Here at Yeas & Nays we hear a lot about Washington and Hollywood celebrities and their shenanigans around town. Here are some of our favorite sightings from 2011: Former OMB Director Peter Orszag and wife journalist Bianna Golodryga were spotted sipping beverages on New Year’s morning in January at the Diner in Adams Morgan.
Exiting White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was at Cafe Japone in February singing “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister with White House staffers.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright attended a Chris Botti concert at the Kennedy Center in February where she was pulled on stage and instructed to drum along to the song “Nessun Dorma.”
“Dateline’s” Chris Hansen was dining out with a female companion at Rasika in March. We later discovered that his date was his mistress, Kristyn Caddell.
Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., was spotted at the Bojangles in Union Station in April, posing for pictures with the restaurant’s furry mascot, Bojangles the chicken.
Businessman T. Boone Pickens was seen outside the Monocle restaurant on Capitol Hill in April trying to get his car unlocked after his shelter dog, Tommy, had accidentally locked himself, and the keys, in the vehicle.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was using his smart phone’s FatBooth app to make his buddy and brother-in-law, Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford, look fat at the Funny or Die party at Longview Gallery over White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner weekend.
Actor David Arquette was among the masses at the White House reveling over the death of Osama bin Laden in May.
“Law & Order” actor Vincent D’Onofrio stopped by the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in May.
Sen. David Vitter danced his pants off at a crawfish boil held at the Cajun Experience in June.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano went shopping at the Columbia Height’s Target in July wearing a FEMA shirt.
Scandal-plagued former Congressman Mark Foley walked into P.J. Clarke’s in July during a reading of naughty children’s book “Go the F— to Sleep” by author Adam Mansbach.
Songstress Taylor Swift paid a late night trip to the Lincoln Memorial when she was in D.C. in August for shows at the Verizon Center.
Newt and Callista Gingrich were outside Union Station in August hanging out with a man in an elephant costume portraying Callista Gingrich’s children’s book character Ellis.
NBC’s Luke Russert was decked out in head-to-toe Buffalo Bills gear celebrating the team’s win against the New England Patriots in front of the White House in September.
A disheveled Gary Busey attended Ron and Sara Bonjean’s annual holiday party in December.
