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Anton Vuljaj

Media Consultant / Weird place traveler / Future Anthony Bourdain

#Weekend

Awesome events: St. Patrick’s Day is getting a head start in Old Town Alexandria at the 37th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday; Jim Gaffigan is bringing the funny to National Harbour Saturday and Sunday as part of his Fixer Upper comedy tour; Hank’s on the Hill is going Hair Metal this weekend beginning after brunch and ending well after your friends should’ve cut you off for the night; Watching the Oscars at the W Hotel might be the closest you can get to walking the red carpet.

From Anton: If the wind hasn’t destroyed Washington by Saturday morning, it finally looks like it may not be a rainy weekend so go outside. The Caps game is outdoors at Navy-Marine Corp Stadium.  Pretending like you’re finally going to buy a place in DC – check out these open houses or these. For a good workout check out CutSeven.  Get your weekend food events right here.

#Watch

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#NewsYouCanUse

Washington Life has named 2018’s Young and the Guest List highlighting DC’s young movers and shakers; And speaking of hustle, Washington DC is the fourth hardest working city in the US. Take that Wall Street; KFC really FCKed us over, but their apology was finger lickin’ good; Delta Airlines couldn’t curl less about the US Olympic Curling team bringing home the gold; PSA: Now is your chance to vote for the best place to buy fur handcuffs in DC! Act fast!

From Anton: It’s employee appreciation day – what did your bosses get you? The new $20 water taxis means breakfast at the Wharf then MGM all day. Is DC paying for pothole repairs? I bought a warehouse. Tip your Uber drivers.

#FamousForDC

ICYMI: This year’s NPF Awards Dinner was awesome – here’s the recap to prove it; This week, Children’s National Health System launched Make March Matter, a month-long campaign designed to bring the Greater DC community together in support of children’s health through a variety of fundraising programs and events; Famous high five to the hard working team at the Cavalier Daily!; And special shout out to Katja Cresanti – Ciao Bella!; Congratulations to Noelle Clemente for officially being an East Side Yogie; Stephen Martinko is CRUSHING #dadjokes; We miss Olivia Rogine; Allix Wright is awesome; Hi Alex Short; Are Brittany Havens, Macey Sevcik, Becky Card, Elena Hernandez ready for yoga?; Riva Scuito is a complete rockstar;  Anyone who watched Sean Hayes‘ Insta story yesterday knows Ruth Demeter puts up with a lot. Happy Birthday!; Hi Kyle Zebley!; Will Nicole Tisdale ever do a SoulCycle ride? Luis Lopez reads every word of this email and we love you for it!; Congrats to, Lauren Bailey Pillsbury for being a top TTR Sothebys agent; Jim Billimoria, is Amazon coming to DC?; We wish we could dress as well as, Jessica Boulanger; Liz Goodwin, you’re awesome; Rachel Zavala, welcome to DC!; Chris Perrin is a great American; Calling Archie Smart… We need to borrow, Freedom Eagle One; Millie’s restaurant is awesome; Thank you for TransitScreen, Ryan Croft; Welcome back from Dorn Jared and Sarah Eichhorn; Eric Vandenberg is great at keeping the lights on; We miss Matt and Molly Haase; We were told that Geoff Embler was once voted “Best Dressed” by his classmates; Could Scott Schmidt hit a half court basketball shot?; Matthew Faraci is everywhere; Who will be joining Juliane Sullivan on the Cap2Cap bike ride?; Kristin Heather loves the Ohio statehouse; Joanna Piacenza is a must follow reporter; Safe and happy trails, Mr. Jonah Van Why; Does Nikki Schwab approve of the cherry blossoms pop-up bar?; We want to meet Red in person Alex Schriver; Keep the Old Town Alexandria pics coming Erin Ebert; Has Paul Kane recovered from all the Streetcar news?; Keep your eye out for the DMV’s own Rayshun Lamarr on The Voice!; Is there a better American burger than the one at Le Diplomate?; Mark Borelli is the coolest kid in the world; Feel better Charles Sublett!; Congrats to the 2018 SPSA Exec Board! President: Megan Whittemore (Perdue) and Board Members: Ashton Davies (Alexander), Rob Sumner (Crapo), Shannon Beckham (Bennet), Christine Brennan (EPW/Carper), Tyler Hernandez (Capito), Meredith Jones (Kennedy), Vanessa Valdivia (Heinrich); Rachel Holland (Press Sec for Rep. Hurd) is too cool for her own birthday party; Ryan Thompson should start a Beagle Trade Association.

From Anton: Carl Sceusa, Megan Foote and Bubba Atkinson are morning meme masters – stay tuned; Sam Smith FINALLY put her hand down; Charlie Atkinson should have her own Instagram; Sam Jacobson is crushing it on and off the courts; Nick Johnston should stop doing TV; Shannon Vavra signed up (Lexi McCammonddidn’t); Ben Glatt misses DC; This is Jazz the cat’s cameo. #GoBlue cc: Neal Rothschild and Gabe Egan; Ask Tim Cameron about Madabolic; If you need a trainer, hire Bryan Crossley; Where’s Rob Saliterman?; Brian Danza will be a YouTube star soon; Shane Savitsky can’t tweet; Kate Meissner is being healthy; Greg Lemon really wants to ride the Trans Siberian Rails; Jack Gerard is on fire; When are Nick and Brittany Heyd coming to visit?

