Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

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

I think Bryce Harper is gonna be playing ball for Harrisburg in Bowie next week (while I'm on vacation).

Newsflash: it is hot

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/our-technocratic-overlords/242156/

Former DC City paper writer and now Atlantic columnist T Coates talking about a NY Times article on DC, race, class and gentrification

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/us/18dc.html

power just went out for about 10 seconds and i had a mini panic attack thinking about how awful it was going to be with no a/c. so glad it's back. knock on wood.

If the power goes out, I will just drive around all night. It's way too nasty for that shit.

No joke, our A/C went out two days ago, the repair guy came by yesterday and was basically like

\_(oO)_/ "I don't know this time, sorry! I might be back on Thursday, maybe!"

And the landlord says that maybe it's finally time to replace the whole system?

Meanwhile, the heat index on Friday is supposed to be 116!

So far our AC is holding steady, meaning it runs constantly. Can't wait to see our first power bill in this place (95 yo house). ZS we can put you up if you need a place to beated the heat. Warning: the guest room is currently bubblegum pink with safari animal murals.

Also half the toilets don't work.

But your ac is working, so life is mostly good I guess

Can't complain. But might anyway!

heat index of 116 on friday!!

not sure how well this shakey a/c unit is going to hold out

thanks quincie - but i've already got a place lined up for the weekend, just in case.

our landlord is already apologizing and talking about prorating our rent, which is cool, but also suggests that it won't be fixed anytime soon.

!

landlord should be doing more than talking imo -- should be buying you a window unit or something. 116 heat index is no joek

fortunately my a/c was just repaired in june so it should be good to go. if not, i'll go camp out in my office, which is insanely cold.

Wow this is really a whole new level of disgusting.

seriously, i was soaked within seconds of walking out the front door

ugh i'm flying back this afternoon

if it already fucking sucks this bad in hartford i can't wait

For once I am actually looking forward to a work trip to Atlanta next week. It can't possibly be worse anywhere else in the universe atm.

miss u guys in this time of crisis

hate u

come back and post after the quake, mmmk?

i know my chill laid-back totally not type-A attitude might surprise you but i was not tryna be facetious! it's like when snowpocalypse hit -- all me and annie talked about was how we wished we were there, trudgin to giant in car-ruts

aw, trudgin to giant in car-ruts was so epic.

<3 you 69!!! Come back to us!

ill be through in october and december!

Yay! PS there will be a wedding on October 15 iirc.