Christina Bellantoni is quickly making her mark at CQ-Roll Call. Roll Call: The 2010 Election in 120 Seconds And from Demon Sheep to a spelling bee, there were dozens of memorable ads. CQ Roll Call staffers had their favorites, and we did some crowd-sourcing to find out some of the …

There ain’t much more in this world that we enjoy more than lists – especially end of year lists containing all FamousDC folks. From Facebook to Brightest Young Things and from Wale to the  Obama White House … Meet the 35 people under 35 who changed DC in 2010. 2010 …

TBD: Betsy Rothstein’s year in Twitter battles On June 26, Betsy Rothstein published a stirring defense of media journalism. Rothstein, the editor of Fishbowl DC, a media news and gossip site, had published some of a Washington Post blogger’s e-mails to a private Listserv, and the ensuing revelation that he’d …

This seat is reserved. Only in America. Hat tip – David Almacy

We hope you enjoy the Holiday Season and are able to spend some memorable time with friends and family. Besides you, below are few things we’re thankful for as we relax and teach our in-laws about Wii bowling: The Lunar Eclipse Cornerstone Schools Giant spiders Ted Leonsis GQ interviews Rahm …

From Mike Allen’s Playbook: LAST-MINUTE GIFT for anyone who saw “Waiting for ‘Superman’”: Cornerstone School (“Hope and Academic Excellent in the Nation’s Capital”) is an oasis of love and rigor in inner-city D.C., serving 220 students, almost all African-American, in pre-K3 through ninth grade. The executive director and principal is …

This app is hitting the market in Hollywood today, but would be very handy in DC. [parking app] The ‘Parker’ application gives drivers real-time information about which streets have open spots, as well as blocks that are closest to them with the most vacant spaces and other information. There’s nothing …

If we were to publish a list of things you shouldn’t do in your car, this might make the top 10. A suspect accused of driving a muscle car erratically onto the lawn at former President George W. Bush’s north Dallas home Wednesday night was detained by the Secret Service. …

A tipster sent in the following picture from BWI Airport.  Where is she headed this Holiday Season? A. Palm Springs B. Mt. Kilimanjaro C. Detroit

A Capitol Hill rock band inspired by Mariah Carey’s music? We’re in. Meet Free Lobster Buffet Q1) What gave you the idea to name your band Free Lobster Buffet? The short answer is that “Free Beer” and Bare Naked Ladies” were already taken and we needed some way to get people into a …

It doesn’t take a lame duck session of Congress to figure out that nobody in DC likes the Wizards. The Wizards’ average home attendance of 15,596 ranks 20th out of 30 in the NBA. To give that figure some context, more than 23,000 locals applied for tickets to the taping …

POLITICO’s Morning Tech by Tonny Romm, Kim Hart & Jennifer Martinez: TWITTER’S ADAM SHARP STARTS MAKING THE ROUNDS – If his tweets are any indication, Twitter’s new D.C. hire Adam Sharp (aka @AdamS) was out and about repping the San Francisco-based company around town on Tuesday. According to Sharp’s Twitter …

It’s like his parents gave him a copy of the Congressional Record. [smart kid]

UPDATE: We have a winner.  Congrats to  Caleb Shoenhard and his caption, “Good enough for government work!” UPDATE: Polls close Wednesday at 11am. Yesterday we posted this picture and asked for clever captions. The final four as picked by the FDC contributors are posted below. Get to voting. Winner gets …

FamousDC has for the past three years been a quest into online community development and social media engagement (5,688 posts and counting). And thanks to our amazing contributors and readers, in a matter of days we’ll be lucky enough to start our fourth year. The primary verdict? When you allow …