It’s all water under the #Bridgegate to us

#NATIONAL Velveeta shortage?!?!?!; ACC>SEC, apparently; New NYTimes.com looking fresh; finding food under snow; NatGeo: Live from Space;  #THEDISTRICT DC = DAMN COLD; Welcome to the neighborhood Silo, Alba Osteria and Ivy and Coney!; Plastic Bags?; we smell a fox; Gonna have to wait a bit longer for that “Female Friendly” steakhouse; Who is excited for RESTAURANT WEEK next week?!; ICYMI: DC is gay; Chef John Mooney opens a restaurant and rooftop garden in Union Market; Go check out El Rey, U Street’s first bar made out of shipping containers — it opens tonight!;  More U Street development; Bao Bao is perfect; “No Pants Metro Ride” this Sunday; On the Hill? Get pampered now at Lavender Retreat Wellness Club; The Cheeky Puppy is coming to DuPont #woofwoof; LOFT in DuPont closes till March; #SAD RIP Fred McHone, Richard Maloy; #WASHINGTONINSIDER Welcome back, Congress; Which DC journos did Forbes’ ’30 Under 30′ list skip?; Meet Emily Heil and Helena Andrews: WaPo’s new Reliable Sources team; Selfies with Senators; The ‘Gates’ of hell opened; ICYMI: Most members of Congress are worth more than $1 million; Chris Brown comes back to DC… but for court; ‘BuzzFeed Brews’ expands to NYC & LA; Playbook #Cocktails; #CONGRATS Welcome, Jay Gruden #HTTR; Julius Genachowski becomes managing director at The Carlyle Group;  Garance Franke-Ruta & Daniel Klaidman are off to Yahoo! News; Wesley Lowery goes to WaPo; Del Quentin Wilber now reports for Bloomberg in DC; Zoe Schlanger joins Newsweek; Jessica Taylor’s new column launches; Chris Lawrence joins News4; Kristina Wong joins The Hill; Kelly Olson gets a desk at Atlantic Media;  #BIRTHDAY Birthday cheers for Ben Geman, Luke Johnson, Monica Lee, Nirvi Shah, Jon Kott, Catherine Gatewood, Blake Adami & Joanna Rosholm; #UMM “Washington Post Seeking Ezra Klein’s Replacement”; Where will you be dropping it low this weekend?

Roundup thanks to SP+KC