Who says there’s nothing stylish to be found in staid old D.C.? The Hotel Washington is taking its design insurrection straight to the heart of the city. It would be next door to the White House if not for that pesky Treasury building, and this is a neighborhood that, let’s be frank, needed a bit of after-work life. You’ll find plenty of it here — in fact the trademark funky interiors and youth-culture borrowings may prove to be a bit much for some of Washington’s more traditional hotel guests. It’s their loss. To be fair, the Hotel Washington pays plenty of homage to the history of what used to be, and its interiors preserve quite a lot of its Beaux-Arts grandeur, underneath a welcome gloss of contemporary color. The rooms are eye-catchingly modern and more than a little bit luxurious; many of the suites take in unparalleled views of the Washington Monument. And no less impressive are the public spaces, from the handsome restaurant and the seasonal Patio to VUE, a rooftop bar offering views that are dramatic enough to worry the Secret Service.