Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

i was on it's academic, my team lost
i'll be in DC for xmas btw

I will not :(

I will be in Tuomasland. Does Tuomas still live in Helsinki??? Must I board-stalk him???

N/a if you&S&E would like a crash pad you are welcome to ours!

quincie will you be around the 7-9th??? SAY YES

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Tried Mala Tang (Sichuan Chinese hot pot) in Arlington the other night. Not wowed, but maybe I did not pick the best ingredients for dipping or the best sauces to apply afterwards

Is there another hot pot place in the area that you'd recommend? I was just talking about going to one of those 2 weeks ago

Mala Tang and Uncle Liu's are owned by the same guy and are good, but yeah choice of meat & veg at Mala Tang has a huge effect on the outcome and I've made some bad choices too. The spicy Sichuan broth is great though!

Mala Tang (in Arlington) has tables where each person has their own hot pot, while from what I have read, at Uncle Liu's (Falls Church) they just do it the traditional way where everyone is at a big table and uses the same hot pot. I think.

Thanks!

the online debate continues on whether DC is a good places for artists and musicians

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/01/how-good-dc-artists-musicians-and-writers/856/

hmm seems like Richard Florida's numbers aren't really relevant to the argument, he's working outside the Yglesias and City Paper definition of artists as white indie rock musicians.

hahah

And many of those indie-rock musicians from the 1980s and 90s were living in Arlington and Bethesda

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2012/01/05/h-street-playhouse-priced-out-of-h-street-looking-for-new-spot-to-open/

What will be the next neighborhood that arts outfits with little money will have to move into...

whoever figures that out is gonna be a winner

The next real estate king. Perhaps Joe Englert who owns so many H St NE places is already looking elsewhere. I think the Theivery Corp empire is staying in the U st area

guessing upper Georgia Ave and North Capitol

arts organizations have never really been the real estate bellwether in DC that they've been in other cities due to the limited building stock here - there are really only so many areas of town that have a history as commercial corridors and the spaces to match.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/historic-theaters-buildings-in-dc-are-resurrected-as-entertainment-spots/2011/12/23/gIQAZL9xQP_story.html

Then there are the new attempts at slightly upscale presentations of music-- the Clydes-chain owned Hamilton at 14th & F that is charging $100 for Mavis Staples but otherwish so far has been just having aging DC roots rockers for cheap. Don't know how the food is.

And the eventually to open Howard Theatre that is being reconfigured.

I think the Theivery Corp empire is staying in the U st area

their french bistro thing is supposed to open at georgia and randolph really soon afaik - i live like six blocks away

(to quote prince of petworth: "Between this and the approval for the new Petworth Safeway across the street – we are not going to recognize this stretch of Georgia Ave in the near future. Sweet!")

I wish they were doing more to make it like the old Billy Simpson’s, but having ANY place to get something to eat without having to shout through bulletproof glass in that war zone is a real Godsend. I can’t wait to try it!

i mean who among us hasn't caught a slug walking from domku to the yes! organic market etc

hey it's a serious risk, there was a slug in the leeks I got at the Petworth farmer's market.

As long as Chez Aunty Libe's, the Senegalese restaurant at 6115 Georgia does not lose their lease, I will remain happy

http://chezauntylibe.com/

So Hoos is gonna Occupy Congress today?

yah sorry everybody if we fucked with your traffic and whatnot

<3

awesome fucking day btw

good job on organizing/media-ing/not getting arrested/keeping everyone alive HOOS!

