Washington D.C. Info Plz

[Rontele]

Reservation made at Blue Duck Tavern, too.

[iceman]

Maybe, like me, he thinks that ethiopian food is overrated and just doesn't taste very good.

Do you live in a place that has enough Ethiopians to sustain a restaurant? I have no idea iof you do, but here the homeboys make the restaurants keep it real.

And shit.

With that said, there is other food I prefer.

[iceman]

Oh yeah...the tipps and the icemans clean up pretty good, so if you would like to meet for dinner that could work, if you're not ashamed of your friends.

[Rontele]

Oh yeah...the tipps and the icemans clean up pretty good, so if you would like to meet for dinner that could work, if you're not ashamed of your friends.

offer of a lifetime? how would I explain to Mrs. Rontele that we will forego a romantic dinner for two so I can meet two overweight, old farts that I anonymously trade jabs at on a internet forum for dinner?

[PaSucks]

Tha


Most grossly overrated things in DC:
- Ben's Chilli Bowl
- Chinatown
- Lining up for cupcakes (Thanks NYC, thanks for bringing that here. Really)
- Ethiopian food (it's like eating baby food with a dish cloth)

The only Ethiopian food I've eaten, while not in DC, was the best inexpensive meal I may have ever had. Cost about 10 bucks a person, tasted amazing, and filled you up like nothing I have ever had.

[DerJaeger]

You're high or on a super tight budget.

I'm from Vancouver BC. Vancouver is much more interesting food-wise to me. DC excels in terms of high-end restaurants, and those are great to go to, but I've had more fun food-wise in places like NYC and Vancouver. I must stress, there are awesome restaurants in DC - but I don't see it as a food destination unless you're coming from say, Power Plug, Nebraska.

As for the Ethiopian - I've eaten it a few times, including at a couple of the reputably better places in DC, and it was fine, but just not my thing. Given the other good options in DC... as they say in horse racing "In this company, others preferred".

[CantDog]

Oh yeah...the tipps and the icemans clean up pretty good, so if you would like to meet for dinner that could work, if you're not ashamed of your friends.

I feel so left out. I cut my hair too.

[Tippster]

I'm from Vancouver BC. Vancouver is much more interesting food-wise to me. DC excels in terms of high-end restaurants, and those are great to go to, but I've had more fun food-wise in places like NYC and Vancouver.

Meh. I've never thought of Vancouver as a big food town. I think the ethnic stuff in Toronto and the local cuisine in Montreal when I think of food in Canuckistan. Then again I'm from here (DC) so am probably biased for the same reason you are.

Rontal - I am not old, just older than you, fucker. Guess you're just a scared little bitch, huh?

[iceman]

I feel so left out. I cut my hair too.

Somehow I gathered that you are not here. Was I mistaken?

[Tye 1on]

DC is hard to beat for dining. Sure, Vegas may have more big names, NY may have more places; but for solid, low/mid/high priced options, with a lot of ethnic variety [my fave is Mandalay, a Burmese place in Silver Spring], and a vibe that isn't so busy that servers can still have fun, DC be the place to be. [imho] Mexican kinda sucks tho...

[snow_slider]

I feel so left out. I cut my hair too.

I feel left out too, but I guess J and T know me well enough to KNOW I won't venture into DC, it's just to DCish.

[Rontele]

Rontal - I am not old, just older than you, fucker. Guess you're just a scared little bitch, huh?

The fun quotient would be high. We'll discuss as the date closes in and I have a sense of what are my obligations (outside of those to Mrs. Rontele) that weekend.

[CantDog]

I feel left out too, but I guess J and T know me well enough to KNOW I won't venture into DC, it's just to DCish.

Yeah, it's because we live in Virginia so we are completely left out. Its that north of the Potomac snobbery.

Yeah Ice, I'm around through the summer, although I'm leaving at the end of July to start med school in Louisville. (Which I know will make Tipp happy because I will learn to make a mean mint julep.)

[Right Coaster]

If you and Mrs. Rontele are into dressed up soul food, I highly recommend Creme Cafe on U Street www.cremedc.com. After that, walk a few door down to Bohemian Caverns for great jazz in a very cool setting www.bohemiancaverns.com. If you're not feeling U Street for the night, shoot up there to Ben's Chili Bowl for lunch www.benschilibowl.com.

I also recommend Zaytinya for really good Greek/Turkish/Lebanese food. www.zaytinya.com

[Brock Landers]

visited last summer...check out the old ebbitt grill and camelot. those are the only names i remember except for fuddrucker's and hotel felix. and the mayflower.

[Rontele]

How is the shopping/browsing/boutiquing in D.C.? Is it best to go to Georgetown for that? Would it be safe for the quite saavy Mrs. Rontele to walk around during the day while I am in the conferences?

[iceman]

Plenty safe and tons of small shops and boutiques in G'town. Some kind of junky, lots very nice too though.

Somehow I got the impression from your pics that she might be a Saks/Neiman's kind of gal. If that's the case have her take a cab up to Mazza Gallery. Mazza and the surrounding area (Chevy Chase) have every high-end retailer you could ever want all within a block or two. She could take the Metro (Red Line) to the Friendship Heights stop and be about a block away.

[Rontele]

Plenty safe and tons of small shops and boutiques in G'town. Some kind of junky, lots very nice too though.

Somehow I got the impression from your pics that she might be a Saks/Neiman's kind of gal. If that's the case have her take a cab up to Mazza Gallery. Mazza and the surrounding area (Chevy Chase) have every high-end retailer you could ever want all within a block or two. She could take the Metro (Red Line) to the Friendship Heights stop and be about a block away.

The best way to describe her is that she works at Louis Vuitton but shops at Target.

I get the cc statements and thankfully never see Neiman's or Saks. She likes unique, budget oriented clothing, shoes and accessories.

She looks nice and is cheap.

[iceman]

Cool, then Georgetown is the ticket, it's got the largest concentration of shops and boutiques (what exactly is the difference between a shop and a boutique?) in the city and she might even find something affordable.

[Rontele]

According to wiki, a boutique is a shop that specializes in fashionable clothing and jewlery.

[Rontele]

iceman wears boutique jeans

[iceman]

Ah. Well, G'town's got both.

It's not like it's the only area in the city with lots of shops, but it's pretty compact and navigable. another suggestion would be the Dupont Circle area, it's close enough to Georgetown to walk if she had good shoes and a map.

[Rontele]

a map.

LOL. She does many things well, navigation and sense of direction not being one of them...

[iceman]

Well there's only about two turns, the map is to show other people when she gets lost.

[72Twenty]

When I visited DC, I went out to Snowslider's house to use his toilet.

He is currently in the process of a total bathroom remodel as a result of the aftermath.