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Our amazing editor turns one year older today. Happy Birthday Marie! We would be lost without you. Hugs, Josh & Amos

People say DC is Hollywood for ugly people, but as District fanatics, we take slight offense to that notion – at least most of the time. However, as a city always on the go, it’s hard to look perfect all of the time – especially when your day starts with …

The Over-Enthusiast The person that gets entirely too excited about the upcoming snow day and starts trying to line up plans days in advance of the storm. This person is usually the first to take a crack at a Twitter hashtag.   The Secret Stocker The person who raids the …

One of Capitol Hill’s finest is leaving his job at the Speaker’s Office. Congratulations to Don Seymour on his new gig at Facebook.

Even though the government is shut down and U.S. Parks closed, that didn’t just stop a group of Honor Flight vets from gaining entrance to the WWII memorial. According to onlookers, the WWII vets pushed passed barricades and made their way into the memorial even though it was closed.

Be sure to tell Amy Hammer happy birthday; college football is coming; Ramesh Ponnuru turned the big 2-1; POLITICO’s Danielle Jones is celebrating a birthday this weekend; are you impressing people or impacting them?; Andrea McCarthy is rocking a bday weekend; always try your best; #BonjeanBirthday; your move Rolling Stone; Fins Up! – …

Who says Flat Stanley gets to be the only world traveler?! Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City Photo Credit: Famous DC’s favorite shadow contributor @davidpopp and his lovely wife.

Photo by Brian DiCola

Doug Heye was amazed by the cupcake line in front of the Capitol, we’re trying for the Crossfit games next year, Brendan Buck reached 10,000 followers on Twitter, this house could be yours for one US dollar, someone please send Sean Hackbarth a BuzzFeed t-shirt, Snowden got crushed on by Russian ladies, who is …

Where is this mysterious location? Northwest DC? A Maryland mansion? A European country? If you’re a famous Capitol Hill reader, you probably know where to find this hidden gem. This is the interior of Frederick Law Olmsted‘s well-shaded Summer House, tucked into a Senate side corner of the U.S. Capitol’s west front …

Betsy Fisher Martin says goodbye [Meet the Press] Gold Cup winners [USA] Millions on the beach [Pope] Photo by: John Sonderman

Dave Tate celebrated his 4th year at NJI Media, Seamus Kraft makes a wicked great sailor, Lira continues to toss points on the board at the NRSC, Noah Chestnut is headed to NYC to work with TNR, Adam Sharp’s luggage was misplaced, Katie Prill is one year wiser, Brian Diffell …

Wow [just wow] Nats are struggling [come on fellas] George H.W. shaves head [for kid] Photo by: Josh Bassett

Carlos Danger [really, man?] Remember this guy? [on the move] Adopt Force One [furry friends] Photo by: Josh Bassett