When in Washington: Celebrities out of context

While celebrities normally champion for causes while in D.C., sometimes they are spotted doing normal, or perhaps not so normal, things out in Washington.

* “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier invented a cocktail at Indebleu and named it after his band, The Honey Brothers.

* Darryl Hannah was at the Grover Park Whole Foods with a camera crew in tow.

* “The Hills” personality Brody Jenner was using his reality star cachet to promote “Blonde Charity Mafia” at the Park at Fourteenth.

* Actor Cole Hauser of “Good Will Hunting” fame was hanging out at Smith Point.

* Harrison Ford and fiancee Calista Flockhart were checking out the pandas with son Liam at the National Zoo.

* Owen Wilson walked in off the street to author John McCaslin’s book party for “Weed Man: The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divine.”

* Val Kilmer went mostly unrecognized while dining at Il Mulino on Vermont Avenue because of his “greasy blond hair.” He also was sporting a bolo tie and cowboy hat.

* Ed Norton was spotted clapping to African drumbeats at the Kennedy Center’s reception for the Coming Up Taller Awards.

* Dressed in sweats, actress Mandy Moore chose the shortest course, the one-miler, when running in the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation’s Race to End Women’s Cancer.

* Stevie Wonder attended a showing of “Precious” at the Fairfax Deluxe 14.

* Celebrity chef Michel Richard began stripping out of his chef jacket to encourage higher bids for a dinner package at Richard’s restaurant Citronelle.

* Martha Stewart was caught snapping pictures of her pal, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at a State Department holiday reception.

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