* Read Express has a good primer for the Conservative Political Action Conference, including the lunch hot spot: McDonald’s. [Read Express]
* Trivia spots around town, although they left out Palace of Wonders. [The DC Concierge]
* “Does Petworth end at Kennedy or Missouri? Is there a North-South Petworth rivalry?” [Prince of Petworth]
* Where to take drawing classes. [Mid Atlantic and Washington, DC Art News ...]
* Maybe you already knew this, but Sara from Season 6 of “America’s Next Top Model” lives in DC. She was at the blogger happy hour last night. [MySpace]

• Reliable Source: Camille Paglia on Condoleezza Rice: “She has advanced the persona of the first woman president way beyond any other woman in my lifetime.”… Kenny Chesney will perform at White House dinner for Australian Prime Minister John Howard… D.C.’s Sara Albert, of “America’s Next Top Model,” is leaving her think tank job to pursue modeling. [WP]

• Inside the Beltway: Tucker Carlson is looking at homes in Old Town Alexandria. [WT]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Pataki knows his ethanol… Lewis Black: “For those of you who are Democrats and those of you who are Republicans, in 2008, please, don’t do anything!… If you’re for Hillary, stuff it! No! Not eight more years with them.” [NYDN]