Our tip box received a press release regarding Pet Night on the Hill, so we clicked through. And found this gem: … From the web site: Thank you to everyone who helped make Celebrity Pet Night on Capitol Hill a huge success! Several Members of Congress, their staffs, and leaders …

This is going to have to be quick this week.  I’m being forced to attend a wedding in Austin this weekend by my wife.  Nothing says “fun” like 150 of her college friends all gathered to ignore the one dude they don’t know – me. I’ll be the guy standing …

Did you stay out too late last night? Are you drinking black coffee right now? Did your happy hour turn into “I barely got home and slept in my clothes on my couch with a burrito beside me?” Well, it could always be worse. Roll Call: Capitol Police Officer Is …

Patrick Gavin could be a genius. He gets paid by POLITICO to play Members of Congress in Connect Four and Wii. The Patricks battle it out in the Click’s latest video: Game Changer (Wii edition).

DC Circulator [App for that] Holding Hands [big deal] Ed Hardy [d-tastic] DC [is cool] No [Nats]

JoMa: Pawlenty preps 2012 campaign team And behind the scenes, he’s engaged in a far more subtle campaign against another possible presidential rival. … Pawlenty has been phoning aides and advisers to Romney’s 2008 campaign, ostensibly to introduce himself and solicit their advice. … One midlevel Romney aide who got …

Asha Beh Stacey Farnen Bernards Pia Catton Matthew Forke Jennifer Gavin Nicole Gostomski Ylan Q. Mui Erica Patton Nichole Remmert Erin Rock

Matthew Cooper is still feeling it almost 24 hours later. The Atlantic: Bono, Politician I saw U2 last night at FedEx field near Washington, D.C. You had to be awed by the spectacle of the show, the 360 degree video screen and stage set, dubbed the claw, the 90,000 fans …

H Street [thehillishome ] Cat Congress [sunbeam] Famous [CSPAN ] News [bullets ] Sweet [ride ]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alykat/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 Things overheard at the U2 concert at FedEx Field: "We had to miss Muse because I was writing talking points for my boss … she’s meeting with an Ambassador tomorrow." — girl walking to stadium and explaining her integral role in our democracy to friends …

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, …

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

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

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 …