Friday Round Up
Weather: April has been giving us some serious attitude, BUT things are looking gorgeously sunny and warm this weekend with temps in the mid 60’s and not a cloud in sight.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Head to Tuckeroo at the Fairgrounds for some epic eating tonight; Get out and enjoy a bike ride along the Potomac; Check out the CNN Politics Campaign at the Newseum; Celebrate Obscura Day at these random DC locations; Sushi lovers should hit up the Cherry Blast at Carnegie Library for free tastings; It is a gorgeous weekend so hit up some of your favorite rooftop bars.
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#WATCH
Famous Five – Marissa Mitrovich
Marissa Mitrovich is a stylist to the stars. Well, she once had an opinion on Cara Delevingne’s choice of footwear during her visit to the White House which I think makes her qualified if she ever decides to be.
We sat down with Marissa at Sherman Pickey in Georgetown because I had some serious questions… you know, for a friend, because when sweatpants are your fashion go-to, you clearly don’t need any help.
#NATIONAL
Has a greater music video ever existed?; AirBNB hosts would prefer Frank Underwood over Donald Trump; Mamba out; The future is here: “SpaceX landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea”; Trader Joe’s out, Wegmans in; The claws came out in Brooklyn; Texting at the movies is a big no no; Jimmy Fallon never fails to mock Trump; Don’t miss out on these prime perks; Cruz is getting cold shouldered.
#LOCAL
This DC criminal was hungry, ok?; Purcellville, VA = Riddled with zombies; In case you don’t have enough Vince Gray reading material here are 1,000 new pages in the investigation; Let’s make the Wizards great again; This just in: Metro still sucks; But at least they’re making it easier for tourists to find the National Mall; Boozy Starbucks; A lot more crabs in the Chesapeake; Farewell, Sona Creamery, we hardly knew ye; White House announces 2016 Spring Garden Tours; Be part of the “in” crowd; Spotify has hit the hill; Let’s be #51!; No more awful dates; Do you look like your bobble head?; Best downtown in America? Old Town, Alexandria!; When isn’t there a road closure in DC?; Tax drink specials: because being an adult sucks.
#ICYMI
Famous Congratulations
Paul Ryan Will Not Be President, Probably
Famous 5: Ryan Grim
Pitcher Perfect
Obligatory #NationalPetDay Post
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Fashionably Famous
#EDITORSPICK
Working in the media really sucks.
CareerCast recently ranked the worst jobs in America for 2016 and the industry made the list more than once –and we gotta tell ya’, they might be on to something.
So we salute you print reporters, digital journalists and future Wolf Blitzers of America. Here’s a little reminder just how cool your jobs can be.
#BIRTHDAY
Famous birthday wishes to Ieva Augstums, Fran Cunningham, Olivia Knauss, Drew Oliveira, Kevin Michael, Victoria Lester, Tyler Hatton-Bullock, Kevin Kahn, Megan Crehan Pellis, Kate Mendez, Mike McLaughlin, Mark Bryant, Ally Sailer, Alex Poirot, Katherine Cresto, Jeremy Art, Summer Buchanan Bravo, Akshai Datta, Jackson Barnett, Michelle Brenan Tranquilli, Sam Huxley, June (Bunny) Farmer, Alexandra Claire Bryant, Shalla Ross, Kelly Kelley, John Paul Strong, Betsy Andres, Mark Bryant, Ellie Wallace, John Pappas, Lisabeth Lyons, Harvard Doug Heye, Katherine Cresto, Virginia Coyne, Matt Duckworth, Chuck DeFeo, Lauren Vitek, Brenna Williams, Geoff Embler, Erik Rust, Alex Pirot.
#TWEETOFTHEWEEK
“I just clicked on a link asking if the Pope was the ultimate Bernie Bro, so I think we’ve hit peak internet and we should all go home.”
#FAMOUSFORDC
Emma Dumain has the coolest exclusive this week; HungryLobbyist.com got a facelift; Hannah Russell knows which DC Starbucks serves alcohol; Saat Alety is Capitol Hill’s MVP; Will Carraco misses Finch Fulton; We want to go to Victoria Treece’s version of a beach; Robin Shultz rocks; Mike Pasko is the best dramatic reader; Chase Clanahan has good ideas about combining cheese products; Does Janie Sheehan still read this?; Give Eric Reller a high five if you see him; FAA definitely wasn’t #Chatterjeeing this week; David Jones was basically drafted by the Washington Nationals; Lisa Kramer has crushed life into a fine powder for everyone to enjoy; Ask S. Cody Simmons the secret recipe for codycumbers; We’re starting a Change.org petition to convince Drew Ellis to accept a compliment; Kathryn Lyons and Taz Jones are tied for picking amazing throwback songs this week; Noelle Clemente is completely out of foxes; Have a blast in California Fran and Kait Cunningham!; S-3 threw one hell of a party; Is Smoke House BBQ really a client Archie Smart? If so, #amazeballs; Anton Vuljaj is welcome to bring us back a gift from Paris (hint: We like wine); Erin Sullivan is awesome; Thank you for promoting a better way to file our taxes Nick Seaver; If you see Louisa Imperiale at a protest, call her husband immediately; Jen Richer got an awesome haircut; We love unicorns too Teri Galvez; Jesse Safir caught a big fish; Ask Eric Wilson about this new bumper sticker; Does Morgan Gress still read this far down?; Sarah Gunion is almost as tan as Director Josh Shultz; Warren G > Booth Jameson; Did you guys hear that Kobe Bryant is retiring from basketball?; Von Miller’s Photoshop skillz are on fleek; Katy Ricalde is about to be famous; We’re going to do some big things with Lindsay Simpson; Ask Lenwood Brooks about his time at the Nationals game; A huge congrats to Ed Morrissey on his book launch tour in NYC; Can Raleigh Bailes come up for a breath now?; Ted Prill no longer responds to emails and has lost governorship rights; Tommy Pavlick has been hot on the campaign trail; Leo Bauza is not a fan of code ninjas, at all; Send Will Allison and Meghan Burris some road trip tunes; Andrew Kovalcin made a new celebrity friend; Ben Napier is really hard to hear.
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Congrats Brooke Runnette on your big promotion at National Geographic; CQ Roll Call has been making big moves. They welcomed Ed Timms this week as their new Deputy Editor along with promoting Niels Lesniewski and Paul Krawzak; McBee Strategic Consulting welcomes Lauren French from Politico as their newest senior manager; Cheers to WTOP, NPR, WBAL, and the Baltimore Sun for being awarded some of the most prestigious titles; Defense One promotes Marcus Weisgerber to Global Business Editor; Huffington Post has taken to Snapchat Discover.
#BYE
Like our tax refunds.
