Gossip Girl made the week for Taylor Llewellyn and Tucker Blair , Politico and Matt Drudge look to be taking some time off , Doug Pinkham said the Chamber of Commerce was the villain of the week , we can’t believe namesofthedead.com was still available, the “Yes Men ” are getting around, …

If there is one thing we like at Famous DC, it’s a good poem. And the only thing better than a good poem is spoken word performance of that poem. (You should see our rendition of Man From Nantucket…it moves people to tears) Well, the folks at J Street felt …

Wait, what? POLITICO Click: Hill Aide Snags Actress? New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s staffer Ben Dunham got cozy last week with January Jones, the red-hot actress from “Mad Men.”

Annie Leibovitz’s photo of President Obama and his family in the White House. Can you imagine how cool it would be to grow up there? H/T – Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook

Let’s see what Amanda Carpenter, Kristen Soltis and Allison Kasic have to say: The Right Idea, Episode 34: The “New” DC from The Winston Group on Vimeo.

We’re not sure what we’ll do without our daily Tech Daily Dose, but congratulations are in order for one of DC’s famous journalists: Andrew Noyes We just learned that Andrew is leaving Congress Daily and heading over to Facebook where he’ll head up public policy communications in their Washington, D.C. …

FamousDC wants to send extreme congratulations to DC’s own Suspicious Package. Spin Magazine: For Pros About to Rock Meet more corporate bands still workin’ for the weekend. … CAPITOL INSIDERS Suspicious Package (Washington, D.C.) Washington Post political cartoonist Tom Toles, Bloomberg’s Tim Burger, The Los Angeles Times’ Josh Meyer, Deputy …

Karaoke in the Capital rocked the Rock & Roll Hotel last night and we’ve got the pics. Chris Frates gained a lot of street cred in our book for being able to rock “One Week” by Barenaked Ladies. Click here to see the rest of the rockin’ pics

FishbowlDC: “Goatee Gamble”: It’s Over “Ah the mystery.” … That was the response we got from NBC’s Chuck Todd on whether to goatee would stay or go after the Phillies won the National League Championship Series 10-4 against the Dodgers last night, and “Goatee Gamble” was officially over. We’ll likely …

FamousDC presents … our Democracy in action Tory Newmyer and Jackie Kucinich: Towns Walks on Thin Caucus Ice Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) is facing heat from up and down the Democratic ladder after locking Republicans out of his committee room this week in an ongoing spat …

It looks like Ludacris is hanging in DC this week. According to the release, he is pulling together a lunch time concert at some hip-hop spot named “The National Press Club” National Press Club: Ludacris to Appear at October 23 Luncheon

Today’s Washington Post Style section has the last surviving son of former Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke discussing the loss of the Redskins to Dan Snyder. Mike Wise gets John Kent Cooke to open up about Dan Snyder: “I sure as hell don’t like the way he gutted the organization …

Earlier this week we told you about a Georgetown sophomore looking to hire a personal assistant for $12/hour [jobs created] To be honest, when we asked where to send our resume, we never thought we would get a call back. Then we opened up the ole tip box yesterday and …

Marc Ambinder sums it up. If the White House can reach out to the Iranians and North Koreans, for gosh sakes, they can talk to Shepard Smith. Marc obviously doesn’t take into consideration that Shep is an Ole Miss fan.