Famous Friends! Here’s your weekend lineup with 2 extra days for your party pleasure. Enjoy and be merry! Thursday  Hernan Cattaneo – this Buenos Aires-born DJ grew up listening to bands like Simply Red,  Depeche Mode and New Order before gaining exposure to Chicago House music and specifically, DJ Frankie …

  It is with great sadness that I must announce that I was fired as my fantasy football team’s coach this week amid the continued negative focus on my drafting of Peyton Hillis and Chris Johnson in the first and second round of this year’s draft.  After missing the playoffs …

In need of the perfect gift for your gentleman caller?  Boys can be such tricky bastards.  Luckily, we’ve done the legwork for you. Photo credit: Leffot Jack Spade’s Crew Mittens are lined with the softest, most delicious fabric you’ve ever felt. I may saunter around wearing over-sized men’s mittens this …

Congrats to our buddy Colin Shah and the good people at Shah & Shah Jewelers for their Washington Post ink today. Washington Post: Amy Goodman, D.C. style expert, on her local holiday traditions Best gift ever received: My husband gave me some custom-made earrings from Shah and Shah jewelers in …

Ever have one of those mornings? Spill coffee on your tie, get stopped at every red light in DC, then get to work and accidentally fly the American flag upside down. Cheer up federal worker, the government won’t shut down until around Christmas. Spotted this morning at the DC Housing …

Give it up, DC [Donate] 12 days of Christmas dinner [for foodies] Which came first, the picture of the story? [Rick] The most intense Taekwondo fight ever [h/t Becker]

The folks at NJI Media LOVE the holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from NJI Media from NJI Media on Vimeo.

When you have over a dozen in house developers, including software engineers, you’re doing something right. [And smart] Will St. Clair, wearing semi-rimless glasses, a plaid buttoned-down shirt, jeans and Adidas sneakers, can usually be found sitting on an exercise ball in the back of President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, …

If you’re a male who lives in DC, there’s a good chance you need gift ideas for that special someone. Don’t worry, we’ve done the legwork for you. First and foremost: a sparkly trinket is always a winner.  Go for something thoughtful and original. Incorporate her birthstone or favorite shape …

 

Moral of the Story [Recycle your cat litter] Obama diet secret [eat pie] Plastic bag: 1 Dude getting interviewed: 0 [video] Beer can tree in Foggy Bottom [photo] By Tim Serge

Happy holidays from Washington Post’s Clinton Yates and his FamousDC t-shirt. Where will the next FamousDC t-shirt show up?

CQ-Roll Call’s KateTummarello: Political Campaigning Enters Age of Technology Facebook’s ZIP code targeting is mostly accurate in directing Congressional ads to that Member’s constituents, said Andrew Foxwell, manager of new media and marketing at iConstituent, a digital communications firm that has worked with more than 300 Congressional offices and has …

Do you have NYE plans yet? [the list] The real DC cocktail scene [solid choices] Radio guy offers a million to drop out [Newt] Alec being Alec [bipolar] B’s that brunch [review] Common stops in DC [politics] By anaxolotl