Famous 5: Recess Lunch Next week marks Veterans’ Day recess on Capitol Hill, and with a 4-day work week and members back in their districts/states, restaurants will be full of hungry staffers. But where will they all go? Here are my top five choices for best recess lunch breaks on …

Ever wonder…… Where exactly does politics and branding intersect? Why might political activists target your company, and what kind of problems could they cause? How can you engage with politically and socially conscious consumers to benefit your brand? What techniques familiar to politcal campaign veterans can benefit corporate communicators? How …

Twice a year, the Library of Congress will have an open house and it’s Reading Room is open for the public. It’s a pretty amazing thing to attend because you are in such awe of the architecture and amazing decor. For more of Angela’s images, check out her blog (www.abpan.com) or follow …

I really started loving Fantasy Football because it gave me some skin in just about every game played each week.  It was exciting for a while.  Now it’s just depressing.  Instead of taking the loss of my one favorite team hard, I get the culmination of an entire league’s worth of letdowns to …

Venga and DC Central Kitchen have concluded their ‘Stuff The Bus’ Drive, and in case you haven’t heard, it was a pretty big success. They started with a goal of 5,000 pounds of real and ‘virtual’ food donations and finished up Friday with over 11,500 pounds of food. Not impressed …

For more of Angela’s images, check out her blog (www.abpan.com) or follow her on twitter (@abpanphoto)

Students kickin’ it big [DC Scores] Lookin’ good [Tamara] Dinner w/ Obama for $3 [relax, enjoy] View from the top of the Washington Monument [wow] Plot to blow up Pentagon, Capitol foiled [under cover] ICYMI [the greatest Rick Perry video thus far, and perhaps ever]

My season is in the toilet… it fell out of my pocket while I was trying to flush and now I’m pretty sure I’m going to leave it there.  Is it really worth grabbing?  No.  Fantasy Football is about the pain and agony you bring on yourself for putting your happiness and social …

Congratulations to Rebecca Gale of CQ Roll Call and Warren Margolies, attorney for Vornado, on their wedding this Saturday in Cincinnati.   Photo credit: Studio 3z

Metro single tracking got you down? Cab driver has never heard of Rock Creek Park? Capital Bike Share all outta bikes? Don’t fear. TRON LIGHTCYCLE IS STREET LEGAL.

NFL sent out a warning about faking injuries today.

During the Judiciary Committee’s markup of H.R. 2885, the Legal Workforce Act this afternoon, Dan Lungren said: if we were playing the Brent Musberger Drinking game everytime someone said “amnesty”, we wouldn’t be able to finish today.  

It’s week two and you’re ready to quit your fantasy league – I know the feeling. I’m about half way in between quitting via releasing all my players to the waiver wire and quitting via moving out of the country never to return.  Option one is very extreme and could …