Congress hits the turf [soccer] This is why Buzzfeed wins [WHCD] DC election [dollars] Photo by Kevin Wolf

It’s gonna be a ball [tickets] Ready to leave? [advice] Final days [election] Photo by Emily Reid

This past weekend, the Washington Humane Society brought together Congressmen, canines, and couture at the annual Fashion for Paws Runway Show. The event, held at the National Building Museum, welcomed over 1,700 well dressed people and their pets while raising nearly $700,000 to benefit the WHS. E! News’ Now correspondent Ashlan Gorse hosted the event, honoring Congressmen Jim Moran (D-VA) and John Campbell (R-CA) with the 2013 Humane Hero Award. Each model raised a minimum of $5,000 to walk the runway with adoptable and well dressed dogs in matching gowns. Yes, dogs in gowns!

Do it for Boston [running] We’ve got a crasher [blog] RAMMYS coming up [vote] Photo by John Sonderman

Terps starter heads to the NBA [draft] Make tax day better [freebies] Talking points [Mad Men] Photo by Kevin Wolf

BOOM BOOM!, Elliot Berke was able to get Paul McCartney tickets through pre-sale, photography skillz, DC has fantastic Italian food, pretty sure we missed the birthday of Sara Diaz, Nedd is headed to the Masters, Allison Cunningham is older and much wiser, the Keystone is getting the juice it needs, …

The Italian-born Chef at Al Tiramisu chats about his passion for fresh ingredients & love of cooking You’ve walked past it a million times, or at least something like it. A busy row of restaurants, a grocery store, a sandwich shop, a liquor store, an awning with a jester on it, a pizza place; a seemingly endless row of options and choices. Yet this particular awning with a jester on it nestled on P Street NW right off Dupont Circle, is home to an eccentric bald Italian with a red scarf around his neck and bow tie pasta fabric shaped buttons on his Chef’s coat, who is doing incredibly simple yet amazing things with impeccably fresh product. His name is Luigi, and his restaurant is Al Tiramisu.

John Karl brings in heavy hitters [lineup] GOP loves vine [ads] A day in history [FDR] Photo by Dan Lawrence

Rap it out [Jay-Z] Traffic holds up game [Nats] Anthony Weiner making headlines [NYC] Photo by Brian Marshall Johnson

That’s how you know you’ve made it in this town. It really is a Happy Birthday for Josh Shultz.

In a town of ad hoc residents wherein even our foliage is transplanted, Mumbo Sauce is one of the few things indigenous to the DC area. Honoring a history that is uniquely DC’s, The Contemporary Wing’s “Mumbo Sauce” exhibit opened last Friday, surveying artists like BORF, Cynthia Connolly, and several others with deep district roots. The exhibit explores how local cultural influences like Go-Go, graffiti, punk, hardcore, and graphic design have affected the works of the participants.

Here we go again [budget] Get a little grunge [book] Some good advice [navigator] First Lady on gun control [speech] Photo by Dan Lawrence

Brendan Buck = balls of steel [View the story “Area Reporter v Area Flack” on Storify]

Lock it up [tweets] Upper 80s [weather] Remember those names [network] Photo by John Sonderman

Standing three blocks from the White House is the Church of the Epiphany. It’s an old one, built in 1844, headed by a former House of Representatives chaplain. Previously flanked by trees and open sky, the building is now nestled between stout office buildings, its red doors shining like rubies in contrast to the stark white building. I’m always taken aback as I walk by, not because it’s a historied old church (there’s a good number of those in DC), but because of its simple and almost country design that’s worlds apart from its glass and steel neighbors.