• Reliable Source: Barbara and Jenna Bush dine at Dino in Cleveland Park and drink Dolcetto wine. . . Beyonce, surprise guest for Kennedy Center Honors, sand again after most guests left because of technical difficulties the first time. [WP]
• Under the Dome: Town Hall restaurant forced to close at 11:30 because of quirky liquor license. . . Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) “was all smiles” when he met Miss Universe. [The Hill]
• Rush & Molloy: Dick Cheney, Melissa Etheridge, Queen Latifah, Tina Turner, Oprah Winfrey, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Tony Bennett, Kevin Spacey, Kid Rock were among the attendees of the Honors event. [NYDN]

•  Is Condi gay?!?!?!?!??! Only the National Enquirer knows for sure. But we refuse to subscribe to find out. So much better to imagine… mmmm…. [National Enquirer]
• Bush lurves Tina’s gams. [AP]
• “Velcro Veep” bounces off me and sticks on you. [USAT]
• Wal-mart opposition has “bamboo” in the lobby. Yeah, yeah…. “bamboo.” [USAT]
• Condi Rice’s media guy. (Ask him about the gay!) Brilliant about image, total cheapskate on the minibar. [NYT]
• C-SPAN totally biased! On “Washington Journal,” “just 3 percent were women of color.” Well fuck. [FAIR]
• Washington has a gap between the “haves and the haves-power.” But we have awesome boots. [WP]
• “I’M HOME FROM HAVING A COLONOSCOPY — everything went fine, but I think I’ll let the drugs leave my system for a while longer before doing any serious blogging.” Pretty much the definition of TMI. [Instapundit] MORE »