Janet Donovan

So What's in Your Satan Sandwich? - Posted August 2, 2011
After Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) described the debt bill as a "Satan Sandwich" we wondered what Washington journos (and the husband of one) would put in their own satanic sandwiches. No, it's not a pick-up line but say it enough times and it starts to sound like one. Some reporters claimed... [FishbowlDC]

Haddad and Fischer Host Luxe Lunch for McCormick - Posted July 13, 2011
You know you're one hell of a flack when a flock of journos bust their midday beat to break bread in your honor. And such is the case of Kelley McCormick, former partner at Qorvis Communications and Reese Witherspoon lookalike. McCor... [PRNewser]

Washington Toasts Chris Licht - Posted May 27, 2011
[caption id="attachment_40429" align="alignnone" width="524" caption="Licht, Brzezinski, Mike Allen, Mark Leibovich, Louis Burgdorf"][/caption] If the idea of Mark Leibovich's impending ... [FishbowlDC]

CQ Press First Street Unveils With a Spritz of Glitterati - Posted May 11, 2011
From L To R: Steven Weber, Andrea Bowen, Rachel Leigh Cook, Wilder Valderrama, Robin Bronk, CQ Press First Street's President John Jenkins ... [FishbowlDC]

The Week Hosts Academy Awards Bash - Posted February 28, 2011
[caption id="attachment_32128" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="Mary Kathryn Covert, Glenn Ballard, Michael Steel, Brianna Keilar"][/caption] The Kalorama manse of lobbyist Jule... [FishbowlDC]

Lunch With a Side of [Fill in the Blank] - Posted January 13, 2011
Howard Fineman's hair. Prostitution in Washington. Hoecakes. Weight loss. These were some of the topics that arose at a media luncheo... [FishbowlDC]

Gordon Brown's Washington Book Fete - Posted December 12, 2010
Saturday evening, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown kicked off his five-day book tour in the United States at an event in Washington D.C.. Hosted by Tammy Haddad and Ted Greenberg, Connie Milstein and J.C. de La Haye St. Hilaire, the fete took place at the Jefferson... [FishbowlDC]

Spacey Hits DC for 'Casino Jack' Premiere - Posted November 11, 2010
Journos flooded the Landmark E St. Cinema last night for the Washington premiere of "Casino Jack," the late George Hickenlooper's film about power lobbyists Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon who famously defrauded severa... [FishbowlDC]

FishbowlDC Interview: Janet "JDo" Donovan - Posted October 22, 2010
Janet Donovan & Matt Drudge. *Photo by Patrick G. Ryan If you don't know Janet Donovan, you probably don't get out much. A fixture of the Washington socia... [FishbowlDC]

Cap File Celebrates 5 Years - Posted October 21, 2010
The Corcoran Gallery played host to Capitol File's fifth anniversary fete last night. Guarded by a gestapo of magazine interns who seemed excited to turn away would-be crashers (and those who fell victim to a clerical error *see: me), the event f... [FishbowlDC]

Huffington's Backyard Book Bash - Posted October 6, 2010
National Journal's Matt Cooper hides from the paparazzi behind one of Arianna's book-themed pillows. Arianna Huffington made a splash last night at the home of ... [FishbowlDC]

Journos Get Jacked - Posted September 30, 2010
ABC's Rick Klein, Daily Caller's Alex Pappas and Becca Glover, CBSNews.com's ... [FishbowlDC]

Y&N's Katy Adams Toasted at Teatro - Posted August 30, 2010
Vino flowed for Katy Adams at Teatro Goldoni on Friday evening. The newest writer to take the reins of the Examiner's "Yeas and Nays" column was celebrated by nearly two dozen media types with a lovely three-course dinner hosted by ... [FishbowlDC]

Media Frenzy at Real Housewives Premiere Party - Posted August 6, 2010
The owners of Half Yard Productions with the Real Housewives of DC cast. Extra, CNN, WaPo, the Examiner, Politics Daily, Politico, The Hill, CBS and NBC are just a few of the media outlets that showed up to cover last night's premiere and screening party for Bravo's "Real Housewives of DC," held... [FishbowlDC]

TLC's "DC Cupcakes" Premiered at Party - Posted July 14, 2010
Georgetown Cupcake had a premiere party for Sophie & Katherine's new TLC reality show "DC Cupcakes" at the Georgetown Ritz Carlton last night. In attendance were Pamela's Punch blogger Pamela Sorensen, Politico's Kiki Ryan (with l... [FishbowlDC]

Fans Gather Around Suspicious Package Outside Nationals Park - Posted June 30, 2010
By FishbowlDC contributor Nick Massella Suspicious Package rocked out for fans, sports junkies, and politicos Tuesday night at the Bullpen outside Nationals Park before the 49th annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game. Despite the heat, the band remained cool, rocking ou... [FishbowlDC]

Fred Feted: A Toast to Thompson's Memoir - Posted June 13, 2010
Presidential candidate of yesteryear and former GOP Senator Fred Thompson and his new memoir "Teaching the Pig to Dance" were celebrated at the home of Juleanna Glover on Saturday evening. Despite intense weekend heat and humidity (Note: Thompson was not rocking a ... [FishbowlDC]

