Washington DC

Georgetown's a bit out of your way, though...

There's a great Mongolian barbeque right on the edge of Chinatown, but that also is out of your way.

I can't actually remember any of the places I've been in DC proper that weren't, like, full of government or history junk.

http://www.timeout.com/washingtondc/ent/jazz.html#96989

I don't know about these "acid jazz" things described in this review. I do know that it's a place where many DC hip-hop acts perform and they've got two fully-stocked bars. One of my favorite spots in the city to hang out, actually. Georgetown and Adams-Morgan are also good areas of town to hang out in, especially G-Town. (I don't know Adams-Morgan that well.)

I'd put you in touch with my brother, but he's NOTORIOUS for not responding to email very quickly...

The last time I was in DC I was 12, so I'm absolutely useless in terms of recommendations.

I really actually don't NEED to know about stuff in the capital district as we should have transportation. Mongolian barbeque sounds like something we have to go to. Do they dress like actual Mongolians? That's my dream restaurant, up there with my idea that Ethiopian restaurants should serve you food and have waiters dressed like warlords steal it from you as you try to eat it.

These are all some pretty good ideas (as if we're even leaving the stupid hotel, there's a liquor store across the street last time I was there)

Also post a picture of the Washington Monument at night, that thing looks like a big spooky KKK memorial or something. Secret societies yippee! I don't know near enough special handshakes for this burg.

x-post to Tep

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/geodesy/images/big/geod0549.jpg http://faluninfo.net/pictures/FDI_Press/2003-07-22-washington-monument.jpg

Supreme Court Rules That Individuals Have Gun Rights

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Published: June 26, 2008

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Court Weighs Right to Guns, and Its Limits (March 19)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.

The court's 5-4 ruling strikes down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision goes further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.

The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual's right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.

Awesome. Now I can finally use that bazooka I've been hiding. Or is that not classified as a gun. I guess I can consult the ruling.

The court's 5-4 ruling strikes down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns

http://www.demopolislive.com/gallery/images/1/large/1_the_right_to_bear_arms.jpg

LOL I can hold a bazooka in my hand.

Anyway all I can say is: thank goodness handguns are now easier to buy in Washington DC!

I mean, I was really having a problem there for awhile.

Constantly wanting a gun; not having it. Knowing I could be popped at any moment by a criminal, who doesn't have to obey the law!

But now - now I can have a handgun. To protect myself and my family. God bless the Supreme Court of Unitinu.

http://www.freemaninstitute.com/images/bullets74-87.gif

if a criminal brekas into your house with a handgun, how're you gunna defend urself?? huhH?? why should the criminals be theo nly ones with guns?

Exactly. Once he catches the gleam of my polished .45 where it juts purposefully up from the waistband of my six-year-old Fruit of the Looms, he'll know "what time it is".

xxp DC chicks go jogging every morning, but they eat terrible institutional food lunches, so you get this great mixture of fitness and big buttedness. That's my theory at least.

-- kingkongvsgodzilla, Saturday, 29 March 2008 15:39 (2 months ago) Link

tell me more

he's lying, will. dc is pretty much universally accepted as america's most hideous major city.

xxp DC chicks go jogging every morning, but they eat terrible institutional food lunches, so you get this great mixture of fitness and big buttedness. That's my theory at least

Entirely true. Great ankles, and they got back. Awesome.

this is going to suck

a point i hadn't considered before:

who lives in d.c. and doesn't get to have guns legally?
who lives right outside the city limits and DOES get to have guns legally?

or who lives in DC and is so stoked at the opportunity to own a firearm that doesn't already have one

xxp DC chicks go jogging every morning, but they eat terrible institutional food lunches, so you get this great mixture of fitness and big buttedness. That's my theory at least

ok, so i'll put dc on the list of places to move in the fall.

