A "Tanner" day in Washington, D.C.

I took a whirlwind of a trip to DC this past Thursday to attend the record release party for Carl Tanner, Shore Fire client and operatic tenor extraordinare, whose Christmas cd ‘Hear The Angel Voices’ is out now.

Some highlights of my brief yet busy trip include:

•Catching up with my brother Zack Rosen in-person. He was just hired as editorial assistant for the Washington Blade and is already doing a ton of writing for the newspaper. My favorite article, thus far, is his review of Reichen Lehmkuhl’s new book “Here’s What We’ll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out and the U.S. Air Forces.” For those that are not up to the minute on their boy band trivia, Reichen is the current paramour of Lance Bass. Click here to read the article.

•A quick tour and meet and greet at NPR. For years I’ve been pitching several reports/editors/producers to do stories on our artists yet I’ve never put a face to a name. It was lovely to finally meet Felix Contreras, Bob Boilen, Brendan Banaszak, Sarah Beyer Kelly, Jordana Hochman and many others in-person.

•And of course, the record release party itself. Carl commanded the respect of the room full of Washington DC tastemakers by speakly grandly on one of his favorite topic: his newly released Christmas cd.

Here’s a photo of me (right) with Nell Mulderry (left) of Boss Sounds- she does Carl’s sales and marketing and Ron Kramer- his project manager.

I have to admit that there were a table of dreamy sweets in the corner of the party and I made more than one visit to sample the shaky pink jello and spoonfuls of perfectly crisp creme brulee.