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Morgan
Hyper Hill: Morning Joe Does Mornings Right
Joe Scarborough broadcasts while intoxicated [beer] DC spent less time in the car last year [transportation] BuzzFeed is opening a DC office [LOLcats] Booker getting hit left and right [campaign] Google is amazing [homepage]
Hyper Hill: George Lucas Uses the Force
Lucas gets into battle with neighbors [community] Jazz in the Garden starts this week [Friday] Congress is getting stupider [science] Joe Biden actually looking cool [but really] Chocolate City launches new brew [drinks] Photo by Marc Tomik
Hyper Hill: Is It Friday Yet?
Bee Gees singer passes [Robin Gibb] The Avengers get political [clean energy] Jane Lynch gives good advice [commencement] 218 problems but a Dem ain’t one [John Boehner] Photo by Patrick G. Ryan
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Preakness is Saturday, Moran’s softball team beat Durbin’s team, Tom Williams can multitask, MTV awards will have a ratings battle with the DNC, Bandolero opens next week, we’ve got your weekend recipes, jam with Michelle, Biden loves trains, Melanie Kimmelman is headed to New York, SNL is funny again, Noelle Clemente …
Hyper Hill: Facebook Friday
Too big to fail [Facebook] Betty White visiting the National Zoo today [pandas] Kids born in ’95 graduated high school this year [feeling old] Al Gore has a girlfriend [dating] Happy bike to work day [cycling] Second Division Memorial by Marc Tomik
Hyper Hill: Only On the Hill
Gov. Christie and Mayor Booker spoof video [rivalry] Capital Bikeshare almost at 2 million [riders] Only On the Hill tumblr [this didn’t take long] A world without Facebook [resisters]
Hyper Hill: MTV v. DNC
MTV awards conflict with Obama [speech] 71 days till the Olympics [athletes] Bandolero opens May 24 [Mike Isabella] Mike Allen took his first day off [vacation] Photo credit: Jack Smith
Party on the Patio and Help Kids at Children’s National
On Thursday, the Children’s National Junior Council will host its 2nd Annual Hill House After Dark at the Strategic Health Care Townhouse located at 230 2nd Street, SE (right around the corner from Cap Lounge!). It will be 80 degrees and sunny on Thursday — perfect for a patio party! …
Fear of Virginia Farewell Show
In the beginning, they were just a rag-tag group of DC musicians looking for a way to jam. The group, now known as Fear of Virginia, started playing on the weekend to help blow off the stresses that come with a long work week in DC and, you know, adulthood. Playing …
Justin LoFranco Movin’ on Up
Justin LoFranco is headed over to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy’s office today as the new digital director. He’s leaving Congressman Darrell Issa’s office and the Oversight Committee Press Team after three years of “wonderful, challenging and rewarding work,” said LoFranco And, like any good DC celebration, there will be …
White House Real Estate
Ever wonder just how much the White House would go for in your neighborhood? Movoto Real Estate Watch put together a few numbers and this infographic to help you figure it out. > Click through to launch the graph
Ethan Klapper
Meet Ethan Klapper.
He’s been makin’ moves. After graduating from American University last spring, Klapper kicked his career off at National Journal and just recently jumped to Huffington Post as its politics social media editor. Luckily, he had time to answer a few of FamousDC’s questions.
Fisher House Golf Classic
Members of Congress, military members and wounded warriors came out in support of the Fisher House Foundation’s 9th annual fundraising event Monday at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, VA. The Fisher House Golf Classic, with help from its founding sponsor SAP and 50 corporate sponsors, raised more than $1 million …
Girl Gone Wild Goes to Washington
‘The Search for the Hottest Girl in America,’ a hit TV series by Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis, has upped the stakes with the winner receiving a four-week, once in a lifetime internship on the Hill with Senator Mark Pryor. The Senator is currently denying the story, but the …