Take our poll of the day! Today, we want to know: Are you going to sip a cocktail tonight in honor of World Cocktail Day? (And yes, it's a real holiday, as our Best Bites bloggers reported.)

A President From Panama?
If the presidential race comes down to John McCain versus Barack Obama, it will be the first time the presidential nominees were not born in the continental United States.

Who Might Be on an Obama Cabinet?
With Barack Obama possibly on his way to becoming the Democratic nominee for president, speculation abounds as to who might make up an Obama Cabinet.

Who Might Be on a Hillary Cabinet?
Hillary Rodham Clinton hasn’t dropped many hints about who might be in her potential Cabinet, but she’s surrounded herself with veterans of her husband’s days in the White House, suggesting that a second Clinton administration would include familiar faces.

Green Awards
Celebrating Washingtonians who preserve and protect our environment.

If the presidential race comes down to John McCain versus Barack Obama, it will be the first time the presidential nominees were not born in the continental United States.

McCain was born in Panama; Obama was born in Hawaii.

Easterners dominated the presidency for the first 150 years of American history. No US president had been born west of the Mississippi River until Herbert Hoover of Iowa won in 1924. Perceived westerners Andrew Jackson of Tennessee was born in South Carolina; Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was born in Kentucky.

Miss some of our best blog posts from last week? Worry not; here are our five most popular blog posts from the past seven days.

Um, in case you didn't know, it's really rainy out there. Flood watch rainy.  Record-setting rainy. And it's not going to stop anytime soon.

Counter Intelligence points us towards local chefs' recipes featured on the Today Show.

Jenna Bush is getting married this weekend down in Crawford, Texas. And somehow, we weren't invited. Sniff. Rather than cry over spilled Champagne, we’ve devoted our day to soaking up every last scrap of news and speculation about the big event. But, Jenna? If we had come, we would have added our names to the biggest present there. Here's our roundup on all things Jenna-wedding.

Apparently some glossy publications are discovering that politics, is like, hot. And interesting. Well, duh!

Artomatic opens tonight, notes GP Living. Get details on that, and more weekend ideas, in our weekend nightlife guide.  

The City Paper tries Teasim's famous salty oat cookie and finds it lacking. (And no, we sure as heck aren't aping Carman's style!)

Take our poll of the day below! We're wondering: Did you feel that monstrous 1.8 earthquake on Tuesday? (Personally, we did not at the Washingtonian.com offices, and we're slightly bummed.) 

Police have released the D.C. Madam suicide notes.

A Facebook-esque site for wonks on the Hill—will it work?

Did you know such a thing as a can't-miss perfume book exists? Apparently, it does, as this reviewer lets us know.