Friday Round Up
Weather: Awesome autumn weather this weekend ought to pair nicely with a long list of fun things happening around the District. There isn’t a chance of rain in sight, and temperatures are looking pretty perfect. Highs of 63 on Saturday and 66 on Sunday are en route to us now, along with plenty of sunshine. We suggest you grab a mimosa ASAP.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Mardi Gras arrives a little early thanks to Rebirth Brass Band at the Hamilton tonight; Or you can go hard in the paint with Axwell at Echostage; If indie pop is more your style, you can Dance Yrself Clean tonight at the Black Cat; Tomorrow night, electro-extraordinaries Soul Clap stop by Flash to keep the disco dream alive; Head to Union Market today and tomorrow for a tour of Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality technology; Comedian and sitcom celebrity Adam Ferrara takes the stage at DC Improv for some standup you won’t want to miss; This is not a test: live podcast performances and all-you-can-eat pancakes at the Wonderbread Factory; It’s hockey season! Grab your tickets to support the Capitals against the Panthers tomorrow night; Find yourself a solid post-game hiding spot inside the Verizon Center because Maxwell and Mary J. Blige are bringing their world tour to town on Sunday; And check out DC Beer Festival, a craft beer smorgasbord with yummy food trucks, seasonal fall flavors, music and games.
#WATCH
Show us someone who says print is dead and we’ll show you someone who hasn’t read the FamousDC newspaper.
#LOCAL
Washingtonian women are hard core rock stars; Scalise Squad = so hot right now; It’s just a fact. We have the best steaks in the nation; DC always takes it to the next level. Try and keep up, America; You can’t compete with our city’s chefs; The Obamas channelled their inner-MJ for Halloween.
#NATIONAL
It’s getting harder to recognize satire from reality, thanks to the Borowitz Report and 2016 in general; Just give us our Dunkaroos back!; The CMA’s had some classic moments that almost made us forget about the election…almost; Cubs for the win!; This might be the best headline we’ve seen all week.
#ICYMI
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#EDITORSPICK
John Brendan Guinan assumed he would continue on a traditional professional path similar to many of his peers, until his life took a very unexpected turn. Meet one of DC’s most impressive emerging artists.
#BIRTHDAY
Famous birthday wishes to Catherine May, Jennifer CottoEcklund, Brando Brandolini, Patrick White, Brian Baluta, Vanessa Morrone, Richard Hudson, Kari Kant, Brooke Saltzer Bergen, Julie Landry, Blair Latoff Holmes, Kristin Stipicevic, Cameron Easley, Brooke Taylor Snyder, Tory Mazzola, Brad Woodhouse, Kelsey Stroud, Daniel Libit, Jane Slater, Erin Book Mullen, Sarah Isgur Flores, Arthur Delaney, Mark Snead, Sean Bonyun, Brittany Havens, Ben Landry, Houston Johnson, Taylor Lawch, George Kalantzakis, Marissa Fernandez, Lauren Pacetti, Clark Norvell, Michael Byerly, Andrew Carroll, Brianna Silva, Don Ripper and Jason Calabretta.
#TWEETOFTHEWEEK
“The election doesn’t leave much time to tweet about Lil Wayne.”
#FAMOUSFORDC
Good luck to everyone running the Bay Bridge 10K this Sunday!; Ask Patrick O’Connor where the downtowners hang out for happy hour; Please give Camp Kaufman and Nicole Daigle a hug today if you see them…the Tide rolls into Baton Rouge Saturday night; Charlotte Sellmyer dominated Nashville; What if we did our Presidential election as a best of seven game series? We know that doesn’t make sense, but the World Series was too incredible not to try and bring it over to politics; Alex Finland consistently shows up to happy hour an hour late; Erica Arbetter wins most creative political Halloween costume; Ask Sean Bonyun how many hash browns he had for his birthday; Mike Long is an awesome uncle; Rooting for Will Allison like this; John Martorella and Ana Asano buy three too many vanilla cupcakes in Georgetown; Jennifer CottoEcklund is a total rock star; Sarah Ghessie was chillin’ with all the DC foodies this week; Katherine Gress dropped the mic; AshLee Strong is a bada** Washingtonian woman; Josh Shultz is a cake pop enthusiast; High fives all around to Team Upton on the Cubs win!; Liz Eddy, where have you been?; Katin Martin reads our stuff!; Jonathan Grella has a square-shaped smartphone; Lord Imperiale’s birthday surprise is shaping up nicely; Daniel Lippman and Stephanie Benedict were spotted by Bob Dole at dinner; We need to hear Cameron Lewis sing with the Howard Gospel Choir; Lan Nguyen made great t-shirts; We’d love for all of our drinks to have a “little dusting of grasshoppers” too, Teri Galvez; Thanks for getting us out of yoga class, Rebecca Mark; Ashley Taylor Bronczek has an awesome family food blog; Kathryn Lyons is a huge fan of Celia Becker and AfterOrangeCounty.
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Congratulations to Paul Volpe on his new role as executive editor at POLITICO, starting next month. Volpe makes the move from The New York Times, where he has served in numerous leadership roles; Steve Wyler joins the Nextdoor team as VP of communications and policy; Best of luck to Kurt Couchman, who will head up government affairs at Defense Priorities; Congratulations to Mo Elleithee, who joins Fox News as a contributor. Mo is the founding executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service; Kathryn Schubert joins the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine as its chief advocacy officer. She is the current president of Women in Government Relations; Mike Webb is a new vice president at BerlinRosen’s national issue advocacy practice; Google welcomes AJ Bhadelia as a manager for public policy and government affairs. Bhadelia comes over from the Treasury Department; After 17 years with NPR, Neal Carruth has accepted a new role as general manager of podcasting; Louis Henge, previous aide to Sen. Trent Lott, is the newest addition to the WestRock government relations team; Amazon’s public policy transportation team welcomes Allison Cullin. Cullin most recently worked for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Geoff Lane joins the Computing Technology Industry Association as senior policy manager of government affairs; Stacy Ettinger joins K&L Gates as a partner in its public policy and law practice. Ettinger was most recently Sen. Chuck Schumer’s chief counsel for the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; Congrats to Beth Choroser on her promotion to VP of regulatory affairs at Comcast; Brittany Beaulieu, previously with the office of Sen. Ben Cardin, joins Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications; Danielle Ruckert recently joined the Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications team to focus on health care and education, among other things; The Raben Group welcomes Tiffany Cross as a director. Cross was previously with the National Education Association; Heidi Nel also joins the Raben Group as a principal; Congrats to Adrienne Schweer on her new job as senior vice president at Forbes Tate Partners, where she will focus on its national security practice; Best of luck to Will Dunn on his new role as VP of communications and public affairs at Global Strategy Group; And finally, Steve Brill is the newest VandeHei and Allen hire. He will serve as a contributing writer-analyst for their new media venture, set to launch sometime in 2017.
#BYE
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