Reliable Source: No, Betsy Fischer Martin will not get your coffee

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How do you get a reservation at Rose’s Luxury? Be Michelle Obama. Black SUVs parked ominously in an alley, hand-held metal detectors and a bunch of “really tall guys [in] suits”? Sounds like an easy recipe for a VVIP sighting. On Wednesday night, a tipster followed the whiff of the White House to Rose’s Luxury, the Barracks Row bistro crowned America’s best new restaurant by food Bible Bon Appetit. Secret Service agents at the front door? …  Read full article »

Vanessa Hudgens’s adorable goodbye-D.C. tour

Vanessa Hudgens, we hardly knew ye. The former Disney teen star is ending her run in the musical production of “Gigi” at the Kennedy Center this week. And the “High School Musical” triple threat is going out with a bang, touring D.C. in style. On Wednesday she selfied with one of the city’s signature landmarks: And …  Read full article »

That time Rosie O’Donnell skipped out on WHCD and Jon Stewart saved the day #TBT

In less than a week, “The View” co-host Rosie O’Donnell and “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart both announced they’re quitting their respective gigs. Stewart’s tearful announcement of his departure (set for later this year) after a 16-year stint satirizing the news shocked fans. On the other hand, O’Donnell’s exit – her second departure in seven years from …  Read full article »

No, Betsy Fischer Martin will not get your coffee

They flocked to a fancy basement, moonlighting as a swank whiskey bar, right off Pennsylvania Avenue. Multi-million-dollar business owners, senior vice presidents, higher ups in the administration, etc. all mingling in one room. And they all also happened to be women. So, of course, the conversation at Tuesday night’s gathering of Washington power brokers at the W Hotel’s …  Read full article »