Wish you could call your mom from your plane as it’s soaring through the sky? Think again. The House Transportation Committee came up with a full swath of things you don’t want to hear from OTHER people’s conversations. Take a look, you may want to reconsider your wish: Top 10 …

To kick off the lunch hour on this freezing day, we’ve got a song B Side Shuffle played at Rock & Roll Hotel that will melt your face off.

We dare you to top this gingerbread house [by DC folks] Even more winter this weekend [ready your hats] Lake Shaw is not happening [DIY ice rink tho?] WaPo delivery guy stole money from mail [no happy birthday money for you] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Something amazing is happening at the end of this month. Besides Santa. The Republican Communications Association is hosting A Very Merry Party at the ever-boisterous Capitol Hill Club. But you knew that, didn’t you? If you didn’t (don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone), you can RSVP by December 17th to …

Are you working? [Probably not] Capitol Visitors’ Center turns 5 [HBD] Georgetown getting a Metro [whoa] No one wants your holiday [selfies] Photo by Ian Livingston

h/t Reddit.

#NATIONAL On Sunday, we may experience #DCWEATHERPANIC; RIP Nelson Mandela; Frank Underwood, is that you?; Ummm… Uber makes a sh*t ton of money; MIZ-SEC;  We love @darth; How’d you treat your wallet on Cyber Monday?; Twitter’s CEO wants more funny women on Twitter; Laura Ingraham… Comic book character?; #THE DISTRICT DC gift guide; Jack Rose does Prohibition; InTheCapital catches on fire; Be productive at the new COVE in Dupont; Silo coming to Mt. Vernon Square; Georgetown …

Welcome to DC. Where all of our sports teams are bad and grammar is hard.

Folks felt bad about the Salvation Army robbery and are [donating] Hey guess what, come here. No, no, closer. Shh. [It’s warm outside] How to buy local for your holiday gift season [Buy DC] US Air Force Band flash mobs a museum [music] Uber Christmas trees- that’s happening [delivery] Photo …

Need an amazing end of your day video? Try mainlining a mashup of 2013’s pop songs in one five minute video, put together by DJ Earworm.

The National Beer and Wholesalers Association is celebrating the end of Prohibition with a 520 square foot mark in Times Square- bigger than some of living spaces.

Chris Matthews chose the Greenberg Theatre at American University as the venue to interview the President this Thursday. The interview bumped a dress rehearsal of the Nutcracker, keeping young traveling ballerinas aged 5-14 from practicing that night and kicking them out on the streets. Read on for the full letter from the Artistic …

We hope Erica Elliott, Freddy Barnes, Alex Shriver, Collier Craft, Jeff Ostermayer, Jeff Poor, Ginny Veatch and Justin Vogt enjoy this.  

Drones not coming to the DC area… yet [Amazon] Vince Gray, round 2 [running for mayor] One HS football team is about to anger some ghosts [cemetary] Hearing on height act changes [tall DC] Photo by købiā

60 Minutes reminds us why we are lucky to live here, and why many of us are lucky to have passed under the Capitol dome. Even if you already know its history, this is another great look at the dome.