Richard Barnhill has a passion for the wide open sky- he’s a NOAA expert by day. Barnhill captured this stunning long exposure of a plane coming into Reagan National airport.

You look like you could use a little pick-me-up. Bolster yourself with Ira Glass’s life pep talk and interject some creativity into your existence.

We know what you’re doing Superbowl Sunday. Do you? Remember that are two other days this weekend – don’t neglect them from your couch. Let’s do something.

It’s a bad week for DC’s animal lovers. The majestic snowy white owl got hit by a bus. An eight year old cheetah at the National Zoo was euthanized. And RUSTY ALREADY LEFT DC.

Textbook trouble for VA gov [Sea of Japan or East Sea?] The D.C. laws, [they do nothing] 395 in DC is about to go hipster [i.e. it’s going underground] People steal everything from restaurants [shameless] We wish we had this map as children [how much snow it takes to cancel school]

Unemployment is down [in the DC area] Frank Luntz had some [cool kicks last night] Coupe’s stopping its [24 hour service] Table giving up handwriting their menus [people stole em] Pretty Smithsonian Arts & Industries building on the mall  [won’t reopen] Guy donates land for a Loudoun park [they got …

Ian Livingston: Brookings Institution guy, Capital Weather Gang guy, photographer guy. A man of many talents brings this newest featured photo, a gorgeous time elapsed view of the Arlington Memorial Bridge over the Potomac.

It’s too polar [for a plunge] Ezra Klein & Vox [a match made in heaven] Take a step back in time in DC [with crack – yes, crack] This cab went a little crazy this weekend [driver hit everything] DC residents do not want new soccer stadium [what soccer team? …

Slow clap for USA Today’s FTW blog.

City Paper dug into the question of Washington, D.C.’s name and found out Washington, D.C. isn’t the name of our fair city after all. Colloquially, people began referring to the new city as “New Washington.” But officially? … According to Cynthia Brock-Smith, secretary of the District of Columbia, the 1871 …

With athletes going to Sochi pretty soon, the Team USA uniform has been unveiled. We have questions (below this stunning photo). Did Ralph Lauren’s elderly aunt knit this sweater? Assuming she did, did he feel compelled to make it the uniform of Team USA out of guilt?  (“Of course I love …

Happy Birthday Georgetown [Hoyas whaaat] Hedwig visited DC [snowy owl sighting] Justin Bieber drunk and drag racing [his usual Wednesday night] “Mitt” seems like it’s pretty good [and coming to Netflix] The extreme weather change [broke a metro rail] Another wedding ring bites the dust [in the DuPont snowball fight …

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New menu at [Bar Pilar] DuPont snowball fight ensued [it was cold and wet] Kanye got weird in his [Interview mag photos] Ex-VA gov & wife charged [it happened] Capital Bikeshare owners [file for bankruptcy] Fake Dan Snyder roast [it’s an actor] Photo by Ian Livingston

Here are our favorite photos from the District’s snowy weather. Tweet @FamousDC or tag your photo with #SnowlarVortex to get Famous(DC). Photo by Emmy Bengtson Photo by Jodi Richardson Photo by Ashleigh Grant Photo by Meaghan Moynahan Photo by Abby Wood Photo by Julip Made Photo h/t Lori Lewis Photo by …