It’s that time again – the weekend is here, and holiday merriment abounds. Get out there and enjoy it DC!

Congratulations to Rebecca Gale, CQ Roll Call publicist turned Roll Call contributing editor turned author, on her book launch. Gale unveiled her first book, Trying, at a party Tuesday night at Science Club. The novel is a fictional piece on a young Washington, DC couple post-college graduation. Gale is incredibly excited about Trying’s debut, as she …

They’re fresh, they’re hot and they’re all 35 and Under. But who are they you ask? Find out who the up and coming DC influencers are by joining us next Monday, December 10 as we sponsor National Journal Influence Alley’s 35 and Under. With host Christ Frates, we’re excited to …

Meet Clay Broga and Dan Hayes. Clay and Dan are the creative minds behind the film Honor Flight – one of DC’s most talked about documentaries. Honor Flight is a documentary about four World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a …

Feasting Famously: Jennifer Farley Not so simple recipe developer & photographer behind Savory Simple. There’s no denying that we live in an age of an almost toddler like longing for information, visual and mental stimuli, the likes of which a 1980 public library could not satisfy. Between the various social media sites that spring up like weeds in a garden – once you master In this over-stimulated, ADD information-driven world, there is one medium that has been trending for quite some time with no sign of fading: food blogging. However, as with all great trends, the market tends to become oversaturated quickly. When this happens, the good rises to the top, and the bad falls by the wayside.one site, another one is taunting you as being behind the trend – the jumping continues as your brain tries to filter between information it needs, information it wants, and things are just pure stimulative. Jennifer Farley, and her blog Savory Simple, exemplify the good side of food porn. Not only do her pictures make me want to lick my computer screen, but thanks in large part to her formal culinary training (L’Academie de Cuisine, 2010), she produces original recipes along with the photos; win-win.

…And, we have made it to the last weekend in November! Can you believe we are heading into the last month of 2012? I can’t, but I know I’m going to enjoy it.  So, let’s kick it off with a fab weekend full of jolly fun. Here’s your weekend picks, …

Congrats to Rachel Holt of Uber DC and Mike Needham of Heritage Action on their wedding earlier this month.  (p.s. don’t forget to wish Rachel a happy birthday this week). h/t Alex Priest

Be sure to wish both Rep Shelley Moore Capito and her press secretary, Jamie Corley, a happy birthday today (with shared birthdays, no wonder they work so well together). h/t Lauren Pratapas

We’re thankful for you. Thank you for stopping by. Thank you for the tips. Thank you for the pictures. Thank you for attending our events. And thank you for making FamousDC a fun adventure for all of us here at FamousDC to enjoy every day. From all of our families …

Meet Holly Thomas & Krista Haywood. Holly and Krista are the founders of Butler & Claypool, a retail and design collective in DC. Holly’s full-time gig is DC editor for Refinery29, and Krista is a government contractor. FamousDC had the chance to chat with the two about thrifting, pop-up shops and all things fashion. Here is what they had to say.

Be sure to tell Gindy happy birthday today!

In a recent GQ article Senator Rubio goes into his top three rap songs. His favorite? Eminem. But what about Pitbull? Not so much. We’ve posted his top picks so you too can rock out like the man himself. We can only hope 2016 gives us the first rap campaign song. …

