Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

not one place on that list in alexandria. i feel overlooked.

Just had my first Ravi kabob experience. Tasty!

Ravi Kabob is great.

Just tried Bayou Bakery over the weekend. The gumbo was just ok--not bad but not great. The beignets were tasty though. It turns out that the arm-drip sandwich is only available for lunch

plz explain this arm-drip sandwich

I think it is a creamy gravy on roast beef sub and the gravy drips down your arm as you eat it

SPACE SHUTTLE DAY BITCHES

Before it settles down, though, you'll have the chance to step outside and wave at the shuttle. It'll fly low over local landmarks -- the National Mall, Reagan National Airport, National Harbor and the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center -- between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. before touching down at Dulles International Airport.

I will likely be stuck in my office though

Woo hoo! Now that I have a window I was able to see it. Cool.

uuuuugh, just missed it by a few minutes while stuck in an all hands meeting where management laid out their "leadership principles" in a way that spelled out V I R T U E. the whole time i'm thinking "SPACE SHUTTLE DAY, C'MON"

Missed it, darn!

My husband and his office-mates went to Hayne's Point to watch. I, on the other hand, am stuck on bedrest (actually floor rest, bed too soft) for stupid back. Better be goddamn fixed for my upcoming trip to WOO-HOO FT LAUDERDALE WOO

Hanging out in ZS's local

whaaaaa? where?

Big Bear

I can't not surreptitiously read the to-do list of the woman next to me, which includes 'Whole Foods/Safeway' with 'Safeway' crossed out, 'Personal development', and 'Tweets'.

lololol

Berger cookies from Baltimore are yummy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/baltimore-storied-berger-cookies-come-to-washington/2012/04/17/gIQAVMpbTT_allComments.html?ctab=all_&#comments

By Andrew Reiner, Published: April 19

My wife, Liz, and I had been living near Silver Spring a few months when we attended one of her good friend’s dinner parties last summer in Dupont Circle. Like many of Liz’s friends who live in or near Washington, this woman slams pretty much anything — music, people, stores — that smacks of mainstream American culture. Especially food.

Back in my native Baltimore, where I’ve lived for much of my life, Berger cookies top the guest list at dinner gatherings, ranging from picnic table crab feasts to white-linen fetes. The groom’s cake at my wedding? Berger cookies. But no one at this dinner party featuring crepes drizzled in truffle oil had ever seen a Berger, with its trademark Himalayan mound of chocolate frosting. In all fairness, until very recently, the Berger had been practically synonymous with Baltimore.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/baltimore-storied-berger-cookies-come-to-washington/2012/04/17/gIQAVMpbTT_story.html

Other link was to the comments

haha I think truffle oil is more of a "mainstream American culture" food item than Berger cookies

To a city where blue-collar culture and ethos mesh with a thriving underground music scene, this “chocolate helmet” means a cookie with little patience for restraint for restraint’s sake.

oh my god, worst Post culture writer since Monica Hesse

hahaha

i hate impatient cookies

He's a guest writer:

Andrew Reiner teaches freshmen writing at Towson University and is presently
teaching creative writing and literature, as well, in the Honors College

Berger cookies are not mainstream because of lack of distribution while truffle oil is still mainly at gourmet shops. [does google search for truffle oil and walmart and comes up with hits]. Oops, maybe you're right

“What they’re doing with their money is not necessarily buying a $40,000 Vuitton bag,” said Aba Bonney Kwawu, president of the Aba Agency, a public relations firm that specializes in high-end retailers. “They’re spending their money on private school tuition and taking the whole family to Greece.’’

That's a relief. That's from the article in the Washington Post the other day on DC area 1 %ers.

spending their money on boring suits and tickets to the Kennedy Center Honors

the private school only approach sadly helps them isolate themselves from others who may never be able to take advantage of the tax breaks and deductions and such that help rich Washingtonians maintain their status

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/lanier-three-violent-attacks-in-northwest-potentially-linked/2012/04/26/gIQAM4w9jT_story.html

Possible link between three random assaults (one fatal) in Petworth this week; police advising residents not to walk around alone. The neighborhood (where I live) is completely crawling with cops tonight.

