We were taken aback by this beautiful photo by Samer Farha in the DCist Flickr pool this morning. After only a quick glance at the tag “Library of Congress,” I was trying to place this building somewhere in the city, but then realized this is a shot of the gorgeous architecture of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, out in Culpeper, Va. Tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains, both American and international film, television, and…

You’d think summer is when we’d get all the outdoorsy, hiking shots, but James W. Bailey has been taking some great photographs during his treks out to the countryside lately. He took this nice shot of a fallen tree on the Appalachian Trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains….

Though the weekend is going to be absolutely-freaking-gorgeous, DCist can’t help but feel a twinge of bitterness. First, we’ve got to run 22 miles tomorrow for our seemingly never-ending Marine Corps Marathon training. And then we don’t even get Monday off! The gods are against us. Anyway, no reason everyone else shouldn’t have some fun! Grumble … FRIDAY: Beastie Boys bring their show to the Patriot Center. Need a ticket? Check craigslist. Lots of last-minute…