Angie Goff arrives for a photo shoot for the cover of our June Best of NoVA issue at Heirloom in Reston, loaded down with dresses, shoes, jewelry — and her coffee. She got home from her job as a FOX5DC news anchor around midnight, and her husband is out of town, so she was tasked with getting her four kids out the door while getting herself together for the day.
While a stylist works on her hair and makeup, Goff chats about how her life “radically changed” when she started working evenings at FOX5 about five years ago. For many years, she worked mornings at different stations in the DC market. (“The joke is that I get around town — I’m a get-around-town girl,” she laughs, adding that she’s loved everywhere she’s worked.)
“I feel like anybody who tells you that they like doing early mornings, that they’re lying,” she says. “Yeah, you can use coffee to power through it, but eventually your body is gonna give. And for me, the witching hour was always around the time to pick up my kids [from school]. So, while I was fortunate to have the afternoons with them, I was a T. rex. I just feel like I couldn’t be the best me.”
Even with the shift to evenings, Goff still keeps a packed schedule anchoring newscasts at 4, 6, 7, and 10 p.m., driving her kids to their activities, and capturing it all for her large (and dedicated) group of Instagram followers. “I actually have a taxicab light that I can throw on top of my car. And it’s a joke — I mean, I haven’t done it yet — but I literally want to do that.” Still, she says there’s one big advantage to the driving gig: It gives her time to talk with her kids.
For Goff, there’s never a typical day. Some days she’s taking her 14-year-old daughter, Adora, to ice skating practice at 5:30 a.m. or spending hours watching her in action at a modeling shoot. Son Robert, 12, plays travel basketball; daughter Wren, 7, is an impressive ballroom dancer; and the baby, son March, turns 2 in June.
“We started all over,” she says. “And actually, it’s been so fun because I just feel like I’m at a point in my life where I can actually be a good mom.” The older kids adore March, too. “I mean, they don’t help change diapers or anything — I’m not going to say they’re extra hands in that way — but just the fact that they love him so much and they love playing with him, and it brings out the kid in them, too.”
Goff says she’s long felt connected to Northern Virginia, where she spent much of her childhood as a military brat. As an adult, she lived for years near the Reston Town Center, and even though she and her family now live in McLean, she still hosts Reston’s annual holiday parade. Her husband, a pediatric dentist, is based full-time here now, too, after commuting between NoVA and his practice in South Carolina. Her parents retired here, and her two sisters live in the area as well. “It’s my safe space … there’s comfort in it,” she says of NoVA.
It’s clear she’s also comfortable in front of the camera — be it to report the news, document her day on Instagram, or whip up a cocktail at our cover shoot.
Angie’s Picks
Whether you’re looking for a night out with your friends or family, see what spots Goff recommends you visit around town.
For a night out:
“We love the new place Modan — yummy! We’re big fans of Roberto’s in Vienna.”
“Me and my girlfriend, we’re trying to get our faces on the wall at The Palm.” (The walls at the Tysons restaurant are lined with paintings of famous diners.)
For the family:
Cox Farms, Centreville
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna
For kids:
Sky Zone Trampoline Park, multiple area locations
Me Land, Chantilly
Hyper Kidz, Ashburn (also located in Alexandria)
For self-care:
“We love going to Salon Daniel [in Vienna] … Daniel did my son’s [March’s] first haircut.”
King Spa in Chantilly (Goff says her tip is to go on a weekday morning when it’s not as busy.)
Sanctuary Cosmetic Center, McLean
Feature image of Angie Goff by Michael Butcher
