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Weather: Y’all, it’s finally feelin’ like fall. This weekend is bringing some prime weather for rooftop cocktails, strolling through farmers markets and apple picking. Saturday and Sunday will see temperatures in the mid-to-high 60’s and partly sunny skies so make sure you bring your jacket out before you start the day with those bottomless mimosas.

Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Head to Dock 5 at Union Market this weekend to check out their latest pop-up, American Field, showcasing JLEW bags that are just to die for; D.C. loves food and booze so head to District Distilling to taste their first batch of spirits; We hope you scored tickets to the California indie rockers Local Natives concert playing at the 9:30 Club this Sunday; Save your appetite and check out the Curbside Cookoff Food Truck Festival at Noma Storey Park for some delicious cuisine; Don’t miss the Night at the Yards party tonight! It’s benefitting an amazing organization, Living Classrooms.


#FAMOUSLASVEGAS

Clash of the Titans: The Final Presidential Debate – Las Vegas, NV

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in one final debate — October 19 in Las Vegas — before Americans head to the polls on Election Day.

In celebration of what will be Donald and Hillary’s last chance to win America over, FamousDC is convening yet another one of our epic debate events on Tuesday, October 18 at the exclusive TAO Beach club at Vegas’ historic Venetian luxury hotel.

Click the RSVP below for more information on this awesome event.

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Partnership opportunities are available for this event to ensure that your brand name is prominently publicized amongst leading national media outlets and operatives in attendance. For more information, please email [email protected]


#WATCH

We are just days away from flying across the country to bid farewell to the 2016 presidential debate season. How do we prepare? We still don’t know.


#LOCAL

Millennials’ lack of dating knowledge is actually benefiting D.C. marketing campaigns; Nothing gets past Beuchert’s SaloonWhen you’re Adele, you get private tours of the National Zoo; You’re burning a hole in our pockets, Metro. Get it together; Even Airbnb is surging over this presidential race; It’s time to get moving on making your Halloween plans; D.C.’s flag has three stars, but our restaurants don’t. Whatever, we’re still an awesome food city.


#NATIONAL

Guess we won’t be going out this weekend. Netflix and chill it is!; Obama can heckle harder than you can; CoverGirl introduces its newest model, CoverBoy; The red states are feeling the pressure; Ken Bone will make America great again, one red sweater at a time; McDonald’s + butter = 600 lbs of milk.


#ICYMI

D.C.’s Michelin Guide revealed!

Fashionably Famous: Steadfast Supply

Nice To Meat You, Swing State

The Other Town Hall Hero

Famous 5: Aniekan Udofia


#EDITORSPICK

In a media world fraught with uncertainty and depressing headlines, one thing is for sure: the public wants its content quickly…and digitally. So when someone in the FamousDC office joked about making a print edition, we laughed. But then we actually did it, and it’s awesome.

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#BIRTHDAY

Famous birthday wishes to Carrie Adams, Faith Ammen, Feffela Barrazueta, George Barsness, Dena Battle, Nick Breeding, Jim Courtovich, Denise Duncan, Zach Dylik, Cody Keenan, Kym Kovanda, Gerrit Lansing, Mike Maniscalco, Erin Miller, Rodell Mollineau, Justin Morris, Kate Nocera, Darby Parker, Alex Pilnik, Jillian Rubino, Coleman Short, Deirdre Vogel, Chris Wallace, Jamie Weinstein, Eric Wilson and Carla Young.


#TWEETOFTHEWEEK

“Wake me up when October ends.”

