Sen. John Kerry and actor Rob Lowe headed up a large table at Café Milano Thursday night – only a couple blocks from where Lowe filmed the Georgetown scenes for his breakout movie, “St. Elmo’s Fire.”
Lowe looked “young and very handsome and happy” in an open collar white shirt as he put away his pasta and bottled water, said one observer, while Kerry sported a pink tie and tan suit.
Lowe was in town to testify before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, pushing for tax incentives to encourage Americans to retrofit their cars to make them more fuel efficient.
A mutual friend, Les Goldman of Skadden Arps, helped arrange the meeting between the two men. According to one attendee, Kerry also surprised Heather Zichal and Kathy Kerrigan, two of his own staffers who have been working on the issue, by bringing them along to meet Lowe.
No one asked for an autograph, according to our spy, but a few folks asked to snap pictures. Sen. Kerry left by 9:15, while Lowe hung out a bit longer.
