While on the ground at Sundance Film Festival (#FamousSundance), FamousDC was lucky enough to catch up with super-dope DJ duo The Jane Doze. These two have shared the stage with some incredible performers, and have an awesome story to tell about how they got into music.  (We caught them opening for 2 Chainz and, as previously …

Last night FamousDC teamed up with Microsoft, Resonate and The New Republic to throw another great happy hour. The event was held at the spectacular downtown office of Microsoft and featured great conversation, amazing food and delicious cocktails. We hope to see you at the next one. Famously Spotted: Kelly Dieter from WWSG, Margaret Chadbourn and Tim Ryan from Reuters, Melissa Morrill from INGAA, Charles Small from Cuomo’s office, Jade Floyd from the Case Foundation, Jeremy Art and Howard Mortman from C-SPAN, Abby Matousek and Georgette Spanjich from ML Strategies, Jim Billimoria from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Mark Bryant from Resonate, Alex Byers, Lauren French and Ginger Gibson from Politico, Will Carty from Twitter, Laurent Crenshaw from the House Intelligence Committee,  Katie Harbath from Facebook, Reid Wilson from the Washington Post, Morgan Gress and Ashley Summers from 1776, Paige Helling from CQ Roll Call, Megan Kirkpatrick from The Beer Institute, Chris Moody from Yahoo News, Nika Nour from the Internet Association, Lauren Patterson from Daily Caller, Archie Smart and Matt Lauer from Qorvis, Jim Swift from The Weekly Standard and of course Stefanie Petropoulous with DC London and Kelly Cohen with The Washington Examiner. A special thanks to our host committee: Gerrit Lansing, Kristen Soltis and Rebecca Mark And a big thank you to FamousDC’s Event Production Director Veronica Wilson for coordinating such a memorable evening. Photography by Dakota Photography. All photos can be found here.

We all know that Nick Saban has won back-to-back National Championships with the mighty Crimson Tide. Alabama has won three of the last four titles (2010 does not exist). And the SEC has been winning BCS championships non-stop since before Barack Obama was a United States Senator. Lots of people …

Goodbye, see you again in college [jeggings] 140 years later, rare sea creature [resurfaces] A long look into a glimpse of DC’s [past] Photo by John Sonderman

Who knew 44 was a Daft Punk fan? And so what if it sounds somewhat robotic when “luck-y” is pronounced? It’s ala Daft.   Maybe after the VMAs we’ll see them at the White House.

Standing squat on the corner of 16th and Eye Streets, the Third Church of Christ Scientist remains one of the more interesting buildings in the District that won’t be standing there much longer. The octagonal complex is a mere 42 years old and supports an arm of bells that juts …

Settled on the edge of the Mt. Vernon neighborhood, a self-described historic hotel projects into DC an image of its near-past. Intricate eaves of the Morrison-Clark Inn lock together under an Asian-inspired, red tiled roof. Its dark, grand woodwork and bold colors lend a masculine touch, but its history and leadership were commanded by prominent women in the early 1900s.  

If you’re in Franklin Square waiting on a food truck to make your lunch, you may glance at this but now won’t have to wonder what the story is behind the boarded, brick Franklin School. Dreamed up by architect Adolf Cluss and opened in 1865, this pre-20th century monolith presented a dreamy gingerbread house style exterior to the District while inside there were wide open spaces, sunlight and prominent ventilation (starting to sound like your ideal apartment?) in hopes of creating a modern school building.

They all made it on to this year’s WashingtonLIFE Power 100. They also (almost) all read FamousDC. Coincidence? We think not. A few who made the list: Tucker Foote, MasterCard Bret Baier, Fox News Wolf Blitzer, CNN John Breaux / Trent Lott Anita Dunn RG3 Ed Gillespie Jack Gerard Jose …

Ellen DeGeneres was spotted in Georgetown this afternoon before her big acceptance of the Mark Twain Prize tonight at the Kennedy Center (h/t @itslerema). Our top guesses for where DeGeneres was DC chillin’: 1. Hu’s Shoes for new kicks. 2. Georgetown Cupcakes to interview people and find out why they are …

From thrown shoes to Nico Pitney to Dana Milbank to Neil Munro … White House Heckler Neil Munro v. President Barack Obama President Obama calls on Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney Bush Dodges Shoes Thrown by Iraqi Journalist

Bryce Harper lives out every press secretary’s dream. Related: There is a new Twitter feed (@HarperAtBat) that alerts you when Bryce Harper is at bat. H/T Sarah Kogod

Folger Theatre by Marc Tomik.

Where does Congressman Kevin McCarthy go from here? Is there a bigger stage than Jeopardy?

Last night’s FamousDC / Resonate Happy Hour was a huge success thanks to our generous sponsors, which included Resonate, Weyerhaeuser, Roll Call, NJI Media and Story Partners. A few observations: Clinton Yates thinks RG3 is a nerd, but is OK with that. People in their early 20s still hit up Adams …