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Stuff the Bus Doubles Its Goal
Venga and DC Central Kitchen have concluded their ‘Stuff The Bus’ Drive, and in case you haven’t heard, it was a pretty big success. They started with a goal of 5,000 pounds of real and ‘virtual’ food donations and finished up Friday with over 11,500 pounds of food. Not impressed …
What Does $8 Beer at FedEx Field Get You?
MSNBC: Redskins Owner’s New 224-Foot Superyacht Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is famous for going after high-priced free agents. But his latest big-budget acquisition won’t be helping the team. The Redskins owner’s new multi-million dollar investment is of sea-faring sort: a 224-foot superyacht named the Lady Anne.
Hyper Hill: Hitting Mark Leibovich’s Radar
But can you dunk Mr. Klein? [Fixed] Newt has seen the Hangover seven times [yes, seven] Halloween ideas [be prepared] This isn’t on King St. [but we’ll take it]
Famously Spotted: Weiner At Bloomies
Spotted in NYC: Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma coming out of Bloomingdales with shopping bags and Starbucks coffee. According to our source, they were looking very “couply.”
Tony Hawk Grinding in DC
Tony Hawk, the greatest action-sports figure of all time, is coming tomorrow, Oct. 5 to hang out with DC SCORES poet-athletes at Shaw Middle School @ Garnet-Patterson! In addition to a skateboarding demonstration, Hawk will speak about the importance of youth sports development programs and organizations such as Up2Us — …
Famous 5: Eric Wohlschlegel and TheCribLine
Meet Eric Wohschlegel. He recently launched TheCribLine which aims to answer those difficult real estate questions. He was nice enough to spend a few minutes with us for a FamousDC Famous 5 interview. 1. Tell us about TheCribLine (www.thecribline.com). What made you want to make this? I love real estate …
Not the Onion: Can Obama legally kill you?
We clicked, so they win. Fresh headline from POLITICO: Can Obama legally kill you? The first graph is just as dramatic. Should the president have the right to kill you? And if so, under what circumstances? Find out whether or not Obama can legally kill you by clicking this link right …
Hyper Hill: White House Goes Pink
Celeb sightings in DC [NBC] Someone hire Elle [southern girl] Skins game caller thinks they’re special [that’s nice] White House goes pink [breast cancer awareness]
FamousDC through the lens of Tom Williams
Reid Wilson and Veronica Pecnik Wilson embrace in the Decatur House on H St., NW, on their wedding day Saturday, October 1, 2011.
Metro Opens Doors, Relationships
The temperature has dropped since last week. Those from Wisconsin call this summer. Those from South call this miserable and freezing cold. The rest of us call it Fall. For this young couple on the Metro last night, the temperature was so unbearable, they felt the need to snuggle in order …
Hyper Hill: 10 Busiest Metro Stations
Al Sharpton keeps it classy [weight problems] Does Bachmann owe her district a refund? [poor attendance] DC9 gets a culinary boost [yum] 10 busiest Metro stations [doors closing] Photo Credit: maximokahn
FamousDC October
Katie Boehret Stephanie Craig Mike Debonis Darren Grubb Peter Hamby Meredith MacKenzie Bethany Moore Elizabeth Roche Laura Santucci Jim Swift
Pharrell Launches #QREAM in DC
Thanks to Michael Clements and our friends at Washington Life, FamousDC stopped by The Decatur House Friday for Pharrell‘s DC launch party for his new vodka based cream liqueur drink: QREAM. The drinks comes in strawberry or peach, but we couldn’t pick a favorite. This obviously requires additional testing. A …
Last Call at Hawk & Dove
Please keep the Hawk & Dance Dove in your thoughts this weekend. It will serve its last beer Sunday. Underage college students across Washington are expected to observe a moment of silence in honor of the Hawk & Dove this Sunday … after they get up late, grab some breakfast, …