End Notes
-- Spotted: Mark Cuban (T-shirt, jeans), in town with his Dallas Mavericks, lunching at the Palm on Friday. Lovely manners, great tipper, bigger in person than you'd expect. Had the swordfish and mixed greens. . . . Richard Gere having dinner with some friends at Obelisk on Thursday. The casually dressed actor, in town for the Dalai Lama's visit, was polite and "looked great." . . . Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, at Ardeo on Thursday night with a family friend. The veep had to leave after the appetizer. . . . Actor Wes Studi having lunch at Ten Penh on Thursday. He spoke at the National Museum of the American Indian later that day.

