Famous Friday Round Up
#WEEKEND
Weather: It’s basically summer today. But the rest of the weekend will be cooler in the low 60’s with a chance of showers on Saturday.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Hit up the photography festival, FotoWeek DC; Enjoy a free bloody mary tasting at the opening of Gordy’s Pickle Jar; Beer lovers, head out to Alexandria for their Novemberfest; Celebrate Hellbenders Brewery‘s one year anniversary; Take on the challenge and participate in DC’s Beerathon; Hack the Debate with IJ Review.
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#NATIONAL
Obama has no chill sometimes; As if we needed another reason to love Bob Ross; The most inspiring story you’ll read all week: #ForceForDaniel. Thank you to everyone who helped make Daniel’s dream come true; Cats are actually evil and yet Megan Carraco still wants one; Walk fast? Liverpool is looking out for you; Adele is as excited for a f*ing Frank Ocean album as the rest of us; Wait, how do you hold it?; How to casually lay off dozens of employees: a guide; Meanwhile, in Romania, “villagers decry police investigation into vampire slaying”; Wishing there were nude emojis? Move to Finland; Who’s Next Philly Politics?!
#LOCAL
Paul Ryan discovers half-finished escape tunnel leading out of Speaker’s office; …also the Onion is killing it this week; WTF… who let Justin Bieber into DC [h/t Kelley Kelley]; KGB -> WH! Bill Clinton hangs in Georgetown and smokes cigars; Beautiful tribute to Rep.Cole; Nationals drama; GAME CHANGER: Rose’s Luxury is taking some reservations; Good for us: Peet’s bought Intellegentsia; Godspeed Paul Wiedefeld; Ever wondered how to spend the day at National Harbor? Now you know; As always, report of a local sharp object in candy was a hoax; DC is the best at revenue collecting and, consequently, busting our wallets; Right Proper Brewing Company has the best bathroom in DC; We already knew that 66 is the worst damned freeway, but Thrillist confirmed it; Ghost fleet in Maryland.
#ICYMI
- What to Expect at the National Building Museum’s Summer 2016 Installation
- FamousDC Takes MKE
- Confessions of a Capitol Hill Staffer: Dating on the Hill
- Seven Paintings Not to Miss at the National Gallery of Art
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
TheFix; Majunpu; NealKirby; bterris; HillaryClinton; BlakeShelton; pkcapitol.
#BIRTHDAY
Mitch Relfe; Burson Taylor Snyder; Tory Mazzola; Jane Slater; Brad Woodhouse; Kelsey Stroud; Daniel LIbit; Tory Newmyer; Greg Sangillo; Erin Book Mullen; Abbie Levenson; Arthur Delaney; Sarah Tropkoff; Brianna Carroll; Fred Wetzelberger; Rachel Williams; Chelsea Grimmé; Aviad Sasi; Betsy Desmarais; Emma Link; Morgan Gilbard; Brody Soldati; Ashley Martinez; Matthew McHugh; Jennifer Grace; Sarah Mahoney; Patrick White; Brando Marion; Marc Martinez; Will Minzter; Nate Ross; Lucas Catania; Caroline Welch; Steve Waterman; Nick Carpenter.
#FAMOUSFORDC
Robin Shultz was easily the coolest person at the party last night; Nice DC insta, Pete Haviland-Eduah; Brian Werner is this week’s #randomstaffer; Congratulations Robby Wehagen and Stefanie Baker; Blake Adami is a great sketch portait artist; Shira Toeplitz Center is now a newspaper model in the Boston Globe; We met Matt Fuller IRL; Congrats to Matt Haase and his Kansas City Royals; We’re going to miss Ted Prill around these parts – good luck in Austin bud; Pete Snyder had another big election cycle; Ed Mullen makes the best ribs in town, hands down; Congrats to Ryan Shultz on her half marathon last weekend; Congrats to Robin Shultz also. Just for being you; Eric Nedd never tweets anymore; Yes Danny Lyon, that was country music; Chris Herring is working overtime helping with the #ForceForDaniel; Congratulations to the awesome Chris Seidel and Emily Seidel for being married 10 years; Don Seymour, we’re running out to buy The Billion Dollar Spy; Tita Thompson Freeman is awesome; Who is having chick-fil-a breakfast tomorrow?; Phillip Herndon is a rockstar for BRT; We’d love to join Kelley Kelley for pupusas; Joseph Paduslo has grown an awesome beard; Enjoy London Mary Tavenner Walker; We love a good Star Wars themed basement Adam Conner; Jessica Ferguson Sandlin is awesome… just because; Shannon Blunt and Jared Wheeler had a baby girl this week; Did we mention how much we love Robin Shultz?; Follow Mark Strand for a broad perspective on the world; Rodell Mollineau is crushing it; Who knew Greg Crist was a big Star Wars fan; Wishing Charlotte Baker and Chris Huffaker a great wedding weekend! Michael and Libby Marinaccio just had a baby boy; Congrats to newlyweds, Jacob Wood and Brenda Plantikow Wood!; Will we see you in Milwaukee on Monday?
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Congratulations to Andrew Fimka on joining the NJI Media team as Senior Vice President. Andrew will be responsible for leading the strategy and clients services division at NJI Media, as well as expanding our digital marketing portfolio. He’ll oversee projects with Business Roundtable, U.S. Steel, American Gaming Association, Hilton, Institute for Energy Research, as well as other issue advocacy groups.
Speaker Ryan’s communications staff is building up. Congrats to Brendan Buck, Mike Ricci, AshLee Strong, Sarah Swinehart, Doug Andres, Caleb Smith, Molly Edwards, Vanessa Day, and Brian Bolduc; Katie Boyd is the new press secretary for Roy Blunt (former Boehnerlander); Huffington Post has hired Matt Fuller as a congressional reporter; Hannah Hess leaves Roll Call and joins E&E Publishing to cover the executive branch; Former CQ Roll Call Congressional editor and reporter, David Eldridge has been hired by news startup, Inside Sources; Nick Aschein of BBC Worldwide America joined NBC and MSNBC as SVP of digital; Cate Martel, Lisa Hagen, and Naomi Jagoda join The Hill; Good luck Garrett Graff, moving from Politico to Vermont (where he will run for office, the Washingtonian speculates).
