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With its elderly crazy people and crappy cafeterias, everything about the U.S. Senate says “rest home.” But America’s ancient legislators may soon get some better food, at least. Various old senators wandering around one night last week agreed by “voice vote” to privatize all the “food” service, ending what Sen. Diane Feinstein calls “noticeably subpar” cuisine that sends most staffers running to the privately operated House cafeterias at lunchtime. [Washington Post]

* Reports of a naked man in Senate office building turn out to be boring old run-in with Spandex-clad, law abiding citizen. [WP]
* Breaking: National Police Week has cops acting like douchebags [District Chatter]
* Robert Byrd is the source of massive greenhouse emissions on Capitol Hill [Express]
* We already knew we didn’t give a shit about touring the National Cathedral, we didn’t expect to have to take a position on its garage. [Examiner]
* New DC food blog pretty much likes everything. [DC Fare]

The Express’ Michael Grass took an “ironic” trip to DC institution Hooters, and what he found there shocked and horrified him. MORE »

Tom Cruise-enabling Redskins’ owner Dan Snyder announced he was buying the burger chain Johnny Rockets last month, but massive rats at the Georgetown location have apparently revolted against the purchase. MORE »

Attention DC residents: Wednesday nights at Oya are so hot right now. Here’s an email from an operative to help explain:

So, um, I was at Oya last night for some celebratory drinks with some friends and we were treated to an incredible show: A middle-aged well-dressed man and his much younger brunette companion engaged in what appeared to be sex in the corner of one of the side-rooms. She was full on straddling him, the tops of her nylons showing, and there was a, um, noticeable rhythm going on there, as well as some pretty blatant zipper action.

The rest of the story and a little detective work, after the jump.

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So it looks like former TPM Muckraker Justin Rood did a post on the Blotter about a Roll Call story about popular congressional hangouts, based on some Congressional Quarterly research … MUST CREDIT ABC NEWS. MORE »

So it’s Restaurant Week in DC, the annual promotion that encourages the unwashed masses to set down their fatburgers and break bread in style with the landed gentry. Opposed as we are to cross-caste fraternization, we still like the idea of unsophisticated palates tormenting high-minded chefs with requests for barbeque sauce and extra salt. Who’s the chef now, José Andrés?

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