Famous Friday Round Up
#WEEKEND
Weather: Get outside! This gorgeous November weekend will be sunny with absolutely no chance of rain. Temps will drops to the 50’s on Saturday but will be back up to 60 on Sunday. You’ll be complaining soon, so enjoy the weather while it lasts.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Check out the incredible new Wonder exhibition; Going out guide for the weekend after dark; Check out the 8×8 show at the Black Cat; Hit up the Emporium food market.
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#NATIONAL
Star on the rise: cheese; Want an excuse to workout at work? Send this to your boss; Ed Gillespie looks to be in for a run at VA Gov; Home decor goals; Our hearts go out to Ashley Fleetwood #ForceForDaniel; Carly Fiorina’s “Secret Sauce” recipe; Want to actually start being a responsible adult?; Tips from Donald Trump: call your audience stupid; Bud Lite and Miller Lite cooperate better than Republicans and Democrats; News about pyramids that has nothing to do with grain; Not sure how to feel about this; Every time we order champagne we’re just doing our best to prevent alzheimers; Batflip, explained; So who’s getting a Jeb Bush neck tattoo?; What about a Bernie Sanders back tattoo?; Is weed less green than we thought?; Haters gon’ hate; Obama’s bucket list; Oops.
#LOCAL
The Real Housewives of Potomac is a real thing; But we already knew that; This sounds unpleasant; We hope to one day enjoy local 888 Lucky Beer in space; Great watch: Arthur Bloom teaching disabled vets to play music; DC = AirBnB capital of the world; DC streetcar, meet DC bus; Something else for DC to brag about; If you have a conference call with FamousDC, you will be treated to this hold music; Pumpkin spice workout; Bei Bei’s first steps is the cutest video you’ll watch today; If you can drive a car, can you vote for president?
#ICYMI
- Renwick Gallery Reopens
- We Heart Iowa
- How to Ride the Metro Like a Pro
- FotoWeekDC
- FamousMKE
- Friendly Advice From Wisconsin to the GOP Candidates
#BIRTHDAY
NATHAN IMPERIALE proved he is the best boss ever by cooking lunch for the entire office on HIS birthday. Thanks for being born, Nathan! We’re really happy about it (especially today because it’s payday).
Geoff Freeman; Natalie Bob; A.J. Fields; Lexi Yost; Ali Ayma Garcia; Bobby Harris; Sarah Gardner; Katie Grossner; Allison Banister; Max Eyle; Moriah Murphy; Beth Pinto; Claire Marie; Kat Frabotta; Luis Vela; Britney DeHond; Mark Aitken II; Alan Zilberman; Loren Aho; John Deoudes; Anna Bryant; Pia Ulrich; Jared Parks; Lauren Jardell; Brendan Kelsay; Jordan Austin (still carrying Old Bay in his pocket?); Adam Snider (congrats on the engagement); Gail Gitcho; Lisa Camooso Miller; Jillian Rogers (Tim Tebow says happy birthday); Rachel Cothran.
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
MKosinskiCNN; elianayjohnson; FamousDC; NationalZoo; sahilkapur.
#FAMOUSFORDC
Michael Kaplan edited this round up; Huge congratulations to Jason and Fawn on their nuptials; Jim Billimoria updated his cover photo; Where is Matt Lira hiding?; Happy Anniversary to Greg & Danielle Maurer; Leo Bauza spent his day off rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Happy 4 Years to Chad and Carrie Pergram! Quando possiamo visitare Justin LoFranco a Roma? Mal Kennedy is finally back from Europe; Ask Grant Carlisle about the difference between “plan” and “act”; How many hours of Fallout 4 has Brea MacIsaac played this week?; Welcome home Isaac Wyant!; Robin Shultz wasn’t at our Thanksgiving feast and we’re really sad about it; Welcome to DC, Laura Wright!; Does Howard Mortman still read this far down?; We miss tips from Kate Nocera; Jack Smith rap preferences: Kanye > Drake > Jay Z > Lil Wayne; Nicole Tieman rocks, take our word for it; Gabriel Zinny should be the next Secretary of Education; Happy World Kindness Day! You’re gonna wanna watch this h/t Matt Dornic; Joanna Piacenza, when are we getting an invite to your family fishing resort?; Bianca Prade, feel free to share some cheeseburger cups with us!; Politico’s Bennett Richardson is fast becoming an international man of mystery; E McMorris-Santoro sent us a Direct Message on Twitter.
This week our debate tour hit Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Des Moines, Iowa.
And the FamousDC tour will continue through 2016! We bring together top Presidential campaign staff and national political media. Do you (or your organization) have any interest in participating? Drop us a line: [email protected]
Previous debate events: Cleveland, Las Vegas, Boulder.
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
(and filing from a middle seat on a 7 am flight to Iowa on Friday the 13th)
NJI Media welcomes Sarah Ghessie to the team; Welcome Tazewell Jones to the Bryant Row crew; Paul McHale has been named president of CQ Roll Call; Laura Wright joins Uber as an Operations Coordinator; Emily Yoffe offers her last two cents after providing a decade of guidance as Slate’s advice columnist. Mallory Ortberg takes over the role; Turner Cowles is now a breaking news video producer at The New York Times; Do you have tickets for the 2016 National Press Foundation Awards Dinner? Join us on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Marriott Marquis (new location!); Moira Bagley Smith is headed to the U.S. Justice Action Network to be communications director; Kay Steiger is heading to Vox as their deputy politics editor; Congrats to Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff; H/t Fishbowl DC: NPR is prepping for election season and making some internal moves. Scott Detrow on data and technology, Asma Khalid “will look at the ‘intersection of demographics and politics,” Sam Sanders on pop culture. Scott Horsley and Danielle Kurtzleben will be checking on your facts with “Break It Down.”; The Post Pub and the Washington Post broke up. First Gwen and Gavin split, and now this. Seriously, the Washington Post packed up all its stuff and moved out. The Post Pub is now updating its Tinder profile.
#BYE
Don’t do anything we wouldn’t do.
