Your guide to the region's top events, mixed with some commentary about life, media, gossip and politics in Washington, DC.
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Jackie Kucinich
While the “bridge to nowhere” in Alaska is probably the most famous earmark of recent years, Congress’s latest half-trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill set a new record for lawmaker largess—some 9,000 earmarks slipped through with little scrutiny.
Match the lawmaker to his or her nature-related earmark: a. $1,540,000 for an Appalachian Fruit Lab 1. Senator Dick Durbin b. $223,000 for beaver management 2. Senator Elizabeth Dole c. $234,000 for olive-fruit-fly research 3. Senator Robert Byrd d. $244,000 for bee research 4. Senators Mike Crapo and Larry Craig e. $185,000 for asparagus technology and production 5. Senator Harry Reid f. $1,125,000 for Mormon-cricket research 6. Congressman Mike Thompson g. $113,000 for rodent control 7. Senator Ted Stevens h. $1,094,000 for rainbow-trout assistance 8. Senator Saxby Chambliss i. $353,000 to study the Asian long-horned beetle 9. Congressman Chet Edwards j. $132,000 for peanut research 10. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray
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Category Tags: Power Players, The Hill
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Kim Eisler
Could superlawyer Robert Bennett’s dirty little secret be that he’s a softy?
Bennett believes the old saying that in Washington your only true friend is your dog. Photograph by Matthew Worden.
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Category Tags: Power Players
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Rachel Cothran
A dressed to kill crowd of young Washingtonians gathered at the French Embassy for a gala in support of DanceDC.
Want to see more photos from Washington events and parties? Click here for Washingtonian.com's photo slideshow page. What: The Washington Ballet’s annual Jeté Society Dance Party. The gala is thrown by and largely for the ballet’s young-membership group, which supports the ballet’s signature education program, DanceDC.
This year’s theme: What Happens at the Embassy. . . Stays at the Embassy.
Where: Vegas . . . er, the French Embassy on Reservoir Road in Georgetown.
When: Saturday, January 26, from 9 PM to 1 AM.
Attire: “Dress to kill.”
Who: Event chairs Ashley Taylor and Winston Bao Lord were introduced by artistic director Septime Webre while the ballet’s executive-director-slash-dancer Kay Kendall hit the dance floor along with a slew of Washington’s young social set. Jeté Society president Elika Hemphill and her steering committee deserve praise for exceeding their $65,000 fundraising goal far before raffle and casino totals had come in.
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Category Tags: Scene, Nightlife
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Emily Leaman
Election results are one of the few things on which pundits’ on-air or online predictions can be held to account. Who got it right in the first two contests of the 2008 presidential race?
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Category Tags: Race for the White House
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Kate Nerenberg
People and pets alike enjoyed a night of glamour and delicious treats from some of the area's best pastry chefs.
Want to see more photos from Washington events and parties? Click here for Washingtonian.com's photo slideshow page. What: The sixth annual Sugar & Champagne Affair to benefit the Washington Humane Society. Two-legged attendees were encouraged to bring their four-legged friends, and both groups were treated to desserts from some of the area’s top pastry chefs. This year’s event honored WHS humane-law-enforcement and animal-control officers.
Where: The Galleria at Lafayette Center
When: Thursday, January 24, 7 to 9 PM
Who: The event was hosted by Ellen and Todd Gray of the DC restaurant Equinox. Miss District of Columbia, Chelsey Rodgers, coordinated a gold sparkling dress with her little pup’s attire, which proclaimed him a “gold digger,” while Apple, a four-month-old American foxhound up for adoption, was easy to spot in his orange vest. Traer Scott, author of the photo books Shelter Dogs and Street Dogs, signed copies.
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Category Tags: Scene
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