"networking" ugh. I really prefer to hang out with people I like and not ask them for anything related to career stuff, it's so much easier
― daria, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"blindingly liberal" lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Showing up at the conservative one could be amusing (or frightening)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i accidentally crashed one of those at duffy's during the ncaa tournament (coincidentally it was a duke game)
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 6 June 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
So the rally for DC Statehood on the West lawn of the Capitol Thursday evening features Chuck Brown performing after the speakers. I doubt any of the First Friday happy hour crowd will wander over, but maybe some First Thursday types will.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
hello dc dudes! i hope you are all healthy and wealthy and watching a lot of tarkovsky. nbd but i'm playing a rad zine release party on saturday at velveeta lounge and it would, of course, be a real treat to see any/all of you fine folks there for hanging, drinking etc. there may (read: will) be free donuts. <3
― pretzel walrus, Friday, 17 June 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
cool!
where is that? anyone free tomorrow?
― tehresa, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 3:57 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
my friend ally put this together. it was pretty rad.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol wait
anyone free tomorrow?
― tehresa, Friday, June 17, 2011 11:06 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
am + wld attend
donuts you say
― Gukbe, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
except i googled and could not find
― tehresa, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
donuts. anyway i'm generally outta ilx rotation but it'd be chill to meet the new class + reconnect with old pals in a fun and frisky setting (btw tehresa velvet's at 915 u st.)
― pretzel walrus, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
u playing anywhere else y/n
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
mostly here in nc these days, though i think we're gonna try and make it back up to nyc relatively soon
― pretzel walrus, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
cool -- i am dling yr ep and am looking forward to learning what the safe word is
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
i think i saw you guys at cake shop once if it is same band but i don't know! maybe it is a different one?
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
it is a different one but you did see my previous band at cake shop! 69 moved to sf i moved to nc and now i am playing with some other folks and it's pretty good times i think.
― pretzel walrus, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
yay :)
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
i was unable to learn the safe word -- too noize
is the one singer your gf?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
mookie you should just come to this gig
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
you left work at one today maybe *you* should have come *here*
(i know i should; my sched is supposed to change next month)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
i'm still trying to recover from you standing me up a few weeks ago! not to mention i went to nyc in feb; when have you come here? hmmmmmmm?
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
;_;
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
so sad
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:44 (twelve years ago) link
OMG ZR so want to see you, am gonna do this Mr. BBQ unless for some reason bbqing in rock creek this afternoon takes a fatal turn!
C'mon DCers: it is DC FAP time!!!
― quincie, Saturday, 18 June 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
well there are donuts involved
― Gukbe, Saturday, 18 June 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Missed ZR's band! Next time Pretzel Walrus.
Unrelated:
ashigtonian critics's 5 fave new places to eat:
Your five favorite new (opened in the last six months) restaurants. Go!
Todd Kliman:
In no particular order ...
Mala Tang in Arlington, Freddy's Lobster + Clams in Bethesda, Fiola in DC, Shake Shack in DC, Kao Thai in Silver Spring.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
or "Washingtonian" if you prefer
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
Been to Mala Tang twice. Individually sized Chengdu-style hot pot, nice modern atmosphere but really excellent. The hot pots are good but oh man just get a bunch of the appetizers because they are FANTASTIC.
Fiola is the new restaurant of the chef who used to be at Maestro - I think he's probably the most talented chef in DC, really extraordinary pastas and fish especially. High end place but not crazy like Maestro was.
Shake Shack is Shake Shack, I went and it's a very good fast food burger if that's your thing. Better than Five Guys for sure. Not worth waiting in line.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
and on a very important note, REN'S RAMEN has reopened, moving from Bethesda to Wheaton. Just a couple blocks from the metro and holy shit it's so delicious. Only real deal ramen in the area, I think.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
Ramen sounds good. If i ever make it to the AFI i'll check it out. I'm hoping to swing by Shake Shack some afternoon next week when it's not busy.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
I keep hearing about Toki Underground--I tried to organize a get-together down there back in April sometime and everybody bailed because of the line. Anybody tried it?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
Toki's fun and quite good, Taiwan-style ramen and other dishes, but it's a shoebox of a place with maybe 25 seats, all at counters. Not great for groups.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:30 (twelve years ago) link
noted. is it still overstuffed in terms of people? other than as a function of the shoebox, i mean.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah you still gotta show up early or late, even on off nights.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
cool. thx for the info!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
WANT
― Z S, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
did you try the mala tang itself (at least in China, that's sort of like the soup they sell on the streets, AMAZING)?
I did the first time I was there, but all the small xiao chi (dan dan noodles, zhong DUMPLINGS!, chengdu DUMPLINGS!, mung bean noodles, pork water DUMPLINGS!) were just so damn delicious that it's not a crime to skip it. Also this is just an observation and not a complaint but nothing seemed to be intense with the actual peppercorns.
― I DIED, Thursday, 23 June 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
I still haven't tried any of those places. Grrrr. Schedule and stuff hasn't worked out.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
best lede ever?
UPDATE 2:25 p.m. Finally, the poop is gone – some four days after its arrival.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 30 June 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks Metro
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 June 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
I was at the other end of the mall at the Folklife fest and didn't notice this-
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=698&sid=2446397
WASHINGTON - Visitors planning to go the National Mall to see the fireworks Monday night might be surprised by a major change to a big attraction.
The iconic Reflecting Pool has been reduced to a big, brown ditch that looks something like a bathtub.
Protected by black, chain-link fencing at a healthy distance in all directions, the pool between the World War II and Lincoln memorials is being renovated . It will have a new water circulation system when it reopens, likely sometime next year.
Many visitors to the National Mall Sunday were disappointed by what they saw.
"It's kind of gross right now," a young woman from Massachusetts said at the Lincoln Memorial.
"It's so muddy and sad," her sister added
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 3 July 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
unless i'd missed something, that's what it looked like since i moved here in october
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 3 July 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, it seem to be taking them quite a while
― ljubljana, Monday, 4 July 2011 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/galaxy-hut-expands-to-falls-church/2011/07/11/gIQAcFjiAI_blog.html
insert falls church joke here
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
hey guys i can fap now because i get out of work at 5 and i don't have to work evening/weekend events. let's have summertime drinks?
― tehresa, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
ok
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
x-post. Wonder if that new Galaxy Hut II is in the coffeeshop that was/is above the CD Cellar? The linked piece says "next to."
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link