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Guest List: 5 People We’d Love to Hang Out With This October

A monthly roundup of people we’d like to have over for drinks, food, and conversation.

About Guest List

Guest List is Washingtonian’s fantasy cast of who we’d like to invite over for dinner each month.

Masai Russell

The Bullis grad recently broke the world record for women’s 100-meter hurdles.

Kate Greenberg

She runs DC’s new pro volleyball team, which announced its name: the DC Flight.

Karen Attiah

An arbitrator sided with the fired Washington Post columnist, saying she should get her job back, with back pay.

Lucy McBride

The prominent DC physician has written a new book, Beyond the Prescription.

Jorge Zamanillo

He’s director of the National Museum of the American Latino, which announced it’ll occupy the Arts and Industries Building.

DISINVITED!


Stewart McLaurin

According to the Post, the White House Historical Association, which he runs, knew in advance of plans to tear down the East Wing and didn’t say anything.

This article appears in the October 2026 issue of Washingtonian.

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