Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

x-post--Relatives in town, so I missed that Italian film. Oh well...

Apparently Il Sorpasso is having another screening in September (http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/calendar/film-programs/summer14-specialevents/sorpasso.html), at an AU venue.

good

lol @ courtland milloy

He and John Kelly in the Post worrying about those biker terrorists making life tough for old-school DC car drivers...

Milloy:

On Wednesday, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Bike Ambassadors will ride to the NoMa Summer Screen viewing of “The Muppets” “to hand out surprise goodies to people who biked.” There’ll be kids and bikes and Muppets, as if Kermit is supposed to make us forget about the biker terrorists out to rule the road.

lol @ so many people linking Milloy's 1988 column on how difficult it was to get around on a bike after his license was suspended

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-in-petworth-a-robbery-and-death-tell-us-something-abut-ourselves/2014/07/11/468362de-085c-11e4-a0dd-f2b22a257353_story.html?hpid=z3

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2014/07/16/how-food-brings-d-c-s-iraqi-exiles-back-home-again/

I wonder how these Iraqi restaurants in Alexandria and Herndon are? Not easily metro-accessible for some of you tho

Every so often we talk about an ILXpedition to the suburbs for Vietnamese food, only for the idea to dissipate. Any interest in trying to go to one of these places?

Good lunch joints on U Street or thereabouts?

Greek Spot, Chix, Amsterdam Falafel, G Sandwich, Zenebech Injera

Went with Greek Spot. It's good!

yes.

Have managed to miss the experimental films at National Gallery and the Asian ones at the Freer. Ugh. Oh well. Despite stereotypes about August being dull, there's lots happening culturally (at least music and movies and exhibits) plus the Nats....

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2014/08/15/why-photographer-lida-moser-couldnt-be-pigeonholed/

Maybe a local art space or museum can do an exhibit of this local resident (via NYC) who just died at 93 but was a talented, feisty photographer

http://dcist.com/2014/08/popcorn_candy_have_you_seen_my_baby.php

On most (some? ) Thursdays, Pat Padua (Library of Congress employee and writer) posts some nice writeups on movies to see at museums and artsy theatres and such

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-falls-church-eden-center-tenants-sue-landlord-say-mall-crumbling-around-them/2014/08/20/bb5ef4ae-23cf-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop

http://nyadiff.org/adiff-dc-2014/

Little publicized movie fest this weekend of international films from Brazil and various African countries

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46224/the-dives-of-others-how-to-open-a-new-old-bar/

Paul V's comments dissing the Thievery Corp places are kinda fun

wow what a prick

i mean damn, you're from rockville, worked at saint-ex and bar pilar and are trying to be punker than thou

He had a few self-deprecating comments early in the piece though. But he also got his Marvin Gaye facts wrong (aserting that Marvin lived nearly his whole life in D.C.)--Marvin lived in Detroit and L.A. a bunch (in addition to that 1 year in Belgium that Paul mocked in relation to the Marvin club)

Thanks a lot Mr. Amazon:

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is replacing Publisher Katharine Weymouth with Frederick J. Ryan Jr., a former Reagan administration official who was part of the founding leadership team of Politico, a primarily digital news organization that competes with The Post on political coverage, the company announced Tuesday.

The departure of Weymouth, 48, ends eight decades of Graham family leadership of The Post, which her great-grandfather bought in 1933. Bezos, who acquired The Post for $250 million in a sale announced in August 2013, initially kept the senior leadership team intact. He told Weymouth during a visit to Washington, on Aug. 18, that he had selected a new publisher, according to people familiar with the decision. She will remain on the company payroll as an adviser through the end of the year.

Ryan, 59, an attorney, spent years rising in the Reagan administration, eventually becoming a top presidential aide and key leader in the construction of his presidential library and numerous other initiatives after Reagan left office in 1989.

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, September 2, 2014 3:37 PM (4

Saw American Cool exhibit at National Portrait Gallery...Uneven & gimmicky but I kinda enjoyed it anyway

http://blogs.loc.gov/music/2014/08/directed-by-ken-russell-film-fridays-at-the-mary-pickford-theater/

Fridays this month (I've only seen Tommy)

oh is american cool still happening

i kinda wanna get down to that

through this weekend. Closes on Sunday I think. 11:30 to 7 through Sunday

Former VA guv McDonnell and wife found guilty!

woooooooo

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/09/04/even-ian-hilton-thinks-this-brixton-diss-track-is-catchy/

too easy (and a tad simplistic) but hey what do I know

Oh Kennedy Center...

In recent years, the Honors were dogged by controversy amid charges that they consistently overlooked Latin artists. The selection process was revised, and soprano Martina Arroyo and rock guitarist Carlos Santana were among the 2013 recipients. No Hispanics were named this year.

Felix R. Sanchez, chairman of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, was in the middle of the campaign for changes after a heated 2012 phone call with Michael Kaiser, then the Kennedy Center president. (Kaiser stepped down at the end of last month. President Deborah F. Rutter is in her first week on the job.) On Thursday morning, Sanchez reacted negatively to this year’s slate.

“I think that it’s incomprehensible that after the discussions we had in 2012 and the changes that were supposed to be in place in 2013 that we have the same result in 2014,” Sanchez said. “It shatters the trust in the promises that were made and in the structural changes that were supposed to prevent this kind of outcome.”

Asked if Latino artists should expect to be named every year, Sanchez said, “There is a three­decade backlog of not acknowledging Latino artists.” He said he will press for a meeting with the center’s Latino advisory committee “posthaste.”

In a statement, Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein said, “We were proud to Honor two Latinos last year and expect to honor more in the years to come.”

Al Green and 4 Anglos this year (Hollywood everyman Tom Hanks, singer and songwriter Sting, George Balanchine muse Patricia McBride and the singular Lily Tomlin.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/honors-class-of-14-al-green-tom-hanks-patricia-mcbride-lily-tomlin-sting/2014/09/04/d1bba46a-33b3-11e4-a723-fa3895a25d02_story.html

Awesome. There's hope in 11 years. see below

combined sewer overflow, or CSO

New stormwater outfalls will be created on both the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers. We will begin work on the Anacostia River first, because it is a slower-moving river, and pollution stays longer and does more damage in rivers with a slow current.

By the year 2025, we expect to reduce CSOs in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and Rock Creek by 96% overall. CSOs in the Anacostia will be reduced by 98%.

http://www.dcwater.com/education/sewer_improvements.cfm

There's an Autumn fest at Eden Center this afternoon. Wife & I went there last night for the first time in awhile. Fests everywhere-Latino one on PA Ave tomorrow, H St NE one, Bluebird Blues fest....

hey lets do more dc faps

Hey yeah! Ummm I'm not exactly centrally located here in Cleveland Park but would love to have folks over so I can feed and drink u. Maybe I should just pick a Sat or Sun and be all "come on over anytime after 1:00 there will be food, drinks, football, and/or crafts* any time u like."

* uh I don't actually have a craft in mind, but I will create one if you like!

Or I mean we could just go Old School DC FAP and meet at Big Hunt after 5 on Fridays.

and they'll even let me into the big hunt now!

“Dear PoPville,
Head’s up about a potentially dangerous runner in Dupont - Today (9/21) I was walking around 17 and S St. NW at 11 AM when I was assaulted by a jogger. A woman running quickly towards looked me in the face, said “head’s up”, then purposely body slammed me in the shoulder with a lot of force. I yelled loudly but she continued and was gone before we figured out what just happened. It was clearly intentional and she really hurt my shoulder. She was about 5’4″, Caucasian, athletic, mid-30s, with mid length brown hair. The whole experience was bizarre, but clearly an unprovoked assault on a stranger that she will probably repeat.”

god

I think she's still on the loose

sarles stepping down from metro, confetti cannons firing all over town

This September 27th Arabfest, From 10 am to 10 pm Come and enjoy a day of Arabic culture, food, games, rides and entertainment. Location Bull Run Regional Park 7700 Bull Run Drive.

I guess the more conservative politicians out that way don't know about this

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/guides/2014/10/02/rasika-penn-quarter-2/?hpid=z2

He still loves Rasika. Sietsema's latest guide. Inn at Little Washington at 5.

But I also want to know where I can find a guide to Eden Center places, it's not from Sietsema, and Tyler Cowen who does cover such places is not always up to date.

it's kind of a disservice to Rasika for Tom to keep giving them four stars, it just means people will walk in there with the expectation it's a four star restaurant when in reality it's very good but far more casual and less ambitious than the other four star places in town.

I ate there recently (on wife's boss' dime), with the expectation that it would be super fancy, based on ratings like his, and was happy to be surprised. The food was killer. Someone else pls buy me dinner there ok?

less ambitious than the other four star places in town

I guess I need to splurge sometime on some of these places, but I can't convince my cheapskate self to go down to the Inn at Little Washington and spenda those big bucks no matter how great that description reads.

As for casual Vietnamese dining that I might find ambitious enough or just tasty enough at Eden Center (I went by a Yelp & Tyler Cowen recommendation last time I was there) I found these links from the past, but have not studied them yet :

http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/02/what-to-eat-at-eden-center-falls-church-vietnamese-food.html

https://tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com/?cat=35

x-post--http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2014/10/09/tom-sietsemas-2014-fall-dining-guide-by-the-numbers/

some items from this:

11 restaurants that opened (or reopened) within the last 12 months made the list: Fiola Mare, Iron Gate, Rose's Luxury, Boss Shepherd's, Partisan, Rural Society, Soi 38, Water & Wall, DCity Smokehouse and Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab.

$9 The average price of a sandwich at DCity Smokehouse, the cheapest eatery on this year's list.

4 restaurants -- Rose's Luxury, Little Serow, DCity Smokehouse and Thai Square -- do not take reservations.

More links re Eden Center. Have not been back lately (but ha, finally went to Rose's Luxury for its hybrid contemp American takes on ethnic dishes)

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/food-dining/cheap-eats-2013-feast-of-eden/

Washingtonian's Kliman (he was once at CP way back when)--If I’m in the Eden Center and jonesing for pho, I’m going to Huong Viet and, if it’s too crowded there, then to Hai Duong.

http://www.washingtonian.com/chats/kliman/tuesday-august-19-at-11-am-1.php

Kliman at Washingtonian's list. I wanna go to the Wheaton Thai one

I'm not going to rank them, because that'd take a lot more time than I have, but this is what the list would look like right now (in no particular order):

Komi. Mintwood Place. Central Michel Richard. Rose's Luxury. The Red Hen. Vin 909 Winecafé. Fiola Mare. Thai Taste by Kob. Ananda. Sushi Capitol.

http://decadeofdocsinourcity.com/flix-tix/4585650130

Little publicized DC Movie doc fest this weekend is showing Disco Dan (again); one on Ballou High's funky marching band; and one (short one?) on U Street's old days as Black Broadway; plus more -- mostly at that Navy Theatre on PA Ave NW