During the school year, he lived in his parents' suite at the Fairfax Hotel on Embassy Row and had his head patted by many of the most prominent politicians in the country.

Zeke crossed the Potomac and drove to the Fairfax Hotel, where he had booked a room.

The Washington Ritz-Carlton, formerly the Fairfax Hotel, is at 2100 Massachusetts Avenue on Embassy Row.

Her mother, Mary Benton Gore Dean was a Washington socialite and owner of the Jockey Club restaurant and Fairfax Hotel.

Let's not forget that Al Gore is a product of St. Albans School and the Fairfax Hotel.

Though his summers were down South, Mr. Gore grew up in the old Fairfax Hotel, which is now the Ritz-Carlton.

Instead of formative years in Greenwich, Mr. Gore was raised in Washington's ritzy Fairfax Hotel - unhumble beginnings both men have tried to play down, not always successfully.

And there is Al Jr., son of Senator Albert Gore, at home in the stuffy Fairfax Hotel in Washington.

The Washington Ritz-Carlton, formerly the Fairfax Hotel, is at 2100 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest.

As the son of a prominent senator, Gore spent half of each year in the Fairfax Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington.