Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

I have ice skating lessons (!) on Thursdays, but would like to meet you all so will stay tuned for FAP scheduling.

Curm on Monday my class is being held in the Adas Israel sukkah! Guess I should dress warmly.

Poll:
Sun 18
Mon 19
Tue 20
Wed 21
Fri 23
some day the next week (specify)
Venue tbc...

Mon 19 or Tue 20

sooooo....

Mon 19th? At.... say.... Bourbon?

Can probably do this. Suggested time?

Say, 7? But could be earlier if people prefer HH hours.

anyone fancy a pint on monday the 12th? happy hour + maybe if the place showed exciting jets-dolphins football daria would come

I could do 19th, could also do 12th.

Doh, just realized I can't do Monday the 12th or 19th. Will meet you folks I have not previously met another time I guess.

Can probably do 12th but not sure yet, depends on plans of friends in town

There must be some dead clever way of doing this with some kind of special softward or iphone app that exists somewhere.

software

The solution is just to go out every night, at least this is the theory I'm testing.

And you can call it work research too.

holy shit, Ben Ali died http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPmynfzpBKR9CVO4LrPJLqdTX6owD9B72OSO0

RIP, Ben. Dude was on the scene longer than Chuck Brown.

RIP. I bet there were times between 1968 and the 90s that he wanted to move the place, but he stuck with it.

if anyone fancies a pint, mrs mookie and i and some ppl will be at the big hunt (connecticut just south of dupont) around 6:30 on monday 10/12.

please carry a large photo of ned raggett so we can recognize you

Not sure if I can make it as I've got friends in town, but will try. No Raggett-printing capabilities but will have a small red bag and look roughly like wot I do on WDYLL.

Thanks for the invite mookie! My parents are in town until Tuesday and I'm trying to avoid a family meltdown, but I appreciate it all the same. :)

Is the 19th still happening? I'm no longer free this evening.

I'm still up for 19th. Anyone else?

Also, mookie, ZS's response much nicer and more appropriate than mine, i.e. should have said thanks for the invite! Should be able to make it now.

19th I can do only if it were to go down in the oh-so-hip neighborhood of Cleveland Park, near my loljewschool.

Am fine with that - others?

Guys last time we went to Atomic, gabbneb was there.

Just sayin'

Sounds good to me (*falls into trap of some complicated gabbneb situation that I don't understand*)

was good to meet you and mrs mookie - sorry I had to go so quickly. And, now I know a new bar. So many restaurants round here, so few bars.

lovely to meet you as well. do let us know if you visit nyc!

(ps that dude on that other thread is a fool imo)

Sorry I couldn't join you guys tonight! Should be in NY later this month.

heh, thanks xpost

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/10/13/rasika-will-be-first-ethnic-restaurant-to-earn-4-stars-from-tom-sietsema/

Rasika to be first DC area "ethnic" restaurant to get 4 star love from Sietsema at the Washington Post

hey guys, who's going to be around the week of Thanksgiving? looks like the wife and I will be all up in yr AREA

We'll be in town the night before T'day before rolling south.

Friday 11/27, I'll be at the 930 Club for the Mountain Goats show!

Skipping the HS reunion then, Will? :P I was planning on missing it myself and a Mountain Goats show sounds a lot better. Was thinking about the TMBG show on 11/28 too.

Rasika to be first DC area "ethnic" restaurant to get 4 star love from Sietsema at the Washington Post

When this get confirmed tonight, a lot of people are going to complain, and a lot of people are going to stop taking the Post's dining reviews seriously. Rightfully so, as much as I love Rasika there's no way it's a four star restaurant.

Also T1m C@rman at the City Paper is a fool, who even calls places ethic restaurants anymore?

Ha, you know what, I didn't even put two and two together and realize they're the same night. Maybe I'll check it out after the show, or meet up with some people. Let me know if you go to the Mountain Goats, we could have a mini-FAP.

x-post, B, did you see the comments on the City Paper post--- Tim and Tyler C*wen and others still use the term "ethnic" instead of uh, "food made by people who do not speak English or French," or "food that rightfully so according to I died is not 4 star worthy." I kid. I am guessing there is an actual gourmet explanation for 4 star criteria and not Tim's (tongue in cheek?) one-- that Rasika's selection means "four-star restaurants don’t all have to be rooted in French cuisine, don’t have to be tied to a luxury hotel, and don’t have to have a long, multi-course tasting menu, with wine pairings, that runs well into three digits."

"all food is ethnic food" -Tyler Cowen http://www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com/

Yes, I agree with that Tyler Cowen quote, which is why calling any restaurant ethnic is odd to me. I mean, Komi is nominally a Greek restaurant, and Maestro had 4 stars and was Italian.

Regardless of the criteria used to define a 4 star restaurant (which vary from reviewer to reviewer), I can't imagine any list of factors that would lead to me saying Rasika is one of the five best restaurants in the DC area.

I am still curious about the criteria he uses. His list is out. Quick analysis: Four "Contemporary American" restaurants get 4 stars, Rasika ("Indian") gets 4, and Citronelle ("French") get 3 1/2 stars. Here's Sietsema's list.

Here's Sietsema's list. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/gog/tom-sietsema-dining-guide-2009/

I finally made it to that Vietnamese restaurant, he, Tim C. from the CP, and Tyler C. like, Present on Route 50 near/in Falls Church, and it was pretty good.

so, Monday 19th coming up... Cleveland Park? At Atomic? Say, at 7?

If my kid's 7:30 baseball game gets rained out I may be able to join you folks.

I have class until 9, but can meet after!

Not many of us so maybe just aim for 9.15?

I should be able to make it.

Will be there, will check this thread beforehand

I can't stay long (famous last words but this time REALLY). I DIED knows what I look like otherwise look for v. tall lady in B&W print dress, black tights. Carrying a Torah.