From the desk of Ryan Grim: 420 History: The Story Behind April 20 Becoming ‘Weed Day’ Warren Haynes, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist, routinely plays with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, now touring as The Dead. He’s just finished aDead show in Washington, D.C. and gets a pop …

Twitter [Noah Glass] I was effing born here [Sheen] Are you serious? 106mph? [on the gun] Testy [in Texas] Close call for Michelle O [flight] We’re all human [Georgetown flood] And don’t forget about the first ever FamousDC Recess Bash.  Be there tomorrow.

From the desk of Reid Wilson: With the White House Correspondents Association dinner just around the corner, I’m happy to invite you to kick off prom weekend with The Hotline’s Third Annual Political Pursuit, the original epic night of trivia featuring members of Congress, top party strategists and the brightest …

H/T Michael Beach

When we heard that Donald Trump was attempting to bottle “Success”, literally, we started to wonder if it would be half as good as the FamousDC endorsed cologne, manufactured by Rick “The Model” Martel, known simply as “Arrogance”… We doubt it…

The UK’s Independent has the best url of all time. The Register: Kate Middleton jelly bean expected to fetch £500 h/t Dan Wetzel

We hope you will join us this Thursday at Cava (527 8th Street, SE). It’s Cocktail Time! FamousDC presents … The Recess Bash Thursday, April 21 6 – 9 pm Cava’s Rooftop Bar 527 8th Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 Host Committee: Anne Brady, Jessica Brady, Charles Chamberlayne, Sara Diaz, …

Before: After: Video hat tip – Alex Rinkus

Hope + Change = [Compassion] Newt will love this poll [drill] Get ready for another? [website mania] Sen. Hatch gets jury duty [just like us] Trump gets one endorsement [from Gary Busey]

As we shake off the rust of winter and embrace the new warmth of spring, few rites do so quite as well as a trip to the ballpark. However, the Nationals being the Nationals, it’s not terribly likely baseball is the only reason you’ll need to pony up your hard-earned …

FamousDC is excited to be stopping by to see our friends at CQ Roll Call for their pre-party at WHCD. Check out the invite here:

FamousDC mugs are popping up all kinds of places these days. Facebook’s DC HQ with Katie Harbath Page Six in NYC with Tara Palmeri C-SPAN with Jeremy Art ABC News with Rick Klein CQ-Roll Call with Tom Williams C-SPAN with Howard Mortman POLITICO with Meredith Shiner And now there’s a …

Wow, not good. h/t TBD via BryantA Video hat tip – Alex Rinkus