Wow, things really escalated quickly. Friday, April 16 The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors. [kick off] POLITICO’s Marty Kady questions the timing of the SEC’s charges [Twitter] Convenient timing: Huge SEC charges against Goldman land week before …

WSJ’s Elizabeth Williamson: Trivial Pursuit: One Man’s Quest to Catalog Presidential Minutiae We consider Mark Knoller’s Twitter feed a must-follow. You can join in here.

Do you have plans Saturday? Would you and a friend like to attend Shamrock Fest at RFK and hang in the Club VIP tent with free beer all day? You have 48 hours to win these tickets. The contest: Print out the FamousDC logo and upload a picture of it …

The upcoming “Congressional Hockey Challenge” isn’t so abnormal that they’re letting Sen. Robert Byrd skate, but a few other lawmakers have decided to risk their pretty faces. On March 9, 2010, ice hockey-playing Members of Congress, and similarly-talented Senate and House staff, will challenge some of K Street’s finest in …

This is the view towards the Capitol from South Cap – complete white out. Photo courtesy of Carolyn Wise. Snow photo from Clarendon, Virginia courtesy of Jennifer Moire . Snow photo from Rockville, Maryland courtesy of Charles Smith. Photo courtesy of Sarah Stanley Snow . Photo taken in Chevy Chase …

Please keep sending in your DC snow photos and we will update. We’re still watching the tip line to see if anyone snapped a photo of the elusive thunder snow . Check out Tommy McFly’s photo feed . Looking north at the Capitol from South Capitol & D St (SE/SW). …

The e-Tweet 8 is set for tomorrow at 10am.  These match ups should prove to be some of the best yet. @matthewgagnon vs. @patrickruffini @robertjameson vs. @levydr @mkhammer vs. @albrightDC @seanhackbarth vs. @michaelturk Updated bracket seen here.

Congratulations to Mayor Fenty and his wife on the birth of their new baby girl.  According to reports, it’s “the first female born into the mayor’s family in three generations.”   [if at first you don’t succeed] As for the birth taking place at an undisclosed hospital- that’s true. “Michelle …

We ask – is this for real?  We hope so.

Dogs Went Crazy at the Bark Ball When a Cat Appeared on the Big Screen Were You Part of the World Naked DC Bike Ride? Hillary Clinton Suspends Campaign Big Brown Had a Big Brownout It was HOT in Washington

Wow – Adam Caskey blew the weather forecast this weekend. Saturday was supposed to be rainy, but was spectacular! Enjoy the weather, but watch out for kamikaze flies flying into your margaritas!

According to the Caucus blog, Hill blew into town this morning, but it wasn’t to work on behalf of New Yorkers.  She was too tied up in campaign promising.