Jessica, an attorney working at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and Hank, a process engineer, met on a dating app in North Carolina—she’s from Raleigh and he’s from Asheville. They talked for hours at a wine bar,

Crowds gathered at the Tidal Basin Wednesday afternoon, reveling under the puffy pink and white cherry blossoms. “They definitely live up to the hype, it’s breathtaking,” Matt Ahn said. “I couldn’t imagine a better way to start my Wednesday.

The Cherry Blossom trees have now reached stage 5 and are a step closer to peak bloom along the Tidal Basin, according to the National Park Service.