Veep Spent Yesterday Filming in Bethesda and Spring Valley

Folks in Bethesda’s Westmoreland Hills neighborhood woke up to an unusual sight yesterday morning—craft services trucks and camera crews rolling down the street towards the typically quiet Westmoreland Park. The reason? Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the cast of Veep were filming the show’s fifth season (the first four were shot in Baltimore, and most of the production now happens in LA). We can only imagine what characters Selina Meyer, Jonah Ryan, and Richard T. Splett were up to in the woods that back up to the Capital Crescent Trail—maybe Meyer has developed a murderous Frank Underwood streak?—but in the meantime, here are some shots from the day.

We work in the woods & we are serious about it. @thesamrichardson @timothycsimons #veep

A photo posted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@officialjld) on Feb 28, 2016 at 7:22am PST

DC VEEP first shot up. #veep #veep5

A photo posted by Timothy Simons (@timothycsimons) on Feb 28, 2016 at 5:26am PST

#veepseason5 #onlocation @timothycsimons @SamRichardson @VeepHBO pic.twitter.com/gDjFUbHnSW

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

#veepseason5 #writers #sleeping? #sunning? @VeepHBO pic.twitter.com/7n6pmIKYgI

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

#veepseason5 #washingtondc @VeepHBO @SamRichardson pic.twitter.com/GPTgqjyFV0

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

#veepseason5 #inthewoods @VeepHBO pic.twitter.com/LyiFVahoGA

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

#veepseason5 #cameracrew @VeepHBO pic.twitter.com/Z7MbDEZyuF

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

#veepseason5 #onlocation #washingtondc #firstshot @timothycsimons @VeepHBO pic.twitter.com/1HOFL6wBhn

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

Later, the cast and crew moved onto Spring Valley, the Northwest DC neighborhood where Louis-Dreyfus grew up:

We are on location in DC shooting #Veep and lo and behold we found ourselves in my old neighborhood. This is where I used to wait for the school bus and this is my Mom. #worlds colliding @veephbo @timothycsimons @thesamrichardson

A photo posted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@officialjld) on Feb 29, 2016 at 6:04am PST

And this is the house I grew up in. #Veep #worldscolliding @thesamrichardson

A photo posted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@officialjld) on Feb 29, 2016 at 6:07am PST

#veepseason5 #teamDC @SamRichardson @OfficialJLD @timothycsimons @VeepHBO pic.twitter.com/vGHiFN6vvs

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

#veepseason5 #4801Tilden #VPNixonHouse @VeepHBO pic.twitter.com/hYkiUaZsQ3

— David Mandel (@DavidHMandel) February 28, 2016

Ann Limpert

Executive Food Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.