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Meet Victoria Lai. She’s an attorney-turned-icecreampreneur who has long loved channeling her creativity and passion for flavors into making ice cream. She started making ice cream in her apartment kitchen six years ago, and since then has decided to deliberately add passion, creativity, color, and flavors to every aspect of her life. One of those aspects is her Navy Yard store, Ice Cream Jubilee.

Leigh Munsil Mike Lurie Rebecca Gale David Dry Ken Spain Jessica Livoti-Morales Sara Bonjean Allie Barth Addison Smith John Seale

Meet Brandon Byrd. He started a vintage mobile eatery paying homage to the Rock & Roll era, serving turtle pecan sundaes, rootbeer floats, doughnut sandwiches, and other amazing treats to District Citizens out of a restored 1952 step van. Named one of the best food trucks in DC, Goodies is now also a stand at National Harbor. We caught up with him about work and life in DC.

We were thrilled to hear Roll Call’s Jason Dick and National Journal’s Fawn Johnson got engaged this week at The Inn At Little Washington, and immediately asked for more details. Jason gave us the scoop: “We went to the Inn knowing we would get engaged, but not the hows and …

Sad news for a DC institution – Chef Ike’s Mambo Room is closing. “What a great run we’ve had! We would like to thank the [residents] of Adam’s Morgan and the DC Metro area, and those across the country who have supported Chief Ike’s throughout the years,” the restaurant wrote …

***ROUND UP PRESENTED BY The American Gaming Association*** The American Gaming Association has released new research estimating that Americans will bet more than $2 billion through more than 70 million brackets on March Madness this year. With more people filling out brackets than casting a ballot for President Obama – who makes …

When you work on the Hill, certain tasks can take over the time you spend at the job. We polled all of the LCs and former LCs we could get in touch with to ask how their time is spent at work. This week, we have how a legislative correspondent’s day can be divided.

Christopher Gindlesperger, affectionately known as “Gindy” to FamousDC, is moving from his position as Senior Director of Public Affairs at the American Beverage Association to Vice President of Public Affairs & Communications at the National Confectioners Association (NCA). Gindlesperger said leaving was “bittersweet,” surely an intended pun, but for good reason …

Meet David Drucker. He’s currently Senior Congressional Correspondent at the Washington Examiner. He tackles serious issues and is a major source for up to the minute information in this town. We caught up with him briefly to talk more about his work, how he got started and where he hangs out.

#WEEKEND Saturday 62°F and rainy, Sunday 55°F and sunny: is Spring finally here? #FAMOUSINFOGRAPHIC Life on the Hill: A Day in the Life of a Staff Assistant; #NATIONAL Secret Service – come on; Does Jay-Z really not have “Obama on the text?”; U of A makes a breakthrough; ball, meet …

Shira Center is leaving us all for Boston where the snowpack isn’t melting for another month, and while we’re proud of her we will miss her. She had a little going away gathering last night at Hawk ‘n’ Dove – you can see a couple highlights below. Famously Spotted: Emily …

When you work on the Hill, certain tasks can take over the time you spend at the job. We polled a hundred current and former staff assistants, asking them how their time is spent at work. This week, we have how a staff assistant’s day can be divided.

Her map to her first Roll Call Interview. Memories.   Found in my desk: map to first @rollcall interview, circa 2007 (pre-iphone) A photo posted by Shira T. Center (@shiracenter) on Mar 10, 2015 at 7:45am PDT

Event Farm, the D.C. tech startup that helps Washingtonians throw some of this town’s most high-profile events, is continuing to kill it. Its secret weapon?  Market Manager, Harry Kline, who has a creative way of ginning up business while soliciting dates. (Yes ladies, he’s single.)  

Chris Sarley works for Rep. Shimkus, but his second and likely much more grueling job for the last 10 years is running the 108 team U.S. House Softball League in his spare time. We caught up with him about what that’s like, what he’s learned, and tips on becoming a coach.

Big and Famous congratulations to Andrew Ricci who was featured on People on the Move by Washington Business Journal for his recent promotion! Andrew is the new Vice President of LEVICK Communications. Previously, Andrew served as Director and Energy Editor at LEVICK Communications. Congratulations to a true Washingtonian on the …

Meet Donté Stallworth. You may know him from his previous working life – an NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and the Washington Redskins. Now, he’s a National Security Fellow at the Huffington Post. We caught up with him …

#WEEKEND Saturday high 45°F, Sunday high 51°F. TL;DNR: Take your laptop outside Sunday and while you’re at it, call in sick Monday because it’s going to be beautiful.; #NATIONAL Cat island – dream or nightmare?; Harrison Ford went down; el Niño is back; Tinder is charging more for people over …

UPDATE: Prince of Popville has planned a sled-in at 1 pm.  Alright fam, We fought Great Britain to win our independence. Our forefathers shouldn’t have had to die in vain. We should be able to sled down Capitol Hill in the middle of a snowstorm. Seriously. Congress went into recess …

Meet Kate Glassman Bennett. She’s a fourth-generation Washingtonian and highly accomplished about town (and out of town). To name just a few accomplishments, she was Washingtonian’s fashion editor, Washingtonian Mom’s editor-in-chief, the EIC of Capitol File Magazine, is an all-around style maven, and earned her stripes in the magazine world in Vegas. Now, she’s starting her own gossip column at Politico, the cleverly titled KGB File.