Walk-in Botox boutique comes to Georgetown

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
09/06/10 9:00 PM

Good news for all of the politicians in the market for a quick nip and tuck, and the rest of us, too. Fresh out of face spackle? Next time you're running around Georgetown, you can pop by D.C.'s first ever walk-in Botox clinic for a quick plump and fill 'er up. Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Ayman Hakki opened Luxxery Express on 2141 Wisconsin Ave. NW this summer and told Yeas & Nays, "this is more of a 'in and out' boutique service where Botox, Radiesse, Juvederm and even fat transfers are done on a routine basis." The Georgetown clinic is an extension of Hakki's main practice in Waldorf, Md. He said the walk-in concept is very popular among his patients. "My average patient comes in at 12 p.m. and leaves the office at 12:30 p.m. without having waited, without having...

Levi Johnston more unpopular than Edwards

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/06/10 9:00 PM

Well, you have to start somewhere, right? Now that Levi Johnston has embarked on a political career, the young man from Wasilla probably should start caring about polls. The firm Public Policy Polling commissioned a poll to see what Alaskans thought about Bristol Palin's baby daddy -- and it's not pretty. Only 6 percent of Alaskans see him in a favorable light, with 72 percent thinking of him negatively. These numbers set the record for the most unpopular person the group has ever polled in any state, a record formerly held by John Edwards in his home state of North Carolina. (Edwards was also 72 percent unfavorable, but with a 15 percent favorability rating.) "Johnston is reviled pretty universally across the board but he's a little more popular with Democrats than he is with...

Spitzer drinks OJ with a 'babe,' Sotomayor visits 'the Inn'

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/06/10 9:00 PM

Eiiot Spitzer was spotted Friday morning at Old Ebbitt Grill having breakfast with a female companion, a tipster told Yeas & Nays. He was drinking orange juice and was sporting a blue jacket and a blue and white striped shirt. Spitzer and the "babe" sounded like they were talking policy, and Spitzer seemed "very happy and chatty," our spy reported. The restaurant confirmed that the former New York governor and soon-to-be CNN host was there. On Sunday night, we hear Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was dining at the Inn at Little Washington. The restaurant's publicist did not respond to a request for comment....

Bad drivers in the District? You don't say

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
09/06/10 9:00 PM

Here's a crash course for area drivers: Washington, D.C., ranks No. 1 (for the third year in a row) when it comes to the city with the most accident-prone drivers, according to an annual survey by Allstate. The auto insurer found motorists in the District get in an accident every 5.1 years. That means they are 96 percent more likely to get in a wreck than the average driver in the United States. Baltimore came in close behind at No. 2, where the average driver crashes every 5.6 years. Thankfully, there's always the trusty Metro ... not....

'Housewives' Lynda gets on Twitter, is boring

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/06/10 9:00 PM

It's for real this time. "Real Housewives of D.C." cast member Lynda Erkiletian has joined Twitter. Last month, the "Housewife" and owner of THE Artist Agency seemed to have dipped her toe in the Twitter pond, but all the snark and the anti-Salahi sentiment apparently came from an impostor. Erkiletian announced via her Bravo blog that the impostor's wings had been clipped. "I am just grateful that no harm was done and no feelings were hurt," Erkiletian wrote. So far she's been off to a rather mundane start, tweeting less than a dozen times since late August, and without the previous bite. We'll take the impostor back, please....

Speakeasy: Cooper failed to make cut at Georgetown

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/06/10 9:00 PM

"I swear to God, Socrates was teaching in the corner, and there were tons of Frisbees and Golden Retrievers. All the women were from California. And then I got rejected." -- Actor Bradley Cooper telling students last week at his alma mater what it was like to tour Georgetown University as a high school student, according to the Georgetown Hoya. When "The Hangover" star wasn't accepted initially, he reapplied and entered as a transfer student, graduating with the class of 1997....

Geraldo celebrates 40th anniversary on air

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
09/02/10 9:00 PM

It's been that long? Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera celebrates his 40th year in the broadcast news business this week. "I've been closer to death than any 'celebrity journalist' in the last half century. It's been an amazingly full life. I sometimes get worn out just looking back," he said. But after four decades, the veteran newsman is still hanging on. From the first major AIDS documentary, his chilling interview with Charles Manson, to exposing the $600 toilet seats and gold-plated faucets at the Pentagon, the "Geraldo at Large" host tells Yeas & Nays he's tracked America's triumphs and tragedies. He shared with us his biggest TV cringe moment: "Al Capone's vaults. That allowed me to be the fodder of whole generations worth of late night comics," he said. He also...

Hook's pastry chef makes 'Just Desserts'

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
09/02/10 9:00 PM

Hook's Pastry Chef Heather Chittum has been cast on Bravo's new reality cooking show, "Just Desserts." Chittum got her start on Capitol Hill and after a four-year stint with the nonprofit Share our Strength, decided to enroll in culinary school. She got a taste of celebrity chef life working at some of the District's top restaurants such as Todd and Ellen Gray's Equinox and Michel Richard's Citronelle. The Georgetown gal will bake off on the big screen this November. Move over, Betty Crocker....

