erica edwards, nbc news. >>> right now, you have a chance to vote for your favorite restaurants. it's part of the ram is, d.c.'s premiere restaurant awards. one of the categories, favorite gathering place. we're highlighting the nominees. jamie rutherford is here. you're located in northwest georgia avenue -- >> up cher off of georgia and 9th. we're a neighborhood restaurant and bar. right now we do really seasonally focused, vegetarian friendly, snacks and entrees and then in the back we have our reading room where we do literary cocktails every week. chantal is our queen back there and she themes her author week. >> we have a lot of beautiful thing on the table. tell us about the changes in your menu. you're focusing more on local, seasonal veggies and sustainable meats. >> one of the reasons i moved to the area is the vegetable cuisine is wonderful. you have access to fertile land and coming into a bar, i think that's a particularly good atmosphere to be able to showcase some of that. i've just been playing around with making that more of a bar friendly thing to do. >> eating

erica edwards, nbc news. >>> well, get out and do a little exercise. it is nice and sunny.ust planted bushes, so i'm looking for rain. >> a lot of people have been doing yard work. we are going to have a stretch of dry weather continuing for a few more days. this is the peak of washington's spring beauty. it is is almost embarrassing how beautiful it is. it is that time of year. it really is. once the pollen starts to drop a little bit. it has dropped a bit. there is a live view overlooking our wonderful nation's capital. here's looking off to the north and west into montgomery county off in the distance from our live tower camera here in upper northwest washington. look at that. royal blue sky. all the trees are green. and so many yards and neighborhoods dotted with flowers and gorgeous shrubbery and temperatures right nowre it will continue to climb. storm team 4 radar will stay for another couple of days. afternoon temperatures, by 2:00, near 80. around 3:00 or 4:00, 83 or so. back to 80 by 6:00. sunset 8:15. a mild and dry evening. by dawn tomorrow, mid-60s. 8:00 a.m.,