also a killer lunch deal at Proof, an entree (from a list of six) and a glass of white or red wine for $12.
― ^ THIS IS WHY (I DIED), Friday, 10 April 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
wowwww that IS a good deal!
― 69, Friday, 10 April 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
guys my next door neighbor is playing music really loud, it is some terrible amy winehouse cover
WHAT CAN I DO
― the shep (shepard smith ha ha) (daria-g), Friday, 10 April 2009 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
fight back with 'friends in low places' at high volume
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 April 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
to save your village you may need to destroy it, etc etc
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 April 2009 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
― the shep (shepard smith ha ha) (daria-g), Friday, 10 April 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
― the shep (shepard smith ha ha) (daria-g), Friday, 10 April 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
do you have any helmet and or jesus lizard
― Mr. Que, Friday, 10 April 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
isnt there a split record?
― 69, Friday, 10 April 2009 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i have LIAR somewhere (prob at work?) and GOAT on vinyl but in a drawer back home b/c i have no turntable
dude has turned off the music though
― the shep (shepard smith ha ha) (daria-g), Friday, 10 April 2009 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
― the shep (shepard smith ha ha) (daria-g), Friday, 10 April 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Where to take visiting Britishers gay friend for best bits of DC scene on a weekend? bar-wise rather than dancing?
― ljubljana, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess you winged it, or got the answer elsewhere.
Is this just taking cheaper food and marking it up in price, asks cheapskate me?
from GOGs washpost blog:
Three years after he sold his popular Breadline downtown, Washington baker Mark Furstenberg is getting back into the retail business, this time with a 70-seat restaurant devoted to his current passion: street food from around the world
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 April 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep, winged it especially as it was thundering and raining - went into the first bar we saw on 17th - no idea what it was called but it was ok, with huge white leather posing sofas.
― ljubljana, Monday, 27 April 2009 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
(xpost) it's taking cheaper food and using better ingredients and paying downtown rent so the prices are higher.
― ^ THIS IS WHY (I DIED), Monday, 27 April 2009 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i am dining at minibar in one week.
i am excited.
― W i l l, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't been in a couple years but it's AMAZING.
― ^ THIS IS WHY (I DIED), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
that is just what i wanted to hear. (the second part, anyway.)
later that night, junior boys. cinco de mayo perfecto.
― W i l l, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Spirit Catcher @ Muse this ThursdayJohn Selway @ Muse this FridayWolf + Lamb @ Comet this SaturdayJunior Boys on Tuesday
busy week
― ^ THIS IS WHY (I DIED), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
the only one of those i can attend is jb :(
― W i l l, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Obama's making the restaurant rounds--Citronelle with his wife, and now Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington with Biden
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i can recommend he check out minibar (though it wouldn't be good for the optics). pretty amazing.
― W i l l, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
somehow i'm going to that $$$ cocktail party at proof tonight. dropping more dough on food/drinks in one week's time than i usually do in like four months.
excited, though. 10 cocktails on a monday night. yeah.
― W i l l, Monday, 11 May 2009 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
see you there
― ^ THIS IS WHY (I DIED), Monday, 11 May 2009 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
lol my username may be very accurate in this case - I lost my phone after the dinner last year, although it certainly didn't help that I went out for drinks afterward, too.
― ^ THIS IS WHY (I DIED), Monday, 11 May 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
hey guys, i am playing at comet ping pong next month, is it cool?
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 11 May 2009 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
It is! It's in a kind of residential part of town but it's a neat pizza place with a backroom they've been using to do really great shows & DJs in the past few months.
― ^ THIS IS WHY (I DIED), Monday, 11 May 2009 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've really enjoyed myself the few times I've been. Nice, intimate little venue.
― lou, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
sweet. i am definitely going to eat the #4 when we're there.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 11 May 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost - cool, i'll keep an eye out for you.
make sure to get the chicken wings at comet. they are...good. very good.
― W i l l, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
ooh.
cool, i'll post when i find out the date but it'll be sometime between june 17 - 22.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
They got back to you, cool. That's great. I've been e-mailing your buddy. Working on a Baltimore show
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
thx for the help, steve!
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i take it back, we're doing thurs. june 18th at chick hall's surf club
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 14 May 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
huh.
― W i l l, Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
is that a bad huh?
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
nah, just surprised. place has a lot of history, but mostly as a country/zydeco venue. curmudgeon would know more, i'm sure. i didn't know they did rock shows now.
― W i l l, Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't even know if your band is rock
not rock
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
it's new orleans brass band music, so that place might be a cool fit
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that makes sense
― W i l l, Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I told them about both Comet and Chick Hall's and both were contacted and alas, only Chick Hall's was interested.
Does anybody have any suggestions on where they could play a quick free set during the day at a streetcorner or something? Like in front of a Smithsonian museum? This is the other idea I am trying to encourage them to try. There used to be (or still?) a House of Prayer gospel brass band that played near Dupont Circle I think. And I think there's still a paint bucket go-go drummer or 2 near Natural History.
Also, any Baltimore ideas? I think 8 by 10 is booked, and An Die Musik has not responded.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 May 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
These would be in addition to the Surf Club
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 May 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I bought a condo. Fenty is doing a walk through the hood on the 27th! Have you guys checked out http://dc.everyblock.com/ yet?
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 21 May 2009 06:44 (fourteen years ago) link
two guys bought a diner, the kind you can move on a truck, from a town in upstate ny. they want to open dc's first "real diner" on a bladensburg rd lot that used to be one of those money laundering car dealers. follow the ensuing hijinks: http://twitter.com/capcitydiner (for best results read from bottom up)
― W i l l, Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
(dcra is the dc dept of consumer and regulatory affairs)
dcra is the scourge of my days
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i've yet to hear anything positive about them, ever. surprised someone there has a twitter account!
― W i l l, Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
from everything I've heard, the dcra twitter feed is really helpful!
Not sure how they're working out all the code issues w/ the diner - it it possible to get a building relocated from another state grandfathered? What about accessibility/emergency egress path requirements? I have enough trouble getting regular construction to meet the latest codes so it's hard to imagine how an old diner will.
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i have no idea. it sounds like they thought they had everything good to go, but perhaps they were clueless.
are dc's codes particularly tough? or is it more a question of finding out exactly what dcra is looking for to satisfy them? like, where does breakdown occur that seems to stop so many new businesses from opening or existing ones from expanding?
― W i l l, Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link