Introduction to the ElephantClubDC

The year was sometime in the late '90s, possibly later, when two young men stood in the hallway outside of their high school's choral department office, trying to find a good way to disrupt the class and mock the instructor without being seen. One afternoon, around lunch time, these two young men found inspiration in the hairstyle of a friendly classmate... Dean Bowman. Dean, a fairly pale kid, decided to nurse a 'fro. That particular day, Dean, for some eternally unknown reason, determined to also include a pick in the midst of his cranial decor. That's all it took for the famous cackle of one of the young men to immediately fluster the choral director, inside the classroom.

I was not the cackler, but I was just as guilty as he for disrupting the rehearsal of the all-girls show choir at school. Feeling... not so much guilty, but satisfied by the successful execution of our stated objective, we began to look toward our next goal. It was about that time that we expressed our interest in going into business together after college. As we brainstormed, our minds kept returning to a scene of dark wood walls, large leather arm chairs, a humidor and successful (and sometimes cantankerous) producers, enjoying being in good company.

From this vision spawned: The Elephant Club--a place where professionals would associate with friends, colleagues, acquaintances and competition alike. Great thinkers, influential orators, wielders of practical ingenuity would all grace the club, eat a Ruben sandwich and smoke a cigar, then present their brilliance--lecture-style--for the digestion of all in attendance. This would be a place where domestic and foreign policy initiatives would be conceived, hatched and incubated. Elected officials would have staffers loitering around the club throughout the posted hours of operation.

So, with that in mind... that is what we are doing. We also just happen to be actively engaged and deeply entrenched in getting a few other items together to complement our current progress. Feel free to follow us and read what we are doing, then in return, you will receive preferential consideration for membership in our club as the time arrives to go live, baby!