TONIGHT, D.C. SPARKLES! “Barack Obama loves our nation’s reporters in D.C. He made jokes about them, but at the end, he proved he cared about America’s Newspapers. This president may be a hero, after all.” [AOL Politics Daily]

Thursday, Feb. 12: DC Vegan is hosting an event at the Science Club to connect with vegans in the community. You don’t have to be a vegan to go, but, as their website says, you should have an interest in “animal rights” and “a little after-work fun.” Cash bar, 7PM. [DC Vegan Drinks] MORE »

Some guy who was college buddies with Barbara Bush (the young one) went to the White House for dinner a couple times during George W. Bush’s first term, and now he feels icky about it because of the war, and because he is gay. Is this just a completely banal retelling of a fairly boring bunch of stories, or is it the most fascinating thing ever…OR BOTH? MORE »

Old Hillary Clinton has sent out another weird e-mail begging for money to cover her campaign debt. She will take you and a guest out to dinner! Hillary writes, “Summer is a time for simple pleasures: family vacations, baseball games, and dinner out under the stars. At least it is if you aren’t running for president!” Oh Jesus… Grandma’s sneaked her way into the scotch cabinet again. [Hillz]

* Making dumb art with your ex’s emails and getting sued. [DC Art News]
* TJ’s. [Lemon Gloria]
* “When you placed your order last Sunday for a total of four bottles to ship to Washington DC, I didn’t realize at the time that DC has a shipping restriction whereby we can only ship one bottle per month to an address. Therefore, we cannot ship your order from Ridge.” [Cut DC Taxes]
* Delicious Tastee Diner only slightly diminished by otherwise generic development in Silver Spring. [Silver Spring Daily Photo]
* “What’s worse, it suggests history.” [Grierson Huffman]