#NATIONAL Call your momma on Sunday; So… Is Clay Aiken heading to Congress?; “He Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown”; the 2014 Football Duke’s Mock Draft and Diary; Is Katie Couric going back to Today?; Net Neutrality huh? Well, seeya later; Missed connections for a-holes; How’d your NFL team do on draft night?; Brazil…sigh; Netflix prices increase by ONE DOLLAR; Snapchat- oof;
#DISTRICT Cinco de #dcRising; Don’t worry, we’re still hungover from WHCD 2014, too; ; ALERT: LION CUB SWIM TEST; Nom: ShopHouse in Chinatown is now open!; “Taste of America“; DC = STRESSFUL; and that’s how you photobomb; Look! But don’t touch! — new Metro Cars; We can’t wait to carb load at Bread Fust in Van Ness; Compass Coffee headed to Shaw this summer; Del Campo has a new brunch menu; Sean Combs/P. Diddy/Diddy/Puff Daddy to deliver Howard U’s commencement speech Saturday; DC Donut Crawl, Part 2; Duffy’s Irish Pub celebrates 8 years; European embassies open their doors Saturday, 10a-4p; TRUCKEROO; brews beyond the beltway; Nice photo Kevin Wolf;
#DCINSIDER SPOTTED: Google Street View car in NoMa; Portugal. The Man will play a free show at the National Zoo next week; ABC’s Polson Kanneth celebrates his 31st at the Mayflower; #WHCD; Foo Fighters surprise at 9:30 Club; Spring is here, we’re coping;
#CONGRATS Congrats! Rasika’s Vikram Sunderam wins James Beard Award; On graduation: Tiffany McGuffee and Aly Casey; When you hear Mark Halperin and John Heilemann think: Bloomberg Politics; ICYMI: Michael Hirsh joined POLITICO; National Journal welcomes Nora Caplan-Bricker, Michelle Cottle, Ethan Epstein, Daniel Libit, and Simon Van Zuylen-Wood to the team; Steve Capus joins CBS Evening News; CQ Roll Call launches 4 new blogs;
#BIRTHDAY Birthday cheer for Dave Catanese, Andrew Purse, Rob Saliterman, Alex Guillen, Caitlin Carroll & Ezra Klein;
#SAD Remembering journalist Bob Kemper; RIP, you will be missed by many;
#MEDIAMOVES Thanks to @StoryPartners Congrats to Steve Capus for being named the executive producer of CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and executive editor of the news division and CBS News. At WaPo, Bob Bierman has been named general manager of Washington Post Live, Debbi Wilgoren will stay on as assignment editor of the Local desk, Michael Larabee has been named oped editor and Amrita Jayakumar joins @CapitalBiz to cover government contracting. Hillary Clinton alum Audrey Gelman joins Marie Claire as a contributing editor.
#BYE Here‘s the only Outdoor Drinking DC guide you need; Enjoy Sweetlife this weekend!; Blackberry Smoke tonight; Find us dancin‘ at Black Cat on Saturday… byeeee;
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