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I was going to suggest Gallery Place as a neighborhood with a few options that is likely somewhat close to where they are staying (depending on which side of the White House they are on). Hill Country BBQ, Shake Shack, and Matchbox pizza all in that neighborhood and would probably work well with three kids.
I need to organize my thoughts before I respond in regards to Chef Tony. I don't want to be an ###.Lowen1 said:
I think Black Hog is pretty decent. If you're going to drive out to rural MD looking for excellent 'cue, I'd suggest a road trip to Lanham, in PG County.
Be an ### if you want. You obviously know these guys and their cooking. I'm just a guy that eats out occassionally and would rather have chef cooked food than a chain. I appreciate your comments on other local restaurants and if you can steer me to better places, I'm happy. Thanks.
Ruppert's. 1017 7th St. NW.wdcrob said:
Confirmed. Sounds like that was a little before nittanylion got there though.
had no ideaDefinitely a DC thingIt was mentioned on the Junkies this morning, caller said it was a DC thing.
Yep, but I learned that you shouldn't use the term at Ooohs and Aaah, the restaurant near U Street. Apparently they view it as an offensive term because they think the recipe was stolen from what was originally their proprietary recipe. I asked for mumbo sauce the first time I was there and the woman looked at me like I'd asked to murder her children.Definitely a DC thingIt was mentioned on the Junkies this morning, caller said it was a DC thing.
Charles Pierce had an article about how Gruden was purposely trying to get RGIII concussed by playing him in the Lions preseason game. WTF was that about? Is that a thing? Really?
We're considering a couple different options. But we need four bedrooms and I'm tired of being house poor.
Yeah, it sucks they closed. I forget the story. Probably had something to do with landlord/lease negotiations. Always seems to be the case these days, as with property values rising, community seems to be less of a concern than who can pay rising market rents.
Thanks, I've poked around here and at greatschools.org a bit. They help some but what I'm really looking for is someone who can give me some detail about the county and its schools rather than just stats/ratings. We're not moving for a while so I'm mostly just trying to figure out if there's areas we should target/avoid in our preliminary search or even if we should drop the idea entirely.
Yeah, as much as I love the Del Ray area, it is not the answer for that. In Virginia, best bet for a lot of living space at an affordable price is probably out to Oakton.
Tough to find a good school district while not being house poor.
We can afford up to $800K but would prefer under $700K so we can walk away with a profit after selling our rowhouse and buying elsewhere. The goal is to finally have some cash to spend on something other than our kids and my crippling addiction to the local sports teams.
When I lived in MD, school budgets account for the largest portion of property taxes there. I remember a while back AA county schools ditched their Talented and Gifted programs to save money In reality that's mostly a perception issue, since most public school TAG programs are political footballs. Statistically there should be about as many "gifted" kids as there are "special needs" kids in a given population . Taxpayers scream when told that while little johnny is very clever, he's not "gifted".
Schools rate pretty well in HoCo but I don't think there are any reasonable commute options for me to my office, which is near the Cap South metro. I'd either have to drive to Laurel or Glenmont metro station, ride in and transfer or I'd have to take a MARC train to Union Station and then change to a bus or walk 15-20 minutes each way.
Fairfax County has pretty good schools from what I've heard. There's a few towns out there that might be worth checking out. Burke is another option. I think you were lookable for a walkable-type town when you asked a few months ago. They are not that.
Yup, you remember correctly. That's kind of why we've shied away from 66. But the commute is great, and something's gotta give.
Out here in the Eastern Part of Loudoun County things are nice too. We live in the town of Leesburg, and we love it. Schools are good, have one in 3rd, 6th and 7th grades.
I kind of dropped the ball on the school thing, Tobias - sorry. I did put out feelers, but all of my friends in the area are far removed from having kids still in school. Some have grandkids attending, but couldn't tell me any more than "the schools are still good, I think". I meant to do some more digging and it kind of got away from me.
I used to live in Clarksville and River Hill HS was one of the very best in the state. It's expensive as hell to live there, though, compared to other areas in that region.
Don't worry about it- you were incredibly helpful and I plan to return to you for further advice if we ever narrow things down. No reason to waste more of your time on the school stuff, I'm sure I can find someone who has school-aged kids out there.
Don't really care about politics of my community. I mostly avoid those discussions IRL. Honestly I'd be more concerned about living amongst a bunch of Orioles and Ravens fans than about living amongst a bunch of conservatives. I just get into that stuff around here because my job requires me to avoid arguments and partisanship so I gotta vent somewhere
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Definitely on my list, but I have to convince the wife. I couldn't care less about an old house, if the AC and cable work and the fridge keeps the beer cold it's good enough for me, but she's always talking about curb appeal and outdated kitchens and all that HGTV stuff. Also someone got it into her head that Einstein High (the one that Takoma and parks of SS go to) is terrible and I don't know if I can convince her otherwise.
I forget if I chimed in previously or not, but this is my neck of the woods. Your $$ will go a long way out here and there are two or three VRE train stations (Burke Road, Burke Town Center) that will jet you into L'enfant Plaza or Union Station. Schools are unbelievable.
