Stretch out your tweeting thumbs, round up your b-cards, and grab those Crest Whitestrips because it’s finally here– it’s White House Correspondents Dinner Weekend. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, then odds are you are a nobody — it’s #nerdprom weekend and it’s going to get a little …

Story Partners, in honor of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner,  hosted a slew of Washington influentials at their inaugural “Welcome to Washington: A Salute to Women in Journalism” event. The party, co-hosted by Story Partners’ Gloria Dittus, NBC’s Betsy Fischer Martin,Washingtonian’s Cathy Merrill Williams, CNN’s Dana Bash, CBS News’ Jan Crawford, and The New Republic’s Julia Ioffe definitely kicked off the weekend …

Want to find the most traveled routes in D.C. by both bike and running … so you can avoid those sidewalks? Yeah, us too. Check out this map from Strava. h/t Washingtonian  

This joke never gets old. Post by Barack Obama.

Adieu dinosaur bones [DC says goodbye to Fossil Hall until 2019] Uber’s defensive [because UberX can be deadly] Nationals conquer the Padres 4-0 [Natitude] Kids too frequently are [skipping school in DC] Old Post Office Tower closing [on Thursday] House of Cards will stay in Maryland after all [everything’s coming …

This is not only an amazing feat of technology, it’s a feat of diplomacy as well. President Obama played soccer with a robot.  

Congratulations to Josh Shultz and his wife on the birth of their baby girl this past Saturday. The next generation of FamousDC is taking over. -From the entire FDC Team.

Head’s up FamousDC fans: Our friend Dan Everett at the Capitol Lounge is handing out FamousDC swag at tonight’s Making the Lounge Right. So stop by the Cap Lounge tonight and ask Dan the man for stickers. Remember to tip your bartender!

1. Gagnon dropped the ball on organizing. As outgoing champ, it was his job. We just forgot to tell him. 2. We came in an inch of our lives last year because some folks didn’t like the results. 3. We think people should spend more time with their families instead …

Hey, there is a new messaging platform thingy out there called Twitter. Are you following us? Come on in, the water’s fine. Follow FamousDC on Twitter –> www.twitter.com/FamousDC

Chris Frates = 1, Robert Gibbs = 0, the Blair House Project was seven and half hours of wonk Olympics, robot whale parks are coming, we’re on a horse, Chris Matthews managed to insult kidnap victims, Buster Brown and The Get down rocked Gin & Tonic, Box is back in …

We’re everywhere… Thanks to Allison Ealey for snapping this picture in Charleston, SC.

FamousDC has teamed up with the DC lottery to give away some Georgetown vs. Villanova tickets. Here’s how you can win tickets: 1. Email us at [email protected] and tell us why you want the tickets.  Creativity counts.  So does humor. 2. Tweet @FamousDC is my favorite DC blog because _______.  …

Facebook Status Abuse: Out of town for work until Thursday…not that anyone really cares. Bingo!  Another desperate act for attention.

It all comes down to this. We’ve seen battles, we’ve witnessed the verbal assaults, we’ve even seen pictures and updates from the White House briefing room. 64 twitterers started this tournament and today two twits remain: @MichaelTurk vs.@matthewgagnon . Several story lines here folks: NCTA vs. NMS Kung Fu Quip …