The journalist who released Edward Snowden’s leaked information through The Guardian is coming back to the U.S. to receive the George Polk Award for National Security Reporting. Glenn Greenwald returns despite the fact that he may be detained and charged as a criminal by the government (his partner was recently detained …

For the first time in 25 years [DC’s snow edged above average] Also winter is coming back [don’t let these 50s fool you] Snow terms we were not aware of: [sneckdown] MLK library getting a renovation [designer chosen] MD speed camera operators may get fined for bad ticketing [justice] Photo …

This Valentine’s Day we asked bloggers, Chefs, and politicos “What do you like to do for Valentine’s Day?” Their responses were varied, although delicious food and House of Cards were a few themes. Thanks to all for contributing and a special thank you to Simon Majumdar, chef, author, and Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef & Iron Chef America judge for participating.

It’s Valentine’s Weekend, but it’s also President’s weekend and it’s also that weekend where there’s a bunch of snow sitting around. If you’re at a loss for what to do, we have you covered with hand-picked events below.

Eskimos have 50 words for snow (fun fact: they also have 1,000 words for reindeer).  After our recent snowstorm, area linguists have identified 37 new ways to say “snow” if you live or work in DC. And now, the 34 DC words for snow: 1. “OMG” 2. “Work from home” 3. …

Our snowstorm was such a big deal the New York times made a time lapsed video of the precipitation centered on Farragut Square, set to some dreamy snow music.

Noe Todorovich captured the mood of the evening’s snow with a gorgeous photo outside E Street Cinema.

Valentine’s day [restaurant gimmicks] Get some free De La Soul [today at 11AM] Body found under the snow [creeptacular] If you’re not sick of winter yet [go outdoor ice skating!] Creative DuPont circle [snowmen and women and dogs] Amazing Olympic drinking game [from H Street Country Club] Photo by Justin Schuck

Jeremy Art looked down Pennsylvania Ave. from 15th St. yesterday morning and found this beautiful dawn view. Print this photo and frame it, because tomorrow it’s gonna get snow ugly out there.

Chris Richards astutely points out that Fred Armisen and other musicians who frequented 14th st.’s Black Cat will be in the live band playing on Late Night with Seth Meyers, every night, forever. The announcement may have felt particularly surreal to Washingtonians who frequented the Black Cat anytime during the …

Nah. We don’t see that happening. But if you want to kick it with TP and JT, your prayers have been answered! As part of a fundraising effort, you can attend Justin Timberlake’s February 24th concert at the Verizon Center with none other than Rep. Tom Price (GA). You don’t …

In this video, BBC reporter Graham Bell holds a camera and skis an Olympic downhill piste in Sochi. It’s thrilling. And makes us fear for our lives, even as we huddle in front of the computer with coffee.

Did you download your House of Cards [Cards Against Humanity deck yet?] Peet’s Coffee is coming to town [and already has representation] Sony is selling waterproof Walkmans [in bottles of water] Ricki Lake will not be in Congress [sadly] District Taco opening a new location [all is right with the …

Sochi, Russia, where dogs roam the streets and the water is dark brown on a good day, beat all these cities to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Our world was upside down this week: it got cold, it turned warm, Thursday felt like Friday, stories of journalists in Sochi stressed us out.  We pulled a few amazing weekend picks to flip it all around. Comedy, date night, movie marathon, record store opening, scavenger hunts, the works.