French Maid Spices Up Daily Caller</em> Book Party

What was initially thought to be a special appearance by David Martosko's personal secretary at last night's Daily Caller book launch party ended up being nothing of the sort. To the left is a photo of Nandi, who works with Emperor Vodka, which sponsored the soiree. "I'm just here for pictures," she said, graciously posing for cameras. Nandi, whose arms are reminiscent of Angela Bassett's What's Love Got to Do with It, said this was her first time working with Emperor. Fun first day on the job! The Daily Caller hosted the party in its Farragut Square newsroom celebrating The Lizard King, an ebook written by their own Jamie Weinstein and Will Rahn. "I have no good answer," said Rahn when asked who should read his book. "It's a transformative book," he said ("transformational" also works). He compared it to reading the Bible. "Is this off the record?" Rahn asked at the conclusion of our interview. Weinstein was a little more willing to talk about the book, though we get the impression he thought he was on TV. "Truth-seekers will like it," Weinstein said. He emphasized that the book is actually a manuscript provided by a White House insider and that he and Rahn are simply the vessels through which the book is being delivered. "Once in a while, history falls upon you and I think it happened to us," he said, adding that it "may be one of the most important books since [Fox News host] Sean Hannity's book." The Daily Caller's bar was stocked with wine, soda, alcohol and a beer tap that poured Pabst Blue Ribbon. Edibles (vegetables and a few hors d'oeurves) were a little on the slim side. As guests trickled in, a couple faces stood out in the crowd: Politico's Byron Tau and Tim Mak. The DC and Politico have been known to publicly quibble in the past. One Daily Caller staffer said the relationship between the two publications "on paper" is often not the case between individual reporters. He said there are several Politico employees he regularly drinks with. Both Tau and Mak chatted with The DC's Alex Pappas for a while, as well. In the crowd we also spotted a distinguished gentleman with a badass eye patch. It turned out to be Will Rahn's father, ex-husband to WSJ's Peggy Noonan. The DC's editor Tucker Carlson was seen talking with RollCall's Jonathan Strong, a former Daily Caller reporter. Strong said work for him has been slow and "a little boring," given he covers Congress, which is currently out of session. Notables: The Daily Caller's Alex Treadway, Sarah Hoffman, Taylor Bigler, Jeff Poor, Caroline May, Brian Danza, Chris Bedford, Neil Munro, Pat McMahon, Nicole Roeberg, and Vince Coglianese; The Free Beacon's Adam Kredo and CJ Ciaramella; RollCall HOH's Neda Semani and Warren Rojas; Fox News contributor Jim Pinkerton; WaPo's Alexandra Petri; U.S. News' Steven Nelson; The Daily Beast's Eli Lake; and Donald Rumsfeld's former chief of staff Keith Urbahn. Conspicuously absent were Matthew Boyle and Martosko, who had kid duty. We rode the elevator with him down to the garage. He puffed away on what may have been an illegal cigar the whole way down and said Rahn and Weinstein would know he was there "in spirit." Quotable: "He's a bit of a self promoter."-- Keith Urbahn on his former boss Donald Rumsfeld, who was Defense Secretary under former Prez George W. Bush. Urbahn spilled that Rummy is currently working on a new book. UPDATE: Urbahn writes in to tell us he was talking about his other former boss, The Daily Beast's David Frum. Asked about former and recently fired Daily Caller reporter Michelle Fields, Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Tucker Carlson said, "I haven't seen her much on TV lately. That ended for some reason." Fields was not in attendance. "I don't want to be written about."-- Steven Nelson, after FishbowlDC inquired about his job at U.S. News, which he only recently started. "I'm holding out for the chance that Matthew Boyle shows up."-- FBDC's Peter Ogburn.

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