Please? Popville says it is an April Fool’s prank – read their reasoning.

RUN! CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE OPENING! This photo was taken on 3/30/15 by John Sonderman.

We’re all on Facebook. Even if you “hate Facebook” and “are never on Facebook” you have to admit, you take likes on your posts into account just like everybody else. We’ve made a few observations on what it’s like to update your status in this well-connected town we call home. …

Famous Friday Round Up   ROUNDUP PRESENTED BY FLYWHEEL SPORTS On March 31, Flywheel Sports, the indoor cycling brand rapidly expanding across the United States and abroad, is opening its first DC studio in the Dupont neighborhood. Occupying the former Visions Cinema space at 1927 Florida Avenue, NW, this will be Flywheel’s largest locale to date, …

Today’s weather makes you want to be out there on the field, doesn’t it? Throwing way back to Rep. Nicholas Longworth, 1915. Photo via the Library of Congress Digital Archive

Dannia Hakki is a DC-based PR guru and co-owner of the entertainment, hospitality, design and fashion PR agency Moki Media. I first met lobbyist and hospitality entrepreneur, Vinoda Basnayake, in 2009. I had just moved back to my hometown of Washington, D.C. after cutting my teeth in NYC at a high profile boutique lifestyle PR agency. I had some great experience as a publicist in NYC, but at just 25 years old, I had just taken an entrepreneurial leap to start my own PR agency, MoKi Media. DC was a new market for me, and I needed clients. I remember walking into Vinoda’s downtown rooftop lounge, Eden, and feeling like I was back in NYC. I had experience with nightlife accounts. I knew what to do, and how to do it. I needed to meet the owner of this place and introduce myself. The connection was instant. He went to Gonzaga High School. I went to Georgetown Day School & The Field School. He went to Georgetown. I went to George Washington University. He was a political lobbyist by day – with a JD/MBA from Wharton Business School – and nightlife entrepreneur by night. I was definitely going to be his publicist.

We wouldn’t have known this except that Eleanor Holmes Norton parked outside the wrong window, as you can clearly see below:

by Nicole Tieman DC is full of endless distractions. Just looking out your window can provide hours of entertainment; my view of K Street features a steady stream of business people walking briskly to important appointments and lunch meetings; tourists who I assume wandered too far from the National Mall …

BYT put together a great list of cool things to do in the spring, something I definitely needed. During nice days this weekend, I struggled to bring up ideas for things to do outside. Ended up taking a walk, but will be better armed for next time with things like: …

DCist advises, “don’t worry about it.” If your water just started smelling a bit like a swimming pool, it isn’t another mystery contaminant. Along with the start of spring comes the annual cleaning of the water pipes in D.C., as well as Arlington County and the northeastern part of Fairfax …

Ok, maybe not for the most part, but this Funny or Die video is entertaining if not just for the imitations – not imitations of politicians as themselves, but as clichès drawn from high school drama and these figures’ own personalities. via

H Street doesn’t need the streetcar, [Benning Road does] Charles and Camilla have a [lovely day in DC] Before Metro, DC had [underground trolleys] Photo by Brett Bowers, submitted to the FamousDC Flickr Pool

Pre-game interview pic of @SecretaryFoxx @RepBillShuster & me at #njinfrastructure event this kind of pic 2 rare pic.twitter.com/duvdNOIbmq — Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) March 19, 2015

The Red Sweater Project collaborates with developing communities to create affordable, accessible and advanced educational opportunities for children in rural Tanzania. This is not the traditional aid model. Red Sweater Project brings together global resources and skills to create sustainable solutions locally. A community donates their own land, their own resources, and their energy, and the Red Sweater Project helps with the rest. Sounds awesome, right? But how can you help when Tanzania is 7,665 mi away? You can go to this classy charity fundraiser for the organization at Bobby Van’s on Wednesday, April 22nd from 6-8PM. They’re currently accepting RSVPs through Jessica Mandel at (202) 626-3304 or [email protected].

Morgan Gress is Editor at 1776, and the former editor of FamousDC. A quick note: FamousDC’s current editor, Marie, asked Morgan to write today’s thankful Thursday post. Guiding influences that immediately came to her mind? Amos Snead and Josh Shultz.