Exhibit Openings, Social Media Week and the Oscars; It’s gonna be a packed weekend so take a minute to get ready, set and go!

NewME Accelerator, a nationally recognized startup accelerator for minorities and women based in San Francisco, is hitting the road and headed right for the District! At their DC PopUp, an event that takes place over 3 nights, NewME will accelerate entrepreneurs through startup coaching, intense hands-on workshops, and even the …

Decoding the sequester [wonk] Sweetgreen goes mobile [app] Bryce Harper #IWILL [commercial] Photo by Patrick Onofre

Get email peace [app] Norway easily entertained [bark] Cloture Club does SMW [happy hour] Photo by Melodious

Check out Jacob Moore’s great photos on his site.

Congratulations to the newly engaged couple Brad Dayspring and Lauren Pratapas. Dayspring recently began work as a strategist at the NRSC and Pratapas joined the team at Story Partners last spring. Right after he popped the question this past weekend.  

DC tech [startups] Branding the presidents [design] New stadium? [soccer] Photo by Kevin Wolf

After three years at Engage Eric Wilson is headed off to head up the digital shop at American Action Network, Ed Patru celebrated a birthday, shirty business went down, Uncle Sam is single and hot, Teddy is still a single child for now, Sara Diaz + Shannon Croom = 78 …

Congrats to Eric Wilson on the new gig as Digital Director at American Action Network. Today is Wilson’s last day Engage and we wish him all the best. P.S. We’ll also be sure to send along a few FDC stickers for the AAN office.

The sky is falling [meteorite] Want a job on the hill? [perseverance] Barracks Row development [restaurants] Photo by Michael Andrade

3 day weekend, 3 nights of fun. What could be better? Time to kick off tonight with new a happy hour spot and end with the extra day for recovery on Monday.

If you’re a M-F ing B-O-S-S. IF YOU’RE A BOSS, BE LIKE JOHN TODAY: A foggy little bird says that at the start of the State Department’s daily senior staff meeting in the Secretary’s seventh-floor suite on Tuesday, Secretary of State Kerry had a diplomatic warning for his team. “Thursday …

12-year-old outdoes Iran [space] Valentine’s Day gifts [fail] Politicians are hip now [music] Photo by Daniel W. Lawrence

Meet Lia Seremetis. Lia Seremetis is the founder and leader of DC Bike Party, a monthly ride through DC that focuses on the fun of riding in a group and always ends at a bar (how could you not love this?!). Seremetis is a communications professional in DC by day and also writes for FamousDC. When she’s not riding her bike around town you can catch her hitting up one of the many concerts and shows in the District. We were lucky enough to chat with Seremetis about how it all got started. Got a bike? Want to make new friends? Head out to DC Bike Party tonight for a Mardis Gras ride through DC. As always, the fun starts at Dupont Circle.

Saturday, February 16 at the City Tavern Club in Georgetown 12-year-old Kennedy Snyder has been fighting a spinal cord tumor since she was two and this weekend you can help her by heading out to City Tavern Club in Georgetown. All of the proceeds from this fun night of poker, …