Fred Barnes leaving Starbucks on Route One near Old Town, VA.

Move over Heidi and Spencer — you two aren’t the only ones who decided to get away from it all in order to hang out in the wilderness. Ben Smith: Sanford was in Argentina [why would anyone want to go there?] Before everyone starts giving him a hard time about …

Does this justify every MSM’er argument against giving Bloggers press credentials and media access on the Capitol grounds? Huffington Post and Obama White House coordinate on Iran question Michael Calderone: Obama calls on HuffPost for Iran question In what appeared to be a coordinated exchange, President Obama called on the …

On our way to pick up a spinach and feta pizza at Whole Foods (don’t judge), we passed an Iranian peace protest marching towards Embassy Row. We snapped a quick photo as they were walking in front of the Vice President’s Residence: It is pretty dang cool to live in …

Things got a little testy today between President Barack Obama and McClatchy’s Margaret Talev. It sounds like it might be time to get POTUS back on the wagon – although he claims he’s "95%" cured.

Old Questions [Mike DeBonis ] Close Call [Toddler Planet ] Red line coverage [Mathis ] DC Metro [unsuck ] Too soon [Stern ]

Capitol Lounge, which has experienced its fair share of "heat," is sponsoring a "Bring the Heat" giveaway while the Boston Red Sox are in town. The challenge: Get real drunk and then attempt to throw a baseball as hard as you can.  If your pitch is the fastest, you win …

Gov. Mark Sanford is set return to his office tomorrow following widespread panic over his whereabouts. [hiking boots] As for Sen. John Kerry – he hasn’t been heard from since 2004. Update: Wikipedia on top of the "absence" like CNN on Twitter. UPDATE: A reader reminds us that we’re morons …

We’ve all been there before. It’s late. You’ve been out. You’ve had a great time with your friends. But you’re STARVING! What to do? Luckily for everyone, DC on a Dime has our back. DC on a Dime: DC Late Night Eat Spots Bistro Francais (Georgetown) Five Guys Hamburgers (Georgetown) …

As if dining at Longworth cafeteria wasn’t exciting enough, get ready for a mind-blowing exhibition today: An unknown number of mostly young people are planning to stage a “flash mob protest” (an orchestrated event in which people arrange to meet in a public place to simultaneously perform an unusual action …

They have us right where they want us – "trending" on Twitter.  [divorce]

If we had a category tag on FamousDC entitled “strange as hell,” this would go under it. The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford was unknown for nearly four days, and some state leaders question who was in charge of the executive office. His wife must have been worried, right? She …

Everyone in Washington has written a book, is writing one or plans to. One of our favorite readers sent in a few suggestions for book titles for Washington’s Heroes. These are all in good fun, please don’t take ’em seriously. Washington’s Famous Heroes: You thought it, I said it Joe …

Columbia Heights Shooter [intern ] Jumping the Hollywood shark [DC ] Yes, Apple pays him [iPhone ] Ethics panel [Blogger ] Tiger Woods [heckled ]

Either this dude has a lot of love for Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio , or he’s a very gullible intern that isn’t paid nearly as much as he should be.  Regardless, showing support by risking your life is way cooler than doing so via Twitter.  [sky high]