News broke today that former first mother, err, First Lady Barbara Bush underwent heart surgery yesterday . It was said to repair one part of her aorta, after hardening was found, and she was experiencing shortness of breath. Hmmmm ... One could have diagnosed her hard heart, back during Hurricane K...

[Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] Feb. 7 @ 8:30pm Barbara Bush, Henry & Jenna, table of dudes and six waiters did a shot to Obama at Gradisca. What was the toast? "Obama, L'Chayim." The wine was flowing liberally. None of them needed that shot. Can't make this shit up....

Filed under: Celeb kids, Celeb parenting, In the news Outgoing presidents traditionally leave a note in the Oval Office for the new Commander-in-Chief. Jenna and Barbara Bush wrote their own letter to the incoming First Kids, giving them a few heartfelt pointers on how to enjoy their their new life ...

“Four years goes by so fast, so absorb it all, enjoy it all!” Jenna and Barbara Bush advise Sasha and Malia Obama in an open letter published in the Wall Street Journal, while simultaneously implying that their father will be a one-term President. Nah, this was shitty wording on their pa...

Barack and Michelle Obama are having coffee with George and Laura Bush right now! It's an inaugural tradition — and wouldn't you know that those hick Clintons screwed it up last time? Sixteen years ago, Bill and Hillary showed up late for coffee with Bush's mom and dad, according to Second Act...

Aww. Jenna and Barbara Bush, George W.'s cat-like daughters, had someone write a letter to Obama's kids, Malia and Sasha. It's about how to love living in the giant white mansion and stuff. It's kind of mushy and silly and doesn't make me hate the girls' father any less, plus it was published in the...

Even for the best of sports, it's hard to watch the other team's victory lap. Sure, some Republican loyalists will watch Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday: It is a historic event....

A look back at the sartorial choices of previous first ladies....

Some guy who was college buddies with Barbara Bush (the young one) went to the White House for dinner a couple times during George W. Bush’s first term, and now he feels icky about it because of the war, and because he is gay. Is this just a completely banal retelling of a fairly boring bunch ...

THIS IS WHY DOWNTOWN SMELLS LIKE ASS: Here is a true fact about the source of DC’s insidious fecal odor, gleaned from the Universal Source of All True Things, Wikipedia, by Wonkette Informant Tyler: “I spent most of yesterday afternoon wondering why the entirety of Buffalo Billiards (and...