When D.C. woke up this morning, the sun was preparing to set on Baghdad. On such an historic day — Iraq’s first post-Hussein national elections — millions turned out to vote, despite attacks that left more than 30 people dead. In Washington, a city that has been awaiting this day for quite some time, we woke up to fresh snow and John Kerry on NBC‘s “Meet the Press.” The roads were fairly empty and everyone went about their lazy Sunday agendas.
Just up the way from NBC’s Nebraska Avenue studios, we found ourselves in Tenleytown, enjoying some corned beef hash at Krupin’s, which has been recently renamed K’s New York Deli. Oddly enough, we spied former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the table next to us. We’re 95 percent it was her (we didn’t see her with her customary decorative brooch, which is why we aren’t 100 percent sure it was her) because who else, after all, would bring their BlackBerry to Krupin’s? Albright didn’t really look made up like she normally does for TV appearances. But like everyone at Krupin’s, you come as you are. There’s no need to dress up for corned beef hash, smoked kippers or Eggs a la Krupins.
