The White House has been fully decked out for the holidays since Thanksgiving, and DCist had an opportunity to take a look. more ›

Selling deodorant has to be a tough job. No matter how you frame it, you basically have to convince people that they either a) smell terrible, or b) could smell better than they currently do. When it comes to ranking the most glamorous accounts at any given large advertising agency, I'm pretty sure that antiperspirant isn't anywhere near the top. more ›

Just in case you managed to miss this video, released by the White House, of Bo the Portuguese water dog's first day with the Obama family, here's some Wednesday morning cuteness for ya. more ›

The First Hypoallergenic Friend, a Portie who was named Charlie before he was renamed Bo by the Obama daughters, is on his way to the White House. Here is the Post telling a story about how the Post got the story first, a fact noted with some disdain by the AP, who got the poop from White House aides on condition of anonymity, because everyone forgot that they were talking about a puppy and not the last known location of Lashkar-e-Taiba senior leadership. And, of course, the Post didn't even break the damn story: A Web site called First Dog Charlie, which was probably thrown together on a WordPress account by an eager Sasha Obama, had the scoop (not to mention the full feature interview) yesterday. Nevertheless, the good news still stands. Obama avoided what might have been the biggest political blunder of his young career: a labradoodle. more ›