Ziegfields & Secrets

Southwest "DC's version of La Cage aux Folles" blends a gay jiggle joint starring "good-looking guys in birthday attire" upstairs with "good" Friday and Saturday drag shows downstairs; the "fun" if "trashy" atmosphere and "friendly" servers mean it draws "alternative lifestyles galore" making it worth the "expensive cab ride to the middle of nowhere."

Washington's gay grandfather wakes up from a three-year coma, ready to party. Front club Ziegfield's brings the best of old-school cabaret in starlit warehouse with wooden floors. Glitter follows the meanest pack of drag queens ever. Passionate performances knock your socks off, while the naked boys at back door Secrets keep their socks, and nothing else. Gay boys from 18 to 70, women who like...