The social website Guest of a Guest, known for chronicling the wildest parties in New York City, has tried to dabble in D.C. on several occasions, but without much fanfare. Heading into the fall, however, those in charge are showing a renewed interest in the area by choosing a brand new editor for the D.C. site. Their pick? Sophie Pyle, one of the stars of the never-seen-in-the-states D.C.-based reality show "Blonde Charity Mafia."
Since appearing on the show, Pyle finished up her studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and started a boutique social media company. She and her boyfriend Lucien Zeigler (who will serve as the D.C. site's events coordinator) clearly impressed Guest of a Guest's editor-in-chief Rachelle Hruska MacPherson and its publisher Cameron Winklevoss, half of the Winklevi twins, who are famous for their battles with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
"Sophie basically approached us and we just felt like she was a perfect candidate," Winklevoss explained to Yeas & Nays, describing Guest of a Guest as a site for young professionals who like to socialize. "I think we cater to people who like to work hard and play smart," he said.
Pyle marveled at how easy it was to do business with Winklevoss. "We were expecting to have to get lawyered up — I mean we had seen 'The Social Network' — in order to run Guest of Guest's D.C. branch," Pyle joked. "We were pleasantly surprised that the transaction was simply an emailed agreement from Cameron Winklevoss clarifying what our duties and their duties will be."
The duties will consist of covering and throwing parties for 20- and 30-somethings in the region. So far Guest of a Guest has thrown two summer bashes, one at Co Co. Sala in Chinatown and one at Smith Point in Georgetown. Pyle told us she plans to start lugging around a big digital single-lens reflex camera, nicknamed the "glam cam," to snap pictures at events and put them on the site. And she'll be heavily covering Georgetown's Fashion's Night Out, which takes place this year on Sept. 8.
"There isn't a website like this reporting on all the fun, exciting, things 20 and 30-somethings are doing and accomplishing in the nation's capital, so it's a great time to bring it back before the 2012 election year," Pyle said.
