The place to be in DC tonight if you are a hotshot in politics, journalism, or baseball was George Will’s annual baseball party. He is a big baseball fan so he invites all the DC elite and the Washington Nationals over for drinks at the opening of each season. My friend Sarah is his niece. She invited me to his party last year but she was late getting back in to town and made a late appearance without me. She said Dick Cheney was there (the Secret Service made sure no one stole her bike) and that she upset Alan Greenspan and he walked away from her. This January Obama was over at George’s for dinner.
Sarah told me it was business casual so I wore the same clothes I wore to the office but we didn’t realize business casual meant a tie and jacket with these people. I was the only guy there without a tie although there were quite a few bow ties. He had a valet service out front and a large catering truck in the driveway. The first floor of the house was packed and out the back door was a heated tent. It was an elaborate thing customized to his house and porch with multiple rooms to fit his backyard.
Sarah and I can’t recognize anyone in politics, journalism, or the Nationals team. We were literally rubbing up against all the whose-who of DC without having a clue who anyone was. I did recognize George Stephanopoulos and Alan Greenspan. Sam Donaldson is hard to miss and he hung out with us for a bit being quite friendly. Cokie Roberts and Supreme Court Justices Scalia and Alito were there. Many of the old faces looked familiar and there were lots of senator lapel pins. Some Capitol Hill staffer would have been in heaven.
The one beer being served at the open bar was Brooklyn’s Pennant Ale ’55.
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