We at FamousDC love us some Mike Allen’s Playbook. We love that it cuts our morning reading in half, that it mentions our friends, that it gives us sports updates but most importantly – we love that it saves us the trouble of remembering the birthday’s of our nearest and …

FamousDC President Pilgrim Mike Allen made an unexpected appearance at the White House Tuesday.  Bush, who was in the middle of pardoning a very thankful turkey, was surprised when Pilgrim Mike showed up with a turkey of his own. According to Allen, he thought the event was a “cookout hosted …

FamousDC is proud to present another installment of our “What Happens to Political Reporters Post Election?” series. Following a tiring campaign season, John Stanton decided he was done chasing down elected officials through the halls of the Capitol. Instead, he chased his dreams (and taste buds) and opened up “Crazy …

Now that the election is over and we don’t need a gaggle of reporters following every poll, statement, or press conference, what will happen to some of our favorites bloggers, pundits, and reporters? Luckily, FamousDC spent the past few days tracking down the next career moves and they’re below: Will …

FamousDC’s Nominee for President, Mike Allen, received a glowing write-up in Newsweek. Can we count this a the first official endorsement of the FamousDC Media Ticket? It’s 5 a.m. and Mike Allen has already been awake for nearly two hours. The baby-faced, 44-year-old reporter for Politico, the Beltway-obsessed Web site, …

“Maybe you noticed that all of John McCain’s problems began when he bailed out on this show. Were you aware of that? [Cheers and applause] The road to the White House runs RIGHT through here.” [h/t playbook]

Mike Allen’s Playbook said to ask Cillizza about his 26 women. It got our attention and we’ll work to get answers for you, but we bet Patrick Gavin beats us to it. Playbook:  ASK FIX ABOUT HIS 26 WOMEN

OK, so August is still here. If we aren’t on a CODEL, leading energy revolutions on the House floor, or back tracking on drilling proposals, what should we do with all of our free time? We’ve decided to take this moment to investigate where DC get its daily conventional wisdom. …

First Mike Allen goes on vacation, then Cillizza and…now Gavin? What the hell is happening to hard-working Washington reporters?

From today’s Politico Playbook: With Senator Obama still in Iraq, his staff and press could be seen smoking flavored tobacco in hookahs in their Amman hotel bar, well past midnight local time. Puff, puff, pass…

Last week we launched the FamousDC Media Ticket. Several of our favorite Web sites linked to it so we wanted to pay back the favor: FishbowlDC: Lord Save Us: Journos Running The White House?!? … The folks at FamousDC have proven smarter at this whole “start a new blog” thing …

Sunday’s Playbook: SPOTTED – Doug Heye, doing the Macarena on the Jumbotron at Nationals Park.

From today’s Playbook Mike Allen: Playbook yesterday sent our 100,000th e-mail since Politico launched 18 months ago. Which intern has to count those?

JoMa filed this Drudge-tastic story and Mike Allen said it would be late night fodder. He was right. Playbook:  DAVID LETTERMAN, on J-Mart’s scoop about Senator McCain not working weekends: “Here’s what he likes to do on the weekends. He sits on the porch in front of the house, looking …

Ken Vogel and Mike Allen: Prepping for Russert If it was “Meet the Press,” it was Saturday at the office.