Post Archive

August 2008

Look, altitude does crazy things to your tolerance. [boozy] DENVER — The New York state Democratic party devoted a page in its information packet to three separate warnings to its delegation about how hard booze hits the system in mile-high Denver. … On a page titled “high-altitude tips” in a …

In case you were wondering [because we were] who Latin hip hop sensation Daddy Yankee was going to endorse for president, wait no longer. His boy… John McCain [for reals] Which brings us to this – will McCain embrace this endorsement and learn how to do the Daddy Yankee dance? …

Lands a date [great recs] Anarchy at the gym [primal scream] Who does this? [bicycle tree lock]

Our Twitter feed is straight blowing up.  Follow us here.  Don’t be shy – trust us, you’ll be the first to get all the juicy tidbits from our tipsters on the ground. Do it.

The actor Danny Glover is getting his DNC on.  And rocking his MLK shirt. He has been spotted pulling up to a Gospel Hill Brunch w/ Creative Coalition. BUT not to worry, he’s on message and pulled up in a hybrid Saturn. Gospel Hill Brunch … Gospel Hill is a …

…and of course, so did three quarters of the world. But we did leak a tip about Biden’s security detail being “doubled”, well before he was named Obama’s running mate. But, beyond the hype of actually naming a VP running mate, is how Camp BO did it.  Or “promised” to …

Welcome to what we hope will be a string of FDC tips coming straight out of the DNC in Denver.  We’ve already had a few loyal readers [who are on the ground] send us tips and tidbits, which is awesome – so if you have any tips, send them our …

Nothing celebrates a 50th Birthday like multiple MOON BOUNCES! If they had these all the time, all of the city’s problems would be solved. Streets would get fixed, crime would come to a grinding halt, Pepco workers would be helpful – simply, the world would be a better place. We …

Oldest Domain Names [100] Finale [online dating] Good Luck [stand up] Stay Away [NY Ave] Weekend [training] Nice Pad [McCain]

We’re still big fans of the Washington Redskins Blogging All-Pro Tight End, but Backstreet Boys? Really? Captain “Christy Has Me Whipped” Chaos: Chris Cooley taking his wife to the Backstreet Boys show at Wolf Trap on Monday. The Redskins star (yellow shirt, backwards Atlanta Braves cap) gamely fist-bumped a fan, …

Both campaigns have done a good job trotting out their conventional wisdom picks: Romney for McCain Biden for Obama Did we just bite on another pump fake or are these the legit picks?

Martha Stewart is not pleased when asked if she can “even vote” seeing as she spent time redecorating jail cells for a living. Cat fight nearly ensues.

Weird Sculptures [Connecticut] Sallying 2.0 [facebook] Breaking Up [friends] Preppy Paper [swap] $19 cab ride [max] Everyblock [DC]

She’s the mysterious character that occasionally pops up on the FamousDC radar screen.  And as we know from our inbox, she seems to be popular, so we set out to find more out about what makes the “Hot File” so hot. Here are her Famous 5 questions. 1) Worst pick-up …

We hear… Biden just doubled his security detail. Is he the VP pick or is this another pump fake by the Dream Team Obama?