They’re fresh, they’re hot and they’re all 35 and Under. But who are they you ask? Find out who the up and coming DC influencers are by joining us next Monday, December 10 as we sponsor National Journal Influence Alley’s 35 and Under. With host Christ Frates, we’re excited to …

Feasting Famously: Jennifer Farley Not so simple recipe developer & photographer behind Savory Simple. There’s no denying that we live in an age of an almost toddler like longing for information, visual and mental stimuli, the likes of which a 1980 public library could not satisfy. Between the various social media sites that spring up like weeds in a garden – once you master In this over-stimulated, ADD information-driven world, there is one medium that has been trending for quite some time with no sign of fading: food blogging. However, as with all great trends, the market tends to become oversaturated quickly. When this happens, the good rises to the top, and the bad falls by the wayside.one site, another one is taunting you as being behind the trend – the jumping continues as your brain tries to filter between information it needs, information it wants, and things are just pure stimulative. Jennifer Farley, and her blog Savory Simple, exemplify the good side of food porn. Not only do her pictures make me want to lick my computer screen, but thanks in large part to her formal culinary training (L’Academie de Cuisine, 2010), she produces original recipes along with the photos; win-win.

Congrats to Rachel Holt of Uber DC and Mike Needham of Heritage Action on their wedding earlier this month.  (p.s. don’t forget to wish Rachel a happy birthday this week). h/t Alex Priest

Be sure to wish both Rep Shelley Moore Capito and her press secretary, Jamie Corley, a happy birthday today (with shared birthdays, no wonder they work so well together). h/t Lauren Pratapas

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Be sure to tell Gindy happy birthday today!

In a recent GQ article Senator Rubio goes into his top three rap songs. His favorite? Eminem. But what about Pitbull? Not so much. We’ve posted his top picks so you too can rock out like the man himself. We can only hope 2016 gives us the first rap campaign song. …

**Update: Welcome to the new SEC Amos Snead. Enjoy wearing your Texas A&M gear on Thursday.  **Update: A bet between FamousDC Founders, Amos Snead & Josh Shultz, declares that the loser of this weekend’s game will have to rock Alabama or Texas A&M gear at FamousDC’s party next Thursday** The …

Three good reads on the election: TIME’s Michael Scherer: Inside the Secret World of the Data Crunchers Who Helped Obama Win The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdor: How Conservative Media Lost to the MSM and Failed the Rank-and-File Mashable’s Chris Taylor: Triumph of the Nerds: Nate Silver Wins in 50 States Big …

As expected, Twitter and SMS traffic spiked last night following the re-election of President Obama. SAP tracked all of the Twitter traffic and identified the Top 5 celebrities with the largest Twitter following who tweeted positively about President Obama. It must be nice to reach 82,461,732 people with 5 Tweets. …

Feasting Famously with Tucker Carlson A man truly living in his own Never, Never Land of food Some might know Tucker Carlson as the conservative knight in pastel bow-tie armor who battled the fire-breathing Ragin’ Cajun’ himself, James Carville, when they co-hosted CNN’s Crossfire. Others know him for his political commentary on networks such as MSNBC, and still ongoing, Fox News. However most recently, people will likely think of his wildly successful online journalism effort in launching The Daily Caller, a political news website reported to easily average over one million visitors every month. I know Tucker as a down-to-earth guy who loves Phish, The Grateful Dead, and liberal use of profanity.But what of Tucker Carlson and food? Surely he must subsist on more than a diet of Ayn Rand and coffee? Right? I sat down with the man himself to find out.

In case you missed it, The Hill came out with their list of 2012’s Top Lobbyists yesterday. A few of the familiar faces include: Tucker Foote, MasterCard; Bryan Anderson, Southern Company; Joel Kaplan, Facebook; Kent Knutson, Home Depot; Matt Tanielian, Franklin Square Group; Sam Geduldig, Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford; …

Please tell the nicest guy in the United States Capitol, John Stipicevic, Happy Birthday today.  

Washington Post: Single District speed camera: 116,734 tickets worth $11.6 million

Happy Birthday to all the October kids this week: Neda Semnani Phillip Herndon Blair Milligan Antonia Ferrier Carl Thorsen