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After a year and a half, Sara Diaz got her voice back, Tebowing is catching on, Rep. Akin loves his birds, Spotted at Lola’s for Mary Randolph Carpenter’s birthday party: Paul Lindsay, Shea Snider, Ben Miller, Cassie Smedile, Jack Smedile, Fez, Nick Pearson, Joby Young, and Stacey Johnson, BlairDC & …

The pride of Nordonia High School and one of the nicest staffers on Capitol Hill is currently on the homepage of the New York Times. After Being Burned in ’08, Republicans Embrace Twitter Hard for ’12 At a daily meeting in Mr. Boehner’s office, the communications staff decides what they should …

Jackie Kucinich and Jared Allen exchange vows on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at a private residence in Southeast Washington.

Congratulations to Eric Schulze, Lori Noto and the ThirstDC crew for Sunday ink in the Washington Post. Washington Post’s Sara Schwartz: Networking forum for nerds is ‘thirsty’ for conversation On a recent Thursday evening in the District, a lively 100-plus crowd mingled at Bier Baron while DJ-spun beats pulsed through …

Mike Shields scared cancer, Ruffini ain’t impressed, Lazy Hazy hit the World Series, Dave Catanese is a talented young man, NMS launched a strong new website, data viz done right, Famous 5 Fall bars, Chris Paulitz likes cigar people, Twitter can apparently help you lose 50 pounds, Fantasy Football rant Week …

When the temperature starts to dip, like its set to this weekend, I crave dark beer, bourbon or a deep red wine in a dark, cozy setting. Call me crazy but each elicits a warming nostalgia that when coupled with a yummy dinner and a cozy boyfriend sweater (or for …

Are you running the Marine Corps Marathon this year? Do you have a friend running? Are you running in honor of someone? FamousDC wants to celebrate the brave souls who finish the Marine Corps Marathon. Send pictures of you or your friends finishing the race and we’ll post it on …

Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, will be bringing the beats on Friday night at the NOW at Night party at the Corcoran Gallery of Art & College of Art + Design. Don’t want to spend your Friday evening at a museum? Think again. We’ve got the top 3 reasons …

The media guide to protestors, Don Seymour is mostly happy he has a lawn, Emily Miller dubbed Twitter King by TBD, GoRemy is back, Mindy Finn declared she’s not with a horse, Rick Klein is BFF’s with Dale Murphy, Jen Crider hearts Cutler, DC top 5 wine bars, The demand …

Luke Marchant retired Black Death, Ryan Howell celebrated his birth, Winston Lord & Venga are straight crushing it, RIP Steve Jobs, looking for something to do this weekend?, Congratulations to Don and Shannon McGahn on your baby boy, Lauren Pratapas, you ride’s here, part 58, Fantasy Football Week 4, Did …

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Meet Eric Wohschlegel. He recently launched TheCribLine which aims to answer those difficult real estate questions. He was nice enough to spend a few minutes with us for a FamousDC Famous 5 interview. 1.       Tell us about TheCribLine (www.thecribline.com). What made you want to make this? I love real estate …

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Thanks to Michael Clements and our friends at Washington Life, FamousDC stopped by The Decatur House Friday for Pharrell‘s DC launch party for his new vodka based cream liqueur drink: QREAM. The drinks comes in strawberry or peach, but we couldn’t pick a favorite. This obviously requires additional testing. A …