Welcome to The Gist – where FamousDC and NJI Media take a look into hyper-local topics in the Washington DC area. Today’s episode takes a dive into a pesky problem.

#MANAGINGEDITOR   KATHRYN LYONS Managing Editor for FamousDC Weather: This weather though! Today will remain mostly sunny with temperatures in the high 60s and a light breeze which, in our opinion, is perfect for some patio-people-watching at happy hour. Tomorrow the skies will be throwing some serious shade – bringing on …

 #GUESTEDITOR CAMERON EASLEY Managing Editor at Morning Consult “Friday is here! Unless you’re a senator, in which case it’s still Wednesday. You’re probably not a senator though, so let’s take a look back at the week that was and turn up for the weekend ahead.” Weather: WARNING: DC is about to heat up!…sort of. …

Before we put all our focus on Santa this weekend, there’s another VIP out there who deserves our attention – and a spa day. Robin Shultz is fabulous wife to FamousDC’s fearless leader, Josh Shultz, mother to Natalie and Camden and, on this particular day, the birthday queen. Today, Robin’s #boss status reaches …

FAMOUS FORECAST Another day, another sunny sky! Temps as high as 60 degrees throughout the day and only slightly dropping into the high 50’s right around happy hour. THURSDAY JAM Brought to you by Tazewell Jones of FamousDC We are SO close to the weekend, so stay strong out there! Oh, and play …

FamousDC traveled down South to convene presidential campaign staff, national media, and major influencers for another exclusive pre-debate event. We’ve been following the debate trail since last summer when America could hardly count all the candidates in the running, and now just five men will stand at tonight’s tenth GOP …

FamousDC has announced some major news this year. A few weeks ago, we expanded the team with five new hires and promotions; and most recently we announced the addition of Managing Editor, Kathryn Lyons who will roll out a video series for the growing media outlet. Naturally, we thought it best …

Morgan Gress is Editor at 1776, and the former editor of FamousDC. A quick note: FamousDC’s current editor, Marie, asked Morgan to write today’s thankful Thursday post. Guiding influences that immediately came to her mind? Amos Snead and Josh Shultz.

People say DC is Hollywood for ugly people, but as District fanatics, we take slight offense to that notion – at least most of the time. However, as a city always on the go, it’s hard to look perfect all of the time – especially when your day starts with …

If you have a moment, go tell FamousDC’s own Josh Shultz happy birthday.

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.

Happy birthday to Robin’s husband and Natalie’s father: Josh Shultz! If you have a moment today, wish FamousDC co-founder Josh Shultz a Happy Birthday! –The FDC Team  

**Update: Welcome to the new SEC Amos Snead. Enjoy wearing your Texas A&M gear on Thursday.  **Update: A bet between FamousDC Founders, Amos Snead & Josh Shultz, declares that the loser of this weekend’s game will have to rock Alabama or Texas A&M gear at FamousDC’s party next Thursday** The …

New to DC this Summer? Recently, FamousDC was asked “What is one thing I should do this summer?” by a DC newcomer. We decided to open it up and ask some true Washingtonians for their recommendations. We couldn’t come up with just one thing as there’s nothing quite like a …

Yes, Neda, we need a bigger boat. Snead, Shultz and Roll Call: May it be time to graduate the Recess Happy Hour of Awesome to a bigger space? Just sayin’ … Roll Call rundown can be read here. A big thank you to Patrick G. Ryan for snapping some amazing …