What a Washington Weekend!

Yesterday, in the White House Press Room, Jimmy Olsen-nik, Ace Reporter for the Saint Plotniko Morning Bird Wrap, asked a probing question of Press Secretary Nik Plot, seen below with his assistant C.J. PlotDotter.





While touring the West Wing, there was a momentary stoppage when entrance to the Oval Office wing was temporarily forbidden. A few minutes later a motorcade was seen taking off outside, and the DO NOT ENTER sign came away from the door. This means that President Obama had gotten back from his golf date, had temporarily entered his office, and then left again. So though Plot, Duck, BZ, JJ-aka-PP, Peter, Patsy and Chris didn't actually SEE the President, they FELT him, kinda, on the other side of that DO NOT ENTER sign.

Later on, at the Ebbit Grill, they drank a toast to the White House, and to Chris, for spending his whole weekend taking everyone on all these wonderful tours. You can see that DC Niecie joined up with the group for dinner.



Afterwards, they fought over the martini olives.



The desserts were particularly good.



Now, a few BANGLES of PRAISE for some of the other food in our nation's capital:

The Prawns at Kinkead's:



The dim sum at Hollywood East in Wheaton, Maryland (modeled by the Chick Girls):



The wonderful Washington DC hot half-smokes. These are on the grill at DC Niecie's.



Jokes and half-smokes aside, the Plotniks got an amazing inside look at the White House all weekend: the private tour Friday morning, bowling Friday night, the garden tour Saturday afternoon and the private West Wing tour Sunday. Even hardened cynics can't help but feel lifted by seeing how our nation's capital actually works. Because no matter how you feel about politics, the system itself is above politics. Career officers run the government -- their bosses change every four or eight years, but the bosses are figureheads. The real work is done by all the people who dedicate their lives to making sure the system functions. Plot tips his cap to all of them. And many, many thanks to The Great Chris-Nik.