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The Willard is just two blocks from the White House and Presidents Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Grant, Taft, Wilson, Coolidge and Harding have stayed here. Bonnie, a congressional aid I met at the bar said that other notable guests have included Charles Dickens, Buffalo Bill, David Lloyd George, P.T. Barnum, Lord and Lady Napper and countless others.
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