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#Weekend

Awesome events: We know you want to escape reality – Parallel Universe at Artechouse will help you do just that; Get ready beer baes! The Bruery store – a California delicacy – opens its doors at Union Market today!; Edgar Allen Poe would be 209 years young this January and wants to celebrate with you tonight at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore; March on with your bad self; Don’t let the cold weather make you cold – show winter you ain’t scared Saturday at Ice Yards at Yards Park; Tis the season to carbo-load and DC Winter Restaurant Week wants to help you achieve your goals. Here’s a neighborhood guide to eating your way through next week; And for those of you avoiding carbs at all costs, a guide to Whole 30-friendly restaurants

#Sponsored

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#Watch

It’s here! The moment you’ve (we’ve) been waiting like all week for. Our latest joyride around DC proves our theory that you can’t survive a single day on just one cup of coffee.

#NewsYouCanLose

We can’t stop watching this video of Sen. Orrin Hatch taking off the glasses he’s not wearing (mainly because it’s on loop h/t Jon Levine); Can you pass the presidential examination? (Our guess is yes); Instagram added a new feature you might want to turn off; DC is in the running to be Amazon’s next HQ! (It just has to beat out 19 other promising cities); When (opposite) worlds collide.

#EditorsPick

Meet Matt Corrado – an artist and designer based in DC. Matt’s artwork can be seen across the DMV, with his latest completed community mural in the Brentwood neighborhood. Learn more in our latest interview.

#FamousMerch

Show that shutdown who’s boss (even if your boss doesn’t agree).

#FamousForDC

Huge shout out to the Axios team on year one! High five Roy Schwartz, Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei, Nick Johnston, Sara Fischer, Kate Meissner, Ali Rubin, Bubba Atkinson, Jonathan Swan, Caitlin Owens, Kerry McNellis, Sam Jacobson; This WAC Communicators video from the Missouri Farm Bureau will make you think twice next time you put your rubber duck in the tub #FloatUs #CleanWaterClearRules; Big win for John Goodwin; Kelsey Jones Art had a stunning adult realization; Phil Beshara has a dope portrait matchup; You can make breakfast for us anytime, Katy Johnson; Selfie skills on point, Amy Graham and Jim Durrett; Sarah Morris said yes to the dress; To download or not to download the portrait picture app, ask Carithers Halbrook; Molly Boyce Edgington is doing brunch the right way (follow MABE Wellness to do the same); Happy anni, Kate Nocera!; Goeff Embler is twinning in his portrait picture; Another year, another decade Andrew Robreno #HBD; Happy Uncle-ing, Bob Costa!; Nothing beats dogs and football #rolltide Virginia Beckett Rodman; Jackie Huelbig has 34 reasons to celebrate this weekend (h/t Brian Wohlert); Doug Andres has officially dropped off Jimmy Kimmel’s Holiday Card list; Mick Kaplan hasn’t seen his name in lights in a few weeks; Michael Connolly has strong opinions about the MLB pitch clock; Hello Tim Berry!; Will Todd Boulanger still be chirping about the Patriots come Monday?; S-3 Soul tally: Matt Bravo 2, Amos Snead 0; Jon Adams isn’t getting much sleep, but likely doesn’t care; Thank you, Kelsey Lubatkin!

#MakingMoves by S-3 Public Affairs

Congratulations to Beer Institute communications director Dan Roth on his promotion to senior director of public affairs. Roth joined the trade association in 2016, after serving as communications director for Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA); Business Insider political correspondent Natasha Bertrand is making moves to The Atlantic; Also joining The Atlantic as a contributing editor is writer and programmer James Somers; ABC News has named Zachary Keisch, most recently with WNYW, as a correspondent; Robert Cogan is rejoining Rep. Diane Black’s (R-TN) office as chief of staff; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer recently added former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) as a senior counsel. This comes after Dodd retired from the Motion Picture Association of America last year, after serving as CEO for nearly six years; Forbes Tate is adding former Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL) to its public affairs practice; From the Podesta Group, Katelyn Battaglia and Laura Derby are joining Signal Group as senior manager and vice president; Former senior vice president and general counsel of the Export-Import Bank Angela Freyre is joining the financial services practice at Squire Paton Boggs. Freyre is also a Obama administration veteran, having served s a special advisor for Cuba policy for the NSC; Former press secretary for the Republican Party of Texas, Jamie Bennett, recently joined the Potomac Strategy Group as a vice president; Scott Gemperline, most recently on the public affairs team at Hill+Knowlton, is joining the Brunswick Group as account director; Facebook has added Romney 2008 and RNC alum Caroline Weyforth Glanville to its corporate media relations team. Glanville most recently was head of partnerships, media, content and marketing for Flipboard and also spent time as head of operations and chief of staff for the Jonas Group; Former Florida state Rep. Jose Felix Díaz, who most recently was of counsel at Akerman, is joining Ballard Partners as a senior vice president; Fenway Strategies adds former deputy director of speechwriting for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Hillary For America managing editor Kat Kane as a principal; As reported by Playbook, NAM has added senior Treasury legislative affairs adviser Jordan Stoick as vice president of government relations; Obama ’08 campaign alum and former chief of staff to the 22nd secretary of the Army Alex Wagner has joined the Aerospace Industries Association as vice president and senior advisor to the president; From JPMorgan Chase, Shannon Aimone recently joined Wells Fargo as head of political programs; Leaving Wells Fargo is former Treasury official Chris Rosello, who has accepted a new role as U.S. head of public affairs for HSBC USA; After two decades, PGE’s Melissa Lavinson is leaving the company to join Pepco Holdings as senior vice president of government relations and external affairs; And finally, a big congrats to Carl Sceusa, former CTO of IMGE, on his new role as CEO of Revv, the fundraising technology used on 6 presidential campaigns last cycle

#Birthdays

Famous birthday wishes to Elena Hernandez and Dan Schneider (both press secretaries for the House Energy and Commerce Committee h/t Jordan Davis), Victoria Langton, Rebecca Berg, Erin Lange, Erin Veltman, Caroline Holman, Jonathan Grella, Jon Shinkle, Lauren Grella, Rebecca Glover, Ashley Codianni, Patricia Mattison Craft, David Schnittger, Rob Collins, Gretchen Carlson, Ellie Knust, Kensey Berry, Catherine Valentine and Lindsay Monaghan!

#BYE

Shutting down in 3, 2, 1…