Associated Press writer Nancy Benac pours some cold water on the idea that Barack and Michelle Obama will be able to continue their regular Friday date nights now that they’ve entered the White House. The White House bubble, Benac reports, is historically hard to escape, even for notorious flirts like Bill Clinton.

Writes Benac:

Now that Obama is president, though, it will be hard to escape what’s known as the White House bubble, with all its security strictures and complicated logistics.

When Obama walked the last leg of the inaugural parade route up Pennsylvania Avenue, it may have been the last stroll in public that he takes for a long time.

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The great thing about the blogosphere? Other people can now do your work—and you get all the reading traffic. Hey, it works for Huffington Post! Sorry, back to the topic. Below is a collection of inauguration dining guides compiled by bloggers, journalists, advocacy groups, and God knows who else.

• DC Gastronome has a round up of 10 or so inaugural options.
• Campus Progress gives us the low down on ACKC’s ChocObama, a mint-infused bar, as well as other goodies.
• Washingtonian has produced a pretty decent guide to inaugural eats (though it kinda runs out of steam at the end of the alphabet).
• The Going Out Gurus break down the breakfast options for Inauguration Day.
• Capital Spice has something for the tourists: a guide to D.C.’s historic eating establishments.
• VegDC.com reports that, among other vegetarian-friendly options, Sticky Fingers Bakery in Columbia Heights will be offering “an animal-friendly” Chicago-style hot dog.
• Metromix has compiled a list of cheap places to eat for those who have already shelled out too much for inaugural housing.
• OpenTable, of course, has a long list of restaurants doing something for the inauguration. It may be as little as selling you a bottle of wine for $44.
• And, finally, your dedicated Young & Hungry scribe offers his take on the inaugural eating madness and gives you some practical stuff, too: places serving special inaugural pizzas as well as places serving something a little sweeter. 

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