The owner of Buttercream Bakery said that the Trump team wanted an exact copy of the 2013 inauguration cake, only with more Styrofoam.

An evening as a regency lady of good breeding.

Who needs politics? After all, an inaugural ball, such as the one new D.C. Mayor Vince Gray threw last night, is more about catching a glimpse at people in their finest evening wear and busting a move than it is about talking budgets and posturing. A better opportunity for two of our Flickr pool’s most prolific portrait-takers — yospyn and Matt.Dunn to do what they do best, we cannot imagine.

Sold out isn’t exactly the right term, since admission is free. But regardless: the supply of tickets to Sunday night’s inaugural ball, during which Vince Gray and others will undoubtedly attempt to set the record for most people simultaneously hand-dancing in tuxedos and evening gowns, has been extinguished. Nikita Stewart reports that the Convention Center ran out of the 7,500 total tickets it had to give away at 11:05 a.m. this morning. Gray’s ball is…

Shortly after his Wednesday night Oath of Office do-over, President Obama motorcaded to the D.C. Armory for the final official inaugural event of an endless weekend. The Obama for America Staff Ball, free and mostly attended by under-30 campaign staffers and their guests, featured speeches by the new President and Vice President, performances by Arcade Fire and Jay-Z, and a cavernous building transformed by flowing tapestries, “Renewing America’s Promise” plaques, and several beer and wine…