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Meet Becca Clara Love & Cori Sue Morris. Better known as the Bitches Who Brunch. “Becca and Cori Sue are brunching their way around Washington, D.C….” was all it said in March of 2010 at the inception. More than 200 brunches later, Bitches Who Brunch has become the website Washingtonians turn to when they want to know where to brunch—or what to wear and where to party. The Bitches provide their readers with fresh content every week day, starting with Monday’s This Week events calendar and continuing with District Divas event and party recaps, Lust List fashion posts, and Bitchtastic Brunch reviews throughout the week. Bitches Who Brunch has become a staple for selecting the perfect brunch spot for a Sunday whether it be hungover with friends or out with your parents and with a new design around the corner FamousDC is looking forward to even more bitchtastic things from Becca Clara & Cori Sue.

Meet Gerry Smith. Avid golfer. Amazing ping pong player. All around nice guy. Gerry is also a cyber-security reporter at The Huffington Post, based in New York. Previously, he was a Metro reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Gerry has a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. You can read his stuff here and follow him on Twitter here.

Meet Jeff Wells & Teddy Folkman. Jeff Wells and Teddy Folkman founded DC’s annual Beer Week in 2008. Jeff Wells is one of the co-founders of DC Beer Week and an On-Premise Sales Manager for DOPS, Inc. – one of the Washington area’s pioneering Craft Beer Wholesalers. A 15-year veteran of the Washington, DC craft beer movement, Jeff developed his love and passion for craft beer while gaining experience in all three tiers of the industry. Chef Teddy Folkman, co-owner of Granville Moore’s on H Street, NE, and co-founder of DC Beer Week, has spent the past decade pursuing his passion for the culinary arts. When he isn’t in the kitchen, Teddy pursues another of his passions – craft beer. As the National Culinary Ambassador for Brewery Ommegang, he travels the country hosting cooking competitions and beer dinners, as well as speaking about food and beer at various festivals and events. All in all, these guys have a pretty good gig and lots of great beer.

Meet Clinton Yates. Yates is the local news editor for the WaPo’s Express and writes Lunchline, a feature dedicated to commenting on the day’s headlines. One of the proud few, he is a DC native. And he clearly loves his city, his Caps and his Nats. Yates began his career in radio and then jumped to the newspaper industry to become one of the districts favorite journo personalities. Luckily we caught him in between deadlines to answer a few questions. Find Yates on TwitterStorify & Instagram

Meet Lisa Byrne. Super woman, social media titan, wine gal & DC transplant. Lisa engages her community like few others by hosting social media happy hours, keeping her successful blog running and starting new ventures, such as DC Wine Week, all while hitting bootcamp work outs, marathon training, and rocking her full-time job at Pappas Group. Luckily, as a resident DC go-getter, Lisa was able to squeeze in a few quick questions with us.

Meet Karl Johnson. Karl owns Pound the Hill in Eastern Market together with his partners Khalil Ghannam and Frank Rinaldi.  Originally a coffeehouse, Pound the Hill recently launched a new expanded menu that includes an impressive wine list and gourmet bistro fare.  We were able to catch Karl for a …

Meet Chris Frates. Chris has been rocking it at National Journal for a year now and we thought we’d catch up with him to see just how things are going over in Influence Alley.

Meet Sarah Spear Sands. Sarah started DC’s hottest new exercise program – Dance Trance – after a successful career as a lawyer and lobbyist in DC. Luckily, Sarah had time in between launching her new business and teaching classes to sit down with FamousDC to answer a few questions about …

Meet Cullen Gilchrist and Jonas Singer. Cullen and Jonas run Blind Dog Cafe, a pop-up coffeehouse located a few blocks north of the U Street Corridor, inside Darnell’s bar during the day.  Serving unbeatable coffee, house-made eats, and drool-worthy confections alongside all the free Wi-Fi you can handle, it’s no wonder …

Meet Joshua Funk. Josh works at the National Press Club as the director of business development and head of everything cool. We hear he gets to hang out with amazing celebs and journo titans. Josh graciously gave us some of his time in between all that awesomeness for an inside scoop on …

Meet Pamela Brown. As an anchor at ABC we see Pam Brown every weekend when she covers DC’s latest stories and high profile, international news. In 2010 She was one of the few reporters to go to Haiti after the earthquake. Originally from Kentucky, Pam’s father was a politician while her mother was a Ms. America contestant and businesswoman. As a superwoman she also spends a lot of time working with DC’s nonprofits that focus on women issues. We’re so happy she had a moment to chat with us and give us the scoop behind the scoop.

Meet Ethan Klapper. He’s been makin’ moves. After graduating from American University last spring, Klapper kicked his career off at National Journal and just recently jumped to Huffington Post as its politics social media editor. Luckily, he had time to answer a few of FamousDC’s questions.

Meet Ben Bisbee. For the first time in his life, he’s drinking. And he’s tracking his journey into booze at The Adventures of a 35 Year Old Alcohol Virgin. 1. Why did you wait 35 years to take your first drink? It was this weird mix of worrying about being …

Meet Andrea Powell. Meet Andrea Powell, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the local anti-trafficking non-profit, FAIR Girls, and 2012 nominee for the Diane Von Furstenberg (DVF) People’s Voice Award. Cast your vote NOW at www.dvfawards.com through February 15th to help FAIR Girls win $50,000 and continue to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls in D.C. and abroad. Plus, you can enter to win a trip to NYC and a DVF outfit!

Meet Alison Napolitano. Annapolis-native, laxer, art major and big ole Redskins fan. 1. Tell us about ThDstrct. What made you want to make this? ThDstrct is a simple and straightforward website that promotes and connects creative individuals. DC has numerous tech groups, photography sites, and strategist and marketing groups, but …