Japanese cherry blossoms frame the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 2019. This year’s Cherry Blossom Festival, originally planned for next week, had to be moved up to this coming Saturday because the flowers are about to pop. The media-fueled quest for the exact day and hour of the “peak” is a fool’s errand; enjoy them while you’ve got them, because they won’t last long. (Thrillist)