So I went to the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner for the first time in 38 years, and I don’t think it should be cancelled

Having a DJ spin records is a new twist that gets my endorsement, especially since The Hill Times crew tore up the dance floor. I didn’t get home until 2:30 a.m. My partner thought that was scandalous until I reminded her the earliest I ever got home from the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinners in the past was 5 a.m.

Mike Lecouteur and Marie Vastel, pictured on Oct. 22, 2022, co-hosting the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner, the first one in three years. Photograph courtesy of Tonda MacCharles/Twitter

Opinion

BY PAUL PARK

November 14, 2022

This year, I attended the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner for the first time in 38 years. There’s been a lot of changes over the decades, but the event proved to be a useful gathering of politics and the press.

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