Congrats to Jeremy Art for this epic shoutout on Jimmy Fallon‘s, The Tonight Show! Never failing to keep us laughing, Jeremy tweeted out a line with the hashtag #DadQuotes poking lovable fun at his pops. Apparently Jimmy thought it was as funny as we did. Check it out.

The Pork Barrel BBQ product line. (Photo: Courtesy Pork Barrel BBQ) It’s another late night on the Hill in 2006 and a senate budget debate creeps past midnight and into the wee hours. What is on staffers Heath Hall and Brett Thompson’s minds? Food. And another slice of delivery pizza just …

Have you told David Drucker happy birthday yet today?

More than 100 people joined Sara and Ron Bonjean, Sheena Arora and Rodell Mollineau and Veronica and Brian Walsh for the Rokk Solutions launch party at PJ Clarke’s Sidecar last night.   It was a party not to be missed – guests included: Rob Collins and John Scofield, S-3 Group; …

Carl Hulse writes in the New York Times: Mr. Boehner has a new press secretary familiar to the Capitol and White House press corps — Emily Schillinger, currently communications director for Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming and for the Republican Policy Committee. Described by Mr. Barrasso as unflappable and relentlessly …

Look at PKCapitol go!

Meet Morgan Hungerford West. She’s an artist, stylist, content creator and creative consultant. She founded Panda Head Blog in 2006, and over the last nine years has forged a successful, full-time career around hands-on visuals and creative problem-solving. She is really good at making things look really good. Her newest effort is A Creative DC.

This is a great video about Rep. Will Hurd – from Texas to the CIA to Congress. via

Meet Markette Smith Sheppard. TV personality, passionate travel communications professional and natural cosmetics ambassador. We spent a few minutes with her for one of our Famous 5 interviews.

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She’s leaving Ted Cruz’s office for conservative commentary – read her sweet note to her colleagues below. “Looking back, I’m especially grateful for the opportunity to create #MakeDCListen, help with Sen. Cruz’s Gridiron speech, and contribute to his flawless presidential launch — as well as countless other memorable tweets, jokes, lines, talkers, statements, …

Benny Johnson got fired at BuzzFeed. You will believe what happened next. Benny! via

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Was she there scoping out future advertising options or did Bryce Harper invite his mystery girlfriend to the game?

It has been 13 days since a Bonjean Christmas party attendee was acquitted for stabbing someone at a party. Who knew a chance meeting at a local holiday party would lead to the acquittal of a felony charge for a beloved, C-list, sitcom nerd? Evidently, that’s just what happened the night …

Meet Lisa De Pasquale, a communications professional in D.C. She’s currently Director of Strategic Communications at DC London, and also was a longtime Director at CPAC for five increasingly successful conferences. She’s written a book based on her experiences at CPAC called Finding Mr. Righteous – it’s a witty, fun read and needs to be on every D.C. resident’s Kindle right now.

Jeff Tiller Meaghan Webster Daniel Lippman Lyndsey Fifield Tim Hanrahan Kathy Morgan Michael Falcone Anna Jensen Brendan Buck

Famous Friday Round Up   #WEEKEND Go outside for as long as you can on Saturday: Saturday 88 °F and sunny; Sunday 84 °F and thunderstorms   #NATIONAL Our hearts go out to all of those in the Houston flood zone; Anheuser Busch is canning water; The Atlanta Hawks won the …

Meet Earl Hamilton. He’s a former collegiate soccer player and now personal trainer in Washington, D.C. We caught up with him for some tips on how to get in shape for the summer while there’s still time.

Famous Friday Round Up   #WEEKEND If you’re staycationing in DC, beautiful days ahead: Saturday 72 °F and sunny; Sunday 83 °F and sunny; Monday 91°F and sunny;   #NATIONAL Beautiful places that could soon disappear forever; ICYMI Letterman’s final top 10; you can now officially play the word “LOLZ” …

Last night Washington, D.C. royalty gathered together at Bobby Van’s Grille to send off Michael and Mary Kathryn Steel as he takes his talents to South Beach. From the desk of Mary Kathryn Steel: “Michael and Mary Kathryn want to thank everyone who came out last night, especially the all-star …