that is AWFUL. wtf. I'm sure Murray will be found soon!
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Friday, 5 October 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
holy fuck, i hope your friend is okay (and best wishes for murray as well)
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 5 October 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
Was Murray the dog ever found?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
Big month for author appearances here that interest me: Michael Chabon, Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz, William P. Jones.
Diaz is the same night as a possible Nats playoff game if they get that far. Wish I had Nats playoffs tickets for today. I grew up an Orioles fan and am still one, but the Nats are my National League team (even though the Lerner family owners take advantage of DC taxpayers and others and the stadium is not nearly as nice as Camden Yards).
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
x-post- Oh, I see that Murray the dog was found. Yay
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe Nats and Os can turn it around today/tonight
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Nats postseason looking to be a damp squib.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Nats postseason looking unsurprisingly like a lot of the last month of their regular season
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
I shoulda guessed when my car broke down last Friday night that the Orioles and Nats were bound to lose. Threes.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2012/10/17/25-restaurants-dropped-from-tom-sietsemas-fall-dining-guide/
His same top 4 I think --Komi, CityZen, Inn at Little Washington, and Rasika Penn Quarter,
Sietsema likes Ethiopic, while Tyler Cowen thinks its mediocre. Not that Tyler Cowen is always reliable either.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
Sietsema's not reliable on Ethiopian, and for years he's been pushing the ridiculous idea that Rasika is a four star restaurant (it's great, but it's not at that level). And his annual heap of praise on Jaleo is just weird, 3 1/2 stars?!?
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't eaten at Jaleo in ages, but I just recall it as being good but not 3 1/2 stars
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
any thoughts on mark's duck house in seven corners? i'm back in town this weekend and a bunch of us are going to dim sum there on sunday
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
I used to love its regular offerings but never had the dim sum, but haven't been there in a long time. Yelpsters like their dim sum, and Kliman(Washingtonian) and Cowen used to like it (and maybe still do). Not easily metro-accessible
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
Post Express's Readers Poll Best of issue is out. Nothing too surprising (based on my quick lunch-time glance through)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 October 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://dc.eater.com/archives/2012/10/18/where-to-find-wealthy-attractive-republicans-around-washington.php
list of restaurants and bars (to avoid?)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
dovetails nicely with that planet money piece from march on dc restaurants that host tons of congressional fundraisers (though obligatory lol @ the brixton)
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/03/26/149390968/take-the-money-and-run-for-office
this being the url of said piece
I DIED has some explaining to do
― quincie, Friday, 19 October 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
that Eater piece OTM
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 19 October 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Why are you creating nice places for republicans to hang out
― quincie, Friday, 19 October 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
If you're gonna do that you should put them in Reston and get them out of the city
― quincie, Friday, 19 October 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
need to provide them with safe space, Sidwell's too rough:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2012/10/19/sidwell-friends-plagued-with-young-political-bullies/
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
I'm gonna lock my doors knowing those thugs are just two blocks away *shrudder*
― quincie, Friday, 19 October 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 October 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
I remember in sixth grade in Arlington, (i.e. 2000) my whole class taunted our social studies teacher when she revealed she voted for GWB. I seem to recall Gore winning our mock election with like 95% of the vote.
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Sunday, 21 October 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone know anything about this movie showing for free tonight/Friday at 7 at the Freer:
Beijing Flickers’ screenplay is inspired by interviews Sixth Generation auteur Zhang Yuan conducted with hundreds of twenty-somethings while he was working on his photography exhibition Unspoiled Brats. Dumped by his girlfriend for a rich man, San Bao descends into a self-destructive spiral and meets a few kindred souls: a drag queen addicted to cosmetic surgery and poetry, a female singer kicked out by the musicians in her band, and a girl…
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 October 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't make that movie. Saw A.C. Newman & Mynahbirds instead.
Federal government closed Monday. Hopefully Frankenstorm won't be too bad.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 October 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
No power loss for me in Arlington. Hope everyone else is doing ok
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
Question for Bradpittsville ilxors: I'm going to be in DC for the first time on election night - where would be a good place to watch the results come in?
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Sunday, 4 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
Huddled in your hotel room, raiding the minibar. Wear a suit. Pretend you have to give a concession speech.
― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Sunday, 4 November 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
make sure there's a pool photographer there to get shots of you looking pensively at the screen as results come in
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Sunday, 4 November 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
suggested actions (today and tomorrow):
start your own political consulting firmmake a facebook fan page for your consulting firmmake a facebook fan page for yourselfhave business cards made up w/your firm's name on itvisit lots of bars and restaurants on cap hill and k street and south of dupont circlenetwork with everyone -> give them your business card, friend them on facebook
election day:invite all 1500 of your new facebook friends to your firm's official returns eventdon't worry when only 20 say they will attendnetwork some moretake lots of pictures of everyone at the bar
days after, suggested plan of action:post on facebook lots of pictures of your wildly successful eventfriend the friends of all your 1500 friendsask them all to "like" your consulting firm's fan page ask them all to "like" your fan page for yourselflook up the email addresses of everyone you cangenerate a mailing liststart emailing them updates about your latest facebook posts about yourself and your firm
etc
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 4 November 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
^ my god
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 November 2012 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
Ha.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 November 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
So dj Chris Burns and BYT folks are at Bohemian Caverns/Liv tonight. I think I wanna stay in and sit on my couch in control of my tv remote.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Had yummy Trinidadian "doubles" (pancake/soft taco with curried chickpeas inside) and roti at Caribbean Palace in Langley Park, MD yesterday. Great stuff. Also wandered around and picked up some stuff for home cooking at the Red Apple Market and the Caribbean market.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2012/11/13/martin-baron-editor-the-boston-globe-become-editor-the-washington-post/ycJWyd1XOsuvpQAQ3LMStI/story.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone going to the Magnetic Fields at 6th and I? Saturday sold out, but I'm thinking about getting Sunday tix.
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://maxgif.com/5fk
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 November 2012 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2012/09/where_to_eat_in.php?page=all
Village Voice food critic visits DC and likes a few places
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 November 2012 06:37 (eleven years ago) link
I think I saw that article a while ago. Coincidentally, I got a cubano from Fast Gourmet today. It was really tasty!
― Fieri-brand sausages into my and your ready holes (silby), Friday, 16 November 2012 06:39 (eleven years ago) link
going to be in DC next week for thanksgiving
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 November 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
dammit, n/a, why are you always here when I am not???
― quincie, Saturday, 17 November 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
ugh I wanna come visit y'all
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
My fave new Vietnamese restaurant in Eden Center is now gone. It's a Vietnamese ban mi sandwich joint now. Lots of competition there
― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 November 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
Guys I think I'm coming to DC in December but I don't know when. Is there anything awesome happening I should see or do?
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
hay stevie I'm going to be driving back and forth a couple times in december if you need a ride (unfortunately I'm probably going in the opposite direction, north on fridays & south on sundays)
― los blue jeans, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
plus i'm notoriously unreliable
Ah, damnit! Yeah, it looks like I'll be there the 13th-15th. I'll probably just get a Megabus.
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 01:48 (eleven years ago) link