Left holding the (brown) bag

December 13, 2007

It’s not often you get to have lunch with a U.S. Senator. Yet that’s exactly what I did yesterday.

Actually, I should rephrase that: I got to watch a U.S. Senator have lunch yesterday.

You see, at the end of his first year in the Senate, Ben Cardin (right) invited a small group of reporters for a “brown bag lunch” in his Washington office.

As a political junkie, it was a pretty cool assignment, and as a reporter, it was nice to have the undivided attention of sitting U.S. Senator for an hour and a half. Let me tell you, that is a hell of a lot of access.

But I didn’t know what the protocol for a brown bag lunch at a Senator’s office was. Did I bring my own food or did they provide it?

I ended up sticking a sandwich and chips in my briefcase. I figured if I needed to bring the food, I’d just pull it out of my bag, and if they provided it, I had lunch for the next day.

Well neither happened.
Read more

Sphere: Related Content

Posted by The Daily Record | Filed Under Ben Cardin, government, politics | 2 Comments 

Business

The business staff of The Daily Record newspaper will contribute to this section. We'll write about topics ranging from the workplace to energy to the environment, but we'll strive to keep it as local as possible.

RSS Business posts

Law

The Daily Record’s been Maryland’s legal newspaper for 120 years or so. Now, we want to be Maryland’s legal blog, too. Click here to join the discussion and read posts by our legal team, including our Monday law blog round-up.

RSS Law posts

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

  • Anonymous: I think the recent rise in wine festivals is due to ever-increasing alcohol abuse. For some reason,...
  • Anonymous: I know people who have tried overnight delivery of luggage with great success. Easy to check in, easy to...
  • Anonymous: Newspapers will cater to their clientele. The unwashed masses prefer knowing the scores in last...
  • Anne Riley: The intern takes offense.
  • Jerry: I hope they have marble ryes.