Mary Baumgard


#FAMOUSFORDC

Betsy Woodruff has some awesome halloween costume ideas; Corey Kennedy was was loving her Wednesday night corndog dinner; Suzie Robb’s work outfits were on point this week; Ask Ryan Beckwith to say “wan wan” ten times fast; Lizz Locker’s Knicks sweater is way cooler than yours; Jim Havard has a serious eye for photography; Is Pallavi Reddy a bigger Star Trek fan than Obama?; China Riddle is getting amped up for Vegas; Michael LaRosa has some serious self control when it comes to Ben’s Chili Bowl; Ask Sara Allen what she found in her car…it’s a doozy; Alli Gerkman loves her some Whole Foods chocolate nut mix; Kristen Soltis Anderson is a convocation rockstar; The Snead family is pumped up for Halloween; Lisa King has been absolutely crushing it this week; Does Sarah Gunion still read this far down?; Rebecca Card is the bee’s knees; Happy Anniversary Caitlin Huey-Burns! We hope you and Matt found time to celebrate!; Ask Tom Wilbur how excited Chairman Upton is about the Cubs; Ask Mary Stewart Bell about the gutter outside Chick-fil-A; How did Will Allison toast David Ortiz this week?; We cannot wait for Charlotte Baker Huffaker‘s return to D.C.!; Theresa Gambo is the best Nats Designated Driver there ever was; Has Jenn Sherman forgiven Brittany Havens for getting her the flu … shot?; Hey Tim Hogan, where’s my pumpkin?; Props to the #Winetober2016 crew for crushing some serious grapes last weekend; Was Howard Mortman interested in any of the FDC Newspaper classifieds?; Which mug did Jeremy Art go with?; How are Sarah Demarest and Greg Martin‘s voices after that concert?; Is Adele still in town?; Tom Simei and Heather Dean are going to crush brunch on Saturday; We really like Nicole Tieman; Lauren Hagen sets fire to the rain; Happy 7th anniversary, Joe Toohey and Andrew Rafferty!; Feel better Natasha Flint!; Hope Palmer, anything cool happen this week or nah?; Don’t mess with Paige Gress; Take a hike, Mark Borelli!; Hope Randall is the best!; Our hearts go out to David Almacy; When will Gerry Smith visit D.C.?; Happy anniversary to Greg and Laura Crist; We’ll be apple picking with Steve Johnston this weekend; Chris Taylor is having breakfast with the Donald; Can you come style us, Meredith Koop?; Rebecca Mark, please share your tacos with us; Congrats to Jessica Grounds on being named one of the 50 most influential women!; Geoff Embler may apply for a job at CVS; Leslie West and Cailin West saw Adele and we’re jealous; Steve Roche saw Seth Myers; Daniel Lippman is a LinkedIn star; Huge birthday wishes to former Miss West Virginia USA and Dept of Interior special assistant (and pumpkin spice latte aficionado) Chelsea Welch!; Congrats on the new gig, Caitlin Owens! Please don’t let this slow your sarcasm; Did Elaina Plott have a good time on Jeff and Christine’s hot tub scuba adventure?


#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW

ATTENTION D.C. journo friends, the NPF Awards Deadline is TODAY. Get your applications in!

Caitlin Owens says goodbye to Morning Consult this month to join Jim VandeHei’s new media company, launching in 2017. Caitlin will continue to cover health care issues, as she has in the past; Congratulations to Adrian Sferle on his new position at Freelancer.com as their Marketing and Communications Manager for the North American market; Lindsey Mask was just named to the Board of Advisors for Virginia International University. She is also the recent recipient of the “Stand Up” award from Ladies America for her dedication and support for female veterans; CNN is throwing a killer party at Beer Park in Las Vegas on October 18th in celebration of the last presidential debate. RSVP here!; Congratulations to Kieran Murray, who has been announced as Reuters’ new Washington Bureau chief. Murray has been with Reuters since 1992 and will assume his post in January when the bureau moves to its new newsroom; Best of luck to Erin Durkin who joins National Journal as a health care reporter; NJ also welcomes Adam Wollner, who will cover foreign policy and defense; Marissa Serafino moves to Holland & Knight from her role as legislative correspondent in Sen. Shaheen’s office (D-NH); Julia Andreeff Jensen joins Citadel as chief corporate affairs & communications officer. Julia served on President Obama’s 2008 campaign; Glover Park Group welcomes Sarah Hamilton, previously with Politico, as director of human resources; Congrats to Tanya Meck on her promotion to partner at Global Strategy Group; Dan Primack is the latest to announce his move to Jim VandeHei & Mike Allen’s new firm set to launch in early 2017; And finally, The Atlantic has announced Jeffrey Goldberg as its new Editor-in-Chief. Goldberg has been with The Atlantic for about ten years and has notably produced eleven cover stories since he began writing as a national correspondent; Did Elaina Plott have a good time on Jeff and Christine’s hot tub scuba adventure?

#BYE

Rumor has it Adele was here.