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Friday Round Up
#GUESTEDITOR MEGAN WILSON Journalist at The Hill “They say that personnel is policy, and I’ve got a bottle of whiskey under my desk. Happy hour starts when the Roundup goes out, right?“ Weather: Near-record highs all weekend long ought to work nicely with your sunny day outfit selections and beverage pairings (read: …
Friday Round Up
Weather: Is it just us or is this weather playing hard to get?…Because it’s working. The change in temperature continues as it drops tonight, resulting in a wintry mix that’ll kick off the weekend – and no, we’re not referring to your latest playlist. We’re talking possible rain-turned-snow due to near …
Friday Round Up
Weather: It isn’t officially winter until the 21st, but that won’t mean much as temperatures drop into the 20s this weekend. At its warmest, the weekend should bring us conditions in the 40s, and on the bright side, you’ll have plenty of sunshine all weekend long (see what we did there?). …
From POTUS’ iPod to Your Ears
Before today, it seemed impossible for Obama to get any cooler. Today, we learned that on POTUS’ cool-chart, the limit does not exist. He released not one but TWO new playlists on the White House’s Spotify account, one for “day” and one for “night.” He clearly understands the importance of …
Happy Birthday, Coolmander-In-Chief
Today, President Barack Obama turns 55. In his almost eight years as president, he has proven one thing: he’s cooler than you and pretty much everyone you know. In his over half a century of fly-ness, he has wowed the kids (well, minus his own two daughters) with his presidential …
Earl Hamilton
Meet Earl Hamilton. He’s a former collegiate soccer player and now personal trainer in Washington, D.C. We caught up with him for some tips on how to get in shape for the summer while there’s still time.
Celebrities: They’re Just Like Us!
They’re in DC! via They visit Adams Morgan! via They take selfies at an unimpressive distance from White House! Shailene and I are shooting in front of the White House today! #Snowden pic.twitter.com/ArtG9B29bw — Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) April 7, 2015 They’re filming their future feature film, Snowden! via What a …
Leader of Free World Thwarted by Bees
That title is somewhat misleading, it’s actually the fear in screaming children that derailed this book reading by the President.
Post-Administration Glow
Check out Sam Stein’s interview with President Obama for Huffington Post. Great quote from the reel: When asked how much sleep he gets a night, President Barack Obama said, “probably not enough.” “I will say that when people leave the administration and I see them six months later, they have …
Power Forward by Reggie Love
President Obama’s “Secretary of Stuff” is holding a book signing tomorrow (Monday) at Politics & Prose. Please go say hello and buy a book. Tell Reggie FamousDC sent you! Love, now CEO of Eighty-Four Productions, worked as special assistant and aid to Obama from 2007 to 2011; during that time, …
Hyper Hill: Surviving Wednesday
All the latest links from the District and beyond. Here’s who is headlining the next WHCA dinner: [Cecily Strong] Can the Caps be fixed enough to consistently [play good hockey?] People got stuck in snow on a NY highway [nightmare commute] Goodbye Arlington [streetcar proposal] A rockstar wants to bury …
Best Reactions to the “50 Most Beautiful” List
There have been a lot of reactions to The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful List, a tradition 11 years in the running, but we’ve collected a few of the best here. Enjoy. Best Use of Smarmy Sarcasm “Scientifically speaking, the most beautiful person on the hill would be a well-oiled sailor …
Welcome to Washington Round Up
Story Partners, in honor of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, hosted a slew of Washington influentials at their inaugural “Welcome to Washington: A Salute to Women in Journalism” event. The party, co-hosted by Story Partners’ Gloria Dittus, NBC’s Betsy Fischer Martin,Washingtonian’s Cathy Merrill Williams, CNN’s Dana Bash, CBS News’ Jan Crawford, and The New Republic’s Julia Ioffe definitely kicked off the weekend …
Hyper Hill: Wet and Warm
White House Easter Egg roll [has begun] D.C. snowy owl [got better] POTUS and FLOTUS go to church [dressed up for Easter] Good luck to Kerry Allen, Matt Lehner, Krysten Sinema [and all Boston marathoners today] Where to have a [tea party, not the political kind] At least it’s going …