Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

EVERYONE EVERYONE GO SEE RED DESERT ON A BIG SCREEN

Damn I might plan an entire trip around that

Seriously it's prob one of the top 10 or 5 most gorgeously composed, visually striking films I've ever seen. The colors!!!!!

damn, wish it wasn't showing at 2:30 on a monday. :(

Labor day, right?

wait, it is?

YES!

Also quincie you are being paged to the HIV thread bcz I would really like to hear yr 2c abt the whole thing

OK, I shall report to that thread!

i ran into govern yourself accordingly on the metro today!!! :D

good seeing you dude! that united ticket's still yours if you wanna go tomorrow

fact: nobody on H Street has ever craved a whole-wheat crusted pizza with mushroom truffle sauce. I know this because nobody in the WOLRD has ever craved a whole-wheat crusted pizza with mushroom truffle sauce.

I am pretty sure this describes my h street corridor-dwelling coworker.

Hi friends, I am not reading ILX so much these days why bc lyfe, srsly, but pls to email me when faps happen if you can?

<3

Hi T! I have missed you! Let's get together and curse the summer.

I am now officially resident in Toronto (though am in the UK at the moment). Other than DC ilxors (obv), I think I'll miss the small-town, can-really-get-to-know-it feel the most. I like big cities too, though, so should be ok.

omg you are not ljub what the fuck!!!!

seriously. :-/

best of luck to you in toronto, though!

Thanks! I'm currently hanging out in Helsinki with friends who just moved here...

Hey so I will be in DC from Friday morning through Tuesday night. No set plans yet -- when would be a good time to meet up, if anyone's inclined? As I said upthread, we're staying at Tabard Inn. Happy to meet there or anywhere else that's reasonably convenient.

Just got back from vacation, did u all fap?

Got a friend coming into town Saturday. Recommendations for restaurants in DC with good vegetarian options? Also bars in the DuPont or Adams Morgan area? Or maybe just any cool bars.

Getting excited about the trip -- the wife and I have made a big list of things to do, places to eat, etc.

Of course, I'm in the midst of one of the busiest weeks at work in a long time, which makes last-minute planning a pain in the ass, but also means the vacation will be well-deserved.

x-post- re veggie option restaurants-- Haven't looked at it but here's a W. Post list:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/best-bets/vegetarian-friendly,89828.html

Ethiopian restaurants can do veggie only also.

I Died and others can mention cool bars

Just looked last night at the June published Washingtonian best cheap eats list. They stick with some places for years on their list. Last few times I have been to Etete the Ethiopian food portions were tiny (compared to Dukem on U and any of the Ethiopian places in the mostly Ethiopian strip mall out in Bailey's X-Rds like Bati). Etete looks nice but that's not enough. Cuba de Ayer out in Laurel and Elephant Jumps out in Virginia somewhere are ok, but don't seem that great.

Etete doesn't even look that nice and the service is terrible. Pretty into Habesha across the street right now.

I have been led to believe -- in part by comments on this thread and also by ... Eater 38, I guess? -- that Dukem is the go-to Ethiopian place in D.C. Confirm/deny?

Dukem's alright but has gone downhill in the last few years. Better late at night with live entertainment 6 nights a week.

What about Meskerem?

Last time I went to Meskerem was in the 80s when it was the first Ethiopian restaurant in the area and its Adams Morgan home neighborhood was considered edgy by some. Now, Meskerem is dismissed by many (along with Adams Morgan).

I always liked my meals there, but it became passe when the whole 9th and U St NW Little Ethiopia area developed (and now there is another Little Ethiopia out in Bailey's X-Rds/Falls Church, VA plus Ethiopian restaurants in other parts of DC and MD and VA)

I wonder how the Eritrean food is at Keren Restaurant, 1780 Florida Ave NW
(between N. 18th St & N. U St)

Both Tyler Cowen and Yelpsters like it

An Eritrean place just opened up in Chicago -- I read an article in which the owner claimed that Eritrean cuisine is pretty similar to Ethiopian except they also eat spaghetti.

