#WEEKEND Saturday 62°F and rainy, Sunday 55°F and sunny: is Spring finally here? #FAMOUSINFOGRAPHIC Life on the Hill: A Day in the Life of a Staff Assistant; #NATIONAL Secret Service – come on; Does Jay-Z really not have “Obama on the text?”; U of A makes a breakthrough; ball, meet …

Shira Center is leaving us all for Boston where the snowpack isn’t melting for another month, and while we’re proud of her we will miss her. She had a little going away gathering last night at Hawk ‘n’ Dove – you can see a couple highlights below. Famously Spotted: Emily …

When you work on the Hill, certain tasks can take over the time you spend at the job. We polled a hundred current and former staff assistants, asking them how their time is spent at work. This week, we have how a staff assistant’s day can be divided.

Her map to her first Roll Call Interview. Memories.   Found in my desk: map to first @rollcall interview, circa 2007 (pre-iphone) A photo posted by Shira T. Center (@shiracenter) on Mar 10, 2015 at 7:45am PDT

Event Farm, the D.C. tech startup that helps Washingtonians throw some of this town’s most high-profile events, is continuing to kill it. Its secret weapon?  Market Manager, Harry Kline, who has a creative way of ginning up business while soliciting dates. (Yes ladies, he’s single.)  

Mike Madden’s memo to his fellow Washington City Paper cohorts starts like this: “As you know by now, I’ve accepted a job at the Washington Post as deputy editor of Outlook/PostEverything. I’ll be leaving Washington City Paper on March 20, and starting at the Post on March 30.” We know …

Big and Famous congratulations to Andrew Ricci who was featured on People on the Move by Washington Business Journal for his recent promotion! Andrew is the new Vice President of LEVICK Communications. Previously, Andrew served as Director and Energy Editor at LEVICK Communications. Congratulations to a true Washingtonian on the …

#WEEKEND Saturday high 45°F, Sunday high 51°F. TL;DNR: Take your laptop outside Sunday and while you’re at it, call in sick Monday because it’s going to be beautiful.; #NATIONAL Cat island – dream or nightmare?; Harrison Ford went down; el Niño is back; Tinder is charging more for people over …

UPDATE: Prince of Popville has planned a sled-in at 1 pm.  Alright fam, We fought Great Britain to win our independence. Our forefathers shouldn’t have had to die in vain. We should be able to sled down Capitol Hill in the middle of a snowstorm. Seriously. Congress went into recess …

LeBron James plays basketball. Bryce Harper hits game winning home runs. Michael Steel gives statements. “If Taylor Swift and Katy Perry did a joint concert at Madison Square Garden wearing white-and-gold and black-and-blue dresses, accompanied by dancing sharks and llamas, that’s the only way you’d have a tougher ticket,” said …

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***ROUND UP PRESENTED BY DCanter A Wine Boutique*** Check out our Famous 5 Interview with DCanter Co-Owner Michelle Lim Warner. #NATIONAL Our hearts go out to Missouri; Limp Bizkit + Seinfeld; RIP Spock; that box on your desk with numbers is a phone, try it out sometime;  It’s worth watching …

Bad. Ass. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s political operation has lured one of the top Republican communicators in the Senate away from the chamber. Walker’s bringing on AshLee Strong, the spokeswoman for the Senate Republican Conference, as national press secretary to be based in Madison, a Walker aide confirmed to CQ Roll …

On Wednesday night at the Washington Hilton, the National Press Foundation honored some of America’s most distinguished journalists at its 32nd Annual Awards Dinner. The dinner, co-chaired by Robert DeFillippo of Prudential Financial and Amos Snead of Story Partners, brings in NPF’s largest source of unrestricted funding. The view from the @CQRollCall …

Billy Eichner, Big Bird, an old lady, and First Lady Michelle Obama. ‘Nuff said. Billy On The Street with First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird, And Elena!!! from Funny Or Die