The Chicago Tribune’s Jill Zuckman is the latest reporter to leave the booming newspaper industry in order to join the Obama Administration. Zuckman’s heading to the Transportation Dept. as assistant to Secretary Ray LaHood and director of public affairs. And she’s excited. “I’m so excited about this. I think this …

Andy Roth gets Cubs tickets for life?

We hope you enjoy your day out of the office. Be sure to wish Jennifer Crider a happy birthday. See you tomorrow! — FamousDC

Dan Aykroyd is a great actor, but he’s no John Boehner – unless he drops a few and gets a tan.

There are a lot of people comparing this dude to Newt Gingrich.  [no pressure]

We love Twitter because we get to reconnect with old friends. @jesus –  welcome to twitter. It has been a while. We still dig that water to wine thing you did. What are you waiting for?  Follow us on Twitter.

We’ll give them 7 out of 10 stars.  [viral dart throwing] h/t Anne

Slow Dancing [old dudes] US population [clock]

StetSports: 5 People You Meet at a Washington Wizards Game

Chris Cooley: Fitzgerald Larry Fitzgerald punked me in Hawaii. Getting down to half time, the NFC is trailing 14 to 3 and with only ten seconds on the clock and we’re fifty yards out. Of course anything can happen in a Pro Bowl and momentum changes happen nearly every drive. …

There are mice dying in San Francisco, so of course it’s important that Congress turn this sh*t around quickly.

There’s a Star Trek convention being live-streamed here.  Fascinating.

We hope Rahm enjoyed his time at Johnny’s Half Shell last night. We didn’t know he liked oysters so much; it’s too bad this never made it into Rahm’s inbox.

DCist: Tracy’s Kids Benefit Nets Famous for D.C. We love this game.

We occasionally check our site referrals to see where folks are coming from.  Often times we get visits because of how we rank on various search engines.  Meaning, what are folks typing into Google that brings them to FamousDC? The latest, straight from the Netherlands, and one we’re awfully proud …