“We can teach anyone. You know those fat Wall Streeters who can barely walk but suddenly have lots of free time and $400 million in the bank? Yes, I can even get them standing on a board by their second lesson. ” Zed Layson, owner of Zed’s surfing adventures in …

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Happy Monday. Did you see Arnuld and Maria in DC? Was there anything else we missed this weekend? College basketball turned upside down as UNC learned to fear the turtle . Trouble brewing in the Blonde Charity Mafia world . There was some news about the Oscars . Oh, and …

Andy Roth gets Cubs tickets for life?

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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 …

Everyone knows FamousDC is a big fan of Extreme Mortman. We thought he’d be around forever, like Dan Snyder. It looks like Mr. Extreme is changing jobs and saying goodbye to Extreme Mortman. Naturally, we’re sad to the see the site go, but we wish Howard all the best at …

During President Obama’s first visit to hang with the White House press corps it was all smiles and handshakes, except for one reporter. Yes, one reporter remembered his job responsibilities as a member of the Fourth Estate. That reporter, a FamousDC Secretary of Education, is JoMa. We’re sure JoMa is …

HIGH-FIVE INAUGURATION! from Almost Twins   HIGH-FIVE INAUGURATION! – watch more funny videos Did you wonder who all was in the video? Did you recognize someone, but can’t remember their name? Did we just see Nelly in there? Here’s a full list: Pundits Larry King, Arianna Huffington,  Joe Scarborough, Mika …

Head on over to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Corcoran has partnered with Christie’s to display a historic Abraham Lincoln manuscript immediately following the Presidential Inauguration. Lincoln delivered the four-page speech at the White House on November 10, 1864, immediately after his second-term as President. Written in his own …

Obama Inauguration Madness has concluded. The tourists are gone and we get our city back.

Follow the excitement here [game day]

We’ve got several FamousDC editors sending Obama #Inauguration madness Twitter updates from across Washington, D.C. Stay tuned here for constant updates from our team. Morning to midnight, Jay Z to U2, Inauguration ceremony to the first dance – we’ll keep you up to speed with the latest Inauguration festivities. UPDATE: …

We didn’t know DC had a Department of the Environment. These signs are everywhere for the Inauguration.

Check out the Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder live updates and pictures from the Obama/Biden Inauguration Celebration Train Ride  http://twitter.com/marcambinder