I have been in Ethiopian restaurants that serve spaghetti (Italy invaded Ethiopia at least once, so there's a history). Eritrean and Ethiopian are similar.

Re local Eritrean food, there's long been an Eritrean place in Crystal City/Arlington

I guess what I am also wondering is, having had good Ethiopian food elsewhere (Chicago/SF), are there places in D.C. that would blow my mind? Or is the deal just that there's so many places to choose from?

Btw, I'll be online only sporadically while I'm around, so if anyone does want to meet up, it might be best to plan it within the next day. If not, no big deal, I think my wife and I will have plenty to do.

keren is pretty good! i've been there for brunch - some cool ethiopian-style spins on american diner breakfasts, spaghetti or (very good) macaroni salad offered as a side with everything. dirt cheap too (though jaymc, if you're staying at the tabard, they have one of the best brunches in town)

i like habesha better than dukem too, but dukem has a nice patio, live music, and is usually open late on weekends - i'd probably recommend going there just for the experience, or just go there for drinks if the band sounds cool

Sounds good re Keren. I agree re late at Dukem and brunch at Tabard. I need to go to Habesha, although I am happy with the George Mason Drive strip mall of Ethiopian restaurants in Bailey's X-Rds/Falls Church.

I guess what I am also wondering is, having had good Ethiopian food elsewhere (Chicago/SF), are there places in D.C. that would blow my mind? Or is the deal just that there's so many places to choose from? ― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc)

It may just be the large number of restaurants and large size of the Ethiopian community here.

Jaymc, hope you and your wife are having fun. Did anyone ever plan meeting up?

I haven't heard from anyone but that's OK. Yesterday we looked around DuPont Circle, had a nice lunch at Hank's Oyster Bar, walked up Embassy Row to Biden's house, took a nap, then did a late dinner at Birch & Barley. Today so far has been mostly museums -- American History and Portrait Gallery -- with a swing by Sundevich for lunch. Everything good so far.

Sounds like a good schedule. I was out in Va seeing Al Green Friday night, and moving my kid into college for his freshman year Saturday and have been busy working on freelance writing today. Maybe we should all meet for drinks somewhere Monday night (if you're not booked up).

bump

Btw, I'll be online only sporadically while I'm around, so if anyone does want to meet up, it might be best to plan it within the next day. If not, no big deal, I think my wife and I will have plenty to do.

― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, August 24, 2012

Maybe too late, but tonight could work

Hey just saw this. I think we are going to Bohemian Caverns tonight so our plans are settled, but thanks anyway.

Have fun in the (historic)stalagtite-filled basement there tonight with the Monday Night Orchestra. Haven't seen them in awhile but have read nothing but good things about them.

I was just home visiting my mom and Alexandria seems to be getting better and better. We went to society fair, which had really good food, and their wine bar looked nice, and they also have an Anthropologie now. Also went to vermillion and had the chefs tasting menu with four different wines paired with four different courses.

I walk by Society Fair almost every day and I still haven't gone in.

mixed reviews (of course) from yelpsters

Oh man sorry to miss you jaymc; I just got back into town on Monday after a week away (from both town and ILX) and am just now catching up!

Just remembered that this Antonioni movie is showing Labor Day Monday afternoon at the National Gallery:

EVERYONE EVERYONE GO SEE RED DESERT ON A BIG SCREEN

Damn I might plan an entire trip around that

― the mandy moorhols (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, August 2, 2012 6:07 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously it's prob one of the top 10 or 5 most gorgeously composed, visually striking films I've ever seen. The colors!!!!!

― the mandy moorhols (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, August 2, 2012 6:10 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn, wish it wasn't showing at 2:30 on a monday. :(

― you're all going to hello (Z S), Thursday, August 2, 2012 6:15 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Labor day, right?

― curmudgeon, Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:22 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait, it is?

YES!

― you're all going to hello (Z S), Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:03 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yep, may see that and then head to the 6 to 9 blues/soul night at Westminster Church in SW DC to see Little Margie(from DC soul/girl group the Jewels) with Jacques Johnson (Michelle Ndegeocello's dad) and band.