After a wet, drizzly winter and a colder-than-normal March, all of a sudden, it got nice again in D.C. Here’s where to enjoy it.

One of our favorite flower portrait takers, Flickr user maxedaperture, tagged this beautiful photo for us yesterday. The macro work on the pollen and the wrinkles in the petals is fantastic, and the bright colors make me want to head over to Montrose Park in Georgetown for a crocus of my very own….

District residents, political leaders, and police gathered tonight in Montrose Park in Georgetown, not far from where Joseph Pozell, who managed nearby Oak Hill Cemetery by day and worked as a volunteer traffic police officer by night, lived with his family. Pozell, who is 58, was critically injured on Saturday, when a SUV making a left turn from Wisconsin Avenue onto M Street hit him. D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, police Chief Charles Ramsey, Council-member…

When Tom Sietsema gave a shoutout to Don Rockwell during last weeks’ Ask Tom, it was a quiet nod to one of the lesser-known food writers active in D.C.: Speaking of online food discussions, Don Rockwell, a former egullet host, has just launched a fun one: DonRockwell.com. Don is a fine writer, has good taste and eats out almost as much as I do. If you care about food in Washington, his is a site…

Coyotes, which have been spotted in the northern reaches of the District in Rock Creek Park near Oregon Avenue have migrated past Klingle Road, past the National Zoo, past Adams Morgan and now have been spotted near Massachusetts Avenue. This map from RestonPaths.com gives you a good sense as to the area where coyotes have been exploring. The Post’s headline on the matter, “Coyote Sightings in Park Spread Toward Embassies,” indicates that coyotes could threaten…