Barney and Miss Beasley Are Park Rangers

Check out the decorations in the White House and a cameo by the First Twins in the 2007 Barney Cam Holiday Video.

Jenna Needs A Ghostbuster

Didja know that Jenna's room in the White House is the same one used by Chelsea Clinton and JFK Junior? And that she told Skip Hollandsworth of Texas Monthly in an exclusive interview she's convinced the room's haunted?

I get scared there sometimes. I'm not kidding. I have heard ghosts, I really have – ghosts singing opera. One night, opera noises came out of my fireplace. When I told my sister, she didn't believe me, but the next week we were up late in that bedroom, and we heard 1950s piano music. People will think I'm crazy for saying that.

Years ago, Lynda Johnson also got freaked out by "paranormal phenomena" in that same room.

Extremely Made Over Briefing Room

The White House press corps moves back to their West Wing crib today after 11 months of redecorating. Forty-nine lucky reporters will sit in comfy, extra-wide leather chairs with seat-side Internet while listening to daily briefings. According to the Washington Post:

The new podium from which the press secretary and other officials brief reporters is framed by two white columns and is flanked by twin 45-inch flat screens that will illustrate the White House's spin on events.

Suh-weet. Wish they had room for more bloggers.

Sparrowblog position: RV campground in Austin, Minnesota.

Vote For Chelsea Clinton!

No, not for President in 2028. In this election, where she's up against the likes of Carrie Underwood, India.Arie, Natalie Portman, and Joss Stone. Yep, you guessed it (or maybe you didn't), it's a list of hotties who are vegetarians.

You've got to be creative if you're a vegan (no animal products), or even if you're a lacto-ovo (okay with milk and eggs), and the buzz is that coming up with menus is the hardest part. So now I get why Chelsea wants to move back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- because of Cristeta Comerford, the Executive Chef who oversees three White House kitchens, four sous-chef (second in command) and the Executive Pastry Chef (I definitely want one of those).

Ms. Comerford immigrated from the Philippines when she was 23 and cooked for ten years in the White House before becoming First Calorie Provider in 2005. She's the only woman ever to hold the title, and she's cute, too. Check out the buff right fist: