NY Times: Healing Waters Run into someone just back from a long sojourn to the outback, tanned and rested and suddenly kind, and odds are he’s either wealthy or Buddhist, a college kid, dreamer or life dropout, sometimes all five. Also, Sam Sifton could have the best job in America.

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We were dying to know which was worse, a unibrow or ungroomed finger nails – so we set out to find the answer.  Luckily for us, that answer came in the form of Mike Gilman and Pirooz Sarshar – cofounders of The Grooming Lounge. The Grooming Lounge Famous 5 Questions …

You make the calll: 600+ = Number of private jets arriving at Dulles for Barack Obama’s Inauguration 300+ = Number of private jets arriving at Dulles for George W. Bush’s Inauguration Bloomberg News: [Obama] set a record, topping the 300 the airport accommodated for President George W. Bush’s 2004 inaugural, …

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This is a great place to spend a few Monday minutes [gigapan]

Everyone knows FamousDC is a big fan of Extreme Mortman. We thought he’d be around forever, like Dan Snyder. It looks like Mr. Extreme is changing jobs and saying goodbye to Extreme Mortman. Naturally, we’re sad to the see the site go, but we wish Howard all the best at …

During President Obama’s first visit to hang with the White House press corps it was all smiles and handshakes, except for one reporter. Yes, one reporter remembered his job responsibilities as a member of the Fourth Estate. That reporter, a FamousDC Secretary of Education, is JoMa. We’re sure JoMa is …

HIGH-FIVE INAUGURATION! from Almost Twins   HIGH-FIVE INAUGURATION! – watch more funny videos Did you wonder who all was in the video? Did you recognize someone, but can’t remember their name? Did we just see Nelly in there? Here’s a full list: Pundits Larry King, Arianna Huffington,  Joe Scarborough, Mika …

Dos and Don’ts [conservatives] Dancing [Presidents] Hilarity [JoMa]

Head on over to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Corcoran has partnered with Christie’s to display a historic Abraham Lincoln manuscript immediately following the Presidential Inauguration. Lincoln delivered the four-page speech at the White House on November 10, 1864, immediately after his second-term as President. Written in his own …

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Brunch and the City: Obama’s Inauguration and why I missed it Brunch girl takes us along for her Inauguration celebration journey and even covers the Survivors of the Purple Tunnel of Doom. … For more pics – try here.

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