i got a groupon a while ago! half price. i'd been waiting to go for a year and a half. but at $10 for 2 days, it's definitely worth it.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
A friend of mine got the groupons and that's how I finally saw the place. But their regular rate is pricey imho for what they have--$20 something, and its $75 a year for a membership- it gets you a 5 percent discount on lunch at The Source by Wolfgang Puck and Advance notice of cutting-edge programs and other stuff
The Harry Callahan photos across the street in the West Wing of the National Gallery for a little while longer, are worth seeing (and free)
― Another Suburbanite, Thursday, 22 December 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
Deeeee Ceeee
― Another Suburbanite, Monday, 26 December 2011 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
Is anyone going to see Mark Robinson sing at Galaxy Hut tonight? GF out of town, buddies can't go, I'm gonna go anyway I think
― Another Suburbanite, Monday, 26 December 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
Or maybe not. Not sure I want to stand around through the 2 opening acts
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theruinedcapitol.blogspot.com/
An architectural eulogy of Washington D.C.
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
that's awesome, thanks for linking to that!
― Z S, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Some great photos on that blog
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
yah that rulez
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
Uh oh,looks like Capitol Police want to keep Hoos and others from the mall. Capitol Police taking over from National Park Service jurisdiction re parts of the mall.
Unrelated, I wonder how long that project to put new grass and whatever underneath it will take on the mall. It's all fenced in now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/control-of-the-malls-union-square-changes-hands/2011/12/22/gIQAtOSOLP_story.html?hpid=z2
― Another Suburbanite, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
I like old buildings as much as anyone but that Ruined Capitol site is ridiculously one sided and would be better off without the copy.
Also phrases like "When we set out to replace our European and American architectural heritage" always set off warning bells for me like maybe the writer is trying to say something else...
― I have died., Wednesday, 28 December 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Good catch. Skimmed over that phrase
― Another Suburbanite, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
read about this today--really amazed that they didn't even bother putting out an official explanation. i feel like the puzzled quotes in the post article kinda say it all.
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Thursday, 29 December 2011 04:39 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda fishy.
― Another Suburbanite, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
So I saw Ian Svenonius' band Chain & the Gang with Heavy Breathing(former members of Apes) at the Black Cat backstage last night. I have to admit I am now officially bored with Ian's between-song chatting and his average singing/talking. But quite a dc scene there last night--Mary Timony (now in Wild Flag); Mark Robinson; Richards & Malitz from the Post; Ian and Alec Mackaye; Erin from Bratmobile; Eli Janney
― Another Suburbanite, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
― Another Suburbanite, Thursday, December 29, 2011 1:11 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
i meeeeeeeeeeean i don't know that we provoked it per se--especially not by planning #J17 stuff, as I keep hearing--it was already in the spending bill that passed a few weeks ago. it's more troubling development for the long-run than "oh man they're strategizing against us."
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
I finally ate at Horace & Dickey's on 12 st NE today (after having my cholesterol checked this morning!
― Another Suburbanite, Friday, 30 December 2011 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
where should i go for brunch tomorrow? it is a special brunch but i don't want to spend too much...
― tehresa, Friday, 30 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
Don't know how much it is but what about Georgia Brown's?
― ljubljana, Saturday, 31 December 2011 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Birch & Barley!
― I have died., Saturday, 31 December 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
i thought about that! and then i thought about being lazy and tried to make a reservation at vermillion in old town but they're not having brunch tomorrow so i am going to do mediocre brunch at another old town place... next time, i guess.
― tehresa, Saturday, 31 December 2011 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
Happy New Year. Washington Post "List" is hidden this year and boring.
― Another Suburbanite, Sunday, 1 January 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
This was interesting though
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/historic-theaters-buildings-in-dc-are-resurrected-as-entertainment-spots/2011/12/23/gIQAZL9xQP_story.html?hpid=z4
― Another Suburbanite, Sunday, 1 January 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link