“Hey, why aren’t you on this list of big shot pressies offering their services to a charity?” the U.S. News gossip gangsta teased us via e-mail last night.

As we told him, we were forced to turn the offer down because we didn’t want to steal away any of Anne Schroeder’s luminous spotlight: 

A7. Lunch with Anne Schroeder: Shennanigans columnist for the Politico

Schroeder is the queen of Washington scoop! She is currently the Shennanigans columnist for the Politico and the former editor at Capitol File. She co-wrote the Reliable Source column with Lloyd Grove at the Washington Post.

Yes, kids, if you’re willing to fork over the big bucks on Saturday night, you can have a “power lunch” with this glam gossip gal. If you win, maybe you can ask her how she manages to write in so many different fonts on her blog over the course of one day. Or perhaps you could ask her why the people who are hosting the auction can’t correctly spell the name of her column. Or maybe you could quiz her on what she thinks about the sex life of Politico photo editor Patrick Ryan.

Then you can eat cake.