Make your bracket [Pope] Vote for us [karma] Lock it up [hackerazzi] Photo by Noe Todorovich

WMATA is the worst [metro] Covering the White House [media] The man has jokes [Gridiron] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Chris Cillizza said this was the best week ever, tell Sarah Swinehart happy birthday tomorrow, did you know that Brad Dayspring and John Murray were born on the same day?, watch Stoney Burke’s great DC-NYC-DC Tesla adventure, we hear Georgette Spanjich made the list, wish Ashley Wolos a happy birthday, don’t feel too …

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Beth Adelson, Virginia Senator Mark Warner’s press secretary, was proposed to over Twitter yesterday when her boyfriend asked her to marry him in 140 characters. Luckily she only had to reply with three. Congratulations to Beth and Brett …

Which staffers do you recognize in this picture? He who can leave for an extensive lunch is not writing a bill, strong-arming a senator, hectoring a committee witness or doing a spot on Fox Business Network. Let the low-level staff members trek to Seventh Street for pizza. Senator Harry Reid …

Change the clocks [DST] Dropping numbers [jobs] Stewart hearts Rand [filibuster] Photo by John Sonderman

Can anyone else sense just the lightest tinge of Spring in the air? Maybe it’s just me, but with DST this weekend and the Noquester behind us, it’s prime time to get out of the house and have a great weekend.

Just one more reason to sign up for the Famous Friday [Round Up] – you will have something to read during your 50 mile commute home. Washington has one of the highest levels of extreme commutes in the U.S. One in five commuters in the region has a commute of …

The biz ain’t what it used to be [publishing] Longest filibusters [records] Do us a solid [vote] Photo by Michael Andrade

Last night we kicked it over to 201 Bar where John Stanton crushed BuzzFeed Brews by opening the night with Hunger Games and Sen. Gillibrand. Props to the staffer that had the Senator give Stanton a bottle of Jameson. And props to Stanton for TAKING SHOTS with a U.S. Senator. …

Happy Birthday Marion Barry [mayor] Where to eat [open] Fun in the snow [Dupont] Photo by Jeremy Art

Sunrise at the MLK Memorial.

Come back kid [NRSC] DC loves its storm names [not impressed] YGL is out [list] Photo by Jennifer Sherman

Roll Call’s Meredith Shiner went behind the scenes of the members-only Senate gym to give us an insider look. What she found was mostly sweat and one of the few congenial places left on the hill. We’re hoping for a follow-up with the preferred playlists and lift number of each member. Behind the …

Parks Service v. Jack [boathouse] DC loves its storm names [snowquester] Christmas officially over [trees] Photo by Noe Todorovich