I'm off on a hike Sun during the day (a meetup.com one that's 'full'), but otherwise I'm around this w/e and Monday eve, so pick a day! HH after first day of work sounds like a grand plan to me... Will webmail you my mobile no.
― ljubljana, Friday, 9 April 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha, how about Rhee now saying "Oops there really was not a deficit that required me to fire all those teachers in mid-semester. But I'm not gonna hire any of them back even if we have the money. Plus I was going with what I was told at the time."
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
D.C. politics...The only thing more predictable is the story with video of the PG Cops beating up a University of Maryland student celebrating the win over Duke earlier this year. There have been decades now of stories about over-active PG cops.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder what Va. governor McDonnell thinks of today being Emancipation Day in DC (with DC public schools and offices closed).
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 April 2010 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow people really like to check out on fridays.
― tehresa, Friday, 16 April 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 April 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude what are you doing tomorrow around 3?
― tehresa, Friday, 16 April 2010 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
playing hockey. are you in town?
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 April 2010 23:57 (fourteen years ago) link
vvv briefly.leaving @ 6.
― tehresa, Saturday, 17 April 2010 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
;_;
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 April 2010 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Go Caps
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 April 2010 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Is that the hockey? Sis and husb are going to playoff game tonight.
― tehresa, Saturday, 17 April 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes. Wow, those tickets are impossible to get and trey expensive
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 April 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I think it was his bday present
― tehresa, Saturday, 17 April 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3025/roynit.jpg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 April 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
do not want
― quincie, Sunday, 18 April 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey dcilxors, I'm going to be taking a FB/twitter/ilx break for a while. If you don't have my e-mail address/phone number/whatevs, webmail me and I will send it to you. Take care!
― quincie, Sunday, 18 April 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
No, don't go.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 18 April 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
This is, come to think of it, one of the best, most interesting restaurant seasons I can remember -- maybe the best and most interesting.
Consider what has opened, or is opening: Kushi, 8407, Yannick Cam's Bistro Provence in Bethesda, Lyon Hall from the team behind The Liberty Tavern, and Ray's the Steaks at East River (which I think is the most important restaurant to debut in the city's history).
The common denominator? All are local, independent, and personal.
From Todd Kliman's e-mail newsletter
Hey I Died, curious what you think about the above view...I have never been to most of those so can't express any agreement or disagreement
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't been to any of them either! They've all opened in the past month or so, most of them in the last week. I don't think RTS East River is the most important restaurant to debut in the city's history, though.
I'm also not sure what "independent and personal" means - I mean, very few restaurants that food critics write about aren't independent. Whether you're financed by a hotel or an investor, you're answering to someone.
The test of these places isn't whether they have interesting concepts or make a big splash when they open, it's whether they're serving great food a year or two from now.
Maybe I'm just jealous because only one of them is within four miles of my apartment.
― I DIED, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Arlington resident me drives by the future Lyon Hall (and the existing Liberty Tavern) all the time but I have never been to the Tavern.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
hi guys being an alexandria resident sucks please find me an apt thanks <3
― tehresa, Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Have you seen any yet? Someone told me the other day that Rosslyn has good deals..
― ljubljana, Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
live in dc, not rosslyn
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I know that Rosslyn is not ideal... just cheap(er)
― ljubljana, Thursday, 22 April 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah it's close to work... Would be nice to get home quickly after late work nights... But dc sounds so much better in terms of having a life, and I have not even had time to look yet!
― tehresa, Thursday, 22 April 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i work in orange line arlington and wouldn't consider moving here, not even for a non-commute. it's a pleasant enough place to work (by which i mean i like the lunch options) but it doesn't have the density i want
― W i l l, Thursday, 22 April 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
and virginians are the most disgusting savages etc etc
sounds like i'll be wanting to move out of old alexandria as quickly as humanly possible
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Non-metro area South Arlington me likes my ethnic restaurant choices but goes to DC for music, museums and more. Yes we are all disgusting savages.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 April 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
And proud of it.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 April 2010 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
hi guys being an alexandria resident sucks please find me an apt thanks
hey tehresa, my brother is likely moving out of his 1200 sq ft apartment in SW in about... 2 weeks? webmail me if you want more details
― HI DERE, Thursday, 22 April 2010 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I understand the advantages of living in DC btw. But it has always made me laugh over the years though to get attitude from some DCers (no one here) when they found out I lived in either PG County or Virginia. Plus some of those particular DCers were so wed to just going to a few particular places within walking distance in their DC neighborhood that they seemed to miss out on alot of what I see as the benefits of city life because they would not pay for cab rides or metro or just be a little adventurous (just living in Mt. Pleasant does not automatically make one more interesting than a suburbanite).
