UPDATE: Prince of Popville has planned a sled-in at 1 pm.  Alright fam, We fought Great Britain to win our independence. Our forefathers shouldn’t have had to die in vain. We should be able to sled down Capitol Hill in the middle of a snowstorm. Seriously. Congress went into recess …

Snow day brunch and other specials [here by PoPville] The MPD has your nudes [and shares them] Guy goes to DC police station, asks for his pot back [and gets it] “NO SELFIE STICKS ALLOWED” [-The Smithsonian museums]   rough commute in all this snow #snowwhat A photo posted by …

Meet Kate Glassman Bennett. She’s a fourth-generation Washingtonian and highly accomplished about town (and out of town). To name just a few accomplishments, she was Washingtonian’s fashion editor, Washingtonian Mom’s editor-in-chief, the EIC of Capitol File Magazine, is an all-around style maven, and earned her stripes in the magazine world in Vegas. Now, she’s starting her own gossip column at Politico, the cleverly titled KGB File.

by Nicole Tieman As professionals in D.C., we’ve seen the entire gamut of intern personalities. Capitol Hill is brimming with wannabe politicos who try to pass off plots from House of Cards as their own; K Street is lousy with ambitious over-achievers dressed in their best Olivia Pope knock-off suits, …

Hugh Jackman will record [your voicemail message] Five inches of snow possible this week [FIVE INCHES OF SNOW] There are such things as [cat islands] and [owl bars] And now there’s also going to be [marijuana-infused Ben & Jerry’s]

Andrew McGill at National Journal built his own internet of things thing: a Barack Obama Desk Detector. Is that amazing or what? Check it out here.  

All photos and party tips by Allison Cunningham In a city filled with a beautiful combination of Type-A party-planners and wonky politicos, this weekend felt like an early Christmas. As Netflix released House of Cards Season 3 in its entirety, winter-weary District residents hunkered down to watch the latest season …

Give them puppies, instead. “D.C. teams all in ruts — I can’t take it anymore,” she said on the air that night. “The cold, the losing — I need cute puppies.” Makes sense. Russini asked viewers to send in doggy photos to take the place of highlights of losses. She …

John Sonderman found the perfect photo perspective to show off DC’s current wintry vibes, including the snow that’s been sitting on the Potomac this week.

That’s the world Sharknado 3 imagines, anyway. Entrepreneur/Dallas Mavericks owner Cuban of Shark Tank will play the president, while conservative commentator/author Coulter will play the vp.   h/t DCist

LeBron James plays basketball. Bryce Harper hits game winning home runs. Michael Steel gives statements. “If Taylor Swift and Katy Perry did a joint concert at Madison Square Garden wearing white-and-gold and black-and-blue dresses, accompanied by dancing sharks and llamas, that’s the only way you’d have a tougher ticket,” said …

Call your mom, the cherry blossoms could be delayed [they’re iced over] The Sweetlife 2015 lineup is out [check it out here] All Metro’s GM candidates [dropped out of the running] Photo by Robb Hohmann from the FamousDC Flickr pool All the latest links from around the District.

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When you work on the Hill, certain tasks can take over the time you spend at the job. We polled current and former staff, asking them how their time is spent at work. This is what we found out.