Photo credit: Erin Kick up the heat a notch with these spicy recipes.  We’ll have your palate sizzling in no time. Spiced Black Bean, Grilled Avocado, and Goat Cheese Tacos via Naturally Ella Strawberry Serrano Pepper Preserves via Honest Fare Sweet Corn and Roasted Jalapeno Hummus via How Sweet It …

Complaining about the heat? Not us at FamousDC. In fact we’ve got our top ten reasons to love this weather: 1.       You don’t have to iron your shirt – sleep in five extra minutes. 2.       No undershirt is acceptable, even encouraged – less laundry. 3.       No reason to hit the …

Strasburg didn’t pitch last night and thousands of fans were disappointed. And then today The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful People is released. Peaks and valleys, man. Peaks and valleys. Yes, the only power list in Washington that puts staff assistants ahead of Members of Congress and Chiefs of Staff is …

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Will readers of The Hollywood Reporter review The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful of 2010? Could the hottest hill staffers turn heads in Hollywood? The owner of Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill is buying the Hollywood Reporter TheWrap: Hollywood Reporter Set to be Sold to ‘Who’s Who’s’ Finkelstein h/t Ted Hearn

Marc Ambinder adds to his Christmas Card list his top 13 Most Powerful People in DC to complement GQ’s list. The Atlantic: Who Should Have Been On GQ’s Top 50 In DC Yes, this was a stretch, but we’ve been working all day to find a way to link back …

Miley Cyrus has already given up on Twitter , but will McCain’s daughter? According to a tweet from Meghan last night, her Twitter account may soon be a thing of the past. why I have been considering deleting my twitter account, what once was fun now just seems like a …

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Finally, you can stop hitting refresh on the Hill’s website – the 50 Most Beautiful people on the planet Capitol Hill is finally LIVE! [thank you, baby Jesus] And for those of you who thought you had it rough in Spokane where guys sport camouflage and North Face jackets to …

If you don’t follow the FamousDC Director of National Drug Control Policy, Ryan Grim, on Twitter, you’re missing out. He brings the fire … day-in/day-out

Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Clever) and Jerry Costello (D-Wordsmith) held a news conference Tuesday to announce that someone on their staff had successfully managed to create yet another legislative acronym. The latest congressional acronym … HANG UP,  Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace, which would ban cell phone use on airplanes. Both …

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