Parenting

6 Amazing DC Dads You Should Follow on Instagram

Heart = melted

Prepare to drop the “aws” at these adorable snaps from six DC dads who are crushing the Insta game with pics of their kids.

1. @wbfather

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdLGQN0n0Fj/?taken-by=wbfather

These parody pics of a distracted dad and his trouble-loving daughter are pure genius.

2. @afatherslens

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd2qfVJFVsW/?taken-by=afatherslens

Beautiful father-son portraits from this DC photographer.

3. & 4. @dctraildads

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDisl2kj6FO/?taken-by=dctraildads

https://www.instagram.com/p/BV_V29ql5cA/?taken-by=dctraildads

Mike and Thomas nab two spots with snaps of outdoor adventures with their kids.

5. @phil.martin

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOVd8U9DiqD/?taken-by=phil.martin

Stellar shots documenting an array of people and places, though the most arresting are those of his son, Bryce.

6. @erikbruneryang

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd_WPmyFz4a/?hl=en&taken-by=erikbruneryang

When he’s not posting crave-inducing food pics from Maketto or his restaurants in the Line DC, the chef is uploading ridiculously cute photos of his two kids.

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Contributing Writer

Nevin Martell is a food, travel, and foraging writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Men’s Journal, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, The Daily Beast, BBC, and many other publications. He is author of eight books, including Red Truck Bakery Cookbook: Gold-Standard Recipes from America’s Favorite Rural Bakery, Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, and The Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes From the Restaurant Owned by American Family Farmers. When he isn’t working, he loves spending time with his son, foraging for wild foods, and traveling.