Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

donuts you say

except i googled and could not find

donuts. anyway i'm generally outta ilx rotation but it'd be chill to meet the new class + reconnect with old pals in a fun and frisky setting (btw tehresa velvet's at 915 u st.)

u playing anywhere else y/n

mostly here in nc these days, though i think we're gonna try and make it back up to nyc relatively soon

cool -- i am dling yr ep and am looking forward to learning what the safe word is

i think i saw you guys at cake shop once if it is same band but i don't know! maybe it is a different one?

it is a different one but you did see my previous band at cake shop! 69 moved to sf i moved to nc and now i am playing with some other folks and it's pretty good times i think.

yay :)

i was unable to learn the safe word -- too noize

is the one singer your gf?

mookie you should just come to this gig

you left work at one today maybe *you* should have come *here*

(i know i should; my sched is supposed to change next month)

i'm still trying to recover from you standing me up a few weeks ago! not to mention i went to nyc in feb; when have you come here? hmmmmmmm?

;_;

so sad

OMG ZR so want to see you, am gonna do this Mr. BBQ unless for some reason bbqing in rock creek this afternoon takes a fatal turn!

C'mon DCers: it is DC FAP time!!!

well there are donuts involved

Missed ZR's band! Next time Pretzel Walrus.

Unrelated:

ashigtonian critics's 5 fave new places to eat:

Your five favorite new (opened in the last six months) restaurants. Go!

Todd Kliman:

In no particular order ...

Mala Tang in Arlington, Freddy's Lobster + Clams in Bethesda, Fiola in DC, Shake Shack in DC, Kao Thai in Silver Spring.

or "Washingtonian" if you prefer

Been to Mala Tang twice. Individually sized Chengdu-style hot pot, nice modern atmosphere but really excellent. The hot pots are good but oh man just get a bunch of the appetizers because they are FANTASTIC.

Fiola is the new restaurant of the chef who used to be at Maestro - I think he's probably the most talented chef in DC, really extraordinary pastas and fish especially. High end place but not crazy like Maestro was.

Shake Shack is Shake Shack, I went and it's a very good fast food burger if that's your thing. Better than Five Guys for sure. Not worth waiting in line.

and on a very important note, REN'S RAMEN has reopened, moving from Bethesda to Wheaton. Just a couple blocks from the metro and holy shit it's so delicious. Only real deal ramen in the area, I think.

Ramen sounds good. If i ever make it to the AFI i'll check it out. I'm hoping to swing by Shake Shack some afternoon next week when it's not busy.

I keep hearing about Toki Underground--I tried to organize a get-together down there back in April sometime and everybody bailed because of the line. Anybody tried it?

Toki's fun and quite good, Taiwan-style ramen and other dishes, but it's a shoebox of a place with maybe 25 seats, all at counters. Not great for groups.

noted. is it still overstuffed in terms of people? other than as a function of the shoebox, i mean.

Yeah you still gotta show up early or late, even on off nights.

cool. thx for the info!

Been to Mala Tang twice. Individually sized Chengdu-style hot pot, nice modern atmosphere but really excellent. The hot pots are good but oh man just get a bunch of the appetizers because they are FANTASTIC.

WANT

did you try the mala tang itself (at least in China, that's sort of like the soup they sell on the streets, AMAZING)?

I did the first time I was there, but all the small xiao chi (dan dan noodles, zhong DUMPLINGS!, chengdu DUMPLINGS!, mung bean noodles, pork water DUMPLINGS!) were just so damn delicious that it's not a crime to skip it. Also this is just an observation and not a complaint but nothing seemed to be intense with the actual peppercorns.

I still haven't tried any of those places. Grrrr. Schedule and stuff hasn't worked out.

best lede ever?

UPDATE 2:25 p.m. Finally, the poop is gone – some four days after its arrival.

Thanks Metro

I was at the other end of the mall at the Folklife fest and didn't notice this-

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=698&sid=2446397

WASHINGTON - Visitors planning to go the National Mall to see the fireworks Monday night might be surprised by a major change to a big attraction.

The iconic Reflecting Pool has been reduced to a big, brown ditch that looks something like a bathtub.

Protected by black, chain-link fencing at a healthy distance in all directions, the pool between the World War II and Lincoln memorials is being renovated . It will have a new water circulation system when it reopens, likely sometime next year.

Many visitors to the National Mall Sunday were disappointed by what they saw.

"It's kind of gross right now," a young woman from Massachusetts said at the Lincoln Memorial.

"It's so muddy and sad," her sister added

unless i'd missed something, that's what it looked like since i moved here in october

Yep, it seem to be taking them quite a while

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/galaxy-hut-expands-to-falls-church/2011/07/11/gIQAcFjiAI_blog.html

insert falls church joke here

hey guys i can fap now because i get out of work at 5 and i don't have to work evening/weekend events.
let's have summertime drinks?

ok

x-post. Wonder if that new Galaxy Hut II is in the coffeeshop that was/is above the CD Cellar? The linked piece says "next to."

mookie when you come?

from over on the "mixed up" thread:

CVS and CSV

due to CVS' proximity to my work and CSV's applicability to my work, they come up pretty often, and i always have to stall for a second while i figure out which is which. wish the cvs was a walgreen's tbh

― larry buttz (Z S), Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:01 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark

ZS, I just put a few things together. Is this the CVS at 13th and Penn?

Monday we moved into the new house, where chaos currently reigns. But had dinner out on the deck last night and it was badass. Will host drinks as soon as we can locate glasses, bottle opener.

it is! yep, i work across the street.

1. galaxy hut II wtf
2. ZR's gf is not in a band
3. really really liked shake shack over memo day
4. comin back to hang for work sometime in octubre

in other news, y'all are missing out if you arent a fan of WPGC on facebookspacester+

best poll ever

xxp: I work over on 12th. It is my CVS too!

I am not particularly fond of it.

Are some CVS's worse than others?

yes