Imagine a world without balloons.

Yes, there was a Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR parked outside of the Hawk & Dove yesterday afternoon. The partners of S3 Solutions, Jeff Shockey, John Scofield & Mike Ference hosted an event yesterday to welcome Mike to the team. There were too many Congressional staff and reporters to mention, but among …

Kris Anderson is still crushing it, Beast Feast VII: All Hogs Go to Heaven is happening on Saturday, June 29th, get your Authentic South on, tell Dave Natonski congratulations on his new gig, ALERT – you have less than 24 hours to get Erica Elliott an awesome birthday present, Bill …

Worst quote of the week [Akin] Best roof decks in DC? [DCist] We Run DC [good luck this weekend] Photo by Justin Schuck

This year, we’re very excited to be a Media Sponsor at Ball on the Mall, the largest party on the biggest green space in town. Hosted by the Trust for the National Mall, Ball on the Mall is a great way to give back to the city we all love …

Less stars, more Buzzfeed [WHCD] Social media works [elections] People support traffic cameras [weird] Photo by Dan Lawrence

This video confirms just about every impression we had of Coachella.

CBS behind the scenes [green room] DC special election [results] New restaurants [Chinatown] Photo by Kevin Wolf

The internet has finally peaked [cats] It’s cold everywhere [relatively speaking] Look who’s back [Twitter] 50 Most Beautiful People goes Executive [The Hill] Photo by Kevin Wolf

When the District was illuminated by gas flame and before cell phones (BCP) city planners spliced street lights and call boxes together to create a corner by corner assistance system. Bright red glass surrounded the flame up top, making a “Police” or “Fire Call Box” logo glow in the darkness. …

Neil Diamond steps it up [Boston] DC ladies out of Lochte’s league [politics] New cocktail column [WCP] Photo by Andrew Bossi

Our thoughts are in Boston. Stay safe. Is a House Ways & Means mark-up the Super Bowl for tax nerds?, ask Lindsey if she thinks the House of Representatives holds votes in Longworth, Kevin Niles got his chairs, Erin McPike crushing it, at this rate Brent Colburn will be President …

As picnic season approaches, is Gindy standing with: [gravityform id=”4″ name=”Poll: Soda, Pop or Coke?” title=”false” description=”false”]

Washed up [Coburn] The Onion nailed it [this week] Time 100 [people] Photo by John Sonderman

Last night we were lucky enough to drop into Sidecar for a fantastic panel and dinner focused on the intersection of politics and Hollywood. To be perfectly honest we were really just there to see House of Cards producer Beau Willimon and cheer for the always fabulous Neda Semnani, but the evening …