Sure, Noah had to build a whole ark by hand, but he never had to deal with a #GovernmentShutdown.

Good, clean, bipartisan, canine fun; Amee Reyes Patterson and Jessica Moore celebrated a birthday; say goodbye to Brad and Whitney Hiscock as they move to California; Dan Snyder doubled down on the Redskins name; be sure to tell Ashley Prime Gula, Lauren Torlone Mahoney and Gerrit Lansing happy birthday this weekend; smile; Laurent Crenshaw making big tech moves; we grilled Kate Arnold and got answers; we grilled ourselves too but only had more questions; something is up with Capitol Hill‘s time-space dimensions; Floorcharts are fun; Happy birthday Tom Williams, Mackenzie Weinger, Juana Summers, Jamie Weinstein and Algirde Pipikaite; Eleanor Clift has breakfast at the National Press Club; Shaq & Christie are BFF; The Kelly File premieres; We can’t wait to do some thrift shopping at Crossroads Trading Co. on 14th & U; Peyton Manning steals all his brother’s talent; Jacquelyn Humenik Cameron moves from POLITICO to the NYT; DC foliage; CNN overdoes the countdown clocks; Matt Damon turned the big 4-3 and still looks as beautiful as ever; How perfect was Monday’s sunset?; Zazie Lucke joins Bloomberg Media Group; Ben Shapiro launches TruthRevolt; Common hangs out at Busboys & Poets; Where was our invite to the Democracy Awards Gala at the Mayflower on Wednesday night?; DC taxis get new paint jobs; JLo looked um… Nice this past weekend in DC; Neil Greenberg gets WaPo-ed; Go see what $1 million will get you at Aura Spa on U; We want off for Columbus Day; Congress goes to the dogs; Benetton; Peter Slen needs some stitches; Dr. Martens is now open in Georgetown; Pepper ball-ing at Farragut West; Michael Kaplan doesn’t understand us; #ontherocks by the Washingtonian; Redskins will stay Redskins; It was a long week, so find us sippin’ the good stuff Saturday at Wine Week‘s kick off or any of these places.