DC has been so great to me over the past couple of years. I’ve been able to grow my passion for photography into a business and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without a little help from amazing people along the way. One such influencer is Ivory Zorich from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

Like pretty bad, right? This would have saved us a few parking tickets, we’re pretty sure. via

Panels will talk about the biggest challenges and potentially groundbreaking solutions in all of these industries, and a Challenge Festival badge gives you a front row seat to the innovation occurring all week. It’s a great opportunity to bring your boss new ideas and network with others in your field.

They’re in DC! via They visit Adams Morgan! via They take selfies at an unimpressive distance from White House! Shailene and I are shooting in front of the White House today! #Snowden pic.twitter.com/ArtG9B29bw — Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) April 7, 2015 They’re filming their future feature film, Snowden! via What a …

That title is somewhat misleading, it’s actually the fear in screaming children that derailed this book reading by the President.

Politico got to go behind the scenes with these DC-and-historical celebs, the racing presidents. Check out the whole slideshow here.

Eater DC sourced some of the best comments from food review sites about places in DC. Here’s a sample: For $11 I got diced undercooked veggies and only one egg. [Yelp] I don’t know what they do to the beans, but I was JACKED [Yelp] This place needs to learn …

New York Magazine has gathered an impressive collection of photos of children not having a great time at the White House Easter Egg Roll. It’s amazing. You should look at it.  

DC interns are back [and DCist has their best quips so far] You may not believe it but it costs less to live near Nats Park [than it does to live near Fenway] DC might host the [MLB all-star game this year] Photo by Laurie Shaull

Remember when Maketto’s opening was hotly anticipated? Even we wrote an article about it. The Washington Post gathered DC’s anticipation and wrote this down it for history’s sake. March 26, 2015: “D.C.’s most anticipated spring openings … The project is a long time coming, but construction finally seems to have moved …

Extinguishing fire WITH SOUND. Amazing. Two George Mason students figured this out. What have you done lately?

Pallavi Damani Kumar is a full-time professor in American University’s School of Communication and the Division Director for the Public Communication. Ever since I graduated as an undergraduate from American University’s School of Communication, I wanted to teach in the program. I felt like AU helped me discover my true passion in public relations and strategic communication, and teaching was a way of giving back. Eight years after graduation, after working in New York and Philadelphia, I was headed back to DC, and my first goal was to fulfill a long-held dream of mine to teach in the Public Communication division.

Who knew William Taft could be so beloved? See more photos at Hill is Home.    

Thanks Vox.

A 245-room micro-hotel is being planned in Chinatown at 6th and H Streets, Washington Business Journal reports. … the city’s developers have been much slower to jump on micro-hotels (also called pod or capsule hotels). The basic idea is that most travelers don’t spend that much time in their hotel …