Huffington is known to spend part of the summer on David Geffen's boat with a rotating cast of celebrities. Other times, it's Larry Ellison's boat. That would explain her cavorting around the Mediterranean this year. (UPDATE: Geffen owns a share of Ellison's boat, we're told, so we're talking about the same yacht in both cases.)

Once ashore, in any case, the citizen journalism pioneer went more Democratic, soliciting restaurant and bar recommendations from her microblog followers. Then she enthusiastically visited no fewer than three of them (see below).

If the seasoned socialite did so all in one night, count us impressed. And if she learns to be this polite to her staff, we'll send a gift ourselves.

(Pic: JD Lasica)

But there's a tidbit that somehow didn't make it into the Post — the Southworth family is connected to the Bushes. In 2005, Lucy's sister Carrie married high into Bush staff. Her husband (Coddy Johnson) worked as the national field director for Bush's 2004 campaign. It's not a new family connection — Coddy's dad roomed with Bush at Yale.

Man, if Page is as liberal as he seems, that's gotta be one awkward Thanksgiving dinner.

Update: Thanks to the readers who sent in photos. Of COURSE the Post went all paparazzi. Full-page shot after the jump. Granted, she looks much cuter when posing.

Page Girl [NY Post]
Couple go to White House dinner [St. Joseph News-Press]