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I Died, you know anything about the Sichuan Chinese hot pot restaurant, Uncle Liu's, that was recently opened by the owner of Hong Kong Palace? Ever had this style of Sichuan Chinese food? This article has me curious--

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070904047.html

I've had sichuan hot pot before and it's pretty delicious, similar to shabu-shabu. I've heard some good things about Uncle Liu's but haven't been out there - suburban restaurants of questionable metro accessibility are tough for me to get to.

I am interested in happy hour!

I am off on friday so maybe a thursday happy hour(s) would be awesome.

Might be able to make this Thurs but not sure yet.

Now I am ok for Thurs.

:D

Quincie are you still up for it tomorrow? What about the Mad Hatter?

I can't do tonight or tomorrow, but I would be up movie/meal/etc. this weekend!

Not sure yet whether I can do the weekend, will get organised and then confirm... T, I’m still up for this eve if you are – happy to go somewhere nearer the orange/blue lines but don’t really know where to go around Farragut West/Macpherson Square – found this on Google Maps, we could risk it! - tattoobardc.com‎. At 6/6.30? (my mobile is off, can’t have it turned on at work so will keep checking this thread)

I can't make it tonight, on deadlines for work maybe through the weekend.

Would NOT recommend Tattoo, though.

Any recs near an orange/blue line metro?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/29/AR2010072905868.html?hpid=topnews

Been hearing this shit on the radio lately too. It's the worst shit., imo. Please don't let this catch on.

eh, it's been around for a long time, glad to finally see it get recognition outside - coincidentally saw it in use on a flyer in new york for the first time last week. a musician i'd never heard of but the venue was fairly well-known, santos' party house maybe.

I only hear it on this one radio station.

D.C. rappers have been saying it for years-

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/10/28/area-codethe-termdmv-brought-to-you-by-the-hard-work-of-local-rappers-and-phone-cards/

I got no problem with the term - been seeing "RUN DMV" tshirts around since way before the current wave of RUN DMC takeoffs, and it's nice for the hip hop scene to have something that actually unites it rather than having to shout out Lanham or wherever.

Of course, I'm pushing for the use of "Lower Chesapeake Bay Watershed", if y'all could help that catch on it would be much appreciated.

lollll

I'm puzzled that it is hard for people to figure out a meaning other than dept of motor vehicles. First time I heard it it was pretty easy to figure out.

By Ann E. Marimow
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

During Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's tenure, the District Department of Transportation apparently has gone after only one resident for violating the city's height limit on fences: D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray.

"We didn't find any others," said the department's Freedom of Information Act officer, Diana G. Jordan, in response to a request from The Washington Post to review citations.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080204672.html

Shake Shack Coming to Washington, DC in 2011

i believe this is where the fabled 'whatsa bagel' used to be?

Don't remember. Most of the comments about that NY chain don't look that enthusiastic.

nah, it's pretty good. just not worth standing in line for an hour.

The line for Shake Shack should be self-regulating considering the two other new burger places on the same block.

I'm kinda thinking I want to avoid all trendy burger places and cupcake places (but I probably won't).

I am (rather self-aggrandizingly) proud not to have had any cupcakes during their current hype. And I went to Good Stuff a few weeks ago; it wasn't bad but I'd rather go to Five Guys.

I have yet to go to the cupcake places but was thinking of going to the Georgetown one that gets all the hype because its on tv. It's a major stop for DC tourists--

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081303858.html

my sister used to work around the corner from it and said that the queue was outrageous.

Hook for rest week lunch today. Good but I'm glad it was a $20 3-course and not actual prices. Wine was a nice deal though!

Going to Blue Duck Tavern Friday for restaurant week.

so Alexandria is nice but, yeah, yuppieville. I passed an interesting looking coffee shop yesterday but I can't recall the name. I haven't braved the bus or the metro yet, but a route planner says it will take 3 buses to get to the nearest cinema, which I think is only about 2 miles away. absurd.

Was Misha's the coffee shop? Great place, been around for quite a while now.

Restaurant week is pretty crappy generally, some restaurants do a better job than others and lunch is usually a better deal and experience than dinner.

aye, that was it. just off king street. good to know it's quality. 'perk up' and starbucks don't really look up to snuff.

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i saw some restaurants touting restaurant week. is it some city-wide festival where the food is cheaper?

Misha's was my guess too. I am appreciating the nature near me (hello wildlife preserve!) but where I live is not convenient for public transport, hence I am getting a car soon (for real this time).

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Restaurant Week is a semi-annual promotion during traditionally slow times of the year where restaurants serve smaller portions of lower quality cooking at a higher volume to people with unreasonably high expectations who don't tip well.

The lunch I had at hook was huge portions... Too much!

well i'm sold. xpost.

sis wants to take me to o'connell's tonight. i'm not convinced.

went for a run down the mt vernon trail this morning and saw a bald eagle perched on a log in the potomac. /this fuckin' city

Alexandria restaurant week from the 20th to 29th

http://visitalexandriava.com/restaurants-nightlife/restaurants/alexandria-restaurant-week/?src=ppc_bing_restaurantweek_alexandria_august

D.C. one ends the 22nd

http://washington.org/restaurantwk/

http://www.borderstan.com/08/dc-restaurant-week-love-it-or-hate-it/

anyone got any recommendations for Alexandria restaurants to try out?

and wtf is Medieval Madness and more importantly how have i noticed it?

restaurants in the restaurant week list, i mean

Bombay Curry Company is a nice small Indian restaurant in the Del Ray section of Alexandria.

The lunch I had at hook was huge portions... Too much!

― tehresa, Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:06 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

how is hook these days?? i had some really tight meals there!

It was good but nothing blew me away as being 'omg I've never had anything like this! It's so good!'

Gukbe I love running on mt vernon trail :) eagle's nest is on the west side of the parkway just south of the 95(495?) overpass thing. I think I am going to start detouring into the dyke marsh trail bc it is awesome and not pavement.

weird that when you said "eagle's nest" i went straight to 'they have a bunker nearby?'.

I live right next to that overpass. where is the dyke marsh trail?

nevermind, found it. i didn't know there was a place to run down there.

I mean, it's not a "running trail," per se. Just a trail through the wildlife preserve but I like trails better than pavement :

I also like to pretend I don't live here so not being right next to the cars is nice!

Oh great, Glen Beck is showing up at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of MLK's speech, and some tea partiers have prepared a guide to what areas of the DMV are safe. A portion of NW and a few suburbs (but only North Arlington, not south Arlington)

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2010/08/23/a-glenn-beck-fans-guide-to-washington-d-c/