One Lounge Celebrates 2 Years in Business With Donations to Children's Hospital

On Dec. 15, co-owners Niko Papademetriou and Seth McClelland of Dupont Circle hotspot One Lounge (www.oneloungedc.com) celebrated two years in business by raising around $3,000 and collecting more than 150 holiday gifts for the Washington Children's Hospital with an elaborate anniversary fete for high-profile business owners and D.C. celebs.

ABC 7 sweethearts Pamela Brown and Britt McHenry spearheaded the gift gathering efforts with support from co-newsies Alison Starling, Cynne Simpson, Natasha Barrett and Jummy Olabanji. Other Washington heavyweights such as Comcast SportsNet's Ivan Carter, NBC 4's Eun Yang, Doug Kammerer and Dan Hellie, FOX 5's Dave Feldman, WPGC's Sunni in the City, BET's Angel Elliot, Glow Productions' Pete Kalamoutsos, KStreetKate's Kate Michael, Rogue 24 owner and chef RJ Cooper, RNDC VP of sales John Linette, Washington Wholesale director of sales Chang Park, Luxxery Medical Spa's Dr. Ayman Hakki, Capital File editor-in-chief Kate Bennett, famous jeweler Alberto Parada and The Sports Junkies Eric Bickel (EB) sipped Moet Chandon and Svedka cocktails and jammed to DJs and live jazz from The Pete Muldoon Band.