Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girl

The Boss Goes Newsy

With all the White House Correspondents’ Dinner hype, you may have missed this one: Bruce Springsteen, the Boss himself, was in town last month for the nuptials of ABC’s Ali Weinberg, a journalist whose dad is drummer for the E Street Band, and CNN’s Josh Rogin. The Washington Post reported that it was quite the eclectic mix that attended — Wolf Blitzer and Steve Van Zandt to name two. Wonder what the topic of conversation was.

Georgetown: Neutral Ground?

Kathleen Matthews, who recently ran for Congress as a Democrat in Maryland (and lost to State Senator Jamie Raskin) hosted a fundraiser on N Street, as did Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). Georgetown — we ignore and cross state lines! Maybe they consider us
neutral ground?

Residence Juggling by Former Rep.’s Ex

Former Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) has moved out to the good old ’burbs. While he’s living the good life relatively out of the public eye, his ex-wife, LuAnn Bennett, spent the last few months getting harangued by the GOP about the condo she rents at the Ritz Carlton on 22nd Street. Republicans accused her of being an invader from D.C. (where her business is located). She told the Washington Post she rented out the property. According to her Financial Disclosure Report from the House of Representatives Ethics Committee, she received an income of $5,001 to $15,000 for the current year to filing (1-1-2015 to 3-15-2016), but the previous year she reported nothing. Zip. Zilch. Zero income. In addition to that whole mess, Bennett ran for Congress in the 10th District in Virginia, but numerous sites report that she no longer lives there and is in fact renting an apartment in McLean. Good thing Bennett didn’t win the election against Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) or else her mess would be a whole lot messier.

Publicists Skip WHCD, Pledge Allegiance to Bieber

Everyone knows the White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend is the hottest ticket in town, but not this year for publicists Erika Gutierrez and Victoria Michael. The self-described “Beliebers” said, sorry, but baby baby baby ohhh, we have to go to see Justin Bieber in concert at the Verizon Center April 30. Just think really hard about it, ladies, if you choose to get a new face tattoo a la Bieber.