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Hyper Hill: Finally Friday
Flying high [drug plane invades Obama’s airspace] Texting and walking is hard [video] Vegas on the Potomac [bet on it] Job of the Week [flacks]
Hyper Hill: Santorum Wants To Use Protection
Does Shep Smith have a twin? [Fishbowl thinks so] Santorum wants to use protection [TPM] Another great Marion Barry story [set up] Not sure about this headline [Tebow] David Cross likes empty espresso pods [and cocaine] By Adrian Gray
Say Goodbye to Saturday Mail
And just when we ordered Netflix. President Obama’s budget proposal supports allowing the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail deliveries, raise the price of stamps above the rate of inflation and recalculate how it plans to pay for the future retirements of postal workers. via the WaPo By Rdoke …
Hyper Hill: Linsanity Continues
Lots of Valentine’s Day tweets yesterday [how cute] Local artist kills it on The Voice [Erin Willett] Sarah Palin gets the dumbest question ever [CPAC] Better than the Westminster Kennel Club dog show [video] The game was in Toronto [watch the fans]
Lots Of People Talking Fred Upton Today
Rep. Fred Upton is the talk of the town today, but the chatter has nothing to do with the XL Pipeline, even though he sent out the following survey.
The Strangest Valentine’s Day Card You’ll See Today
To each their own. See a whole bunch of strange cards.
Hyper Hill: Happy Valentine’s Day
Facebook allows you to erase the past [timeline] Georgetown boathouse plans [here we go] Nothing says love like a sparkling cocktail [yum] Amazing photo [perfect timing] Source: i279.photobucket.com
Metro Shells Out Tens of Millions for Consultants
Perfection comes at a high price. Metro is paying more than $51 million for outside expertise in how to run the transit agency. The consultants are analyzing data, studying escalators, advising onSmarTrip farecards and even crafting requests for other outside contracts in the quest to keep the transit system running. …
Hyper Hill: It’s a Sign
Huge sign falls on I-66 [images] Models hit Crystal City [catwalk] Mr. Darling [a year of amazing pictures] Best quote of the Grammys [Dave Grohl] By r.m.b.
Hill Country BBQ Happy Hour Photos
A big thank you to Patrick Ryan for snapping some great shots last night.
Tap Gloves and Come Out Drinking
Last night, some of DC’s hardest working Hill staffers, flacks, reporters, lobbyists, fundraisers, corporate folks, policy wonks, digital media nerds and a random bearded man from West Virginia, gathered at Hill Country BBQ for another FamousDC Happy Hour. Thanks to our lead sponsor National Journal Hotline and our headlining sponsors Hamilton Place Strategies, Vote …
Hyper Hill: Thank You Hill Country BBQ
Great happy hour last night [definitely more to come] Pelosi mocks Colbert [funny] Bachmann mocks herself [interesting] Where lonely people go [bar pictures] Photo by Jeremy Art
Hyper Hill: Drop Your Pants
CPAC make out break out session [what?] Kasich delivers interesting remarks [for 100 minutes] Drop your pants and run like hell [for a good cause] Boundary Road opens Monday [H St.] via Frozen Tropics
Famously Spotted: Hanging At the 40/40 Club With ESPN On The Screen
Catherine Gatewood and Christine Moxley were recently spotted chilling with Jay-Z and Nas at the 40/40 Club. According to Gatewood, “just a typical Monday night in NYC. And Beyonce is gorgeous.”