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
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.
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
mookie when you come?
― tehresa, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
from over on the "mixed up" thread:
CVS and CSV
due to CVS' proximity to my work and CSV's applicability to my work, they come up pretty often, and i always have to stall for a second while i figure out which is which. wish the cvs was a walgreen's tbh
― larry buttz (Z S), Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:01 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark
ZS, I just put a few things together. Is this the CVS at 13th and Penn?
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
Monday we moved into the new house, where chaos currently reigns. But had dinner out on the deck last night and it was badass. Will host drinks as soon as we can locate glasses, bottle opener.
― quincie, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
it is! yep, i work across the street.
― taste the rainbow...zoom zoom...if you build it, they will come (Z S), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
1. galaxy hut II wtf2. ZR's gf is not in a band3. really really liked shake shack over memo day4. comin back to hang for work sometime in octubre
― 69, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
in other news, y'all are missing out if you arent a fan of WPGC on facebookspacester+
best poll ever
― 69, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
xxp: I work over on 12th. It is my CVS too!
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
I am not particularly fond of it.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
Are some CVS's worse than others?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
I think Bryce Harper is gonna be playing ball for Harrisburg in Bowie next week (while I'm on vacation).
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Newsflash: it is hot
― quincie, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/our-technocratic-overlords/242156/
Former DC City paper writer and now Atlantic columnist T Coates talking about a NY Times article on DC, race, class and gentrification
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/us/18dc.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
power just went out for about 10 seconds and i had a mini panic attack thinking about how awful it was going to be with no a/c. so glad it's back. knock on wood.
― tehresa, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
If the power goes out, I will just drive around all night. It's way too nasty for that shit.
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
No joke, our A/C went out two days ago, the repair guy came by yesterday and was basically like
\_(oO)_/ "I don't know this time, sorry! I might be back on Thursday, maybe!"
And the landlord says that maybe it's finally time to replace the whole system?
Meanwhile, the heat index on Friday is supposed to be 116!
― Z S, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
So far our AC is holding steady, meaning it runs constantly. Can't wait to see our first power bill in this place (95 yo house). ZS we can put you up if you need a place to beated the heat. Warning: the guest room is currently bubblegum pink with safari animal murals.
― quincie, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
Also half the toilets don't work.
― quincie, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
But your ac is working, so life is mostly good I guess
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
Can't complain. But might anyway!
― quincie, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
heat index of 116 on friday!!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
not sure how well this shakey a/c unit is going to hold out
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
thanks quincie - but i've already got a place lined up for the weekend, just in case.
our landlord is already apologizing and talking about prorating our rent, which is cool, but also suggests that it won't be fixed anytime soon.
!
― Z S, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
landlord should be doing more than talking imo -- should be buying you a window unit or something. 116 heat index is no joek
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
fortunately my a/c was just repaired in june so it should be good to go. if not, i'll go camp out in my office, which is insanely cold.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
Wow this is really a whole new level of disgusting.
― tehresa, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
seriously, i was soaked within seconds of walking out the front door
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
ugh i'm flying back this afternoon
if it already fucking sucks this bad in hartford i can't wait
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
For once I am actually looking forward to a work trip to Atlanta next week. It can't possibly be worse anywhere else in the universe atm.
― quincie, Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
miss u guys in this time of crisis
― 69, Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
hate u
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
come back and post after the quake, mmmk?
― quincie, Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
i know my chill laid-back totally not type-A attitude might surprise you but i was not tryna be facetious! it's like when snowpocalypse hit -- all me and annie talked about was how we wished we were there, trudgin to giant in car-ruts
― 69, Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
aw, trudgin to giant in car-ruts was so epic.
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
<3 you 69!!! Come back to us!
― quincie, Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link