Stories by Warren Rojas:
May 17, 2013
Her interest piqued by the latest Noshtalgia column, Sioux Falls, S.D., native Heather Fluit reached out to HOH about her epicurean Everest.
May 17, 2013
The third annual Lamb Jam, a gustatory carnival for unabashed carnivores, is happening Monday night at Eastern Market. And HOH has the skinny on how two of the competing chefs plan to woo even the most sheepish diners into their respective camps.
May 16, 2013
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is very worried about lots of things these days. But rather than obsess about them in isolation, he’s inviting everyone to weigh in on the political head-scratchers as part of his “Issue Advisers” campaign.
May 16, 2013
Local tennis fans gathered Wednesday night at the Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C., to thank tennis great Chris Evert and former Sen. John Breaux, D-La., for their continued support of the Junior Tennis Champions Center.
May 16, 2013
“Toasted ravioli (meat), deep-fried Twinkies,” read the terribly succinct response to our open call for hard-to-find regional foodstuffs.
May 14, 2013
American Craft Beer Week is once again upon us.
May 14, 2013
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy had a little time to kill before formally kicking off Tuesday morning’s Judiciary Committee markup on an immigration overhaul. So the Vermont Democrat vamped a bit about how much he loathes spending time in the bowels of the Dirksen Senate Office Building:
May 14, 2013
If your understanding of what exactly the Hungarian American Caucus has been up to in recent years is as clear as a bowl of paprika-spiked goulash, allow HOH to bring you up to speed.
May 14, 2013
In Minnesota today, the First Amendment is a beautiful thing.
May 13, 2013
“Saturday Night Live” had some fun with last week’s marathon Benghazi hearing, marrying House Republicans’ fervor for media attention with the basic tenet of sweeps week programming, like stunt casting:
May 10, 2013
Budding filmmaker Jaiden Frost doesn’t necessarily consider himself a political animal. But he’s waded into the field with his recent tribute to pre-eminent lady politician Hillary Rodham Clinton, “White Room”:
May 10, 2013
Sometimes words make no sense, especially here at HOH.
May 9, 2013
Forget about what may or may not be happening on the floor.
May 9, 2013
After 30-plus years of being at the forefront of American — nay, global — dining, one could forgive world-renowned toque and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck for slowing down a bit.
May 9, 2013
Rep. David Schweikert was having a rough go of it Wednesday night — a side effect of going cold turkey on excess sugar:
May 9, 2013
An eagle-eyed Capitol Hill visitor spotted the vanity-plated Benz belonging to former Sen. Gordon H. Smith, R-Ore. — now head of the National Association of Broadcasters — cold-chilling in front of the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday.
May 8, 2013
Some lawmakers complain about spinning their wheels while they are stuck here in Washington, D.C. Rep. Tim Griffin can’t wait to do that just as soon as he gets back home.
May 8, 2013
Now that the people of South Carolina’s 1st District have spoken, Democrats would need a restraining order to keep returning lawmaker Mark Sanford out of the U.S. Capitol.
May 7, 2013
From the looks of things, Secretary of State John Kerry might be a tad early for his meeting at the Kremlin.
May 7, 2013
As the House prepares to consider legislation on Wednesday on comp-time legislation, House Republicans have been urging working-class Americans to share how they might spend comp days via the #Yourtime thread.
May 7, 2013
When last we checked in on Rep. Scott Rigell, the Virginia Republican was busy propping up various fast-food franchises stretched between Capitol Hill and Hampton Roads, Va.
May 6, 2013
Rep. Jason Chaffetz suffered a rude awakening Sunday, when his lunch plans were foiled by a pair of tightly shuttered doors.
April 26, 2013
White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner weekend got under way Thursday night, and the pretty, pretty people were all about shaking their groove things at Rock the Vote’s “Spin Room” fiesta at Heist.
April 25, 2013
Barracks Row breakfast titan Ted’s Bulletin is branching out yet again — this time, hopping across the river to give Northern Virginians a taste of what they’ve been missing.
