Oh, you said shut-down this weekend? Well I said shut up and drink.

We wish we would have gotten an invite to Kevin Spacey’s silent auction dinner last Saturday; Matt Compton takes over digitally for the DNC; Lane Kiffin had a bad weekend; Sally Goldenberg celebrates a birthday and a new job; Ciao Breaking Bad; Travel + Leisure loves Baked & Wired (as do we!); Capitol Hill lockdown; Andrew Mitchell receives the Nation Press Club’s 4th Estate Award; George F. Will jumps from ABC to Fox News; Be sure to tell Collier Craft; Ken Wingert; Heidi Schauer (power!); Jeff Mortier and William Gray happy birthday this weekend!; Brian Diffell is embracing new challenges off the hill – stay tuned for big things!; We love our vets; Snaps for Richard Grenell – cancer sucks!; Rose’s Luxury opens on the Hill; Jamie Weinstein and Michelle Fields seen getting cozy at Union Pub; National Journal‘s website looks fresh these days; Congratulations Ryan Howell; Mark Alexander, of Obama fame, joins with pro-Hillary PAC to promote Obamacare; “Captail Phillips” takes over the Newseum; Townhall snatches Conn Carroll from the Washington Examiner; Sonya McNair, Logan Dobson, Edie Emery and Greg Scanlon all celebrated their births this week; Justin LoFranco runs the internetz; startups don’t shutdown; Danny Wein crushing the #VineAwards; scandalicious; Are you ready for Porchfest in Adams Morgan on Sunday?; Could it be a mountain lion? Big foot? A chupacabra?; Breakfast all day at DGS; The mural on the side of 1830 14th St NW that we all know & love is no more; Sports bars; 4th annual DC Entrepreneurship Week starts Monday; C-SPAN sets up shop at National Journal for a Friday broadcast; 1-800-F**KYO; James Rosen drops the mic on Bill O’Reilly; German film festival begins at Landmark E Street Cinema; Frye Boots takes over Georgetown; We don’t normally advocate spending time in Virginia, but we really like beer, so find us here; more places you can kick it this weekend; and a big thank you to the Capitol Police who keep thousands of us safe every day and night.

Roundup props to AlmostFamous, Redmeck Genius, and SP+KC