"The stylish Penn Quarter hotel is home to D.C.’s only designer tree every year. Carte Blanche’s rainbow-hued looker in the lobby, on display now through January 5, is a collaboration between Christopher John Rogers x Farrow & Ball. Cafe Riggs nods to the collection with color-coded cocktails like the “Shallot” (vodka, lemon, orgeat, cardamom, and bubbles). Shallot, shade No. CB3, is “a cheerful pink that takes its name from a sweeter member of the allium family widely used in Cajun cuisine.”" - Tierney Plumb