Friday Round Up
Weather: Don’t get too comfortable with these surprise summery days because chilly weather is making its way back into the District starting this weekend. Temperatures could drop into the 40’s on Saturday, bringing some brisk winds with them. Sunday is looking up! Sunshine should bring moderate temperatures varying between 53 and 68 degrees.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Maurice Electric at Union Market plays host to Shucktoberfest tomorrow, brought to you by Blue Point Brewing Company and featuring amazing drinks and unlimited oysters and other seafood bites, courtesy of Rappahanock Oyster Company. Grab your tickets right here; Bust out your costume and get into the Halloween spirit with the Smithsonian’s Boo at the Zoo; Hockey season is upon us, so get out there and cheer on our Washington Capitals! They face off against the New York Rangers tomorrow at 6pm; Head to the Hirschhorn Fall Fest, featuring awesome live music and a beer garden to boot. It’s even dog friendly!; Ready for a good scare? The Maryland Field of Screams is guaranteed to get your adrenaline pumping; Take a creepy night tour of the Congressional Cemetery, reported to be haunted by congressmen, carpenters, suffragists, and bootleggers of days page; Head to the REI grand opening block party starting today and going on all weekend; Charleston-based duo Shovels and Rope arrive to the legendary 9:30 Club tonight
#WATCH
Our time in Vegas came to an end. The hype will live on.
#LOCAL
Metro just keeps getting slapped down…even by our own mayor; Get your snow shoes out because D.C. could get hit hard this winter; In our opinion, every occasion calls for a boozy brunch; Three words…wine. delivery. service; It’s never too early to get excited for Christmas, especially when our favorite pop-up bar is returning to the District; Capital Bikeshare has officially hit the streets in Reston and Tysons Corner; Washingtonians can’t get enough of new ways to pamper their four legged friend; FamousDC is doing bigly things!
#NATIONAL
Ken Bone is shacking up with Izod; We’re not the only ones crushing the Twitter game; The Republicans aren’t messing around, Donald; Tim Kaine is still rocking the fatherly complex; The final debate as told by a bunch of gifs; Wait. Are we talking about the same Donald and Hillary here?
#ICYMI
FamousDC Lights Up The Vegas Strip
Our Bigly list of debate tweets
And the 45th president of the United States of America is…
Fashionably Famous: The Stylish Sarah Zlotnick
#EDITORSPICK
Ken Bone can add “FamousDC pre-debate party in Las Vegas” to his list of appearances, and we can fairly claim that Ken Bone gave us sweater advice. Check out all photos and more details here!
#BIRTHDAY
Famous birthday wishes to Mary Hopkins Alison, Kurt Bardella, David Callis, Rebecca Bohon Chatterjee, Caitlin Conant, Tarvis Cooke, Nicole Desko, Rebecca Dickson, Brian Dodge, Christin Fernandez, Antonia Ferrier, Kevin Grebeck, Benjamin Haddad, Carly Harrington, Justin Hart, Charlie Joughin, Sarah McDermond Henken, Phillip Herndon, Daniel Holcomb, Kim Hart Jonson, Blair Milligan Kossen, James Kotecki, Tim Mak, Neda Semnani, Nellie Smith, Sean Spicer, Lauren Stevenson, Chris Tassa, Shane Tews, Jonathan Weisman.
#TWEETOFTHEWEEK
“New slogan, “We’re Nastier Together”! #DebateNight”
#FAMOUSFORDC
David Rosen has a huge crew; Did Kathryn Lyons ever find those pearl earrings?; Are Jeff Gregorio, Liz Barnett and Brian Johnson able to sleep yet after the Maryland Field of Screams?; Morgan Gress and Ashley Wolos rocked their calligraphy class last night; Nikki Schwab knows how to do Vegas right; Mike Steel is incredibly optimistic and he has something to say; We’re living vicariously through Laura Neely’s Facebook feed; Michael Kaplan is always so honest and pleasant with us; Feel better Henley Fimka; Chris McNulty and Andrea Bozek Grant are officially five-year Facebook friends; Salena Zito has a great travel schedule; The Grella Family road trip is almost over; Amos, Matt Dornic should have been invited to dinner; Happy birthday, Sean Spicer!; We’re glad Arthur Bochner got his own room in Vegas; Louisa Imperiale, it’s National Champagne day; Jonathan Weinberger went to Google; Stephen Martinko goes to Austin; Alex Sailer is at the Magic Kingdom; Ask Jana Kasperkevic about her compost theory; Meagan Terlep is a Pokemon Go! enthusiast; Carolina Hurley is becoming a full-blown political celebrity; We missed Lisa Leonard in Vegas this week; Paige Gress is a logistical genius; The FDC video crew makes Steven Spielberg look like Johnny Knoxville; Ken Bone knows how to pick good Radiohead; Hunter Schwarz lived it up in Las Vegas. Is Shaw ready for Sahil Kapur?; Congrats on the move, Macey Sevcik!; Hadas Gold knows how to not over-accessorize; Jamey Falkenbury’s dog already wins Halloween; Hope Ruth Demeter and Dayton have the best girls weekend; Karen Christian, give Teddy a hug for us! #nomorecone; So, Tim Miller is or is not voting for Donald Trump?; Jen Miller really wants to meet Tom Hanks; We also love blueberry pancakes, Mike Long; Las Vegas looks good on Brittany Mills; Feel better Lauren Hagen!; DJ Jamiel loves the carpets at the Excalibur; Drew Ellis knows how to produce a Snapchat video; Jillian Rogers is a certified Large Animal Vet; Carving pumpkins is no joke, Andrew Kovalcin; National Confectioners Association is having the best month ever!; Gracyn Gilbreath has a serious addiction to Little Caesars pizza.
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Pam Stevens has joined Marie Claire as a contributing editor. She will primarily write on politics, media and D.C. culture; Congratulations to Melissa Green on her new job at Rational 360; Robbie Gramer starts a new gig as a staff writer for Foreign Policy Magazine in two weeks. Gramer comes over from the Atlantic Council; Sabrina Sussman joins New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio’s team in D.C. where she will work on transportation, housing and economic development; The Association for Advanced Life Underwriting welcomes Marc Cadin and Chris Morton as chief operating officer and senior vice president of government affairs, respectively; Congrats to Lucy Gettman on her promotion to chief advocacy officer at the National School Boards Association; John Allyn Welch joins the Harbour group as a director for the firm’s public affairs practice; Peck Madigan Jones welcomes Jay Heimbach as a partner. Heimbach previously served as a special representative at the World Bank and worked in senior legislative affairs for the Obama Administration; AP has promoted Scott Mayerowitz to editor of digital-platform storytelling; Lauren Beck has been promoted to senior director for the Kellogg’s government affairs team; And finally, best wishes to Dorothy Savarese who has been announced as the next chairman of the American Bankers Association.
#BYE
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
