Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

x-post. I wonder if anyone has ever let Sally Quinn know there is a DC outside of her fantasyland. Nothing like a walk through Georgetown and down to the Kennedy Center to capture her city though, and her closing is brilliant:

So what are all the Washington socialites doing during the snowstorm? I have no idea. All I know is that one thing has changed: my definition of the word party.

Her parties sound deadly boring! I mean I'd sooner attend a party thrown by Glenn beck!

But if we went back in a time machine (well, her parties might still have been boring) this is what was going on:

Jason Robards played Ben in “All The President’s Men”. Stockard Channing played her in “Heartburn.” Yes, they were best friends with Carl Bernstein and Nora Ephron and it was in Sally and Ben’s kitchen that Nora either dumped a bottle of wine over her philandering husband’s head, or a fruit pie. Details, details.

That was the ‘70s. If you were invited to Ben and Sally’s you were annointed. They never entertained all that much but when they did, it was perfect. Their New Year’s Eve parties were legendary for the eclectic mix of media, celebrity and political types.

http://www.washingtonlife.com/issues/november_2005/sally_quinn_and_ben_bradlee/

Back to work. If only I could be a retired socialite...

It's not even really related to DC, but if you enjoy hating Sally Quinn her latest column brings the lols.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/18/AR2010021805078.html

I will probably be linking all her columns here until we have legitimate city discussion business.

Jesus Christ sally STFU already!

Ha. Between her, Marion Barry news, and political discussions about balancing the budget it's like nothing ever changes.

she does bring out the best in people. you are reading the comments section aren't you?
Thousands of Haitians read this article, wept, and recognized that in comparison their troubles weren't so bad

Hopefully she is not in "Washington in the 70's" a documentary that's on from 9 to 10 on WETA tonight (and they're showing it again next Monday). The W. Post review mentions quiet storm WHUR dj Melvin Lindsey, Sonny Jurgenson & Billy Kilmer, Chuck Brown, WHFS's Cerphe, and Marion Barry among others in the film, directed by a British guy (whose name I can't remember).

http://www.weta.org/tv/local/washingtoninthe70s

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/21/AR2010022103840.html

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2010/02/23/erik-wemple-to-leave-city-paper-will-edit-startup-local-news-site/

Albritton co., that once ran the Washington Star newspaper, and who now run local ABC affiliate channel 7, Newschannel 8, and politico.com is starting up a local news website and has hired City Paper executive editor Eric Wemple.

S. Quinn's ridic pieces are getting lots of online attention from Huff Post and others. The Style section editor refused to answer City Paper questions about them.

her wikipedia page is full of gems

Henry Kissinger said, "[Post reporter] Maxine Cheshire makes you want to commit murder. Sally Quinn makes you want to commit suicide."

No snow today. I rushed out and got all that milk and tp and stuff for nothing last night. I kid.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2010/02/24/brauchli-on-the-party-by-sally-quinn/

Quinn's column's gonna be online only now and not in the newsprint as well.

hi, dc!
i'm going to be in town for a few days march 4-9.
holla.

hi!
those are good days to be in dc: http://dcist.com/2010/02/dc_restaurants_unleashed.php

those are also days that i'll be in california.

enjoy your stay

I kind of wish Quinn's column would move to print-only and not appear online.

holla-ing, t! I'm around pretty much that whole time.

half-off Putinka Premium Russian Vodka at Russia House

that might not end well.

why don't we have a bar entirely devoted to gin? of course, if there were, maybe it would be better if i didn't know about it

quinn column online is a treat, though - purely for the comments

I think there is a gin bar in the area somewhere, although I have no idea where (for some reason I wanna say Adams Morgan?) or what it's called. I just remember a gin aficionado in my class talking it up right after I started school out here. My interests lie with beer and vodka so I was not paying full attention.

i will have more specific timelines later (sis and bro-in-law in mexico til monday night) but i think.... thurs, fri, or sat would be good nights for hanging out

xxxposts

or days. i need a dc education, stat.

daria - Gin Joint, the ground floor bar at New Heights in Woodley Park

I've got friends with kids visiting in about a month - anyone got any recommendations for good kid-friendly restaurants? Including any posh ones, because I've been tasked with finding a fancy restaurant for their foodie dad's birthday. The kids are 18 months and 4, but for 4 read 2 because of developmental problems.

