We’ll be honest, we want the Olympics in Chicago. And since Team Chi-town isn’t pushing back on Drudge plastering a video of their town’s gang violence all over the front page, we thought we’d fire off a little dirty ditty on Chicago’s main competitor, Rio de Janeiro.  And trust us, …

This will likely be the only congressional candidate we endorse this cycle. [burritos] h/t Crunch via Luke

First Lady Michelle talking tough: "It’s a battle — we’re going to win — take no prisoners…"  [gold medal beat down] FLOTUS talking crime Olympics.

Dating Video [1987] Lady GaGa [DC] Seat hog [Metro] Hilarity [photo]

Coach Mike Gundy Outraged By Meg Whitman’s 28 Years Of Not Voting H/T – The Fix

Strange ads are the new black [coffee]. Starbucks is rolling out its own brand of instant coffee this week, and they’re employing a very topical, if slightly risky, ad campaign to do it. First aired during the premiere of Saturday Night Live, this ad for “Via” gambles heavily that the …

That’s not a punch line – it’s the truth. Sarah Palin’s publisher plans to announce Tuesday that the title of her eagerly awaited memoir will be “Going Rogue: An American Life. [picture book?] We admire the former quitter Governor of Alaska for writing a book, we just feel the title …

Last night on Dancing With the Stars , the Muppets made a guest appearance during Aaron Carter’s performance.  Tom DeLay, who only manged to score 18 out of 30, could’ve used the Muppet contingent. Unfortunately for DeLay, he repeatedly tried to ice those Muppets from getting funding while in Congress.  …

The H Street Country Club Famous Drink Off The good folks over at the H Street Country Club were nice enough to extend an invitation to a couple of our FamousDC tipsters. Here is their first hand account of the festivities: We were asked to come hang over a few cocktails …

Twitter, at least on Capitol Hill, may be more popular than the wrap line in Longworth, but according to a Vanity Fair poll , the American public at large is not yet sold on the microblogging site.  [via the Twiter Room] Only 15 percent of Americans believe that Twitter is …

YouTube Madness [Georgetown ] Capitol Hill Bars [William Tunnicliff ] Blogtoberfest [Capital Spice ] Ford Bronco [love letter ] CityShopGirl [scavenger hunt madness]

We’re fairly certain we’ve seen [or not seen] this guy in Georgetown.  [Jim Zorn is jealous]

Ever wake up after a late night of drinking and realize that you parked your car in your neighbor’s yard, slept in your clothes [on the floor] and your cell phone is sitting in a blender filled with beer? Yeah, well Jim Zorn feels worse than that this morning. Now …

These never get old. POLITICO: Wall Street money rains on Chuck Schumer Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year, and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. Visualize mentally. You’re welcome. RELATED: Lil Frates …

Three out of the four DC teams lost yesterday. [taxing]