Washington Life names 'Hot 100,' chides some for not partying enough

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/02/10 9:00 PM

Washington Life released its "100 Most Invited" list this week, and to no one's surprise, the president and first lady topped it, but it wasn't without a little scolding. The article's author, Kevin Chaffee, notes that the Obamas prefer discrete dinners with Chicago friends and quick trips out to eat with foreign leaders over attending big Washington social events. "Maybe a crasher-free state dinner triumph will get the ball rolling," the mag suggests. Besides the Obamas, here's a sampling of others who got a slap on the wrist. 8 - David & Susan Axelrod: "Obama's most senior political [adviser] does dominate a room. 'Tis a pity he's seldom seen outside the White House," Chaffee writes. 25 - Bill & Hillary Clinton: "He's hardly here," the magazine says about the former...

Sightings: Celebrity date night

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
09/02/10 9:00 PM

"The Hangover" hunk Bradley Cooper was spotted dining with girlfriend Renee Zellweger at Cafe Milano Wednesday night. No word on what they had to eat, but a male friend joined the celeb couple. Meanwhile, in another part of town, a Yeas & Nays spy saw ABC 7 anchorman Leon Harris and his wife eating dinner at the Park Hyatt's Blue Duck Tavern. We're told the couple were celebrating their wedding anniversary....

Speakeasy: Poking fun at the 'Young Guns'

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/02/10 9:00 PM

"A Jewish guy from Virginia, an Irish-Catholic from Wisconsin and a California Baptist walk into Congress ... It sounds like the beginning of an old joke, but we'd like to think it's the start of something new." -- Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., writing in his new book "Young Guns". The book, to be released Sept. 14, was co-written by Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. The trio has been mocked recently for the book's promotional video, which resembles a movie trailer for a summer blockbuster....

Chuck Norris returns to political video

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/02/10 9:00 PM

Chuck Norris is (roundhouse) kicking his way back into politics. The actor and martial artist appears in a new video for the NRA Freedom Action Foundation touting the organization's Trigger the Vote campaign. Norris encourages a roomful of folks -- outfitted in denim, bandanas and cowboy boots and participating in a "Find Your Inner 'Norris' " class -- to exercise their constitutional rights. After a group leader suggests ridiculous ways for what to do when "these politicians come take away your rights and freedoms," enter ... Chuck Norris. "Folks, there's only one way to protect our rights," Norris says, "Register to vote." This isn't the first time Norris has used his folksy appeal to send out a political message. Back in the 2007 presidential primaries, Norris entered the...

'Apprentice' contestant bringing back Taste of DC

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
09/01/10 6:00 PM

D.C. is about to get a little tastier, thanks to "The Apprentice" contestant Steuart Martens. Yeas & Nays has learned that the Tradewinds Speciality Imports CEO and partner of popular food truck company On The Fly is cooking up plans to bring back the District's most beloved food festival, Taste of DC. It's been seven years since the last savory street showcase, but on Columbus Day weekend, Martens tells us, it's making a comeback. So why is he taking on this task? Martens told Yeas & Nays that when he returned from filming, a "friend" (who we hear is D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty) asked him if he'd be interested in doing something for the city. "With all of the free publicity we are going to get from 'The Apprentice,' it is the perfect opportunity to try to leverage this...

'Real World D.C.' roommate selling panda clothing line

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/01/10 6:00 PM

Andrew Woods was probably the most memorable of the hardly remarkable cast of "The Real World: D.C.," mostly because he wore panda hats and plastic flip-shade sunglasses. Now he's hoping his signature style will bring in a buck. Woods is touting "Party Panda Clothing" on his Facebook fan page, a Web site that sells T-shirts he designed -- along with those plastic flip-shade sunglasses. The T-shirts, one of which is sold out and one which is coming soon, depict a Rocky Mountain elk and a gorilla and say "party panda" on them. He's also threatening to make "the most sweetest shirt of all time," according to a video posted to his YouTube channel, which would involve putting a panda, a giraffe and a wolf on a T-shirt. Woods, a cartoonist who got canned by his college newspaper...

John King, Dana Bash are 'Housewives' fans

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/01/10 6:00 PM

"Watching my wife as she watches 'Real Housewives of New York' and 'Real Housewives of New Jersey.' Note the important distinction: More than watching the shows themselves -- I just watch Dana watching them, because her reactions are priceless. ... Plus she can translate the 'New Jersey' for me. It's best with a nice glass of wine and on DVR so I can at least break from time to time to check the Red Sox action." -- CNN anchor John King revealing to Capitol File his guilty pleasure involves watching his wife, CNN senior congressional correspondent Dana Bash, watch...

Bristol Palin all about modesty

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/01/10 6:00 PM

There are a lot of sequins and glitter (not to mention tanning) involved in being a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars." But don't expect Bristol Palin to be wearing costumes that are too scandalous. The teen mom told People Magazine she's keeping covered up. "I think I will be the most dressed [contestant and have] the most modest outfits for sure because that's who I am," Palin said. The new season starts Sept. 20....

