Jim Billimoria is a photographer and Communications Director for the House T&I Committee. (Can he get more talented? Seriously.) He took this photo of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at sunrise over the weekend and captured this mesmerizing symmetry.

Adieu dinosaur bones [DC says goodbye to Fossil Hall until 2019] Uber’s defensive [because UberX can be deadly] Nationals conquer the Padres 4-0 [Natitude] Kids too frequently are [skipping school in DC] Old Post Office Tower closing [on Thursday] House of Cards will stay in Maryland after all [everything’s coming …

Are you going to the Challenge Festival May 9-17? You should. Get inspired, get things done.

This is not only an amazing feat of technology, it’s a feat of diplomacy as well. President Obama played soccer with a robot.  

Our good friends Michael Mansour and Ginny Veatch are getting married this year, and last week they sent out the most epic DC save the date ever. Full text below. Presumably Michael, a Legislative Assistant in Congress, has experience writing bills and we believe this deserves bipartisan support. Ginny, a …

While DC bid farewell to the cherry blossoms on this week, we received some lovely blossom photos from Charlotte Selmeyer, who reviewed: “The blooms and my allergies are insane this year!” Take a look through these beautiful photos and reminisce until next spring.

This just in: political scientists are over-represented in D.C. Business Insider compiled the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to figure out which jobs are most popular in each state. Click below to see the full resolution map.

We want to be mad about this. But somehow, we can’t be. On the franchise’s Wikipedia page, owner has been changed to Atlanta Braves, a tongue-in-cheek nod to the fact that the Braves have won five of six games against the National League East rivals and 18 of the last …

Walmart just can’t get anything right [checkout discrimination] WaPo won Pulitzer prizes [two, count ’em] A reminder that hey, [maybe you should call your mom] What DC taxpayers say about DC [tax day stats] But what do your taxes say about you? [2013 tax distribution] It’s also [Jackie Robinson day] …

Graffiti drones [are a thing] Craving grilled cheese today? [you’re lucky] Narrowly escaping punishment [DC fire lieutenant] Here’s your cherry blossom tourist scavenger hunt [the most dangerous game] Cherry Blossoms in peak bloom [quick, everyone frame a building between the branches] Photo by Nathan Jones  

Who’s winning the WaPo’s beer madness? [our bet’s a secret] More gender neutral bathrooms coming [more or fewer bathroom hookups?] Free WiFi in NoMa [now you can exist outside and stare at a screen!] If you litter, you’re gonna get fined, so watch it litterbugs [litter enforcement month] Eataly’s coming …

Johnny Isakson [aint a Belieber] Facebook acquired a virtual reality hardware firm [and those with pre-orders are pissed] There’s a cult operating off Rock Creek parkway [dead chickens found] Men in North Korea required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts [easy to choose a style] Football team management trying everything it …

Sloth mom eats two of her newborn cubs [zoo saves third] NPR doesn’t like the name of the DC football team [either] José Andrés will be GW’s commencement speaker [Students: “Eh”] A visual history of colleges [that used to be in DC] Please please please don’t give me a ticket [- this …

Our own Hungry Lobbyist took a trip to Bluejacket and kept FamousDC right in the middle of … things.

Try not smiling while you’re watching this video of people dancing around DC to Pharrell Williams’ “Happy.” Just try it.