Post Archive

May 2009

Spotted! At the Capitol Hill Good Stuff on Monday: Mark David [Hipster] Should we tell him that Lennon’s already dead?  Or, wait, is that the guy who beat the crap out of Dan Rather? [still around, btw ]  Maybe the angsters are turning their ire on Wolf Blitzer?  [that would …

Legendary Howard Stern producer and life-long Mets fan was given the chance to throw out the first pitch at Citi field this past Saturday. The result? See for yourself. Crackhead Bob, Eric the Midget or any Wack Packer would have done a better job. Even worse, Stern fans know that …

Just when thought her 15 minutes of fame was up, Susan Boyle sings on. The “Britain’s Got Talent” singing sensation was recently invited to visit with Obama at the White House. Britain’s Got Talent’s Hairy Angel confessed to being TOO NERVOUS to meet the American president – her most famous …

We pop bottles [Cristalino ] Air Force One [playaz ] Chuck Bass [sighting ] Metro [debit cards ]

It’s a Tweet down! After being asked by Patrick Ruffini, Joe Trippi calls a George Stephanopoulos story about John Edwards: "complete BS — fantasyland – not true." The story George Stephanopoulos: Edwards Staff Had Affair ‘Doomsday’ Strategy Basically, if it looked like Edwards was going to win the Democratic Party …

Thanks to good guys over at The Foggy Monocle, we now know that Chevy’s has a cut-off of eight drinks per person. ChevysChevalier : I can’t decide what is more depressing — that I learned what the cutoff limit is at Chevy’s, or that I wasn’t even remotely drunk after …

B.J. Novak, stand-up comedian and screenwriter, was just spotted at Sports Club LA near Georgetown.  Novak, who plays Ryan Howard on the NBC sitcom "The Office", was cruising at about 8 mph on the treadmill.

Comedian Wanda Sykes, who headlined the #nerdprom [WHCD] tonight, took a few vicious jabs at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh: Via POLITICO: "You’ve had your fair share of critics. … Rush Limbaugh said this administration fails. … He just wants the country to fail. To me that’s treason. He’s not …

… which means the twitter machine is fired up and ready to get classy! Who’s Oprah wearing? Where’s Joey Pants sitting? Is that guy in the tux an American Idol finalist or Rep. Aaron Schock  (R- Hot)? FamousDC will be working hard (enough to keep it interesting at least) to …

Ramesh Ponnuru was almost named to the Macon, Georgia City Council, Alex Ovechkin continued his campaign for DC Sports Savior, Obama supporter Colin Powell offered advice to the GOP via Chris Strohm, Mike Madden complained he’s never been called for DC jury duty, Kara Rowland invited Members of Congress to …

FLOTUS took her staff to Chef Spike’s "Good Stuff Eatery" today.  Biden did not tag along. h/t DC365

From Wake Up Call : According to an aide, CA-47 candidate Van Tran (R) "knew the location" he chose for his campaign launch "was outside the district," but he went with it anyway because it’s only "like a block" outside ("Total Buzz") After years of will-he or won’t-he speculation, Assemblyman …

El Pollo Loco and KFC are in old fashioned food fight over chicken. Thanks to Oprah , KFC customers have gone nuts over the company’s free chicken coupons, but according to reports, the coupons won’t be honored on Mother’s Day. El Pollo Loco thinks that’s whack.

Rich Williamson, an Alexandria City Council candidate who tried to bring creativity to the voters of Virginia, came up a few avatars short this past week. [virtual loss] Although he received the fewest number of votes, independent candidate Rich Williamson ran one of the most colorful campaigns in recent memory. …

30 seconds ago every news organization in the country [along w/ the help of this guy] was trying to convince us that the entire planet was in danger because of the pig flu.  It’s good to see that we’re now re-focused on the issues that actually matter. From CNN: TLC’s …