actually, after searching for ilx dc food recommendations, it was a gabbneb post that sent me there.
food aside, i did find my way to Joe's Record Paradise in Rockville courtesy of am0n's expert instructions. that place beats just about any London record store hands down.
― ¥€$ (gnarly sceptre), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Joe Lee should use that quote in an ad. But I don't think he knows of this site, and his website looks to be fairly bare-bones.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 June 2009 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
So Jordan, good luck with busking today and Surf Club tonight
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 June 2009 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/food/dining-guide-2009/
City Paper's Tim Carman has a new top 50 restaurants list out. He's going with a Silver Spring place near the AFI Silver as his fave Ethiopian choice.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 June 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Jordan's brass band may be busking at 4ish in Dupont Circle for those in that area..
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 June 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
after like five trips down this hallway I finally remembered MY PHONE HAZ CAMERAhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3638414625_3ff370710e.jpg
is anybody else thinking of going to the beer+bourbon+bbq fest this saturday at national harbor? $35 for four hours of "tasting"
― El Tomboto, Friday, 19 June 2009 04:16 (fourteen years ago) link
omg Tom that photo is an instant classic
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Friday, 19 June 2009 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
loooool
― W i l l, Friday, 19 June 2009 12:03 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahah when Mr. Que and I got married there, the marriage bureau office was just past the domestic abuse office.
― quincie, Friday, 19 June 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
they should also have a sign that mentions the syphilis test requirement
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 June 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
or just have
SYPHILITIC RETARDS -------->
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 19 June 2009 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
So Oohs and Ahhhs the U St. soul food joint made the City Paper's recent top 50 restaurant list. I was neither wowed by that place nor Flavors in Falls Church, is it me(I'm either wrong or expecting too much) or are these places overrated, or something else?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Heard on the news that some folks are now avoiding the first and last cars on subway trains, since that Red line accident
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 June 2009 05:20 (fourteen years ago) link
where's a good place in dc to get men's clothing (shirts and trousers) of quality? i normally get my workish clothes at like h&m and banana republic but am ready to shell out a bit for well-made stuff that i'll still be wearing in a decade (too optimistic?). rather than try to interpret yelp reviews or whatever, i thought i'd ask here.
― W i l l, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 01:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I love Redeem on 14th st.
― magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses (I DIED), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
That whole City Paper top 50 list was more bullshit than even old Washingtonian lists were.
― magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses (I DIED), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i've been to redeem several times and their stuff is cool, tho my memory is of a mostly, uh, casual selection - but maybe that's b/c it's what i was looking for at the time?
― W i l l, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I've gotten a number of blazers there, and have also seen a few suit separates. If you're in the market for more formal stuff, Brooks Brothers has been stepping up their game for real! It's amazing how non-preppy their stuff can look if it's just not paired with a pastel shirt.
― magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses (I DIED), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
x-post. Do you not like the CP list because of the way it appears to be done by food categories (new American, Ethiopian, etc) but then arbitrarily has 2 restaurants for certain categories (a Silver Spring Ethiopian and a DC one)and not for others, or do do you not like Poste or whatever choices that are included, or both or something else.Not enough high-end ones?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
x-post to me; So do you guys consider Jos. A. Banks not high quality enough a clothier
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know enough about it to have an opinion--i know the name but not whether their stuff is really that good, where they stand in comparison to other comparable brands etc. that's why i asked!
another thing i would like to know is where if anywhere can i try on apc shirts in dc (i know denim bar has their jeans)
― W i l l, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I like Jos. A Banks well enough, but I like Brooks Brothers better.
Will, for clothing in general and for APC here you should check Barney's co-op in gtown.
― magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses (I DIED), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
so glad I don't have to wear suits. will have to be doing job interviews prob in the next month & I hate having to find some very boring business casual type of thing to wear. waaah.
― CAR CHASE!!!!! (daria-g), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't like the City Paper list because it's labeled as the 50 best restaurants in DC and it's not - not only are there restaurants that are clearly among the best in the area missing from the list, but there are restaurants that aren't even good, nevermind great, on there.
― magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses (I DIED), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
can i have your old job y/n
xp
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm gonna just use the CP list as a source of possible restaurants to try, but yea, I can see that it is not definitive as a whole list.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost - thanks!
i'm not really looking for suits at the moment. just well-made and -fitting shirts and pants.
― W i l l, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
my old job won't exist, that's the problem. though i got so mad yesterday i was imagining that i'd just resign. conscience bothering me about direction of things. i guess i can't afford to be all dramatic, though. gotta pay the rent.
― CAR CHASE!!!!! (daria-g), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry. yeah, i'm on the verge of being dramatic
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I got the City Paper thing wrong, as flawed as it is, every restaurant on that list is at least decent. They saved the shorty ones for the staff picks on the website.
― magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses (I DIED), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the CP's Carman lives in Silver Spring or nearby and it seemed like to me he used to cover more restaurants from there and from Wheaton then some of the other area reviewers (the same way the Northern VA based Tyler Cowen emphasizes that area). But he's got restaurants from all over so that might be just my perception.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
So I'm moving to Takoma Park! Should be signing the lease today.
― timelord of the internet (Z S), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
It's not comprehensive enough, but there are a few funny bits in the latest Onion re restaurant reviews.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/DenverBarry.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 9 July 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, heh, is that actually on the cover of the print ed.?
― W i l l, Thursday, 9 July 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
It is.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 9 July 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
The cover quote regarding Marion Barry on this week's City Paper is:
1. Unnecessary and juvenile and insensitive
2. Acceptable and relevant
3. None of the above
4. Who cares
5. I stopped looking at the City Paper years ago
or
6. __________
7. All of the above
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 July 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
"Loose Lips" p. 6
― hobbes (brownie), Friday, 10 July 2009 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
It was out there for little children to see.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 10 July 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
7
― W i l l, Friday, 10 July 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0709/639021.html
"The paper admits it has received many complaints about the issue's cover, including some vendors who have asked to pull the tabloid. By all accounts, the copies of the free newspaper are disappearing quickly."
I can't really say 5 because I moved house three months agocan't wait for this though http://www.hbo.com/events/ninelivesofmarionbarry/index.html
― El Tomboto, Friday, 10 July 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i think that was at silverdocs? and got meh reviews?
― W i l l, Friday, 10 July 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Yep, that's what I thought.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 July 2009 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070902792.html?hpid=topnews
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 July 2009 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
"Before Barry's news conference yesterday, two women approached a group of reporters and demanded to know which one worked for the City Paper. They soon began shouting at City Paper's Jason Cherkis, waving a copy of the newspaper at him."
looool
― W i l l, Friday, 10 July 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Exhibits I saw Saturday that I recommend:
William Eggleston, Democratic Camera Photos and Video 1961 to 2008 at the Corcoran
I didn't like the video. Music fans, his Big Star cover and Alex Chilton Like Flies on Sherbet are included
Jaromir Funke and the Czech Amateur Avante-Garde (photos) at the National Gallery West Wing
Stanley William Hayter: From Surrealism to Abstraction at the National Gallery West Wing
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 12 July 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Some of the Eggleston photos are bizarre, others are 'hey I could have done that,' but some are special both due to his eye, technique and choice of subject matter. It's an interesting guide to parts of the American South.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 July 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.fromkomitomarvin.com/
This woman is eating at all of Washingtonian's 100 best restaurants this year and blogging about her meals.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
not trying to be a hater here but i wish more bloggers would EDIT. she does not need that many words to make her points.
― CAR CHASE!!!!! (daria-g), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link