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Famous Friday [Round Up]
Watch this and try not to cry, still waiting for Ted Prill to open a flying taco stand, Congrats to all the grads, who’s trying district taco this weekend?, Chef Bart is killing it, be sure to stop by Top of the Hill on Monday, tell Mike Lurie we’re on the gifs, tell Ashley …
Commedia Dell Media: Race for the Crown
From bit to bite, last night’s Commedia Dell Media was a mix of nerdy DC humor, self-deprecation and journo on journo crime as everyone took a jab or two. In other words, it was a good time for a good cause and after a few warm up drinks… er rounds, the …
Major Garrett Drops the Mic on the Washington Press Club Foundation 69th Annual Congressional Dinner
We feel bad for anyone who took the OVER on the 50 minute over/under for the Washington Press Club Foundation Annual Congressional Dinner last night. Major Garrett kept things moving quickly and all the guests were rolling out of their chairs laughing at Senator Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Jason Chaffetz. From …
Feasting Famously with Chef Bart Vandaele
Top Chef Season 10 contestant and owner/Chef of DC’s own Belga Café lunches with us for his thoughts on the DC food scene, where he thinks it’s trending, and wonders if DC is ready for Michelin stars.
Walking down the restaurant and bar lined Barrack’s Row neighborhood of Capitol Hill, I see many familiar haunts that serve cold beer, and I am sure, decent food. Yet I am comforted with each step I take as it brings me closer to Belga Café.
Opened in 2004 by Chef Bart, this place has been consistently cranking out some seriously delicious Belgian-inspired food, providing amazing mussels, and some of the all-around best dishes (and beers) to be found in The District. However, it’s not Chef Bart’s entertaining and hilariously hard-to-understand-sometimes performance on Top Chef Season 10 that brings me here…ok, well, it sort of is. I mean, come on, who wouldn’t want to have lunch with this guy. He’s always happy, he had a crazy ass partner Josie in the last challenge that resulted in his elimination (tear), oh yeah, and there’s mussel’s on the half-shell with garlic butter and an ice cold Kasteel Rouge waiting for me on the inside. Onward we march in the name of food journalism!
Amy Steinmann Smith’s Kentucky Derby Picks
Amy Steinmann Smith, a Capitol Hill vet, knows horses. As an avid rider and competitor, she’s always on top of the sport. So much so, over the past several years, she’s put together an unofficial Kentucky Derby Race Guide – a guide which has made many of her friends …
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Scott’s New Band is back at the Clarendon Grill this Saturday, Sean Spicer went poaching, fall might have fallen on DC, is there a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow?, The good news? Your wife was not kidnapped. The bad news? She was cheating on you, Frates gets a …
FamousDC Recess Bash Recap #FDCHH
Thank you to everyone who showed up for last night’s party at Cava and a big thank you to our host committee: Anne Brady, Jessica Brady, Charles Chamberlayne, Sara Diaz, Robert Grant, Blair Milligan, Marissa Mitrovich, Lauren Torlone, Brian Walsh & Tom Williams. A special thanks to Jim Billimoria for …
Famously Tweeted: And the Time Magazine Person of the Year Is…
Social media, taking over the world… @mikeallen: TIME Person of Year: Mark Elliott Zuckerberg, 26, “for connecting more than half a billion people” See the cover image http://bit.ly/91JWqe
Not Your Normal Hockey Game [Lawmakers vs. Lobbyists]
The upcoming “Congressional Hockey Challenge” isn’t so abnormal that they’re letting Sen. Robert Byrd skate, but a few other lawmakers have decided to risk their pretty faces. On March 9, 2010, ice hockey-playing Members of Congress, and similarly-talented Senate and House staff, will challenge some of K Street’s finest in …
FishbowlDC Announces Remaining Candidates
Christine and Matt must be working overtime. FishbowlDC just announced the remaining candidates for their Summer Superlative Contest . We’re still waiting on bribes to announce our endorsements, but we will say that the Biggest Rebel category will be the toughest. Do we go with American Bad Ass John Stanton …
Famous 5: Mr. Yogato!
What started as one rocket scientist’s craving for delicious, healthy, tart frozen yogurt when he moved to D.C., has become an amazing labor of love. And lucky for us, the man behind the most popular frozen yogurt shop in DC just so happens to be participating in the FamousDC Twitter …
#FDC Round Two [NW, SW] Results
This round had some highlights, low-lights, no-lights and the first ever overtime match. @almacy vs. @briandevine WINNER: @almacy @almacy got off to a rolling start by showing everyone his bald eagles , and kept it going with a strong endorsement by @levydr . @briandevine’s use of another Brian was simply …
#FDC Twitter Brackets Released
UPDATE: There is a little confusion about when the competition for each quadrant begins. Today’s NW match ups begin at 4pm and lasts 24 hours . Jockeying for position, coalition building and trash talking should have already started. …. For each round, winners will be determined by content creativity [hint, …
#FDC Twitter Bracket: Only A Few Days Left to Enter
Below is the most updated list of Twit tip entries. If you don’t see one of your favorite Twits on this list, add them in the box below. @jmartpolitico @mikeallen @ryangrim @davidall @joetrippi @newtgingrich @karlrove @thefix @pwgavin @patrickruffini @robklause @katieharbath @MichaelTurk @LizMair @SorenDayton @erickaandersen @almacy @mkhammer @kenwheaton @levydr @ jdickerson …
Famous 5 Questions: The Grooming Lounge
We were dying to know which was worse, a unibrow or ungroomed finger nails – so we set out to find the answer. Luckily for us, that answer came in the form of Mike Gilman and Pirooz Sarshar – cofounders of The Grooming Lounge. The Grooming Lounge Famous 5 Questions …