2 Amys works for kids and foodie dads

Good thought, and I like it a lot. How about for fancier dinner? Something tells me this isn't going to be easy...

god, I'm not sure of anything fancier that's suitable for kids - that age range is pretty much the worst possible for taking kids to restaurants. Maybe someplace like Zaytinya on the early side - big, loud, and casual enough to absorb a few young kids no problem.

is obelisk any good? i was intrigued by its low profile (no website?), but i've seen mixed reviews.

for general dining, i mean, not for kids

It's been around a long time now, and in a lot of ways was the precursor to Komi. I've been hearing good things lately after a few years of very mixed reviews, but for the money I can't bring myself to go to Obelisk over Komi, even if the latter is a bit more.

how was it the precursor to komi?

Just in terms of inspiration, not ownership or staffing. Small dining room w/ a fixed handwritten daily menu and a parade of small plates before the pasta and meat courses.

ah.

hi!
those are good days to be in dc: http://dcist.com/2010/02/dc_restaurants_unleashed.php

those are also days that i'll be in california.

enjoy your stay

― W i l l, Friday, February 26, 2010 9:04 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

awww taberna del alabardero! i miss that place.

i feel the same way about el tamarindo

In the past five years I've only been to El Tamarindo twice. Both were at 5am.

it does have the advantage of easily seating large groups. that's about all iirc.

and being open at 5am!

Diner at that hour imo

haha but it is right on time at 5am

(actually one time i was there with two friends at 4am or whatever and they both ended up getting sick -- and they didn't seem that drunk -- but i was fine!)

Obelisk: I love it but only go there when someone else is paying (my birthday, and work a couple times years ago).

Heh, maybe I should take the kids to Obelisk and see what happens. Zaytinya is a very good idea, I DIED, am pushing that one with these crazy parents.

"These Crazy Parents" -- a new food network show where foodie parents of young children go to nice restaurants and wackiness occurs

well hello.

i think at least friday evening will be a good time to have a drink if anyone's interested. my friend from nyc is coming down for the day but will leave me around 6 or 7 if anyone wants to meet up after work. also monday i'll be free from mid afternoon on.

suggestions for what we should do around the district on a friday in addition to the hirshhorn?

If you're seeking more art, not sure if this is too trad for you but the nearby to the Hirshhorn National Gallery of Art has "From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection"

Among the masterpieces on view are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's Forest of Fontainebleau (1834), Auguste Renoir's A Girl with a Watering Can (1876), Mary Cassatt's Boating Party (1893/1894), Edouard Manet's Old Musician (1862), Pablo Picasso's Family of Saltimbanques (1905), and George Bellows' Blue Morning (1909). Other artists represented include Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, and Claude Monet.

Moneytown, a free,once a month, old-school soul dj dance thing is going on late Friday night at Dahlak, an Ethiopian restaurant at 18th & U

Some DJ-about-town soul people from NYC have guested at Moneytown, can tentatively recommend! I prefer my soul extremely un-funky but I'm kind of lame.

oh gosh i would be fine if i never saw another impressionist exhibit in my life. maybe.

i read a write up of that night and didn't see the word 'northern' anywhere and thought, "oh my, l would certainly not approve!" but mayyybe i will give it a shot! what's a good happy hour place?

The W. Post Going Out Gurus recommend Policy on 14th Street. "I Died" may have more ideas for you.:

If you're going out to see a DJ on Friday night, we hope you don't need to get up early on Saturday, because you're lucky if the person you want to see makes it on by midnight. That's not the case at Policy's Pregame happy hour on Fridays, which has featured local headliners Stereofaith, Jackie O and Billfold taking over the decks from 5 to 9 at the 14th Street lounge. The theme is music the DJs themselves would like to hear, so this week, when Nacey of Nouveau Riche is up, he'll play songs he picked up on a recent trip to New Orleans, say, some from the Rebirth Brass Band or Bo Dollis, alongside the usual go-go and party music. There's no cover, and the beer is dead cheap: you can get $2 Yuengling, $3 PBR and $4 rail cocktails.