On the last day in their office building before they move across the street, The Washington Post teamed up with 1776 and gathered successful and emerging millennial entrepreneurs for conversations, a pitch contest and networking. The summit was for and about millennials and the ways in which they disrupt, innovate, and inspire today’s society. …

Being an intern in D.C. is unlike any experience you’ve had before. You can intern in many cities across the country, but none of them will be quite like your experience in the nation’s capital. D.C. interns are a Type A breed that are a force to be reckoned with. …

The Washington Post and 1776 are gathering successful and emerging millennial entrepreneurs for conversations, a pitch contest and networking. This summit is for and about millennials and the ways in which they disrupt, innovate, and inspire today’s society. Like it or not, the Gen Y cohort is swaying elections, changing industries, and becoming …

The holiday season is right around the corner, and even though many of us look forward to receiving presents every year, it’s important to remember that it’s also a time to giveback. That’s why you, yes you, should get involved with #GivingTuesday on December 1st. Right after Thanksgiving, we all …

Congratulations are in order for the winners of the 2015 National Press Foundation (NPF) awards, as the highly anticipated list was just released. Where Washington is the hub of the most important decisions made in our country, it is the NPF that allows the news of Washington and the world …

In case you missed it, Momofuku Milk Bar has officially opened in D.C. (please excuse us while we jump for joy). Now you can make all your friends in New York equally as jealous with pictures of delicious meals all over social media. The restaurant opened in CityCenterDC last week, …

FamousDC seeks to bring you the very best our region has to offer. That includes the most spine-tingling haunted houses and suspense attractions for this Halloween season. We assembled an independent panel of expert enthusiasts who have frequented spooky shindigs across the region over the last three years, and they …

The Second Congressional Hackathon was an auspicious success last Friday. The free event was hosted by House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy and House Democratic whip Steny Hoyer, and brought over two hundred programming experts, legislative leaders, and industry innovators to work together across party lines to confront the technical challenges …

Last night in DC, we were reminded of the very moment when voting became “cool”. It was exactly 25 years ago in 1990, when the first Rock the Vote campaign was launched, featuring Madonna wearing nothing more than combat boots and an American flag haphazardly draped around her shoulders. The …

During her testimony today before the congressional select committee investigating the Benghazi attacks, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton disclosed that she did not, in fact, have a computer in her office. We sought to find out what other items Secretary did not have in her State Department office. 1. A …

THE FOLLOWING IS A WORK OF PURE SATIRE AND HAS NO RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY FACET OF TRUTH. BUT YOU SHOULD READ IT ANYWAY BECAUSE WOULDN’T IT BE FUNNY IF IT WAS TRUE?  Central Intelligence Agency head John Brennan is the latest government official to see their email account hacked. Apparently …

Co-host our FamousDC Boulder event next week. (!) Start a grim children’s puppet show business. Ride the wave of media coverage he’s going to get today like a Starburst commercial. Design ties, bolos and leather necklaces for gentlemen with necks larger than heads. Remove industrial asbestos by chewing it up …

DC loves blogs. Political journals like Heard on the Hill, Loose Lips, and District of DeBonis keep our inboxes well informed each morning with the latest updates on Capitol Hill or foreign affairs. However, it’s the lifestyle bloggers that bring color to the city and remind us of all the wonderful things …

The epicenter of power in Washington, D.C. isn’t on Capitol Hill or in sprawling K Street offices. It’s not even in DC. It’s in some trendy dot-com lounge in California where a tanned hipster in thick-rimmed glasses decides which snaps are worthy of the DC Snapchat Story. That kind of …

This article was authored by FamousDC contributor, Arielle Witter.  On your mark, get set, DANCE! If you were at the Landmark Music Festival this weekend, you probably danced your way around West Potomac Park. This weekend artists like Drake, George Ezra, Alt-J, and Miguel flooded the stages to perform some of their …