Famous Friday Round Up   #BFD We kicked it with 1776, Resonate, The Washington Examiner, Beam Suntory, NJI Media and Bryant Row. Famously Spotted: Amy Harder (Wall Street Journal), Neil Chatterjee (Senate Majority Leader McConnell), Mark Bryant (Resonate), Leland Vittert (Fox News), Marie Formica (FamousDC), Josh Shultz (NJI Media), Morgan …

On Thursday night Resonate, The Washington Examiner, Beam Suntory and 1776 honored the brightest stars working in political digital. The top digital minds from the right and left all gathered in one place to be honored as FamousDC unveiled the Best of FamousDC (BFD) interactive directory to monitor this cycle’s kingmakers. The packed …

Meet Harry Kline. He’s been immersed in startup culture since throughout his career in DC, so he thinks on a different plane. As an example, his contact form doubles as a date request form. He’s currently with Event Farm as a Market Manager. You can learn more about him and request a date at his website, harrykline.com.

Andrew Kovalcin, Famously spotted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner chatting up former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The MDDC Press Awards confirmed what we already knew: CQ Roll Call is awesome. CQ Roll Call brought five awards to Capitol Hill. Hill Navigator columnist Rebecca Gale was awarded second place for business reporting for “The Other Back Room: Breastfeeding on Capitol Hill” (Roll Call, Feb. 2, 2014). Roll …

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Jessica Moore is hosting a karaoke night on Monday, May 11, at the Thai Embassy to raise money to help cure blood cancers through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The karaoke party at the Embassy will have food, drinks and beer provided by beer experts the Beer Institute. There will …

Matt Stanton Gerrit Lansing Amy Harder Kate Bennett Jennifer Morris Garrett Johnson Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jennifer Hing Wendell White Victoria Lion Monroe

FamousDC friend Sandy Johnson circulated this announcement today: Co-Chairs of Annual Awards Dinner to Celebrate NPF’s 40th Year The National Press Foundation has appointed digital media leader Julie Triolo and public affairs executive Amos Snead to serve as co-chairs of its Annual Awards Dinner in 2016. “Next year the National …

The Surreal McCoys playing at Blind Whino, a hip new venue and art space in SW DC, this Friday May 1 to celebrate the launch of their new album The Howl and Growl. The event will benefit a local DC charity.

You can’t, until 2019. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is building the Metro line into Loudoun County, just announced “design modifications made to enhance the safety and reliability” of the Silver Line. Translated from euphemism, that means approximately: “Familiarize yourself with the Washington Flyer, ’cause you’ll be riding it for at …

The Washington Post reported on something that could have been a terrible accident but that actually turned out to be a story of anonymous heroism. A man in a wheelchair rolled off the platform and onto the tracks at the U Street Metro station Tuesday afternoon, and was rescued by …

This photo was expertly taken at dusk, capturing the Thomas Jefferson Memorial at the magic hour, through branches of cherry blossom trees.

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Tiffany Haverly is the Communications Director for Congressman Phil Roe, M.D.