Last night FamousDC threw an amazing post election bash complete with plenty of lame duckies on all the table for everyone to let loose after the past, election stressed-filled weeks. Major thanks to our sponsors Intermarkets, U.S. Travel, NJI Media and Story Partners for making events like last night happen and for sending their awesome people to add to the fun. Read on for photos of the festivities, complete with ducks, drinks and some familiar faces. Famously Spotted: Jeremy Art, Chelsea Snell, Kate Connors, Lauren Pratapas, Caleb Smith, Johnny Football, Ryan Thompson, Brad Dayspring, Andrea McCarthy, Brian Patrick, Kate Lewis, Mike Lurie, Matt Lira, Michael Steel, Brendon Buck, Riva Litman, Johanna Murphy, Pat Lobner, Megan Whittemore, John Sciuto, Christine Yoo, Drew Brandewie, Dennis Bohm, Mike Harinstein, Stephanie Fontenot, Katie Wilkerson, Georgette Spanjich, Mike Calvo, Jeffrey Hubbard, Blair Milligan, Jacob Wood, Justin Herman, Allison & Dick Cunningham, Peter Pan, Amos Snead, Josh Shultz, Natasha Federova, Brea MacIsaac, Carol Foster, Brittney Dunkins, Ashley Wolos, Josh Funk, Pranav Vora, Philip Soriano, Abby Matousek, Alejandro Trevino, Alex Skatell, Brandon Barrios, Matthew Burrell, Craig Wiesen, Henri Makembe, Jim Billimoria, Laura Wainman, Patrick Lobner, Matt Wolking, Pete Haviland-Eduah, Riva Litman, Victoria Bosselman, Connor Walsh, Zoe Maurer and many more.

Now that the election is over, we can all get back to the fun stuff – where to throw down this weekend. I’ve been on hiatus but am stoked that an exciting weekend awaits us here in DC. Let’s go!

Meet Matt Croke and Gareth Croke. Matt and Gareth are one set of the two sets of brothers behind DC’s Boundary Stone, a fun pub known for bringing locals together for good drinks and good times. Colin and Peter McDonough, the other set of owners, weren’t available, but FamousDC had the opportunity to learn about this worthwhile hot spot from the Croke brothers. Read on for more about what the Boundary Stone has to offer patrons.

**Update: Welcome to the new SEC Amos Snead. Enjoy wearing your Texas A&M gear on Thursday.  **Update: A bet between FamousDC Founders, Amos Snead & Josh Shultz, declares that the loser of this weekend’s game will have to rock Alabama or Texas A&M gear at FamousDC’s party next Thursday** The …

Three good reads on the election: TIME’s Michael Scherer: Inside the Secret World of the Data Crunchers Who Helped Obama Win The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdor: How Conservative Media Lost to the MSM and Failed the Rank-and-File Mashable’s Chris Taylor: Triumph of the Nerds: Nate Silver Wins in 50 States Big …

As expected, Twitter and SMS traffic spiked last night following the re-election of President Obama. SAP tracked all of the Twitter traffic and identified the Top 5 celebrities with the largest Twitter following who tweeted positively about President Obama. It must be nice to reach 82,461,732 people with 5 Tweets. …

Feasting Famously with Tucker Carlson A man truly living in his own Never, Never Land of food Some might know Tucker Carlson as the conservative knight in pastel bow-tie armor who battled the fire-breathing Ragin’ Cajun’ himself, James Carville, when they co-hosted CNN’s Crossfire. Others know him for his political commentary on networks such as MSNBC, and still ongoing, Fox News. However most recently, people will likely think of his wildly successful online journalism effort in launching The Daily Caller, a political news website reported to easily average over one million visitors every month. I know Tucker as a down-to-earth guy who loves Phish, The Grateful Dead, and liberal use of profanity.But what of Tucker Carlson and food? Surely he must subsist on more than a diet of Ayn Rand and coffee? Right? I sat down with the man himself to find out.

Please tell the nicest guy in the United States Capitol, John Stipicevic, Happy Birthday today.  

Meet Katie Harbath. Meet Mindy Finn. Katie is an Associate Manager at Facebook and Mindy works for Twitter. Two of social media’s leading ladies, Harbath and Finn have been proven industry experts for years. They’re also a couple of the nicest people you’ll meet in DC. Before their work at Facebook and Twitter, Katie and Mindy worked together at the RNC. Afterwards, they went their separate ways, each to head up digital operations for top presidential contenders. Katie worked for Mayor Rudy Giuliani while Mindy headed to Team Romney. Years later, they’re still on different teams, but have enormous respect for each other. With Facebook and Twitter at full-force this election cycle, we figured we’d reunite the two for a social media showdown.