#Weekend Awesome events: Get your fill of LOLs all weekend long; Even at Capital Laughs on H Street!; Catch some Purple Rain tonight at the 9:30 club; Take yourself out to the ball game (against the Mets); Brookland has crabs; You officially have no excuse not to learn how to salsa …

Weather: Is it just us or is this weather playing hard to get?…Because it’s working. The change in temperature continues as it drops tonight, resulting in a wintry mix that’ll kick off the weekend – and no, we’re not referring to your latest playlist. We’re talking possible rain-turned-snow due to near …

FAMOUS FORECAST Stay in the AC today because temps are getting up to 95 degrees while in Cleveland the convention goers are enjoying a comfortable 76 degrees with sunny skies. MONDAY JAM Brought to you by Tazwell Jones of Bryant Row.  We’re on the ground and ready to rock in Cleveland all week …

FAMOUS FORECAST We’re making progress! The temps are slowly climbing with a high of 81 and scattered storms throughout the District today. MONDAY JAM Brought to you by Taz Jones of Bryant Row. Mondays are a lot easier when you remind yourself that you’re a rock star. A motivating soundtrack helps a …

Ok Boston, OK WE GET IT [IT SNOWED A LOT] Truck hits Delta plane at DCA [whoopsies] Running a restaurant = [conducting an orchestra] Photo by Joe Newman submitted to the FamousDC Flickr Pool

It’s cold, but there’s cool stuff to do this weekend.

DC’s meter maids are out for blood [DC loses $55m in unpaid parking tickets] DC couple leaves toddlers in car at 28 degrees while at wine tasting [priorities folks, priorities] Richard Sherman’s face will break your heart [no matter who you rooted for] Chris Cillizza grants NWS [the worst week …

A pretty, perfectly framed, wintery scene at the sculpture garden ice rink. Kudos, Sonderman on this beautiful photo. Via FamousDC Flickr pool.

August is over, are you daydreaming of your snow-weeks off this winter? Us too. But we can all count on the Capital Weather Gang is to bring us back to reality.

#HEY Are you on the list? Are your friends on the list? We’ve got happy hours coming in September. #NATIONAL Monkey selfies; That app Secret? It’s not so secret; So true we’re not sure how this made it on the Onion; Three words: mug of bacon; the White House is …

Probably taking inspiration from this NOAA forecast, this parody starts out as a normal DC weather forecast, but it becomes much more. Stay with it, it’s worth it. Winter Storm Warning Watch DC 2014 from goldenbear on Vimeo.

Washington, DC gets 48 pleasant weather days between 55° F and 75° F a year, according to this Kelly Norton infographic. Once you give that a once over, if you’re not moving to southern California, remember that the next time you decide… You’re not taking the day off You’re not leaving …

Are you in a Super Zip? [interactive] Don’t go hungry [Thanksgiving takeout] Smithsonian is 3D printing some sweet [artifacts] H St. streetcar wire is about to be [installed] No yellow line service this weekend [whoops] Andy Shallal wants to run the city [Busboys and Mayors] Weather actually going to warm …

GW has their mind on money and money on their mind [admissions] Cold weather is about to arrive [snap] Streetcars won’t start service this year [and other surprises] Capitol dome finally getting [repaired] Photo by Fred King

Shutdown Diaries at WCP [get real] Watch out for that midday rush [hour] Wild Animal Rehab Center opens in DC [cute] First Caps game! [loss] Summer weather this [weekend] What Members are tweeting about [shutdown tweets] Photo by Kevin Wolf