why should the criminals be theo

http://www.thehinter.com/hint/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/gordongartrellhb5.jpg

that is totally otm btw

he's lying, will. dc is pretty much universally accepted as america's most hideous major city.

i won't fight you on this. somebody'd have to come off major dough to get me up there - i'm talking 6 fig & some pretty perky benefits. OTOH there are just boatloads of cute girls up there. hot as NYC girls? Probably not. but they likely have lower standards and purportedly big(ger?) asses.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/DC_likely_to_gain_voting_member_1201.html

sorry, i'm not sure what the most recent DC thread is. i'm going to be in town this weekend (fri-mon). i probably won't have any time to hang out since it's for my sister's wedding and there are various other family things planned, but if anyone (tombot? mr. que? anyone else?) wants me to give them a call on the off chance of a free evening, they can send their phone no. to naamme at gmail.

what kind of food is DC known for?

there's mad ethiopian

I think the only thing I have heard called a DC original is the Half-Smoke.

lotsa great salvadoran and ethiopian in the city, vietnamese in northern virginia

plus "things with mambo sauce on them," which might as well be its own food group

what is a half smoke

a type of sausage

Also, seconding the mombo sauce.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/561/the-missing-link

The history of the half-smoke sausage/hot-dog

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2011/07/21/did-mumbo-sauce-exist-before-d-c-s-asian-run-carryouts/

chicken wing dipping mambo/mumbo sauce history

dang, ty

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mumbo-sauce-the-flavor-of-washington-that-isnt-the-president-and-the-politics/2011/07/14/gIQAFOqQII_story.html

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/344683

more on mambo sauce - i love how bill cosby turns out to be the zelig of dc fast food

I DIED to thread

otm

what am I on the thread for, I see that mumbo sauce has been adequately covered

recs for cheap places to stay near a metro step, that may also have cheap places for parking available nearby?

petworth? columbia heights? bloomingdale? honestly it's pretty easy to park a car in any of dc's cheap residential neighborhoods (assuming you get dc plates or have a backyard)

you could also look near h st ne, but metro access is definitely spotty

why would anyone want to park in DC proper unless you work here, is my question

I used to hate on the bus system but now that I live on one of the main lines - 52/53/54 + Circulator, whaat - I am kinda becoming an advocate of the surface options to accompany metro. Search for cheap first and then use google or wmata to figure out what you can get to stop and station-wise. Seriously though, if you must park, park outside of town. It's just a huge pain in the ass without a zone sticker.

look for something in Virginia on the Orange line, maybe.

For cheap? I dunno. Would suggest green, blue or yellow. Orange line spots are kinda premium, with all the tech corridor industry shit + proximity to dulles, reston, tyson's etc.

in town for a few days. staying on Capitol Hill. anybody got recs for somewhere cheap/good/not-sceney to eat tomorrow night? local or yellow line preferred. can't drink (more than a cocktail) b/c of meds, so pubs are out. otherwise....?

Baan Thai on 14th St NW

Cher Cher Ethiopian 1334 Ninth St. NW

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-10-best-ethiopian-restaurants-in-the-washington-area/2016/10/12/0c38147c-8027-11e6-a52d-9a865a0ed0d4_story.html?utm_term=.e1967ea0f332

https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/07/17/best-cheap-restaurants-around-washington-dc/

http://tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com/

Find some good places to eat?

Cher cher was v. good, tyvm for suggestion. Also I scored tix to the NAAHM for a second day and beelined down to the café for catfish po boys.

Because it was hip and I hadn’t yet been, I went to Milkbar and I got a cereal milk soft-serve. It was fine, but I can’t imagine doing it another time.

Oh I'm just seeing this. Are you still here? Do you like our bizarre winter weather?

It’s weird! Today at least feels like February.

The Heritage Foundation’s Zack Smith, arguing against DC statehood, says DC residents “already impact the national debate” because members of Congress see their yard signs while driving to work. pic.twitter.com/g7fV3TopCX

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) March 22, 2021