Exciting news! It’s my first week at
@axios
where I’ll be one of the reporters writing the DC newsletter. I’m still covering all things real estate, development, lifestyle, and kooky/weird, so plz send me pitches mimi.montgomery
@axios
.com
As members of the Washingtonian editorial staff, we want our CEO to understand the risks of not valuing our labor. We are dismayed by Cathy Merrill’s public threat to our livelihoods. We will not be publishing today.
Side note: I did the interview from my childhood bedroom, and I had to lock the door because my mom (huge CNN viewer) kept trying to stick her head in and go "TELL ABBY I SAID HI"
I had the honor of profiling
@abbydphillip
for
@washingtonian
, where we talked about growing up in Washington, her upcoming book on Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, and anchoring CNN's election night coverage:
being a journalist is so weird bc your daily to-do list will read, like "1) text bear lady, 2) jimmy carter, 3) file expense for baja blast taste test" and that's a totally normal day
DC TWITTER: I'm looking for DC-centric nightmare dating stories for a piece! Examples: riding a Bird scooter to a first date and crashing it, getting into a fight about healthcare policy, hooking up with someone on your kickball team and then things got awkward...anything DC-ish!
Coworking with my 60-year-old dad from my childhood home and I feel like I'm living with Robert De Niro in The Intern—he legit is wearing a button down and cashmere sweater to work in our living room and started a call at 8 AM like wtf come on man you're making me look bad
Unfortunately, I have to stay at my desk today and "do my job" and therefore can't go on a Harry Styles search, so I rounded up some of the internet reactions to DC Styles Mania 2k20:
DC people: Were you planning on doing dry January, but then promptly abandoned that idea as soon as the Capitol mob attack occurred/the world seemed to generally be ending? If so, DM me, please 🙏
💫💫 Some newz 💫💫 Today is my last day at
@MartinAgency
! I'm heading back to
@washingtonian
to be the Home & Features Editor, where I'll manage the home design and real estate sections, write long-form features, and other fun stuff!
Just realized I published my 500th story for
@washingtonian
last week...I shall treat myself to an extra lap around the living room tonight to celebrate!
did it hurt? when u reached ur limit on free stories and then tried to open the link on 3 different web browsers and then on incognito mode and then on ur phone and then on ur mom's phone but the internet has gotten too smart so u save the link to read next month but then forget?
Some ✨💫news 💫 ✨, as they say: Today is my last day at
@washingtonian
! After 3.5 years, I'm leaving to be the Senior Editorial Writer at
@MartinAgency
. I'm super excited about the new adventure, but also so sad to leave my amazing, funny, and talented coworkers-turned-friends
DC-area people: How has Covid made you rethink your relationship with the city? Have you decided to move to the suburbs for more space if you're able to WFH? Have you opted to leave the city entirely and move elsewhere? Has it cut your mid-20s/group house years short? Lmk!
My piece on 2020 dating in DC includes 25 stories that will 1) warm your tiny heart 2) make you take a vow of celibacy: think a first date that ended at a Secret Service bunker, the person dating an alleged WH leaker, or a couple that DTR'd bc of bedbugs
DC peeps: I've seen people posting videos/pics on social of them walking around the city drinking restaurant to-go cocktails. 1) This seems fun & 2) have we decided to just screw it and drink in public these days, bc why not? I want to hear ur thoughts on this for a story, DM me
I put together a list of where folks can continue to follow the Washington Post journalists who took buyouts — I'll be updating this as I get more info, so DM me if you'd like to be added!
DC people: Once restrictions are lifted, will you immediately go to all the bars/restaurants/clubs you missed? Or will you be reticent to go out in the world? I'm curious if we'll enter a phase of bacchanalia after being cooped up, or if the exact opposite will happen
When the pandemic hit, we scrapped our original May issue and put this one together in a month. It's the first Washingtonian issue to be 100% assembled and written remotely, and our team worked their assess off to get it out the door. We will get through this ♥️
My grandmother passed away three weeks ago. Because of Covid-19, no one in my family got to say goodbye to her. It's been very hard and sad, and at times has felt really unfair. I wrote an essay about what it's like to lose someone during a quarantine:
My latest feature for
@washingtonian
is about all the crazy stuff people in DC put up with to find housing—think creating your own memes, sending around literal housing resumes, living in backyard sheds, and even (semi) nude photoshoots 😱
RIP to the Chinatown Hooters, which I visited for this story last year. No other restaurant has ever served me a plate of nachos and tried to convince me it was a salad. Truly one of a kind
Today is my last day
@washingtonian
— more to come about what's next, but you can still find me in DC writing my weird little stories 😎 I will miss all my wonderful, talented, kind coworkers immensely ❤️And a friendly reminder to follow + support
@WashGuild
!!!!