W. Post buried it on the Metro page of the newsprint this morning not the front page

GQ likes byt

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/201202/50-most-powerful-people-in-washington-dc#slide=42

W. Post buried it on the Metro page of the newsprint this morning not the front page

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:14 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

at least we made the front page of the examiner.

i love that we keep making the cover cause they hate us, but somehow didn't notice that the beat reporter they put on us just happens to be an ACTUAL JOURNALIST. she covers us fairly, shine and warts and all, instead of the hack jobs we get any time another of their writers does a piece on us.

page A 18 of Washington Post newsprint re no more Occupy "camping"

Unsolicited email I get due to my freelance writing:

Jan. 26: Public Policy Day at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center

The day offers a private preview of The Washington Auto Show to government, industry and media officials. The daylong schedule of events features a government keynote address by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and an industry keynote by Hyundai Motor America Executive Vice President of National Sales Dave Zuchowski. The evening boasts a celebratory Sneak Peek Reception and a special tribute to Roger Penske, who will receive the Keith Crain/Automotive News Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Keith Crain, Editor-in-Chief of Automotive News. GM President Mark Reuss will deliver the event keynote.

Maybe Metro folks should show up and beg for more funding

Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

music geek arcane postings here. But you probably know that

"Both Congressman Paul and his aides regularly meet with members of the Stormfront set, American Renaissance, the Institute for Historic Review, and others at the Tara Thai restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, usually on Wednesdays," he said. "I have attended these dinners, seen Paul and his aides there, and been invited to his offices in Washington to discuss policy."

On the rolling Republican nominees thread via somewhere. Weird,as others noted, if this is true, that they would eat at a Thai place

Hello National Park enthusiasts,

Celebrate Frederick Douglass's birthday with a party! Come by Frederick Douglass's house for music, history, games, face painting, live Douglass speeches and more.

This year's theme is "Abolition", and will feature programs on Douglass's work as well as the ongoing fight against slavery today. The United Nations estimates that more than two million people remain enslaved throughout the world, and Douglass's legacy has never been more important. US Ambassador CdeBaca will deliver the keynote address.

So stop by for a birthday party and a celebration of the struggle against slavery.

Dates: 02/11/2012
Times: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Frederick Douglass NHS

Have never been to the Frederick Douglass house. This is tempting.

This year's theme is "Abolition"

hahaha I mean how many other valid theme options would there even be for a Frederick Douglass birthday party

games, face painting ....slavery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHCG33WlsY

^ go-go guitar hero

Ha. I heard that on WKYS last night. funny stuff.

Serious stuff-

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/washington-post-will-further-reduce-staff/?hp

woof

http://www.washingtonian.com/sections/restaurants/100best/index.html

I Died, what do you think of these choices?

Pretty damn good selections throughout. Haven't been to the Inn at Little Washington (and probably never will, not into the idea of driving 100 miles for dinner), but I've eaten at the other 9 out of the top 10. I think Citronelle is excellent but somewhat overrated at this point, mostly because of how outdated the room is and the sometimes rote nature of the experience and service there. Still top 10, though. Marcel's was never really my thing, but they make an unreal boudin blanc.

A couple points on the rest of the list:
- I think Graffiato's been consistently critically overrated
- Ripple seems good but I can't take the aesthetic, it looks like a Real World house
- haven't been to Cafe du Parc in years, but very surprised by it getting three stars
- as with the Post, they really overestimate Jaleo
- Woodberry Kitchen is better than 2.5 stars, if it was in DC I'd say it was top 10. Worth heading to Baltimore for dinner.

Thanks

Obama sure loves going to Alexandria

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/obama-valentines-day-dinner_n_1277889.html?ref=dc

POTUS and FLOTUS left white house at 7:00 pm in presidential suv for 25 minute trip to Alexandria for a valentines day dinner. Pool did not see POTUS but am reliably informed that he was not wearing a tie, Motorcade stopped at lights and crawled through downtown Alexandria. Destination was Vermillion restaurant.
Motorcade was uneventful except for heavy traffic and one white lincoln that kept trying to cut into the procession.

Pool now holding at Hard Rock Cafe

Dave Cook

CSM

omg. i really like vermillion! though i can't eat dinner there because $$. but the bar makes lovely cocktails and their mall plates are affordable. i wanted to go there for my birthday but they were closed for brunch that day (stupid new years eve parties!).