#WEEKEND
Weather: Because the weather is as predictable as this campaign cycle, temps will shoot up to the 60’s on Saturday for a beautifully sunny day. The high temps will remain on Sunday but expect rain showers in the afternoon.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend:
Watch the Caps play the Devils at the Verizon Center; Grab an eccentric Bloody Mary from one of these twelve DC locations; Bundle up on the patio of Hot Pot for a delicious cook-it-yourself style Japanese meal; See Kaleo at Rock and Roll Hotel.
#WATCH
The National Press Foundation recently celebrated forty years of distinguished journalism which was a perfect opportunity for us to showcase our distinguished journalistic skills as well.
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#NATIONAL
Houston, we have a party; Yesterday was National Drink Wine Day, so today is National Advil Day; Man skips work for 6 years. No one notices; Not sure what to make of this cemetery of giant decaying presidential busts; Move Trump, Get out the way; Two words: Spring Training; Apple’s love letter to the FBI; Who’s meeting us at Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins?; Yes waiter, I’ll take the wood pulp on my penne; The Bachelor workout is finally here; Here’s who is running the world next; In a mass knife fight to the death between every American president, who’d win and why (h/t local hero Kenny Ames); This penguin couple celebrated their 22nd anniversary on Valentine’s Day; This surfing video is sure to either: a) get you ready for summer or, b) make you terrified of surfing.
#LOCAL
This really long and really bizarre video about how to ride the DC Streetcar is painful at best; Eater DC just proclaimed this week Breakfast Week and we’re officially drooling; Tuesdays: they’re super; Sometimes you just gotta vape during your hearing; This flying ice sheet just makes one more thing you need to be terrified of; These are the best photos of Washingtonians running around in their underwear; Follow this metro map for the most epic DC bar crawl; The Lincoln Memorial is getting $18 million worth of new duds; Wegman’s: Supermarket or cult?; BYT created a massive list of reasons to love DC in 2016; The closest any of us (other than Rodell Mollineau) will get to seeing Hamilton was at the Grammys; Now you can attend mock weddings in case you don’t attend enough real weddings.
#ICYMI
Lake Street Dive Comes to Tiny Desk
FamousDC Remains Well Represented in New McCarthy Office
Through the Lens – Lorie Shaull
Famous Engagement – Joanna and Spencer
NPF Rings in 40 Years of Success
FamousDC Grammy Awards
#EDITORSPICK
This is what President Obama’s last year in office looks like:
It’s no secret – President Obama’s days are numbered… at least in terms of days he has left in the Oval Office. When a successor is named and it is time for Obama to depart, he’ll undoubtedly hope to be remembered by his impressive legacy of accomplishments (and he will happily list all of these for you). But as fate would have it, he has recently inherited another opportunity to make a major impact during his reign as president.
#BIRTHDAY
Jen Mulrow, Ed Sheeran, Cassidy Nathan, Chase Furst, John Travolta, Zoe Bjornson, Kimberly Griffin, Ice T, Christa D’Amico, Christine Archer, Dr. Dre, Kate Thompson Tankersley, Dominic Manecke, Kevin Sheridan, The Weeknd, Michael Jordan.
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
OBiiieeee; SPENCERcNIEMETZ; SardonicTart; kanyewest; randygdub; crushingbort; FamousDC; ryanbeckwith
#FAMOUSFORDC
Mike Allen bought Patrick Gavin an asparagus steamer in 2010; Remember, Matt Lira, the brain is a muscle; Shout out to Jason Glisson; It was great to hear about the neat things Michael Caruso is up to; Jason Roe is handsome; Hello Brian Diffell; Thanks to everyone who joined us for a drink on Thursday. Who wants to join us next?; Allen Fuller has got the right kind of attitude; Thank you MK Hammer for the retweet; Will Eric Nedd join us in Houston?; Where in the world are Michael and Ginny Mansour?; Just call Hannah Russell the Prime Minister; Troy Lyons, put down that Diet Coke; (Don’t) break a leg out there, Christa D’Amico!; Can we go to South Korea with Brian Watts?; We like Tiffany Haverly’s hair; Congrats Emily Zabaleta on moving to TIME; The Waterfront Church partnered with the Tim Tebow foundation and put on an awesome event for children with special needs at Nats Park (h/t Michael Kaplan); We love Nika Nour’s glasses; Hannah Mooney, how’s [solidcore] training going?; Congratulations Katie Novaria!; Brittany Havens, how’s the new digs?; Congrats to the Gunasekara family on welcoming their new baby girl; We hope Josh Shultz won at the NJI bowling party last night, or it’s bad news for the whole office; WTF is a “power bowl”? h/t Ross Parman; We can’t wait to ride the streetcar with Luke Hatzis; Anton Vuljaj updated his profile pic; Mark Strand, we’re also excited about spring training.
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#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Gopal Ratnam joins CQ Roll Call to cover homeland security: Doug Sword joins the CQ team as well as a financial services reporter; Mark Luckie is the new Head of Journalism and Media of Reddit; Ainsley Earhardt fills Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s seat as co-host of fox and friends; Áine Kerr leaves Storyful to join Facebook.
#BYE
We’re peacin’ out like Kanye’s $53 million.
