-by Christopher Toothman-
I wandered down to the Tidal Basin in DC on Thursday to enjoy the sunset and to capture the finale of the peak bloom season of some 300 cherry trees that line the waterfront.
Each year, around April 4th, the trees bloom and attract thousands of visitors from all over the world.
The trees were [...]

-by Whitney Gratton-
So maybe it doesn’t compare to the legendary “Knickerbocker Storm” of January 1922, or even the more recent blizzard of February ‘03. Measuring up at about a half foot, depending upon where you were standing, the March ’09 storm at least brought a decent heap of snow to the District during a [...]

By 5 o’clock this afternoon, the “It’s Not Unusual” jokes were getting old, but the excitement in the building was escalating. The legendary Tom Jones was coming by for a Tiny Desk appearance. Ellen Grafton writes about it:

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As an intern at NPR, I have many opportunities to gape at minor celebrities. [...]

-by Claire O’Neill-
A photographic journey through “The District.”

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–By Claire O’Neill–
Magnum photographer Christopher Anderson compared this year’s inauguration events to a bottle of wine. “Pictures from an event like this rarely live up to the moment,” he said in his photo-essay.  “I often say that pictures from things like this are usually not good the day of or the day after. They only [...]

-by Christopher Toothman-
Artist Zilly Rosen specializes in creating art out of a unique medium : pastries. Rosen, along with a team of five volunteers, spent several hours creating a portrait of Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln out of nearly 6,000 cupcakes at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 13, 2009.
When [...]

-by Christopher Toothman-
Lynwood Westray, now 82, spent 32 years as a butler in the White House and served under eight presidents going back to John F. Kennedy.
Even though he is now retired, Westray says he wouldn’t mind working for Obama.
“A lot of black folks, especially, were wondering if it was ever going to happen,” he [...]

One of the many, many beautiful things about working interning at NPR is getting to watch the Tiny Desk Concerts hosted by the music folk.  Today Benjy Ferree popped by to play a few songs, tell a few jokes, and show off his whistling skills rivaled only perhaps by Andrew Bird, who has an unfair [...]