Alexandria’s beautiful blizzard

Snow-covered cars line the street outside St. Mary Jan. 24 as clean-up efforts began.

A statue of Mary is partially buried in snow at St. Mary Church in Old Town after the blizzard that covered the region in more than a foot of snow over the weekend.

A worker tries to clear a sidewalk with a snowblower on Jan. 24 along King Street in Alexandria.

The Alexandria waterfront at sunset Jan.

A snow angel rests on the snow near the waterfront in Alexandria after the storm.

Drivers make their way up the partially cleared King Street Sunday night after the storm.

Jenna and William McLaughlin stand on the steps of St. Mary Church in Alexandria, during the height of the blizzard after their wedding ceremony Jan. 23.

William McLaughlin spins his new bride, Jenna, in the middle of a deserted King Street at the height of the blizzard after their wedding ceremony.

Old Town Alexandria’s waterfront is seen in this panorama Jan. 24 the day after the snowstorm hit the region. Birds make tracks in the ice-covered Potomac River as a family (at right) feeds pigeons from a bench outside the Torpe do Factory Arts Center.