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Happy Hour awaits us! Enjoy your Friday everybody!

Last night FamousDC teamed up with Microsoft, Resonate and The New Republic to throw another great happy hour. The event was held at the spectacular downtown office of Microsoft and featured great conversation, amazing food and delicious cocktails. We hope to see you at the next one. Famously Spotted: Kelly Dieter from WWSG, Margaret Chadbourn and Tim Ryan from Reuters, Melissa Morrill from INGAA, Charles Small from Cuomo’s office, Jade Floyd from the Case Foundation, Jeremy Art and Howard Mortman from C-SPAN, Abby Matousek and Georgette Spanjich from ML Strategies, Jim Billimoria from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Mark Bryant from Resonate, Alex Byers, Lauren French and Ginger Gibson from Politico, Will Carty from Twitter, Laurent Crenshaw from the House Intelligence Committee,  Katie Harbath from Facebook, Reid Wilson from the Washington Post, Morgan Gress and Ashley Summers from 1776, Paige Helling from CQ Roll Call, Megan Kirkpatrick from The Beer Institute, Chris Moody from Yahoo News, Nika Nour from the Internet Association, Lauren Patterson from Daily Caller, Archie Smart and Matt Lauer from Qorvis, Jim Swift from The Weekly Standard and of course Stefanie Petropoulous with DC London and Kelly Cohen with The Washington Examiner. A special thanks to our host committee: Gerrit Lansing, Kristen Soltis and Rebecca Mark And a big thank you to FamousDC’s Event Production Director Veronica Wilson for coordinating such a memorable evening. Photography by Dakota Photography. All photos can be found here.

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We were inspired by Nathan Gonzales‘ sheer August creativity in coming up with 6 Things Losing Candidates Say, passed along by Shira Toeplitz. Here’s another take on his list: 5 things DC interns say: 1. I just won a happy hour at McFaddens! 2. No, I don’t just get them coffee, I’m really an …

We want your submission for the best DC Happy Hour – essentially a competitive sport in this town. [gravityform id=”5″ name=”Best DC Happy Hour” title=”false” description=”false”] Entries close this Friday so get ’em in before 5 o’clock.

The sun finally came out yesterday and just in time for FamousDC’s happy hour at Top of the Hill where we had a rockin’ good time with some of the Hill’s & K Street’s finest. We even spotted some of the press making their way to the free-flowing drinks. Scroll …

Last night FamousDC threw an amazing post election bash complete with plenty of lame duckies on all the table for everyone to let loose after the past, election stressed-filled weeks. Major thanks to our sponsors Intermarkets, U.S. Travel, NJI Media and Story Partners for making events like last night happen and for sending their awesome people to add to the fun. Read on for photos of the festivities, complete with ducks, drinks and some familiar faces. Famously Spotted: Jeremy Art, Chelsea Snell, Kate Connors, Lauren Pratapas, Caleb Smith, Johnny Football, Ryan Thompson, Brad Dayspring, Andrea McCarthy, Brian Patrick, Kate Lewis, Mike Lurie, Matt Lira, Michael Steel, Brendon Buck, Riva Litman, Johanna Murphy, Pat Lobner, Megan Whittemore, John Sciuto, Christine Yoo, Drew Brandewie, Dennis Bohm, Mike Harinstein, Stephanie Fontenot, Katie Wilkerson, Georgette Spanjich, Mike Calvo, Jeffrey Hubbard, Blair Milligan, Jacob Wood, Justin Herman, Allison & Dick Cunningham, Peter Pan, Amos Snead, Josh Shultz, Natasha Federova, Brea MacIsaac, Carol Foster, Brittney Dunkins, Ashley Wolos, Josh Funk, Pranav Vora, Philip Soriano, Abby Matousek, Alejandro Trevino, Alex Skatell, Brandon Barrios, Matthew Burrell, Craig Wiesen, Henri Makembe, Jim Billimoria, Laura Wainman, Patrick Lobner, Matt Wolking, Pete Haviland-Eduah, Riva Litman, Victoria Bosselman, Connor Walsh, Zoe Maurer and many more.

Last night’s FamousDC/Resonate Countdown Until the Election Happy Hour was a great success as we near the final days of the election. Top of the Hill was jamming thanks to our amazing sponsors Resonate, Roll Call, Story Partners and NJI Media. Famously Spotted: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Doug Heye, Shira Toeplitz, Warren Rojas, Neda Semnani, Whitney Drew, Nick Holt, Rebecca Mark, Lara Aulestia, Peter Anthony, Rebecca Gale, Jacob Wood, Chris Frates, Audrey Jones, Brad Dayspring, Jeremy Art, Emily Mueller, Cathy Rought, Christina Salek-Rahm, Rick Poliska, Stuart Roy, Kim Weisenberger, Jeff Whitmore, Carly Baker, Christina Bellatoni, Scott Bissey, Chris Braddock, Emil Caillaux, Mike Calvo, Austin Carson, Frank Cavaliere, Corrie Davidson, Jay Dunn, Heather Federman, Andrew Foxwell, Aly Geisler, Pete Haviland-Eduah, Alyssa Hinman, Dejay Johnson, Chris Moody, Heather Bien, Peter Albrecht, Richard Cunningham, Kevin Fitzgerald, Melissa Chambers, Matt Ortega, Eric Shapiro, Shawna Thomas, Katie Stack, Amie Woeber, Brian Wohlert, Lauren Pratapas, Patrick Ryan, Rob Van Raaphorst, Dave Weigel , Meg Smith, Nicole Daigle, Joe Gizzi, Adam Johnston, Clayton Hanson, Kaylea Happell, Jon Fox, Jean Humbrecht, Steven Luckett, Andrew Kovalcin, Brittney Dunkins, Jim Billimoria, Georgette Spanjich, Julie Eckert, Rachna Coudhry,Austin Carson, David Karlsruher, Mike Lurie, Neal Patel, M. Harrison Boyd, Tom Donnelly and Elizabeth Borders. Big thanks to Celeste at Top of the Hill for helping organize the event and Patrick G. Ryan for taking photos last night.

Nats clinch post season birth! [Natitude] Somebody get this man an undershirt [Rick Perry] Take my jacket, I’m off to make sh*t happen [Obama] Thanks to everyone who came out for the FamousDC Happy Hour last night. Another great crowd. Let’s do it again soon. Photo by Odd Little Bird

It’s that time of year where the phones are silent, you can push the office dress code, and most importantly, any excuse to leave work early goes. Here at FamousDC we took an unofficial poll of Hill staff on what their number one reason for leaving early during recess was. See the results.

FamousDC stopped by National Journal’s Influence Alley event last night and it was packed with over 150 lining the bar. As promised, the night was filled with politics, power, people and, most importantly, pints. Guests also submitted names for their top 35 under 35 hill staffers. We conducted a few unofficial exit poll interviews and it looks like this is Freddy Barnes’ race to lose. While there, we spotted a few famous faces: NBWA’s Rebecca Spicer, the AHIP crew of Robbie & Katie Zirkelbach with L.D. Platt, Examiner Yeas & Nays scribe Jenny Rogers, Nu Wexler, Kamara Jones, Stephen “The Gronk” Martinko and his wife Erin, Sunlight’s Liz Bartolomeo, Catherine Goode, Jessica Butler, Derek Satya Khanna, Caroline Holdman, Cam Newton, and the NJ team including Elahe Izadi, Mike Catalini, Ron Fournier, Matt Cooper, Nicole Duran, Julie Edwards, Andrew Behringer, and Caroline Boccarosse.

A big thank you to Patrick Ryan for snapping some great shots last night.

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 …