Famous Friday Round Up
#WEEKEND
Saturday will remind you of summer so you won’t mind rain on Sunday: Saturday 80 °F and sunny; Sunday 65 °F and maybe rain;
#NATIONAL
The force is strong this week; Presidential doodles; Drake basically lives the same life as us; Gyrocopter > letter to your member of Congress; how to pour champagne the right way; Dr. Oz on his way out?; She puts her pant suits on one leg at a time; China has an airstrip in the middle of the ocean; Game of Thrones as sex ed; friends, we can all win marathons; “we are reading a novel slightly longer than The Great Gatsby every day”; another way to look at your tax refund; Hillvetica;
#DISTRICT
Congress reminds us, as always, to let it go; We are scared for this woman; Penn State Tom with an important reminder; Assume deer dead; maps explaining DC’s growth; 1776 is making moves to expand regionally and acquire Disruption Corporation; Britt McHenry got her car towed in Arlingon, VA and was pissed about it; Jim Graham retired from DC city council life and is now organizing strip club shows; Maketto opened; Steven Colbert is leaving DC; Dolcezza coming to CityCenter; a never-ending rainstorm in NoMa; it’s gorgeous when the cherry blossom petals fall off their branches, too; excellent long read by Washingtonian near anniversary of Abe Lincoln’s death; the White House fence may get spikes but will that keep out babies?; new Metro cars are running!; a VA judge doesn’t have the authority to order Yelp to reveal names of bad reviewers; who are the up and comers?;
#FAMOUS FOR DC
Why did Neil Chatterjee not make Time’s 100 Most Influential People?; Amber Marchand moving from Sen. Blunt’s office to Hamilton Place Strategies where she’s Managing Director; Tim O’Toole and Poolhouse on Team Rubio; Round of applause to Eliot Nelson and Arthur Delaney as HuffPost Hill turns 5;What’s Lira’s next move?; Casey Phillips is on the Brit McHenry bandwagon; Stephanie Fontenot is knee deep in wedding planning; Does Doug Andres still read this?; Nathan Imperiale doesn’t use a calendar; Joshua Grogis and Jessica Willis are engaged!; When life hands you lemons, sometimes you need to throw them back; DC agrees, Andrew Fimka is good people; NJI Media hosted their second yoga day at their HQ; Ask Ted Prill about his great white whale; Get well soon Erin Veltman; Welcome to the world Caius Valentine Patru and congrats to Mama Katie and Papa Ed; Cecilia Jaraczewski = adorable baby of the week; We hear Lauren Hernandez is crushing it;
#BIRTHDAY
Be sure to tell Julia Wanzco Lawless and Amy Field Poe happy birthday this weekend; Erika McManus Walter is turning a year older; If Doug Heye has a party and it doesn’t end up in Playbook – did it really happen? You have two shopping days left to get Lindsey Mask a birthday present; we hope Ally Sailer’s birthday week has been a good one;
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
Tweets we liked you can RT, @mention, or just enjoy: TimOToole; WashWizards; madeline_haller; AndyRichter; politiCOHEN_;
#BYE
Don’t come home until all the party is out of your system.