09/22/09 Kate Michael doing a promotion at the Z Burger at Tenley Circle in DC. Anyone mentioning her blog “K Street Kate” got a free burger and shake.

09/22/09 The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery  installed a portrait of Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, today. Painted by artist Everett Raymond Kinstler, the life-sized portrait measures 60 by 50 inches and was commissioned to commemorate Lasorda’s legacy as part of the Dodgers’ organization. Sept. 22 is Lasorda’s 82nd birthday and the first night of a three-game series between the Dodgers and the Washington Nationals in Washington, D.C.