On May 1st, the W Hotel, in collaboration with FotoDC and Brightest Young Things, hosted an opening reception of the White House News Photographers Association’s presidential photography archive. The collection highlights the personal and professional ventures of presidents and politicians, from 1900 to the present. The collection will continue to […]
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1776 partners with Union Kitchen for Challenge Festival 2014
1776 is a platform to reinvent the world by connecting the hottest startups with the resources they need to excel. From our Campus a few blocks from the White House, 1776 serves as a global hub for startups tackling major challenges in education, energy, health care, government, and other critical […]
Recipe: Homemade Crab Rangoons
Crab rangoons are delicious. That’s a fact. If you don’t know what crab rangoons are they’re essentially a seasoned mixture of crab meat and cream cheese folded inside a wonton wrapper and fried. They are typically found on any Chinese delivery menu or buffet. If you’ve never had any good […]
Five things you may not know about Scotch
DC loves our Scotch. It’s a scientific fact. But here are five things you may not know about Scotch. 1). You know who loves Scotch more than you? The French. That’s right, I said it. France consumes more Scotch than any other country. (The U.K. is the second-biggest consumer and […]
The only thing you need to know for Cinco de Mayo: a FIVE PORK TACO at El Ray!
I’ll see your Doritos Locos taco, raise you a KFC double-down concept, and wrap all that in a bacon quilt that would make Martha Stewart cry, and throw in some lettuce, because, you know, you’re welcome Michelle Obama (healthy and all), and present the best thing ever made. Enter the […]
Top Ten Brunch Rules
Growing up in a small town, Sunday brunch was either held at the local Waffle House or Cracker Barrel. And don’t give me wrong, I love my hashbrowns smothered and covered just like the next person, but I never knew what constituted a proper brunch until coming to DC. Now […]
W Hotel POV Previews Spring Cocktail Menu
The W Hotel sure knows how to throw a good party! To celebrate the launch of their rooftop bar POV’s spring cocktail menu they had the “Rooftop Riviera” party this week with destination themed bars, beauty stations from Bliss Spa, snacks and a photo booth. With a perfect sunset and […]
[UPDATE: No] Is Nancy Pelosi getting a tattoo?
UPDATE: Well, now Nancy Pelosi’s “tattoo” makes a lot more sense now that the #WHCD is over. Thanks to The Hill’s Heard on The Hill for following up. On April 24th in the afternoon one of our contributors spotted a large police presence followed by Capitol Police doing a security […]
Capitol Hill INTERN Bingo
It’s intern season! All the judgmental things we Hill staffers all think at some point as we walk through the marble halls of the U.S. Capitol. Tourists and constituents eye roll-inducing questions, staffers on a power trip, or interns incapable of making a copy. We’ve all heard it, we’ve all […]
17 DC Warm Weather Problems
District dwellers have endured a tough winter that has continued far too long into this thing allegedly called “Spring.” And we hate it. And we complain, a lot, about it. But it’s not just the cold we hate. Here are 17 things you’re likely to hear as DC temps begin […]
Video: the best (or worst) wedding save the date of all time. Ever.
HuffPo is reporting that, “According to the Above the Law blog, this is the “save the date” wedding video for Bambo Obaro and Janice Jentz — a fourth-year Weil Gotshal associate and a family law practitioner, respectively — who met at University of San Francisco Law.” This video, is epic. […]
Daikaya: Worthy of GQ’s top 25 restaurants in America
We are a cult culture. Be it throwback fashion with a nod to Mallrats, cliche food trucks, or 1950s style diner food being revamped, we like and thrive off all things niche. Enter Daikaya & ramen. This isn’t the three-for-one-dollar ramen packs you ate in college. Well, it is, and […]