Famous Friday Round Up
#WEEKEND
Weather: Mild and clear days with chilly nights through Halloween. Some drizzle on the Day of the Dead.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: FamousDC’s Scariest Haunted House 2015: Markhoff’s Haunted Forest; Buckland’s Route 29 Haunted Farm; Shocktober at Paxton Manor; Night of the Living Zoo; AU’s Symphony Orchestra “Halloween Spooktacular”; King’s Dominion Halloween Haunt; Eat scary-big meatballs at Lena’s Wood Fired Pizza; Rocky Horror Picture Show with D.C. Brau at E Street Cinema; Weird new Surrealist sculpture exhibit at the Hirshhorn.
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#NATIONAL
Colorado Diver Steals Famous Plastic Skeletons; The future is “wildly addicting and a little freaky”; Police reach for the nunchucks; No more luggage crammed with e-cigarettes, guys; If you haven’t posted a Facebook photo with you and Speaker Ryan/Boehner, you still have time; Yes they cannabis?; Ferraris so deluxe if they catch fire they drive away from you; RNC > CNBC; Billionaires can’t have conflicts of interest; Embrace the terror with this yuuuge Trumpkin; Take your vitamins: mammoths extinct due to osteoporosis?; IBM buys out Weather Channel’s digital properties, will Watson control the skies?; Teen successfully defends home with samurai sword— nation’s other teens soooo jealous.
#LOCAL
Blimpocalypse terrorizes capital region, amuses world; I-66 Carpool Cheaters to be forced to pay up; Shovel your ice or pay a price; You may be getting a raise!; There’s a new Speaker sign in the Capitol; Homeless police watching you text; Where has the rum gone… Union Market!; Coin-flip chance your salmon is a fraud; The FamousDC team loves Slack!; Yes, people absolutely are trash-talking you in their native tongue; Cop breaks up teen fight, ends in dance-off; We were all once young and beautiful; Thanks WaPo, we also can’t stop watching Kirk Cousins “You like that” musical remixes now; Because nothing says healthy like Ben’s Chili Bowl; Paul Ryan was a server at Tortilla Coast, which equals so much awesome.
#ICYMI
- Famous Five: Doug Thornell
- Farewell, Speaker Boehner
- Most DC Halloween Costumes
- FamousDC Meets Boulder
- Best Haunted Houses Around the DMV
- Confessions of a Hill Staffer: Ten Worst People on the Hill
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
michaeljhudson; Joelmentum; jmartNYT; JesseFFerguson; SpeakerBoehner; TommyMcFLY; HillaryClinton; pbump; bobbyfinger; riccimike; brianstelter
#BIRTHDAY
Hillary Rodham Clinton, ever heard of her?; S Cody Simmons; Nu Wexler; Michael Sauri; Ryan Thompson; Luke Mullins; Rachel Bauer Taylor; Stephanie Fontenot; Lisa Miller; Ben Hause; Drake Springer; Zach Hunter; Caroline Rose; Sarah Miller; Julia Elinor; Jenna Ergort; Grace Clauss; Laura Elizabeth; Chelsea Ann; Austin McCord; Emily Leach; Dana Richter; Cielo Villaseñor.
#FAMOUSFORDC
Liz Mair had one of the best debate drinking games this time around; Give Eron Shosteck a high five this week; Halloween is the new Christmas; Can Phillip Bump loan us $22?; Don’t ask Micah Spangler for a hangover remedy; Nicholas Karnaze is our hero; If Jack Smith was a DJ, would his entertainment name be “Double Jack?”; Josh Shultz wears a hoodie to professional meetings; Stephen Replogle wins “Dad of the week.”; Sean Spicer is so hot right now; Jesse Emerson is THE MAN; Chris Frates keeps a close watch on people’s Google profile pictures; Does Erin McPike still read this far down?; Jonathan Grella had the best take on the RNC debate in the country; Leland Vittert makes a mean pumpkin french toast; Good luck in New York, Annabelle Baskin (we hear the locals call it the Big Apple) DC will miss you; Reince Priebus enjoyed our pre-debate party more than the debate; Does Jack Smith hang out with Johan Gedde every weekend?; Can we get an invite to the NJI Media Moulin Bleu party?; Adam Conor, we hope your ankle recovers soon; Thank you for being awesome Matthew Dornic; Matt Lira may have photobombed Speaker Boehner unintentionally; Best pumpkin carving skills go to Fred Upton; Have fun in Disney World Rory Cooper; Rep. Markwayne Mullin‘s kids ruled Instagram; Big congratulations to Jenn Sherman who is leaving Rep. Brett Guthrie‘s office but not going far, she will be taking the health press reins at the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Can we get a #BGselfie? Nice haircut Sean Hayes; How’s your golf game Bravo?; Social media(ing) award for the week goes to Allison Cunningham; Michael Kaplan, editor at large; Yes, Patrick Gavin is still making videos; Get well soon Coach Furlow; Brendan Buck won’t be busy this weekend; Good luck in Texas, Jennifer. We’ll miss you!
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Big leadership moves this week: Keith Hernandez is president of Slate; EIC Round 2: Stephen Smith heads National Journal again; Scott Bland leaves National Journal and is now a full-fledged Politico; Stephen G. Smith was named Editor in Chief of National Journal, Ben Pershing is Managing Editor; Callum Borchers will join The Fix to launch a new beat exploring the intersection of politics and the media; Jenn Sherman leaves Rep. Brett Guthrie‘s office to take the health press reins at the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
#BYE
Borrowed meme: Halloween drinking game: Drink every time Elsa visits your house. #BeSafe
