Famous Friday Round Up

#BFD

We kicked it with 1776, Resonate, The Washington Examiner, Beam Suntory, NJI Media and Bryant Row.

Famously Spotted: Amy Harder (Wall Street Journal), Neil Chatterjee (Senate Majority Leader McConnell), Mark Bryant (Resonate), Leland Vittert (Fox News), Marie Formica (FamousDC), Josh Shultz (NJI Media), Morgan Gress (1776), Stephanie Fontenot (Senator Blunt), Matt Haller (IFA), Gerrit Lansing (RNC), Mark Walters (MediaDC), Archie Smart (Qorvis), Phill Herndon (NJI Media), Bryant Avondoglio (Speaker Boehner), Harry Kline (Event Farm), Carol Danko (SIFMA), David Almacy (Edelman), Mindy Finn (RNC), Ryan Thompson (Rep. Barton), Mike Lurie (Freedom Partners), Jeremy Art (C-SPAN), Natasha Flint (NJI Media), Jonathan Nabavi (Senate Judiciary), Shana Glickfield (Beekeeper Group), Michael Ramlet, Kyle Dropp, Paul Cenoz, Max Courtney (Morning Consult) & Amos Snead (Bryant Row).

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#WEEKEND

Saturday 44 °F with a chance of rain or snow, Sunday 51 °F and sunny; Keep umbrellas out for tomorrow and be grateful for clear skies Sunday;

#NATIONAL

Brian Walsh, Baltimore City Mayor, is getting married this weekend. This is actually happening folks; the UK political map looks like Maggie Simpson; Mitt Romney is going to fight Evander Holyfield; Ed Reed retired a Baltimore Raven; Aaron Schock is still wearing fancy belts; at least you always have McDonalds; Rhianna loves cosplaying as…;

#DISTRICT

Barmini has a fancy Philly cheesesteak waffle (what?); WWII planes in DC today; Fairfax cops have an adorable new recruit; cassette tapes are a thing again in DC; Franchot, Peter Franchot; trouble for Dunkin; your waterfront options this weekend;

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#FAMOUSFORDC

Alex Finland is gearing up to do big things; Jaime Harrison is still the man; Moki Media kicked it at Vida Fitness Penthouse Pool & Lounge at The Yards. Congrats to Bonjean, Walsh and Mollineau on the launch of Rokk; Mike Allen’s Get Smart Fast headline in yesterday’s Playbook, not about Archie Smart; Lauren Culbertson and Suzanne Kianpour kicked it with JaRule; Our own Amos Snead got some CQ-Roll Call ink; Welcome to DC Annie and Aunt Ry;Who is Michael Ramlet? Jack Smith is Mike Tyson; Hulk Hogan is taking DC by storm this weekend; Garrett Johnson throws an awesome party; Adam Sharp calls the shots in the UK; Doug Davenport is the King of DC Metal; Harry Kline gets dates; Nathan Imperiale double books; demand the ball.

#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK

Tweets we liked you can RT, @mention, or just enjoy: smahaskey; caitlinacarroll; MattLira; jmestepa; MikeNRSC; RG_Films;

#HAPPY

Lisa Kramer turned 21 years old this week. John Scofield held a birthday party at Cantina Marina; Nic Lott is having a birthday; If you see any of these people, please buy them a birthday shot: Teddy Peterson, Amy O’Connor, Brent Buchana, Taylor Llewellyn, Casey Rogers, Kaleb Froehlich, and Bryant Avondoglio.

#EVENTS

Join Jessica Spiegel on Sunday at President Lincoln’s Cottage for a Bourbon & Bluegrass party; Challenge Festival starts tonight;

#MEDIAMOVES by Bryant Row

Congrats to Brian Hart, the new comms director for Sen. Roy Blunt; Neda Semnani finished her last chapter of the Paris Project; Elizabeth Thorp went on a double date with the President; Kate Glassman Bennett is on her A-game; ask Kate Nocera how she chops onions; Steve Cavendish new Washington City Paper editor; CQ-Roll Call made some personnel moves; Morgan Gress is a total rock star.

 #BYE

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