Friday, February 19, 2010

In case you were wondering...

...what melon looks like when it sits out in The Commons over a 3-day weekend, here is a photo. I thought the janitors would have thrown it out Friday night but not so.

After

Before
Many thanks to Mr. Valentine #3 for the lovely gift delivered to the office on Friday.


In case you were wondering where your campaign contributions go...

Last night, roommate Dawn and I went out to dinner with fancy people at a fancy restaurant downtown. The city is full of staffers in town for CPAC, which I would know nothing about except for the fact that all my friends work in politics nowadays. When the bill came for this lavish meal, 'Bruce' took it and said "Don't worry guys, this one's on the PAC." Which I have come to learn means free dinner/drinks for all. Hands down best part of the night.

4 comments:

Hillary Bellus said...

ummm... how many valentines were there?

Lauren said...

I would love to know the names of the Valentines (and life stories of the two unknowns)...

Jan Hawkes said...

Mitt Romney gave a speech at CPAC that is supposed to have been very well done. Maybe you could be our secret agent and report on what the fancy PAC party insiders say about him - that is, if they talk shop at the parties at all.

Rachel F. said...

Hillary - Vday is historically complicated for me.. Email.

Lauren - So good to chat the other day. Email.

Jan - I linked to the youtube video of Mitt's speech, just click on CPAC in the post. It was very good and a huge contrast from the other conservative speakers of the day who were quite dull!

Word on the street is he is running again in 2012 (campaign group is being pulled together as we speak and will be headquartered in Boston even though the Romneys no longer live there). Whether he'll win the Republican nomination is still hotly debated, but they feel like they can mount a better campaign than last time. He works closely with Scott Brown. The whole process is said to be very hard on Ann. That's pretty much all I can remember right now...