WaPo highlights the FamousDC movers and shakers to watch on Capitol Hill: ALEXIS COVEY-BRANDT AMANDA CARPENTER DAVID KRONE NADEAM ELSHAMI STEVE STOMBRES ROBBY MOOK JOSH HOLMES NICK SCHAPER DOUG STAFFORD CYNTHIA HERRLE

Congress, now forcing you to pay attention at work, because they’re creeping on your Facebook feed. h/t MKHammer Congrats to Speaker staffer @DonSeymour for coming up with the Facebook live-stream idea. [h/t @nickschaper]

Dear New Media Directors on Capitol Hill, The next time you’re looking to churn out one of the those really clever web videos, you know, the ones with the sharp voice-overs, think about hiring this guy. Trust us, you’ll be saving the taxpayers money and providing this well-deserving guy some …

Ben Chang, a very down to earth White House staffer who’s made his mark in DC over the years. [off the clock]

Welcome to the new year. Are you looking for some reading while you nurse that hangover? Get your Caps game face on for the Winter Classic: GQ: Ovechkin With Love His may be the perfect face of the NHL: broad, broken-toothed, misshapen by countless on-ice collisions—an affable Slavic caveman with …

Tricia Barba Jennifer Chiles James Davis Mike Garrett Shane Harris Justin Herman Jason McCool Tommy McFly Adam Roberts Nicole Siobal

FamousDC has always been a big Mike Allen fan. We even nominated him as our Media Ticket Presidential Candidate in 2008. President – Mike Allen, Politico The hardest working media personality needs the top office.  He’s moral, honest, and trustworthy – to a fault. We need a President who will …

Christina Bellantoni is quickly making her mark at CQ-Roll Call. Roll Call: The 2010 Election in 120 Seconds And from Demon Sheep to a spelling bee, there were dozens of memorable ads. CQ Roll Call staffers had their favorites, and we did some crowd-sourcing to find out some of the …

There ain’t much more in this world that we enjoy more than lists – especially end of year lists containing all FamousDC folks. From Facebook to Brightest Young Things and from Wale to the  Obama White House … Meet the 35 people under 35 who changed DC in 2010. 2010 …

TBD: Betsy Rothstein’s year in Twitter battles On June 26, Betsy Rothstein published a stirring defense of media journalism. Rothstein, the editor of Fishbowl DC, a media news and gossip site, had published some of a Washington Post blogger’s e-mails to a private Listserv, and the ensuing revelation that he’d …

Dear Readers, For the 15th year in a row we didn’t get a Hover board under our Christmas tree – however, it ain’t all bad news. Christmas came late this year. Yesterday, we found out FamousDC has been nominated as one of Washington Post’s top area blogs – and while …

A Capitol Hill rock band inspired by Mariah Carey’s music? We’re in. Meet Free Lobster Buffet Q1) What gave you the idea to name your band Free Lobster Buffet? The short answer is that “Free Beer” and Bare Naked Ladies” were already taken and we needed some way to get people into a …

POLITICO’s Morning Tech by Tonny Romm, Kim Hart & Jennifer Martinez: TWITTER’S ADAM SHARP STARTS MAKING THE ROUNDS – If his tweets are any indication, Twitter’s new D.C. hire Adam Sharp (aka @AdamS) was out and about repping the San Francisco-based company around town on Tuesday. According to Sharp’s Twitter …

Please file this under headlines we’ve always wanted to write. Senator Reid & Lady Gaga.Twittering together. Only in America.

RIP Richard Holbrooke, Dear God we hate airline bag fees, change your password, congrats to the David All Group on their new office digs, Nelson Lewis is balling out of control, Congressman Conyers inspired gifts are all the rage, Jaguar set me up, Guam still hasn’t tipped over, of course …