Look at Caleb Smith on his A-game, Robert Jameson shares the same birthday as JC, Duke can punt the football better than anyone in history, ask Bravo about his trip to Alabama, if we go over the fiscal cliff and nobody live-Tweets it – did it really happen?, Chloe Troia is killing it, …

Like every good city, DC does New Year’s Eve right with every bar staying open late, complimentary champagne popping, hotels throwing big parties and plenty of musical guests at venues throughout the District. With so much going on we pulled some of the best parties this year and a few that we’ll definitely be stopping by. Here’s to kicking off 2013 with a bang!

Like all good blogs, media outlets, YouTube celebrities and list makers, we’ve jumped on the bandwagon and decided to take a look back at 2012. It was a big year for us; new look, new writers, more parties, more ducks, same great features, our always amazing readers and, of course, the best city to live and work in made these past 12 months an adventure. Here’s the FamousDC Top 20 in 2012.

11th hour push [congress] Watch like Scorsese [movies] Oprah takes on Les Mis [musical] Photo by Brandon Kopp

h/t Caleb Smith

Looking good at point 4:38.

Starbucks gets political [cliff cups] Inauguration already causing problems [tourists] 2012’s not so bright moments [DC] Photo by Emily Reid

Mike Ference left Cantor’s shop to head downtown, Mayan jokes on Twitter are the new Gangham Style, tell Tom Tauzin happy birthday today, fiscal cliffmas can be fun, can The Tannehill Era lose with Tom Brady and CJ Spiller?, where in the world is Luke Hatzis?, Elahe Izadi wants Michelle to wine …

Best card we’ve received this holiday season.

Prepare for take off [TSA] Griffin to play Sunday [football] DC has more people than Vermont [representation] Photo by jkurl11

Best spaces to work [office] JFK movie [celebs] Speeding camera fines lowered [jokes] Photo by Kefin Wolf

Meet Elahe Izadi. Influence Alley reporter by day, stand-up comedian by night, Elahe Izadi wend to the University of Maryland and got her start in the District covering local news. Eventually she made her way to Capitol Hill. FamousDC was lucky enough to catch up with Izadi for a few …

Batman through the years [logo] Homeland v. Scandal [TV] Doughnuts in DC [yum] Happy to see our Fiscal Cliffmas board game put to good use (h/t Pat Manion)

Sunset over the Capitol Tree by Justin LoFranco.

Inouye remembered [loss] Metro past and present [photos] Love our celebs [instagram] Photo by Robb Hohmann