Sightings: Kerry chooses Cafe Milano

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
09/01/10 6:00 PM

Sen. John Kerry dipped into Cafe Milano Tuesday night for an early dinner before President Obama's speech, a spy reported. The Massachusetts Democrat was joined by a friend and that friend's son, and left the upscale Georgetown eatery before the speech aired on national television....

Christina Hendricks hated Fairfax High

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
08/31/10 9:00 PM

Before she was the voluptuous and sultry Joan Holloway on AMC's "Mad Men," actress Christina Hendricks was a high school student in the early 1990s at Fairfax High School. And she despised it. Hendricks appears on the cover of the fall Capitol File and talks about her experience living in the Washington area. "The way I looked and the fact that I was in drama class was not working for me," said Hendricks, who is now known as Esquire's "Sexiest Woman in the World." Hendricks, not surprisingly, acted in school plays and performed in community theater productions, which made her not so cool. (Think "Glee.") "When I was an artist there, we were, like, shunned and made fun of," she told Capitol File. "But I'm glad it's changed for the kids there now." The glossy makes note that...

By The Numbers: Dating in the District

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
08/31/10 9:00 PM

Single in the city? Aw, don't worry, you're not the only one who's logging on and looking for love in the District. According to research from Match.com, Washington, D.C., comes in at No. 5 for the number of single subscribers who are searching for a little somethin' on the site. Miami ranked No. 1. Match.com reports this was the most active summer in the online dating company's 15 year-history, with "33.5 percent more winks and e-mails compared to summer of 2009." If you missed out on a sizzling summer romance, Labor Day traditionally is one of the most popular days for singles to sign on and scour profiles, so single Washingtonians still have time to sign on and snag a picnic date....

Ladies night out for Sebelius, Napolitano

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
08/31/10 9:00 PM

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano were spotted dining out Monday night. They were seen at Ashok Bajaj's restaurant Ardeo, where a Yeas & Nays spy tells us they met a friend for dinner. Our source also tells us they each ordered a big bowl of mussels....

Speakeasy: Rock the Goat edition

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
08/31/10 9:00 PM

"Oh, no, no, no, no. I've got 34 goats that depend on me daily. I couldn't be away that long." -- Former House Republican Majority Leader and conservative activist Dick Armey, responding to the Texas Tribune's inquiry as to whether he will run for president. The North Dakota native and CEO of FreedomWorks recently co-wrote the book "Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party...

DeLay picks Kurt Warner over Bristol Palin

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
08/31/10 9:00 PM

The cast of the 11th season of "Dancing With the Stars" is set, and again, it doesn't have an all-out politico joining the ranks. Instead, Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol is the competitor with the closest connection to Washington and the political world. That sits all right with Tom DeLay, the last former politician to dance on the show. When Yeas & Nays talked to him Tuesday, the former House majority leader was pleased with the cast. "Well, I think it's a pretty good cast and I think it's going to be a fun cast," DeLay said. "They pretty much covered the gamut." DeLay is picking athletics over party politics in choosing his top contender. "My favorite is Kurt Warner, he's a great guy," he said of the former NFL quarterback. His other top picks? Michael Bolton and "The Brady...

Meghan McCain got canned from dad's campaign, cries a lot

By: Nikki Schwab and Katy Adams
08/30/10 9:00 PM

Meghan McCain writes about her life as a "political prop" in her new book "Dirty Sexy Politics," and she writes about what happens when political props go rogue. McCain got sacked temporarily from her daddy's 2008 campaign when her blog McCainBlogette.com had become too controversial, and her eagerness to give tours of the Straight Talk Express had worn out the staff. "I'm not going to lie and say that I wasn't incredibly hurt when the campaign fired me," she wrote. "Was it a promotion or a demotion? Was I fired -- or just excused?" She was then banished to the heartland, on her own bus, to campaign away from her family. She also writes about the rigors and stresses of the campaign trail and about crying -- a lot. She cried when her mom and dad wouldn't tell her who John...

By The Numbers: The 'Obama Special' Edition

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
08/30/10 9:00 PM

29 - That's the number of safety violations found at Jerry's Famous Deli, the Miami sandwich shop where President Obama lunched last week (according to the updated inspection report on the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation's Web site). Some of the 19 critical violations for which the deli was cited? "Potentially hazardous raw and cooked foods held at improper temperatures, small flying insects in dry storage area, improper hand washing facility, bare-hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees, slime buildup on soda dispensing fountain nozzles and one live roach found on ice cream toppings." The president ordered two corned beef hash sandwiches and ate there. Customers now call the sandwich "The Obama Special." The violations since have been...

Sarah Palin tweets at wrong 'Beck'

By: Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab
08/30/10 9:00 PM

Looks like Sarah Palin's been posting her own tweets again. How can we tell? In an attempt to tweet at and defend Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally on Sunday, the former Alaska governor instead mentioned the singer Beck in a post. "Silly media reports'maybe thousands'@Beck's 'irrelevant' event; insinuating MSM sheeple mustn't believe their own eyes&ears re: event's truth," she posted Sunday. The problem? Glenn Beck's Twitter username is @GlennBeck. If you recall, Beck is the singer who came out with that unforgettable song --...