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Blog P.I. brings us the latest on the NMS – CSPAN announcement: I don’t write about clients often. When I do it’s really something, and this is really something: New Media Strategies will be working through the conventions with C-SPAN, perhaps my favorite Beltway news organizations, to run their Convention …

Yep, it’s coming. Yeas and Nays: It’s Official: D.C. Gets Its Own Reality Show DCist: LNS Reality Show to Follow Project Runway on Lifetime Previously: DCist: Reality Show Based on Late Night Shots in the Works

Thank you for stopping by FamousDC. Whether this is your first time to stop by or you’re a regular, we encourage you to sign up for our daily email alerts. Do you … read Playbook on blackberry, scan CQ, look for friends in Roll Call’s HOH, pour over Congress Daily …

Captain Chaos picked the right winners for his beard contest. Please click to see the pictures. This definitely went too far… Chris Cooley’s Blog: Beard Co-Champions How am I going to explain myself to brothers with amazing beards when I shaved mine off a week early? Well, by crowning them …

FamousDC sends birthday greetings to our friend Nora McAlvanah

Chris Cooley’s Blog: NFL in the Olympics? Just think how interesting it would be to see the following NFL athletes compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games: … Jason Taylor: Fencing. Did you see his footwork during Dancing with the Stars? Plus, just think about the wing span advantage he …

Yesterday we featured Part One of our interview with Capitol Hill’s newest celebrity and lot’s of you stopped by to check it out. Today, it’s time for the second part of our interview with Chef Spike, owner of Good Stuff Eatery. 1) If John McCain were to stop by, what …

People should stop passing out when riding with Mad D.C. Cabbie. This was a Monday night too! Recess is in full effect. Diary of a Mad DC Cabbie: Something in the Air [hilarious pic] I am thinking of detoxing my cab or something because people tend to pass out in …

Quote of the week: “Barrack Obama on vacation in Hawaii, following the Fix’s lead, of course.” Keep the hat!

DC didn’t make the list. We’ve got work to do people. The season starts today. If we’re not constantly improving, someone else will take our place. This is Congressional recess, let’s get out there and show them what we’re made of! Forbes: America’s Hard Drinking Cities No. 1: Austin, Texas …

This tip was so delicious, we couldn’t pass it up.  Not to mention, it’s this kind of activity that leads to really messy break-ups. Note: The email has been blurred out – sort of. Who doesn’t love a good ole fashioned Capitol Hill train wreck?

By giving away free Michael Jordan gear in the Redskins’ locker room. Chris Cooley’s Blog: Free Stuff! Jason Taylor made a huge impact in the locker room his first week of training camp. The team arrived to the locker room prior to an afternoon practice finding a heap of stacked …

Below is a perfect example of something you do if… 1.    You have shitty friends who give terrible advice 2.    You weren’t hugged enough as a child 3.    Your Friday night involves Anderson Cooper and a warm glass of milk 4.    You plagiarize often and hope not to get caught …

We don’t know what the hell is going on over at Shenanigans, but we approve. …But only because this guy must have really terrible friends that allowed him to do this. House staffer Scott Graves decided — ill-advisedly — to grow a “recess mutsache.” So, Shenan can track how ugly …