BOOM BOOM!, Elliot Berke was able to get Paul McCartney tickets through pre-sale, photography skillz, DC has fantastic Italian food, pretty sure we missed the birthday of Sara Diaz, Nedd is headed to the Masters, Allison Cunningham is older and much wiser, the Keystone is getting the juice it needs, …

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 …

Big news in Cantorland. [via Politico] Veteran Republican operative Doug Heye is joining Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s press office as deputy chief of staff. Heye, who was most recently an adviser to the Iowa Republican party, fills the spot of Brad Dayspring, who left the Virginia Republican’s office and joined …

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 …

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 …

Matt Bravo became a television star, Washington Life’s Michael Clements said Pharrell paid close attention to Britt McHenry during his last DC visit, Chef Geoff should be Mayor of DC, Iwo Jima in the snow, tell Howard Mortman happy birthday today, John Stanton enjoying a green apple martini at the …

Matt Lira, Steve Dwyer, Katie Harbath, Andrew Foxwell, Adam Connor, Eric Wilson, Garrett Lansing, David Almacy, Ryan Howell, Ericka Andersen, Pat Bell and many more went hacking this week, Doug Heye loves Iowa, Newt made a huge announcement that involved spandex, best cookie recipes this season, Charles Chamberlayne is writing for MSNBC, Mike Allen’s …

Trump keeps coming back [nobody knows why] More good Redskin news [spiral] Two words [Tee bow] Doug Heye loves Iowa [who doesn’t?] Mike Allen signs an iPad [21st Century book signing] By JasonianPhotography

Graffiti Hunting [on the red line] Redskins vs. Panthers [Cam on Fire] Robert Jameson & Josh Holly [5 in a row] Goodbye to Blogging [Erin in the real world] Busy Weekend! An unofficial poll taken at The Prairie Tap (near Gate 5 K) of the Chicago O’Hare International Airport confirmed …

Jim B rocked his new monogrammed shirt, Erick Erickson appreciated the sh*tty headline, GOP buzz grows for Chris Christie, big ups to the American Beverage Association for donating $50,000 to help students in Ward 8 play soccer and learn poetry via DC Scores, Obama held a townhall at LinkedIn, finding …

Ask Ryan Howell how he burned his neck, @MarcoRubio scoops up @AlexConant, The more we think about it, the more the 9-9-9 plan makes sense, Michelle Bachmann cannot pull of red like Tiger can on Sundays, but we like her new hair color, it’s Ralph Hellmann’s birthday, the hikers were finally …

Dennis Haskins, better known as Saved by the Bell’s Principal Belding (@mrbelding), wished Republican strategist Ron Bonjean a happy birthday on Wednesday via Twitter. After receiving a message from Doug Heye, also a Republic strategist, Haskins wished “the nicest Republican” he knows a great day. Read it on POLITICO Click.

Thanks to the nearly 200 people who showed up last night at the FamousDC / Roll Call Recess Happy Hour. The event was a huge success and not only were the margaritas, Famous sangria and beer flowing, each attendee lost an average of two pounds due to the heat. A …

Congratulations to @PounderFile on the RNC Research Director gig, Mullen and Williams had to bail on sky-diving last weekend, no more tailgating at Jiffy Lube concert center, Tina Korbe moved to Hot Air, don’t forget to vote in the Taste of America contest, how to navigate Capitol Hill, tell Ashley …

The word of the week was — long form, Mr. Hollywood (aka Doug Heye) chimes in, who wants to go to the gun show, no offense to Will and Kate, but this is the only royal wedding we care about, now that we know the President was in fact born …