1. You don’t have to sit through four-hour long committee hearings with the boss. Just get in, snap a picture and roll out.
2. There is a good chance that you will be quoted back in the district newspaper – and your mom will frame that and show all of her friends.
3. You can always get a call back from a reporter – especially if you write BREAKING in all caps in the email subject line.
4. No. Constituent. Letters.
1. You are on the front lines. The first voice people hear when they call the office and the front person there when they walk in.
2. Because you make so much coffee, you’re eligible to opt out of the Starbucks barista test if you decide to change careers.
3. Everyone is forced to know your name or else they don’t get the good office supplies.
4. Nobody uses fax machines anymore.
Meet Matt Croke and Gareth Croke.
Matt and Gareth are one set of the two sets of brothers behind DC’s Boundary Stone, a fun pub known for bringing locals together for good drinks and good times. Colin and Peter McDonough, the other set of owners, weren’t available, but FamousDC had the opportunity to learn about this worthwhile hot spot from the Croke brothers. Read on for more about what the Boundary Stone has to offer patrons.
Meet Philippa Hughes.
Philippa is a well-known art collector and art connector in DC who is famously known for creating the Pink Line Project, a consolidated and searchable calendar of all things cool and creative in DC. FamousDC was lucky enough to chat with Philippa about the DC art scene and what makes our city just as fun as any other. Here is what she had to say about the past and present.
Written by FamousDC contributor Brittany Horowitz.