#MakingMoves by S-3 Public Affairs

 A big congratulations to Politico Congressional reporter Rachel Bade on her new additional role as a political analyst for CNN; Two shifts at The Atlantic: Denise Wills has been named as the magazine’s first features editor; Yoni Appelbaum will assume the role as editor of the new Ideas section; The Washington Post has named veteran reporter Amie Ferris-Rotman as its new Moscow correspondent; Also at the Post, political reporter and former CNN contributor David Fahrenthold has been named a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC; Vox adds former Newsweek staff writer Zachary Fryer-Biggs as an intelligence and national security reporter; Paul Singer, Washington correspondent and politics editor for USA Today, is joining the New England Center for Investigative Reporting and WGBH News as investigations editor; Politico adds Annie Yu, former audience engagement editor for the L.A. Times, as director of engagement; Also at Politico, Bloomberg BNA senior reporter Kyle Daly has joined the outlet as deputy technology editor; Chandelis Roshae, who has been acting editor of NBCBLK for the past five months, has a new role as a reporter for NBC News; Current managing editor for theGrio, Todd Johnson, is joining the NBCBLK team as editorial manager; Former digital director for the Senate Republican Conference Robbie Myers is making moves to the Department of Energy as its new digital director; The National Restaurant Association welcomes Matt Simeon, most recently a principal at Locust Street Group, as its new vice president of advocacy communications; On team McConnell: Policy advisor Erica Suares has a new role as liaison to the business community. And from the Budget Committee, director of coalitions and outreach Jim Neill will now handle conservative coalitions; McConnell alum Hannah Hummelberg has joined the Department of Homeland Security as special assistant to the chief of staff; After nearly three years with the Bipartisan Policy Center, communications expert Robert Traynham is making moves to Facebook’s DC team; Also at Facebook, Jason White has been promoted to director of news partnerships for North America; Former legislative director and chief counsel to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Kirtan Mehta is leaving his post as senior vice president for congressional relations at the American Bankers Association to run Gov. Phil Murphy’s D.C. office; Former RNC director of digital strategy Tyler Brown has started his own consulting firm, Hadron Strategies; Koch industries adds previous communications director for former Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) Matthew Lavoie as a director of trade policy. Before this, Lavoie was a senior communications representative for Caterpillar Inc. and prior to this, a senior director at the National Association of Manufacturers; After a year as director of international policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Derek Gianino has rejoined the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition as its new national engagement director; From the National Association of Surety Bond Producers, Shannon Crawford recently joined the Plastics Industry Association as director of state government affairs; Chobani welcomes Mark Broadhurst, former director of government relations for U.S. and Canada for Mars Inc., as its new senior director of government affairs; Kristen O’Neill, most recently health policy director for Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), is joining Wynne Health Group as a vice president; Former executive director of the CIA (2013-2017) Meroe Park is joining the Partnership for Public Service as executive vice president; Independent Women’s Voice has named Tammy Bruce as its new president. Bruce is the former president of the National Organization for Women and currently serves as a contributor for Fox News and Fox Business; At Boeing, senior vice president of government operations Tim Keating has been promoted to executive vice president of government operations. Keating has led public policy efforts for the company since 2008 and spearheaded the launch of the Boeing Global Engagement organization in 2017; And finally, congratulations to Robert Hoffman, who is joining Accenture to lead government relations in North America. Hoffman most recently led Invariant’s technology practice, and before this was corporate vice president of government affairs for Motorola Solutions; Noa Gutterman is heading to San Francisco to run marketing for Her. Prior, Noa was an Associate Director of Digital Strategy for Axios. #DoBigThings
  

#Birthdays

Famous birthday wishes to Nicole Tryon, Melissa Werring, Jackie Bourassa, Andrea Ricco, Emily Miller, Elaina Plott, Vaughn Hillyard, Kelsey Wessels, Emily Milligan, Maya Blankenship, Mary Shaffer Willetts, Giulia Giannangeli, Ruth Demeter, Dan Conston, Andrew Fimka, Craig Anderson, Andrea Riccio, Bob Brennan, Wade Payson-Denny, Enid Doggett, Mat Pierson, Christine Kim, David Poff, Tobias Sellier, Joe Brettell, Lindsay Casale Abbott, Kevin Madden, Cheryl Jaeger, Elaina Plott, Dan Conston, Patrick Gavin, Kate Glassman Bennett, Robert Dillon, Allison Kaminsky Putala, Susan Stoner Zook, Carol Danko, Kate Michael, Josh Holly and Kristan King Nevins!

#BYE

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