Spotted on Capitol Hill

Be sure to tell Mike happy birthday today.  

Give Jack & Amy Nguyen Smith a high-five when you see them next.

Meet Marin Cogan, GQ’s Political Correspondent. Marin took a couple minutes between chasing down Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to answer a few questions for one of our Famous 5 interviews. 1. How did you land the sexiest political reporting gig in DC? It all began very sexily: with an …

Photo courtesy of Tom Williams 1. You just left the Washington Post for Morning Consult. Tell us why. The media industry is going through a revolution. We’re all trying to figure out a sustainable business model that works, before the old one completely collapses. The folks at Morning Consult are …

Joe Crea Mandi Critchfield Dina Fraioli Kate Faherty Lacey Halpern Alison McLaughlin Martha Pheeny David Popp Timothy Ryan M. Nicole Siobal

Chad Pergram: The Speaker’s Lobby: Where are they Now? Tens of thousands of people work each day on Capitol Hill. Some are veteran hands. Others are interns barely out of high school. One Congressman once told that he always paid special attention to the junior staff. I asked why, given …

Matt Bravo became a television star, Washington Life’s Michael Clements said Pharrell paid close attention to Britt McHenry during his last DC visit, Chef Geoff should be Mayor of DC, Iwo Jima in the snow, tell Howard Mortman happy birthday today, John Stanton enjoying a green apple martini at the …

Join the effort! AP: Perdue will not seek re-election A Democratic official says North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue will not seek re-election. UPDATE: Doug Heye confirms to FamousDC that he will not run  @RyanTronovitch @davidpopp @famousdc @mkhammer “I choose not to run!” – Jerry Seinfeld — Doug Heye (@DougHeye) January …

Photo courtesy of Don Seymour And here’s Statuary Hall following the State of the Union: Photo courtesy of Matt Lira

John Stanton of Roll Call and Frank Thorp of NBC News hang out on a recent evening at the Tune Inn on Capitol Hill.

Congressman Phil Roe, staff assistant Alex Large and communications director Amanda Little rocking out in Cannon HOB.

According to Ron Paul’s Facebook page, his son, Senator Rand Paul, has been detained by TSA in Kentucky.   UPDATE: ABC News: Rand Paul’s Pat-Down Standoff With TSA in Nashville Ends