City skyline, Iwo Jima Memorial tops for political consultant
By: William C. Flook
Examiner Staff Writer
October 25, 2009
Faves and raves by
Mame Reiley
President of the Reiley Group, an event communications and political consulting company
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: 50 and holding
NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE AREA: 48
NEIGHBORHOOD: Old Town, Alexandria
1. FAVORITE RESTAURANT
Restaurant Eve in Alexandria (110 S. Pitt St.) and The Palm in Washington (1225 19th St. NW)
2. FAVORITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Walk or fly (after all, I’m on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority).
3. FAVORITE SPORTS EVENT
The plane pullout at Dulles Airport to benefit Special Olympics
4. BEST LIVE MUSIC
The Birchmere in Alexandria
5. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY
Watching “Meet the Press” and “The Chris Matthews Show” while drinking multiple cups of coffee and reading all the Sunday papers
6. BEST PLACE FOR VISITORS
Taking visitors up to the Iwo Jima Memorial so they can get the best view of the most beautiful city in the world!
7. FAVORITE HISTORICAL SPOT
The Washington Mall reflecting on one of the greatest moments in history when Martin Luther King gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
8. MOST ROMANTIC SPOT
I love the balcony of my condominium at Marina Towers in Old Town Alexandria on the Potomac River. I can see the most beautiful airport in the world — the Ronald Reagan National Airport — and the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, the White House and the Kennedy Center. It is the most exciting cityscape in the world.
9. FAVORITE ESCAPE
To my town house in St. Michaels
10. BEST LATE-NIGHT EATS
Five Guys
11. BEST BREAKFAST
My two favorites: The Royal Restaurant in Old Town Alexandria (734 N. St. Asaph St.) and the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City.
12. BEST MEMORY OF THE WASHINGTON AREA
The day when Barack Obama was sworn in as the president of the United States.
13. LEAST FAVORITE PART OF LIVING IN THE WASHINGTON AREA
The transportation problems
14. BEST KID-FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT
A show at the Kennedy Center
15. BEST FAIR/FESTIVAL
Red Cross festival in Alexandria and the Fourth of July on the Mall
