Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

Oops, that was back in June. The blog post is just getting more comments

two bathrooms? i mean i know this shit probably isn't up for discussion but...really?

Separate men's and women's accessible restrooms required for new construction or substantial renovation of a business serving the public with an occupancy of over 15 persons. That's building code nationwide. Some places choose not to enforce it. DC isn't one of them.

I spend a lot of my time getting new projects to meet code and dealing with getting them through the code review office, so I don't have much sympathy for business owners who are too naive, stupid, or shady to follow building regulations.

Observation: Staying home and not drinking (well, not very much) has not been very satisfactory.

Theory: It's worth trying going out and drinking. If anyone wants to join me I'll be at the Black Cat's Red Room after 9pm.

Related question: Is anyone else planning on going to Run For Cover this Saturday night at the Cat?

Might be up for Run For Cover if you decide to go...

today i was on the metro and we got delayed at dalston because we were going to cross the presidential motorcade

do you mean ballston

really needed that nasal-passage-destroying humidity this weekend. And the Nationals weren't home, so they bused us to Camden Yards -- at 5pm on a Friday, 10 mph much of the way. I got to my seat in time for the game's fourth batter.

isn't the orange line underground at ballston?

I think so.

I believe it comes up for air starting at EFC so if he was heading westbound that kind of makes sense

restaurant week and the annual discussion of whether one should skip it because restaurants taking part allegedly do hurried, watered down meals this week has begun...

skip it, especially since it went up to $35.

Is Rosa Mexicanos any good?

barbecue

this weekend is the last one before we go to scotland and then summer's over on labor day

Rosa Mexicano sucks

Is there any great Mexican food in this area? Fans of California and Texas Mexican food always seem to say there is not anything here that compares (I have never eaten Cali or Texas Mexican so I do not know). I tried that place on Kenilworth Avenue near the Surf Club in Hyattsville/Bladensburg (whose name I have just forgotten) and it was good but not great.

re: restaurant week

I managed to have a nice meal at Ceiba last night (satisfying portions and not rushed at all).

There are always good new mexican places popping up/closing in Baldensburg, I haven't been there in a while. Not easy without a car.

Lou, the group that owns Ceiba does a good job with Restaurant Week generally. There are several places that do well, but especially this year it seems like almost all those places have great deals that run during normal times, too, when it will be less crowded and you may be getting a better effort from the kitchen/servers. Not that good experiences aren't possible during Restaurant Week, the odds just aren't great.

That said, the $20 lunches can be a great deal.

Ceiba's normal happy hour promotions are pretty great...

Happy Hour Specials

$5 Signature Cocktails

11:30am - Close

Monday - Mojitos (Cuba)
Tuesday - Caipirinhas (Brazil)
Wednesday - Pisco Sours (Peru)
Thursday - Sangrias (Spain)
Friday - House Margaritas (Mexico)
EVERYDAY - Dark and Stormy (Carribean)
*Available Throughout the Restuarant*

Monday – Saturday
3pm - 6pm & 9:30pm - Close

$5 Signature Cocktails (Listed Above)
and Half-Priced Bar Food Menu!!!
*Served in the Bar & Lounge Only*

Complimentary Bocaditos

Monday – Friday
4pm - 7pm & 9:30pm - 11pm
*Served in the Bar & Lounge Only*

(Happy Hour specials not available on holidays)

Their mojitos were excellent. :)

Got in line at 5:15 Friday for the 6 p.m. giveaway of free Shakespeare at the Harman tickets for the 8 p.m. show. Alas, that wasn't early enough as they ran out of tickets about 30 people ahead of me (and hundreds behind me). Since they moved this from the Carter Barron it's harder to get tickets it appears.

their website says the line starts forming 4 hours before showtime (2 hours before tickets are handed out). pity. was thinking of trying to go.

An employee told those of us in line that on weeknights if you get there by 5, you can "usually" get in. I think the Harman holds less seats than Carter Barron plus season ticket holders get priority and the downtown location is more accessible than Carter Barron, thus it is tough to get in.

So now we have Dan Brown's DC (via the Masons) and separately a more contemporary lobbyist DC complete with a map and a floorplan of Ristorante Tosca on F Street---

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/19/AR2009091902559.html

See the Secret Service guys at Old Ebbitt Grill (convenient to the White House); the administration's youngsters at Oya; low-level Hill staffers at Tortilla Coast; the older society crowd at Cafe Milano (Dick Cheney and his SUV entourage stopped by for a private-room meal and a bottle of the good stuff earlier this month); and so on. Few places in town, though, seem to have been embraced with such distilled dedication as by the lobbyists nesting at Tosca.

Is there any great Mexican food in this area?

Most of the "Mexican" food in the DC area is in fact made by (and for) Salvadoreans. People on Chowhound and like boards talk of stalking taco trucks in hopes of finding food like you supposedly can get in any LA hole in the wall.

Went on one of the free Walk DC events yesterday, along the waterfront. Good to finally locate the fish market. Guide wasn't all that though.

Bad Sunday night syndrome. Anybody interested in a drink around Dupont?

You ok?

Yeah, I'm ok thanks - I should have just posted to the Sunday night sad thread!

does DC ever FAP?

We haven't in ages. We probably should.

Up for it. Any interest in this w/e?

gonna be in town next weekend for a wedding, but i dunno if i'll have fap time

So I'm never gonna FAP again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm. . .

Friday, Oct. 2
Moneytown at Dahlak
The October edition of the (free) monthly soul-and-funk fest should be even more fun than usual, thanks to guest DJs from other great D.C. nights like Fatback and Brazilian Rhythms.

I wanna go to this...

or maybe not. You may resume FAP discussion

So more specifically... anyone up for...
Sunday? brunch? evening?
a workday evening next week?
something further ahead/more realistic?

Quincie, you building a Sukkah (as part of your Judaism studies) that we could FAP under?

I could be up for a FAP. After work is usually best for me, though next week is pretty much booked. No need to schedule around me, however.

I'll probably be at Moneytown.

and week after next is bad for me. What about Oct 22, Thurs? Anywhere in Dupont, Adams Morgan or downtown good for me. I only know the most obvious places, any suggestions welcome...

I am FAPing RIGHT NOW

Also I ran into TOMBOT last week!

I'd be up for a FAP. I only know I DIED, so it would be nice to meet the rest of you.

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.