Heyo, here is a cherry blossom-sanctioned event that may actually be worth attending. The Cherry Blast provides a reassuring alternative to all the outdoorsy wholesome family-friendly activities you try so hard to avoid. For $10, you can get into some random SE warehouse filled with pretty much every medium of art your little heart could desire, plus a vague promise of “swag.” MORE »

The Nats Park is a getting fancytime makeover in the form of new food vendors and an expansion of the restaurant there, Red Porch Restaurant. [DC Examiner] MORE »

Oh who is that handsome young skinny man taking cell-phone pictures of Washington’s beloved cherry blossoms? It is Adrian Brody, the famous actor, that’s who! Thanks to Wonkette Operative “TEEBS” for the picture.

Look, these pretty things are a-bloomin’ all over the Tidal Basin shores and whatnot. This was obviously taken yesterday, when the foul rain wasn’t pissing down upon the Nation’s Capital. But it should be kind of sunny tomorrow, so make sure you take a long three-hour lunch, enjoy the famous cherry blossoms given to us by Japan on December 7, 1941, and then come back to the office only to find you’ve been picked for the new round of layoffs because what the fuck, a three-hour lunch, in this economy? Photo by Wonkette’s Elizabeth Askew.

Get ready, it’s Cherry Blossom time! Starting tomorrow all the out-of-towners you just had to accommodate, in January, will suddenly take an interest in visiting again. [DCist] MORE »

Spring in DC means two things: Dennis Hastert’s annual oil change and a buncha white shit on some trees! MORE »

Friday MORE »

* Jefferson Hotel liquidation sale today until 7PM, “Everything’s for sale, right down to the hangers and bathrobes.” Brunch Bird took some spooky pictures. [Brunch Bird]
* Plant cherry trees and make origami cherry trees this Sunday at the Petworth Public Library. [Petworth News]
* “Personally, I don’t have time to surf the net at home so I have to do it at the office.” [TC the Terrible]
* The term fuzzy donut is slang for labia. [Mayhem by Miss M]
* We like to make instigation. [why.i.hate.dc]

* “A brothel operating above a chicken restaurant, one block from the DC courthouse, next door to the Verizon Center in the District’s trendiest neighborhood with the full blessing of the city government? Only in D.C.” [Big Sky Girl]
* DCist Voting Rights Happy Hour tonight, already started, at Eighteenth Street Lounge. [DCist]
* “Weeknights are for working out. Sorry!” is the new “I have to wash my hair.” [circumlocutor]
* Princess Sparkle Pony has been busy snapping photos of the cherry blossoms. [PSP]
* “i’m so sick of hearing people talk about what they hate about dc. it’s so boring. no one is forcing you to live here. as the post’s j. freedom du lac said to one dc hater in his freedom rock chat yesterday: ‘don’t let the door to the beltway hit you on your way out.’” [life off balance]

* “Unless you enjoy flushing $10 bills down the toity, I do not recommend signing up for the Cherry Blossom high tea on the Potomac …. A handful of Hershey’s kisses (whaa?) on the tables and a plate of stale cookies.” [Brunch Bird]
* “I didn’t get to bed until 5:30 on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Laura Sessions Stepp would not be pleased with me.” [hey pretty]
* Photos from inside the new stadium. [Near Southeast Redevelopment/Revitalization]
* New DC slogans, “Washington, D.C.: Less of a target than New York” and “Washington, D.C.: Our subway system is as easy as our interns.” [The DC Universe]
* DC Tech Events happening this week. [Ross Notes]