Brandie Smith - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:00:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Brandie Smith - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 National Zoo Welcomes Two New Asian Elephants https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/11/07/national-zoo-welcomes-two-new-asian-elephants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-zoo-welcomes-two-new-asian-elephants Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:00:58 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1604777 It’s all “midterms this“and “midterms that” at the moment, but here’s good news to get your mind off the political: The National Zoo welcomed two new Asian elephants last night.  Described as an “energetic, dynamic duo” with sweet and friendly dispositions, a 19-year-old named Trong Nhi (pronounced “trong-nee”) and her daughter, a 9-year-old named Nhi […]

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What It’s Like to Deliver a Baby Panda https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/08/what-its-like-to-deliver-a-baby-panda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-its-like-to-deliver-a-baby-panda Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:00:30 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1569961 Working at the National Zoo certainly has its perks. Most people end a stressful day with some exercise or a glass of wine. Brandie Smith gets to cuddle with a tenrec. “If I was having a rough day or week, I would go to our Small Mammal House,” she says. (Smith has stopped doing these […]

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