The “1st Annual Jack Heatherly ‘Trey’ Lefler III Memorial Golf Tournament” is a Members Only event memorializing his fateful car accident in November. However, a $20 donation gets you into the kick-off party at THE SPACE club (901 N St. NW). Benefits University of the South scholarships. Friday, June 13th, 8:00 pm.
Donation accepted regardless of [...]

The world is twittering out of control. Social networks, seemingly, are taking over. And yet—the happy hour remains a staple of our lives.  The preeminence of that sacred institution remains—even when the occasion is to celebrate a Web 2.0 service called “Help a Reporter Out”.
Peter Shankman is a flack who likes helping journalists connect to [...]

Every once in a while an article comes out ranking past presidents–great, near-great, complete failure, etc. Who says? And on what are they basing those ratings?  Heritage is going gangbusters to fix the ratings to focus on specific categories-character, competence, foreign policy, among others-to take the focus away from high-rating big government leaders and give credit [...]

If judged by the sheer amount of people in attendance, the First Friday 1-year anniversary happy hour yesterday was a resounding success – by 6 p.m., it was almost impossible to move through the super-packed front bar of Lounge 201, and by 7 the First Friday crowd was, by necessity, spilling over into other parts of the bar. But let’s delve a little deeper (with photo evidence!), shall we?

(all photos courtesy Chris Anderson)
As torrential rain poured and the threat of tornadoes loomed ominously over the Washington area, the streets of Foggy Bottom clogged up with traffic - commuters seeking the fastest route out of the city, busses crawling behind schedule, barely moving cabs filled with passengers no doubt cursing the new meter system. [...]

Where were you circa 1999? I was hugely into ska, which, for all of 35 seconds held a toe-hold in the zeitgeist. Of course, one of my favorite bands was The Pietasters, who, I pleasantly found out earlier this week, still exist. (They recently played a show with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones who also, it [...]

Photo from the itsfirstfrday Flickr photostream
This Friday, Derek Hunter and the First Friday gang will be celebrating one year of monthly GOP schmoozing and boozing at the Union Pub with a special guest, House Republican Leader John Boehner, and a special location, Lounge 201. Festivities start at 5:30 and go ‘til 9 p.m. and, as [...]

Whether you’re on the list at every exclusive watering hole in Georgetown or merely got a cheap thrill out of Wonkette’s old “Last Week’s Shots” column, you probably know what The Madison is.  The organization of 100 young Washington women has chosen the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure as their philanthropic cause this [...]

Are you an air head?
If so, come to the event that will determine who in D.C. is the best at rocking out on a non-existent guitar.
The U.S. Air Guitar Championships will be held in the 9:30 Club on Wednesday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Go to http://usairguitar.com/ for ticket information and a video of the 2007 [...]

If last year’s AFF Prom theme was “Under the Sea” (or rather, under the torrential downpour), this year’s theme was certainly “Underneath the Stars”.
The gorgeous weather, a sort of karmic correction for last year’s monsoon, served the event well - the party stayed outside for the most part, creating an epic evening where the divide [...]