This weekend I got together with rebelzero, elwing2000, hyperferret, and brian_252 for a picnic under the cherry blossoms around the tidal basin in DC. It was sunny but windy; the water was too choppy for paddle boats to be rented, and the dry weather and general trampling of unpaved areas resulted in a lot of dust and fine dirt particles blowing all over the place. The tourists weren't deterred, of course.

We had a nice picnic and took the requisite photographs, but we didn't stick around for too long afterwards before heading up to brian_252's place to enjoy sake and anime. I brought my theretofore unused pair of 木升 wooden sake cups, but somehow the sake tasted different—and not in an agreeable way—when drunk from them than it did from the usual ceramic cups.

Update: elwing2000 has posted her cherry blossom pictures too.