How is Washington, D.C. supposed to run the world when it can’t even fix its own escalators?

Romney drops new bumper sticker [we love moms] Sickness of Facebook [making us lonely?] More Metro fair hikes [it’s about time!] Caps drop in OT [0-1] Photo by Navin Sarma

Gingrich blasts former employer [bite the hand] Gentlemen of Columbia Heights [manners] Nats home opener [DC style] Christie snoozes at Springsteen concert [or was concentrating]

Rep. Eric Cantor and his wife Diana, accompanied by Majority Leader’s Digital Director Matt Lira, sit down with Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin on their recent trip to Silicon Valley. Photo by Justin Germany

More great cinemagraph work by Mike Lurie.

Huge quake rocks Indian Ocean [world warnings] Hillary loves Texts From Hillary [nice] Here comes the Sliver line [Metro] Brown and Mayor’s office in fight [again]

This past weekend, Pete Snyder, VA Victory Chair and CEO of Disruptor Capital, competed in the Charlottesville Marathon. Pete clocked a time of 3:41:58, clobbering his time from a decade ago by more than 25 minutes. Pretty damn fast. We’ll see what this means for any FUTURE runs on the …

And he left us with this: “It’s an amazing thing, that sweater vest.” – Rick Santorum, April 10, 2012 — Reid Epstein (@reidepstein) April 10, 2012

All it took was one meme and now Hillary is back on top. Now, she’s fueling Internet jokes based on her own brand of badass cool. More than just an image rebound, Clinton is enjoying a genuine resurgence. via TPM

So, what ever happened to that Chick-fil-A food truck that was supposed to roll into DC on April 8th? City Paper has some insight: NBC 4’s Darcy Spencer, who originally reported on the truck’s roll out, offers an update via Tweet: “now I’m told it will happen next week, but …

Man won’t quit [Rick stands strong] Build a solid Facebook following [sponsor] Is this Ted’s car? [trash can] Tax return fight [you show me. no, you show me] Thoughts with Rep. Marino [surgery]

Does Garrett Jackson have the best campaign job ever? Garrett Jackson and Mitt Romney are stuck together like the peanut butter and honey sandwiches they both love. Mr. Jackson, 25, is Mr. Romney’s “body man,” the personal assistant who spends more time with the candidate than even Mr. Romney’s wife, …

Mitt boogie boards [vacay] North Korea still scares the sh*t out of us [CNN] Sen. struggles with Twitter, grammar [stupid] Mike Wallace [RIP]

The strangest video you’ll watch today, but the dude is rocking a pretty sweet sweater. h/t Raffety

Hilary Rosen is now following us on Twitter, Sara Diaz and Shannon Croom are engaged – and Sara is celebrating a birthday tomorrow, Cyrus Krohn left Mitt Romney’s staff some advice on how to raise money, Katie Martin schooled Teddy on Facebook, Marion Barry got the The Washington Free Beacon …