With multiple city/national themes, including London, Austria, Mexico City, Rio, San Juan, and even Amsterdam’s Red Light District (no, not what you might be thinking… actually it’s an R-rated comedy show), this New Year’s Eve party, complete with with 3,000 guests, features all kinds of fun music and activities, including:

• Open Bar and Buffet
• Nine Themed Party Areas
• Multiple Dance Floors , including DC’s Largest Ballroom
• Midnight Balloon Drop
• Live Orchestra, Swing Band, Salsa Band and Mariachis, plus DJs
• Salsa, Meringue, Ballroom and Swing Dance Lessons
• Late Night Comedy Show
• Caricaturists
• Karaoke

And if you are attending the party without a date, there’s also four minute dating sessions for singles. Plus, and here’s a great idea — to identify your relationship status, guests wear different colored bracelets, one color for single people, a different color for couples. 

I wonder how many people will start the night wearing a “couples” colored bracelet and ring in the New Year wearing a “single” bracelet, and visa versa.

Passport to the World Gala – Cities of Virtue and Vice
The Hilton Washington
Dupont Circle
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC, 20009  (map it)

Date and Time – December 31, 2008, 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

Tickets – Prices started at $99.00 but go up as the date gets closer.  Tickets are available online or by phone at 202-686-5990.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Dupont Circle – Red line, then a 5-block walk.

Parking – $15.00

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Selected by Playboy as one of the top five parties for New Year’s Eve in the country, and with an estimated 1,600 guests, this party  attracts singles, couples and groups of friends alike.

While most New Year’s Eve parties simply offer a band and cocktails, the 007 Around The World party offers multiple country themes rooms, where you can pretend you are your favorite Bond character on a mission. 

Are you the suave “Bond…Jams Bond”? Or the evil Goldfinger or Dr. No? Perhaps you are one of Bond’s famous femme fatales? Or does the character of the always charming Miss Moneypenny suit you better?  Whoever you select, you’ll be issued a “license to party”.

Need to brush up on your James Bond knowledge?
Take the James Bond Trivia Quiz at the end of the post.

The party boasts:

• Celebrity Lookalikes (Sean Connery & Pierce Brosnan)
• Mock Casino Gambling
• Martinis “shaken not stirred” from Ice bar
• Midnight Champagne Toast
• Themed Cocktails and Champagne
• International Buffet and Dessert Stations
• Golden Girls Living Statues
• Samba Dance Performances
• A carnival-like atmosphere with a strolling magician, stilt walkers, fortune tellers, tarot card readers, juggler, and a steel drum player

Tickets include party favors – hats, tiaras and noisemakers, or bring your own.

Besides an 18-piece big band orchestra, select from DJs spinning in 4 internationally themed rooms – featuring musical styles from around the globe, including:

• Euro and Russian hits
• Bollywood and Middle Eastern
• Hip Hop
• Salsa, Merengue, Calypso and Reggae
• Rock & Roll from 1970 through 2000

Click here for prior event photos.

New Years Eve James Bond 007 Around The World party
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center
5000 Seminary Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22311 (map it)

Date and Time – Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 8:30 p.m.

Tickets – $139 – $179 depending on when purchased and are available online.  Special discounted room rates are also offered.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Van Dorn – Blue line, then a 3-mile cab ride.

Parking – Paid event self parking is available. 

James Bond Trivia Quiz

Q1 – Can you name all six (or seven) actors played James Bond?

Q2 – When Bond drinks champagne, what’s his favorite? And at what temperature should it be served at?

Q3 – What was the first James Bond film?

Q4 – What does SPECTRE stand for?

Q5 – Which actor, prior to portraying James Bond, was a Navy sailor, a chorus singer, a milkman, and worked at a funeral home?

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James Bond Trivia Quiz Answers

Q1 – Can you name all six (or seven) actors played James Bond?
A – Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnon, Daniel Craig.  David Niven might be added to the list if you count the 1967 parody spoof Casino Royale.

Q2 – When Bond drinks champagne, what’s his favorite? And at what temperature should it be served at?
A – Dom Perignon 1953, at 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

Q3 – What was the first James Bond film?
A – Dr. No

Q4 – What does SPECTRE stand for?
A – Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion

Q5 – Which Bond actor, prior to portraying Bond was Navy sailor, a chorus singer, was a milkman, and worked at a funeral home?
A – Sean Connery
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Party and dance the night away aboard The Cherry Blossom, a reproduction of a 19th-century Victorian sternwheeler riverboat.  Two live bands will accompany the open bar, heavy hors d’oeuvres and the classic midnight champagne toast.

Voyage to Margaritaville
At the Paddleboat Dock on the Potomac – behind the Torpedo Factory Art Center and the Chart House Restaurant at 105 North Union Street
Union Street (along the water), between King and Cameron Streets.
Alexandria, VA 22314  (map it)Dates and Times – Monday, Dec . 31st, 2007. 9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.Tickets – $119.00 and are available by phone at 1-866-481-0854.

Nearest Metro subway station – King Street – Blue or Yellow line, then a 15-minute walk down King Street to the waterfront, or take the #2 or #5 DASH bus to within two blocks of the factory. Check bus schedules for bus availability.

Parking – Metered street parking (and free spots if you’re willing to walk a bit) is available, as well as paid lot parking within a short walk. .

Images – 1 & 2 – Flickr, 3 – Potomac Riverboat Company

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Happy 2007!

Photo source: flickr
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