March Madness is officially upon us. A magical time when brackets are busted, announcers lose their minds, and the office assistant who picks teams based on school colors wins your office pool. Since competition is always more fun among friends, we’re encouraging folks to enter the FamousDC/Cloture Club March Madness …

Photo correction, Luke Marchant has a great SXSW Top 10 list on Twitter, Ruffini seems fed up with politics, Congrats to Courtney Sieloff and Luke Peterson on their new addition, Marion Barry is still the man, Ochocinco needs to ping Madden, Joe Plumber looks to unclog Congress, Newt naps, Clooney …

One of Capitol Hill’s favorite couples tied the knot this past weekend. Ted Prill, a long time political operative, and Katie Martin, former Hill flack turned Communications Director for U.S. Senate candidate Wil Cardon, said their “I Do’s” in a beautiful ceremony at Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas. …

Bill Clark cleans up on awards, Did you accept Chef Spike’s Challenge?, Member of Congress have creative speech writers, the twins are one week old, JB wants you to “like” where he works, Lira went dark this week, Teddy and Katie are on our minds, Josh Rogin loves the Bahamas, …

It’s everyone’s favorite time of year. No, not FebruANY…Oscar season. But speaking of six inchers, we decided to take a page out of Anthony Weiner’s playbook and whip it out…It being our take on the Political Academy Awards. Because if Hollywood and Washington share anything, it’s our mutual desire to …

A big thank you to Patrick Ryan for snapping some great shots last night.

Last night, some of DC’s hardest working Hill staffers, flacks, reporters, lobbyists, fundraisers, corporate folks, policy wonks, digital media nerds and a random bearded man from West Virginia, gathered at Hill Country BBQ for another FamousDC Happy Hour. Thanks to our lead sponsor National Journal Hotline and our headlining sponsors Hamilton Place Strategies, Vote …

Catherine Gatewood and Christine Moxley were recently spotted chilling with Jay-Z and Nas at the 40/40 Club. According to Gatewood, “just a typical Monday night in NYC. And Beyonce is gorgeous.”

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Betsy and Geoff had a beautiful baby girl, the Tidal Basin at sunset, we love the HOH blog, Reid Wilson turned another year older, Marin Cogan goes all Ryan Gosling crazy in Famous5, Zuck is going to make some people rich, Jason and Carmen Fenton welcomed a baby boy to …

Sunset last night from the Jefferson Memorial.  Visit Navin’s website.

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Meet Alison Napolitano. Annapolis-native, laxer, art major and big ole Redskins fan. 1. Tell us about ThDstrct. What made you want to make this? ThDstrct is a simple and straightforward website that promotes and connects creative individuals. DC has numerous tech groups, photography sites, and strategist and marketing groups, but …

Feirce snow pummels the scene at the Iwo Jima Memorial during the 2010 blizzard. Visit Navin’s website.

Weekend two of 2012 has arrived and an added bonus is it’s a holiday weekend AND Friday the 13th! Spooky. For those of you who have Monday off in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr, enjoy! For those that don’t, get into the mix for a fabulous weekend. Thursday Eighteenth …