How's Helen? Just Ask Her Ex-Agent - Posted June 8, 2010
Not even a full day has passed since veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas resigned from her position with Hearst. How's she doing? NBC's Washington affiliate has a story by writer and PR rep. Janet Donovan ... [FishbowlDC]

Journos Get "Social" at Safeway - Posted May 6, 2010
L: Tim Burger, Kiki Ryan, Christine Delargy and Glenn Ballard hit the red carpet with their swag bags full of goodies. R: Kiki Ryan gets acquainted with the fruit. Cocktails flowed to live music while waiters carried flutes of Cristal and Dom through the crowd. ... [FishbowlDC]

CBS' "Washington Unplugged" Turns 1! - Posted February 19, 2010
CBS News' weekly webcast, "Washington Unplugged" celebrated its one-year anniversary with a slew of media types at 14K restaurant on Wednesday evening. And though the TVs above the bar were set to CNN, the guests below were rubbing elbows with CBS-ers like Washington Bureau Chief Chris Isham, John Dickerson, ... [FishbowlDC]

DC's Women in Media Support the Rebecca Project - Posted November 16, 2009
Juleanna Glover and Richard Wolffe with Rebecca Project's Malika Saada-Saar and a party guest. Juleanna Glover ope... [FishbowlDC]

Cheers to Three Years of Pamela's Punch! - Posted November 11, 2009
Some of Pamela Sorensen's biggest fans gathered at Hudson last night to toast three years of "... [FishbowlDC]

Dinner with Deepak Chopra - Posted November 3, 2009
Most Washingtonians and journos use Twitter to stay connected or for a little self-promotion. Deepak Chopra is also an avid Twitter-er, but much d... [FishbowlDC]

Pics of Power: Photos from GQ's Fete - Posted October 14, 2009
Fashion icons and power players, the very GQ Seth Pietras of Qorvis, Politico's Patrick Gavin and CNN's Ed Henry. ... [FishbowlDC]

GQ's "50 Most": The Powerful Party - Posted October 14, 2009
They came, we saw, we tallied... Yesterday we filled you in on exactly who made GQ's "50 Most Powerful People in DC" (and who was snubbed). Then ... [FishbowlDC]

GQ's "50 Most Powerful" Party Predictions: Who Will Show, Who Will No-Show? - Posted October 13, 2009
It's a pretty A-list guest list. So who on GQ's "50 Most Powerful People in DC" list will show and who will no-show at tonight's party at 701? For insight and predictions, we turned to some of DC's most tried and trusted nightlife and social scene reporters- TWT's "Green and Glover, Under... [FishbowlDC]

Name Game: Who's the Real "Hollywood on the Potomac" - Posted October 1, 2009
When the book "Hollywood on the Potomac" was recently released in Washington, long-time DC publicist Janet Donovan bit her tongue.... [FishbowlDC]

Media Types Dish for Charity - Posted September 24, 2009
Last night at Teatro Goldoni media types like Bill Press and Andrea Roane... [FishbowlDC]

BTDubs, Keeks Bday Party Was Obvi Totes Brills - Posted September 22, 2009
Janet Donovan hosted a birthday party for Kiki Ryan last night at Teatro Goldoni, after her first day w... [FishbowlDC]

Fran Drescher Comes to Washington - Posted September 1, 2009
Fischer and McCormick with Drescher. Photo courtesy of Donovan. Actress Fran Drescher was in town last week to promote some of the work she's doing with her charity Can... [FishbowlDC]

CQ Roasts & Toasts Bob Merry - Posted July 31, 2009
Thursday wasn't just another day in the life of CQ CEO Bob Merry whose departure from his home of 22 years is imminent, it was party centr... [FishbowlDC]

More Kastles Coverage... Season Opener Dinner - Posted July 8, 2009
NBC4 sports anchor Czarniak at Kastles season opener dinner. ... [FishbowlDC]

Mike Allen's "Surprise" Birthday Party, Brought To You By Starbucks - Posted June 18, 2009
Most of DC wakes up to him, even more of DC wonders if and when he ever sleeps, Politico's Mike Allen never seems to stop. So last ... [FishbowlDC]

TWT Celebrates "America's Morning News" Launch - Posted June 16, 2009
Melaine Morgan, John McCaslin and ... [FishbowlDC]

Creative Coalition Kicks Off WHCD Weekend With Small Dinner - Posted May 10, 2009
Anne Schroeder Mullins, Christine Delargy, Kiki Ryan, Stephanie Green and Kate Michael FBDC kicked off WHCD weekend Thursday night with a small dinner hosted by Lani Hay and ... [FishbowlDC]

"First Lady of the Press" Unplugged - Posted April 27, 2009
Jan Smith Donaldson, ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.20.08 - Posted March 20, 2008
Good morning Washington. Did you go to The Express' happy hour last night at The Greene Turtle? Or perhaps you were at Al Neuharth Free Spirit Conference's evening gala, which recognized "Free Spirit of the Year" Cathie Black. Or yet another birthday party for that reporter with the curliest chest hair... [FishbowlDC]

A Dinner For Judith - Posted July 11, 2007
Bloomberg's P.R. Expert (and White House Correspondents' Association dinner After Party hostess) Judith Czelusniak literally and barely blew into town on the tail of yesterday's nasty thunderstorm for meetings with the producers of Bloomberg TV's Money and Politics (which had Barney Frank and the Rob Portman on last night and has... [FishbowlDC]