Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

for all i know i'll end up making a shift to suburbanite sometime this year. just been too exhausted from getting used to the job thing to really spend time thinking in any coherent way about whether/where to move..

Save your money to buy cars I guess, and ugh, pay for car repairs--my Honda puttered out today and I just made it to a gas station and it will be there through tomorrow. Was at least close enough to home to walk from there.

ugh all this bailing to suburbia does not give me hope for finding my own place.

so bummed I stayed in one night this week and it was the night Ronaldinho was at Marvin, if I could have gotten a picture of him holding a bottle opener it would have been an all-time ILX coup.

http://naplesgc.blogspot.com/

Thanks. Some of the older HFS tapes that site offers are likely the most promising. But I wonder where my old WGTB tapes are...

Suggest time-killing activities from approx 7-10pm tonight?

What's new?

That was not in response to Tehresa who I am assuming figured out some fun ways to kill time that night.

After 1 year in DC I went up the Washington monument, unexpectedly. Someone had a spare ticket. Nice thing to do on a Friday evening.

hh spots nearish dupont?
someplace to kill like... 1 hour between 6:30-7:30.

Big Hunt, Eighteenth Street Lounge, Science Club, Tabard Inn (no hh prices), Town & Country

Oh I was looking @ tabard inn's site yesterday. It looks so lovely!

It's great! Cute little bar, only a handful of seats, but there are always interesting people there and the bartenders are good. Also the fish tacos RULE.

got engaged at the tabard inn iirc

Aw <3

Didn't see this but was in the Big Hunt at that time yesterday.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38374.html

Politico on young White House staffers without shirts on in a Georgetown bar on a Saturday...

THE POLITICO should really mind their own business. i mean, come on. it's the weekend. that said, was told in a Very Serious Tone by a friend who's in the game that if you show up in THE POLITICO or blogs or related publications drinking all these beer drinks.. it's not good for your career, let's say. i think this is ridiculous and THE POLITICO clearly hates fun.

I'm on Politico's side here, ANYONE hanging out shirtless in the middle of the day at a bar in Georgetown should face serious repercussions.

new thread title?

i'm all for nay-saying anyone that would hang out in georgetown

's all i got.

more offended by their choice of bbq tbh

to be fair, all the barbecue in DC sucks

Finally read the whole piece--

contrary to the original reports, the group was not playing beer pong. And their shirts were off because the group had gotten caught in a rainstorm before repairing to Old Glory in Georgetown

HI DERE DC DID U MISS ME?

Back from your top secret mission!! Successful? And how is Mr Que?

I am! I was! I don't know!

i missed u

missed u too, mookie. Still staying away from the Facebook for awhile, tho.

tza, u an alexandrian now?

I am ;_;
As if I needed another reason to drink...

Missed you, q! ljub and I were just wondering about you last weekend!

Yay! Any interest in a U St-area gathering next Wed?

Sources say yes

welcome back q!

i'll go for drinx. gotta be at a conference thing all day, ugh.. so will definitely be looking forward to it

I'm in the UK, sorry to miss it. Good to see you back!

Good too be back! I'm freed from the clinic at 7:30 on Wed, happy to meet up wherever for whatever.

While away, I forgot how to spell, obv.

<3

Washington City Paper has their "50 most fascinating restaurants" list out... Oh, I Died, he mentions in the intro a bunch of pricier restaurants that he says are great and everyone knows about them and thus he does not include them.

"I Died", what do you think of the Italian restaurants he lists, and the upscale pizza ones(3 he mentions in his itro but says they were too new to consider for his list)? Do they interest you at all? Just curious. I'm trying to decide whether to splurge for an Italian meal. Is it worth it here?

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/food/dining-guide/2010

For some reason I can't see anywhere online to read the intro to the piece.

Of the pizza places, I adore Pete's and haven't been to the other two. Pete's is nicer than a typical pizza takeout but not really upscale - you still order at the counter and can get slices. I always get the New Haven clam pizza there, and I've been 10+ times. I haven't been to the other two, but Pizzeria Orso in Falls Church is going to be the big one on everyone's radar (it just opened in the last few weeks).

Of the ones listed as Italian, I think Palena is the best but would also be disappointing to anyone looking for an Italian meal - it sits somewhere right between Italian, American, and French cooking. Tosca is consistently wonderful but is a very sedate dining experience. You can order 1/2 portions of the pastas at the bar, though, which is great for sampling a number of the dishes. I haven't been to Dino in some time - it has a wonderful wine program and the prices are very reasonable, but the more actual cooking is involved with a dish there, the less impressed I am. I haven't been to Siroc yet, but I've only heard good things.

Not sure why his intro is not online.

I've been to Siroc twice for work lunches and thought it was excellent for the price.

Based on a meal there today, I'll again say that 2 Amys consistently offers the most bang for the buck of any Italian restaurant in the DC area.

I went there once 5 years ago and I still remember it being awesome!

Here's paert of the intro:

Only 10 restaurants listed here are what I’d consider fine-dining. Granted, I’ve purposely excluded a number of the area’s best restaurants—Central, Citronelle, CityZen, Komi, minibar, Ray’s Hell Burgers, Restaurant Eve, and 2Amys—just because I believe readers don’t need another reminder to visit them. (Consider them all honorary members of the list.)

part

Here's another part:

In fact, three list-worthy pizza parlors—Pacci’s in Silver Spring, Pizzeria Orso in Falls Church, and Pupatella in Arlington—all opened weeks or days before this list went to press, making them essentially ineligible for consideration. I suspect next year’s list will be stuffed with pies.

DC summer heat is here

The floor is now open for nominations for Wednesday FAP location. GO!