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FamousDC talked to some of professional wrestling’s greatest today, and interestingly, they all told us the same thing – Happy birthday, Jonathan Grella! One of them also called us “Hulkamaniacs” and told us to eat our vitamins, which was a little weird. Jonathan shares a birthday with his wife Lauren. So …

First off, we’d like to state that the new DC 2024 website is very slick. That said, we’re slightly confused about some of the chosen photography. Example One: The very first image on the website that just so happens to be a photo of a cop pulling someone over. Example …

Nothing. Ben’s Chili Bowl just opened in DCA. Because nothing says, “hey, that’s me in the middle seat,” as you clutch a bowl of chili before a 4-hour flight. h/t Byers

Jeff Shockey, John Scofield and Mike Ference were hanging out with hundreds of their closest friends yesterday at Hawk & Dove. Photo credit to Tom Williams The Members of Congress who stopped by: Cantor, Hoyer, Upton, Walden, McHenry, Joyce, Valadao, Cook, Nunes, LoBiondo, Cole, Calvert, Granger, Denham, Roby, Fleischman, Duffy, …

We could see a government shutdown today. We have so many questions about it. 1. WILL THEY STILL PICK UP OUR GARBAGE? 2. CAN WE GET A WRAP IN LONGWORTH? AND IS THERE A STAFF ONLY LINE? 3. DOES THIS MEAN DC IS NOT GETTING THE OLYMPICS? 4. DOES THE DC …

Will he take his talents to South Beach? Will he join Coach K as an Assistant Coach? If you had Kyle Nevins in your office pool for “which Roll Call Fab 50 staffer will be the first to leave?” — then you just made bank. According to a release from …

The Hill is out with the 2012 50 Most Beautiful People Play nice people …

Politico’s Dave Levinthal looks into the David Rehr led study on lobbying Congressional staff. K Street: ‘Let’s meet’; Hill staffers: ‘Text me’

Heard on the Hill: USSFCU Fills Cups Like Double Ds Forget AAA credit ratings, the Senate Federal Credit Union is thinking more along the lines of double-D status for its loyal customers. In a folding mailer sent recently to its patrons, the bank — unaffiliated with the Senate but with …

You’ve landed an internship on Capitol Hill and you finally figured out your way around Rayburn. Now what? FamousDC presents: The HILLstory Flowchart [view the flowchart] [download the PDF]