Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

lol

What is Caribbean Breeze? It sounds nice...relaxing, drinking ridiculous fruity drinks, feeling the breeze...

. . . in NORTHERN VIRGINIA, far from the coast.

I guess Rt. 1 traffic may generate a breeze?

hahaha. potomac swamp breeze iirc.

swamp goes well with mai thais afaik

there is a depressing happy hour at this place in l'enfant, vie de france. it's another not-great lunch place but even sadder when they're serving drinks

did discover that sports bar becomes v tolerable while wearing headphones

lol

1. John's Place in Fairfax City
2. Sunset Grille in Annandale
3. JV's in Falls Church

Saw this list of Virginia "dive bars" online here:
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/406775/406941.html

Numbers 2 & 3 are sometimes music clubs. I've been to the Sunset Grille that usually has bad blooz-rock bands but ocassional good ones on Thursdays; and JV's is a tiny place that also has roots rock music. These 2 places were once biker hangouts but are less so now I think. I have never heard of John's place.

Dan Snyder's lawsuit changing jurisdictions but still on...

http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/04/daniel-snyder-lawsuit-no-settlement-in-sight-59500.html

Snyder says he didn't commit forgery although his company paid a fine for doing so...

friday is date night with the bowie baysox

# Two (2) Lower Reserved Seat Tickets! (Tickets regularly $14 each)
# Romantic Carousel Ride for 2 in Louie's Kids Park
# Beautiful Flower for your date
# Get a special photograph beneath the romantic archway & a commemorative Date Night at the Diamond Baysox Photo Mat!
# Post-Game Dates Base Run!
# Fun & Memories to last a lifetime!

awesome (says this Bowie High grad and baseball fan)although the gf would never go for it and yes those are some corny details ( the base run...)

http://artwhino.com/2011g40

This month-long artwhino byt art and music thing might be good

wau yeah i gotta do some of that

i'm hitting this up on sat w/some homies, artist's goofy name notwithstanding this looks kinda cool

http://irvinecontemporary.com/otherExhibitions.php?eventID=122

People at work are asking me if I have weekend plans and don't understand that when I say I am going out of town, I am going to Tyson's.

Mr. B and I decided TyCon is too far away to come back to the District after dinner, so we are going to sleep there.

Look out, NoVa.

So you're gonna sleep under a table at the convention room?

Is TyCon a convention or are you just going shopping ?

TyCon is Tyson's Corner. We're going to Michel Richard's joint at the Ritz and are sleeping there, presumably in an actual sleeping room.

Oh god do I sound like a total douchebag? The Mr. has tons of hotel points from when he travelled a lot for work. We've also overnighted at National Harbor!

I hear... not great tings about Michel at the Ritz.

Fiola, the new downtown restaurant from the chef who used to run Maestro in the Ritz space, is outstanding.

How was the food at the Ritz at Tyson's, Quincie?

It was OK, not outstanding, but we did have great seats in front of the open kitchen and had a very fun evening as voyeurs.

The Ritz bed *was* outstanding. Slept like a (somewhat drunk) baby.

Y'all wanna be at phillips after 5 tonight. Just sayin.

wish i was theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere

damn i completely forgot! sorry

ah goddamnit the Phillips is a block from my place but I'm in Rosslyn aargh

i am so tired. our singers were awesome. twice! i had 0 drinks and 0 gelatto. my job sucks.

gary williams to retire from maryland

Gah, sorry I missed it too, T.

I'm all o_O at I DIED being in Rosslyn!?!?!?!

hahahaha srsly

Anybody doing anything for the Kentucky Derby?

i wish! i had to turn down an invite to a party bc i have a work thing that night :(
but that's ok bc work thing is gonna be ridic and i get to wear a ball gown.
maybe i will make myself a mint julep when i get home. heard an npr bit on bourbon balls this AM. want!

there was a nice little feature in the express on bourbon today

wonder what the confluence is abt

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Do you think the new U. of Md Athletic Director forced Gary out, or is the sudden decision to retire from coaching at 66 legit (while being some sort of assistant athletic director)?

nah, i think that when jordan williams decided to go pro, gary foresaw another season of missing the tournament. if they were going to force him out, i think they'd have done it weeks ago before the coaching carousel started spinning.

but yeah, he's not a young man, and the way he coaches/lives/(drinks?) seems pretty stressful.

never liked him, mainly because he was always playing the victim of the refs/ncaa/world, but he did an impressive job of resurrecting the program post-len bias and he wasn't a cheater.

Br1t1sh 3mbassy open day tomorrow. I will be there till 12.30 - assigned to the dumpster area... T, no bourbon, but free scotch!

i just dropped off a bunch of stuff at the gr33k 3mbassy for that! sorry about your dumpstering :(

i think i might spend all day tomorrow trying to figure out what to do with my hair/which shoes/etc. big night - 0p3r4 b4ll at the ch1n3s3 3mbassy. it is clearly a very diplomatic weekend.

Highlight of my upcoming weekend (aside from the Derby, of course): Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival!!!!!!! http://www.sheepandwool.org/

free scotch!

― ljubljana, Friday, May 6, 2011 7:31 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark

ok now i have weekend plans cool

will jenna maroney be there to sing the wool theme song?
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Passport DC (embassy tours, open houses and other events) : The European Union's embassies open their doors for tours and such Saturday

Other embassies open their doors later this month

HOOS, come and visit me at the dumpster and sneak me a scotch

haha for sure

Where in DC can I buy some *huge* yet reasonably priced potted plants for outdoors? For putting in a front yard and skulking behind, so that I can sit out there without feeling like I'm right on the street. I would have tried Garden District but it's gone. Good online stores would be fine too, but can't find anything big enough.

i can't get past the fact that you have a front yard to sit in to think of a place for plants! hah.
i want a yard!

i can drive you somewhere for a plant sometime, if you'd like.

Ooh that would be great. Then come for a drink in the yard.

~synergy~

hey guys, another round of drink specials & tunes & lightning talks

http://www.parley.co/storage/redesigndc3.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1304888844248

the last one turned out to be really stimulating, and we've got a good lineup of speakers this time around too, plus i'll be playing some records

check it out! yall should come

http://www.parley.co/blog/2011/5/4/redesign_dc-vol-ii-remix-dc.html

I will try to get to this - bit of a manic work week next week but will see how that goes.

More speakers!

http://www.parley.co/blog/2011/5/11/redesign_dc-vol-ii-additional-speakers.html