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 April 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
yah i agree. i've had good times in silver spring and hyattsville and even annandale, and i have a standing envy of dc suburbia's cheap great ethnic food (for example).
my virginia savaging is always at least partly tongue in cheek. i grew up there; my feelings are complex. certainly, people who derive much personal satisfaction from living in a neighborhood they believe to be superior or whatever and people who make a point of trashing virginia (and the treasures who do both) are annoying.
― W i l l, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
and actually since you called it out by name mt. pleasant boosters may be the worst of the lot--SUBPAR BARS AND RESTAURANTS DOES NOT EQUAL AUTHENTICITY
― W i l l, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
whatever "authenticity" is
― W i l l, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
The transit options in va are suck, though, and I work a lot of late evening events so I want to be able to take a cab home on occasion without breaking the bank, rather than worrying about missing the last train and still having to cab home from metro since the bus only runs once an hour or not at all.
― tehresa, Thursday, 22 April 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
you getting your own place or looking for roommates? i want to move as well, soon
― wears suburban hang-ups on her sleeve like some kind of corporate logo (daria-g), Thursday, 22 April 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Seattle spoiled me and I reeaalllyy want my own place but I am also poor so I have to consider roommates in the interest of being practical. Still not 100% sure what my monthly take home is going to look like, which also makes things complicated.
― tehresa, Thursday, 22 April 2010 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Plus some of those particular DCers were so wed to just going to a few particular places within walking distance in their DC neighborhood that they seemed to miss out on alot of what I see as the benefits of city life
lol curmudgeon, sometimes just going to a few particular places within walking distance in your DC neighborhood IS the benefit of city life!
― I DIED, Thursday, 22 April 2010 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Otm!!! I hate when I can't walk to meet my immediate needs.
― tehresa, Thursday, 22 April 2010 23:20 (fourteen years ago) link
It is completely ludicrous to me that it takes me 90 min to get home and then if I want to do anything as simple as go pick up some groceries I would need a car because the concept of things within walking distance is nonexistent here.
― tehresa, Thursday, 22 April 2010 23:24 (fourteen years ago) link
To be fair, Alexandria was planned at a time that your servants would have done your grocery shopping for you.
― I DIED, Friday, 23 April 2010 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link
wah wah wahso can a local tell me how one finds an apartment? bc the craigslist here is total shit.
― tehresa, Friday, 23 April 2010 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i found mine by starting w/rent.com and then looking for management companies.. everything is stupid expensive around here. srsly if you decide to go the roommate route in dc, at least for a time & would be interested, i am considering that too - i can afford an ok place by myself now, but i finally realized it is time to be an adult and save some money
― wears suburban hang-ups on her sleeve like some kind of corporate logo (daria-g), Friday, 23 April 2010 05:57 (fourteen years ago) link
email/fb me with some details. i feel like i have to consider everything at this point! (even though my idea of being adult is living alone lol, but i get your point)
― tehresa, Friday, 23 April 2010 12:24 (fourteen years ago) link
let me know if you want someone to check out your shortlist places, or just need a drink after!
― ljubljana, Friday, 23 April 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
― W i l l, Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
living in SF where it is surprisingly difficult to find a pretty good sit-down mexican/salvadorean place with full bar makes me miss haydee's a lot.
― 69, Friday, 23 April 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Already need a drink and o haven't even looked yet!
Better foresight woulkd have had me wrangling someone into happy hour between close of business and evening work event. Next time!
― tehresa, Friday, 23 April 2010 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link