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Sightings: Olympians and Obama-ians out to eat

November 19, 2012 | 5:26 pm | Modified: November 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm
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Photo - LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND - JULY 10: Giuseppe Lanzone, Brett Newlin , Charles Cole and Scott Gaunt of USA pose for the camera after winning the Bronze in the Men's Four Final during Day 3 of the 2011 Samsung World Rowing Cup III on Lucerne Rotsee on July 10, 2011 in Lucerne, Switzerland. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images)
LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND - JULY 10: Giuseppe Lanzone, Brett Newlin , Charles Cole and Scott Gaunt of USA pose for the camera after winning the Bronze in the Men's Four Final during Day 3 of the 2011 Samsung World Rowing Cup III on Lucerne Rotsee on July 10, 2011 in Lucerne, Switzerland. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images)

We hear that Olympic bronze medal winning rower Giuseppe Lanzone had dinner, where else, but at the oar-themed bar the Tombs in Georgetown Friday. Also out and about this weekend were Attorney General Eric Holder and Michelle Obama's mother Marian Robinson who dined, separately, Saturday night at the Hamilton. Robinson had her meal with a mystery man. Also that night, both Holder and Robinson attended the Aretha Franklin concert at DAR Constitution Hall with first lady Michelle Obama.

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