Watergate, 33

June is weddings month, a time when some couples opt for the traditional and others try to do "something different" -- things such as ceremonies on ships, at the beach, on mountaintops, maybe even on safari.

But, Friday being the 33rd anniversary of the Watergate break-in, why not a lovely event at the Nixon library and museum out in Orange County, Calif.?

"The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace should be the first stop in your search for the perfect ceremony and/or reception location," the Web site says. "Home to the largest public rose garden in Orange County, the Library's over 1,400 rose bushes will make an exquisite backdrop for what will surely be one of the most memorable days of your life."

And while the Carter Center also hosts fine weddings -- the Reagan and Clinton libraries tend more to corporate or nonprofit meetings and receptions -- the Nixon library Web site boasts of more than "nine acres of carefully sculptured gardens."

"Picture yourself being married near the very gazebo that Tricia Nixon Cox was married under in the White House Gardens." Yes, that very same gazebo.

About 450 others have celebrated their weddings there since the museum opened in 1990, so why not you? Just go to http://www.nixonfoundation.org/PlanYourEvent/Weddings.shtml .

Call Him Mister? Send Contest Entries

Don't forget to enter the In the Loop CIA Title Contest, to help fashion a new title for CIA Director Porter J. Goss . Send your entry -- and rationale -- via e-mail to intheloop@washpost.com or mail it to In the Loop, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071. Given the nature of this contest, entries on background or even deep background -- as in "government official" -- will be permitted. But all entries must include telephone contact numbers to be eligible.

For $1,000, Abramoff Makes Dinner

Quick Loop quiz! What local venue these days could be considered absolutely radioactive for any politician wanting to hold a fundraiser? Think local restaurant. Think casinos. Bingo! That would be controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff 's restaurant, Signatures, on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Abramoff, close buddy of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), under investigation for his dealings with tribal casino interests, is the owner.

Even so, we got this invite the other day for an event at Signatures: " John Meredith with American Nursery & Landscape Association cordially invites you to attend a fundraising dinner for Congresswoman Katherine Harris [R-Fla.]" on June 21.

Only $1,000! And the food's pretty good.

Organized Labor

Did you ever wonder how Cabinet members appear so engaged, so smooth, on those mind-numbingly dull school/factory/building tours where they dish out small government grants?