A friend once told me, in response to a question about how long DC-area snow takes to melt, “Snow in the Baltimore-Washington area lasts about three days longer than its last vestige of beauty.”

As evidenced by the hand in the photo, we didn’t get a whole lot of the fluff in DC last night, and I woke up just a bit too late to photograph whatever pretty views got melted away by sun and salting. But I did get some pics, including my pride and joy for the day, a 360° panorama from the Capitol.

Got any good photos of last night’s snow? Add them to the pool!

This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs

Paulo Ordoveza

Roving Asian mendicant, can occasionally be seen wandering the streets of downtown Washington, muttering unintelligible gibberish to passers-by while pushing a “bag lady” shopping cart full of old blankets, American flags, soda cans, and healthy secondhand snacks from organic food shop dumpsters. Used to live in a cardboard box at 16th and K but the rent was too expensive.