Friend near petworth asked me to walk her from bus stop first time ever, had wondered what that was abt.

Cynthia Connolly photo opening at Civilian Arts Friday 7 to 9 and this at the Hirshhorn:

ilxor Geeta on a panel at the the Hirshhorn friday: A symposium inside the museum Friday will feature Aitken, David Allin, Aaron Betsky, Geeta Dayal, Sasha Frere-Jones, Dean Kuipers, and Zabet Patterson.

Outside will be: this Friday's "Happening"—for which the museum will turn off the soundtrack to the massive installation and allow a handful of Pitchfork and Wired-approved acts to perform—now has a full lineup. Geologist and the pair of Tim McAfee Lewis and Leo Gallo will perform along with High Places, No Age, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Nico Jaar.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/05/08/song-1-extended-at-the-hirshhorn-and-geologist-added-to-this-fridays-happening/

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:59

x-post-sadly does not look like any police updates re those Petworth incidents

huh? they arrested a guy pretty quickly. I haven't heard anything since then, so I presume he hasn't been let go.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/michael-davis-held-without-bond-in-petworth-hammer-attacks-5th-victim-comes-forward/2012/04/28/gIQAhFGFoT_story.html

Oh, missed that. Thanks

Are Taylor's Gourmet's hoagies any good? Obama went there yesterday as part of a small business initiative

Chuck Brown news disccussed on other dc music and gogo and obit threads

yeah, taylor's real great - get there early before they inevitably run out of bread a couple hours before closing

new mural up already

http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2012/05/chuck-brown-remembered-in-petworth/

Sietsema's spring dining guide(he returns to and looks again at 15 fave places of his) is out in the Washington Post magazine
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/best-bets/dining-guide/dining-guide-spring-2012,102675.html

I heard a radio ad for the Washingtonian June Cheap Eats issue on WTOP radio (do not think it is online yet)

The Cubanos at Fast Gourmet aren't bad, but I do not think I will race back there quickly for another

have you had the chivito?

No. I'm so dumb. The owners are from Uraguay, so that is probably the sandwich to have.

yeah - i thought the cubano was ok, but the chivito was really something else

Still haven't read Sietsema's spring guide. City Paper has a new restaurant critic who is focussing on uh, restaurant openings and news, rather than reviews

yeah, i dunno how that's going to work out - there are plenty of blogs covering that ground already. she seems to be posting with pretty good frequency already though - it can't be a bad thing for eater dc to have some competition

to continue SANDWICH CHAT i finally swung by the pepe truck today - i don't know if the pollo frito was totally worth $10 but it was fucking delicious

I liked the chivito OK, but it was not my favorite sandwich ever. I'm a fan of Taylor Gourmet over Fast Gourmet so far, but I have more I need to eat at Fast.

FAST GOURMET is overrated because it's in a gas station. The sandwiches are very good but nobody would be going apeshit over them if it was just a storefront selling $14 chivitos.

Taylor used to be very good but now it isn't. Still a great meatball sub though.

Can't really think of a local chain I love - plenty of alright ones but nothing amazing (Taylor, Matchbox, Sweetgreen, Busboys, etc)

Hmm have not had Taylor recently; I am sad if it has gone downhill.

Actually, I've had great sandwiches at the Jetties Express on Macomb St. in CP. Also good salads and an excellent brownie. Ice cream is totally midling, as are the cupcakes. But the tart frozen yogurt is very good (I'm very picky about my tart frozen yogurt).

I go to Sundevich like once a week nowadays. Great sandwiches.

^ right on

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/06/04/corcoran-gallery-considers-selling-building-moving-elsewhere/

Huh?

Hmmmmm