I went to my first concert solo last night and guess what fellow ppl with social anxiety — it was totally fine!!!! No one gave a shit about the weird girl dancing all by herself!!!! (Also side note — v glad to be back at
@930Club
for the first time since early 2020)
Law students from George Washington, Howard, and Georgetown have a table on Constitution where they’re registering folks to vote and work the polls, handing out water and snacks, and have materials to make signs.
**some news** I’ll be moving into the associate editor role at
@washingtonian
to cover health, fitness, design, retail, beauty and all things lifestyle! Have pitches? I’m still at mmontgomery
@washingtonian
.com
In light of
@LauraHayesDC
recent news that American Ice Company, The Brixton, Echo Park, El Rey, The Gibson, Marvin, and Players Club are closing, what are some of your favorite memories from these spots? Best (or worst😱) first dates? Meet-cutes? Nights out with pals? LMK!
Today is my first day as Home & Features editor at
@washingtonian
! Have a home design, DIY or real estate story you wanna pitch? DM or email me: mmontgomery
@washingtonian
.com
For a
@washingtonian
article: I'm looking to speak with DC-area women who stopped drinking during the pandemic or reevaluated their relationship with alcohol during COVID and are now drinking less. Does this sound like you? Let's chat — DMs are open! 💕
My newest
@washingtonian
feature is out! I spent a July weekend at Seacrets, the 19-bar behemoth party spot in Ocean City that's like a mix of Universal Studios + the MTV Spring Break set—and where, for a moment, it almost felt like Covid never happened:
Woke up with a terrible headache this morning—like a drank-a-bucket-of-Mike's Hards-with-zero-water kind of headache—and just realized that...I think I have a coup hangover?
No, DC isn't dead, but bc of the pandemic, some folks have suddenly realized they don't have to physically stay here for a job or school. So they're moving abroad, heading to a farm, or traveling the country via car. My latest feature for
@washingtonian
:
Okay, y'all, what's something actually GOOD that happened to you last night? I'll start: We purchased a new kind of smoked gouda from the market by our house and it turned out to be excellent, definitely buying again
My field guide to dating in DC is in our latest issue which hits newsstands tomorrow! I LOVE how it turned out and also that I got to listen to people tell me weird hook-up stories (I mean, seriously weird) for hours and get paid for it 😍
The editorial staff of Washingtonian is proud to announce that we have formed a union with
@newsguild
. Today we’re asking management to recognize
@WashGuild
.
My latest feature for
@washingtonian
is a wild ride: This millennial real estate agent pulls out all the stops to market insane, multi-million-dollar mansions (think helicopter rides, Lamborghinis, and drones) and then puts it all on TikTok 👀👀
My latest for
@axios
: I wrote about how everyone’s collectively unwell post-panda departure, but perhaps no one more so than the panda-obsessed influencer who took a red-eye to DC to see the bears yesterday AM only to discover…they were peacing out:
Today is my pal
@ecwilliams30
last day
@washingtonian
. Since we started together 2 years ago, I've come to know him as a thoughtful, smart journalist. But more importantly, he's a thoughtful, smart friend. So proud of you, Ellio, and I can't wait to see what you do at
@dcist
!
🚨 WARNING: Not election content 🚨 I'm working on a spread about folks who've gone for maximalist home design instead of the Scandinavian/minimalist look that's been big. Anyone in the DC area have a bright/maximalist/"grand-millennial" home and wanna share pix for a story? LMK!
I just moved into a studio, and I’ve found I’m never bored now. I can lay on my bed and stare at my oven, and if that gets old, I can flip over and stare at my toilet for a bit
Ending the year as I’ve spent most of it: alone on the sofa with French bulldogs, one of whom just farted in my face. I also just sat in the other’s barf. Goodbye forever, 2020
DC-area friends! I'm looking for homes to include in the
@washingtonian
Look Inside My Home series. Do you have a cool apartment/rowhome/townhouse, etc. that you'd like featured? Send me a DM or an email with some pics of your place! mmontgomery
@washingtonian
.com
In my first piece for
@outsidemagazine
, I covered the adult recess events where grown-ups are playing tetherball, running three-legged races, and, yes, playing drinking games like flip-cup (a competitive activity I can actually get behind)
Meet my houseguest for the weekend. He is very tired because this morning he singlehandedly defended my block from what I’m sure would have been the very terrifying and destructive reign of two four-inch-tall, geriatric dachshunds
After sitting at home and eating and drinking more in 2020, a lot of folks were going to do Dry January. Until it appeared as if democracy would collapse, that is. My latest for
@washingtonian
Hi folks — I’ll be out covering part of the protests today for
@washingtonian
Heading down to the Lincoln Memorial and a crowd of folks just got off the Foggy Bottom metro with signs in-hand. There are vendors selling Black Lives Matter tshirts and masks