watering spot for an eclectic collection. have created an eclectic shrine to their highly cultivated tastes.

The interior layout is accordingly spare — a central living space, flanked by three modest bedrooms plus an enclosed winter garden, all pressed to the perimeter and separated only by glazed partitions with custom curtains from Kvadrat — emphasizing communal living. Yet within the 2,000-square-foot space, Ms. Coirier and Mr. Simeone have created an eclectic shrine to their highly cultivated tastes.

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The Town & Country is a favorite watering spot for an eclectic collection of Washington types: lobbyists, journalists, F.B.I. agents, diplomats and the occasional congressman or intelligence operative. The bartender, Sambonn Lek, stirs 101 varieties of martinis, including the Electric Lady and the Naughty Lady (he said he took the Ted Kennedy off the menu to “leave him alone”).

Definition

eclectic 
adjective FORMAL
Methods, beliefs, ideas, etc. that are eclectic, combine whatever seem the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system:
an eclectic style/approach
an eclectic taste in literature

Watering place. (a) A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. (b) A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.