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WTF is going on out there? I like to work later hours to avoid traffic but my commute looks horrendous on Google Maps. So glad I have tomarrow(tm) off.

 
Get to go to the new AA Smithsonian in a few weeks.  Kid's school has a field trip... there was so much demand they had to raffle off the tickets, but we won so we get to go.

I'll let you all know how it is.  Going 12/10

 
Former Bullets shooting guard Kevin Grevey on Thursday announced that his eponymous restaurant and sports bar in Merrifield, Va., will close its doors on Dec. 11. Grevey, who helped Washington to its first and only NBA championship in 1978, opened Grevey’s in 1979.

“Serving Merrifield has been a pleasure and a privilege,” Grevey said in a release. “There is something gratifying in being part of the fabric of a community for over three decades. I will miss the camaraderie with our staff and regulars. I’ve made lifelong friendships along the way and seen countless life events, ranging from the routine to the extraordinary.”

[Kevin Grevey and Wes Unseld bonded over beer-soaked basketballs]

Located at the intersection of Gallows Road and Route 50, Grevey’s was an especially popular gathering spot for Buffalo Bills, Kentucky (Grevey’s alma mater) and Bullets/Wizards fans over the years. Grevey cited an “inability to renegotiate a favorable lease” with the Yorktowne Shopping Center as the reason for closing. Grevey’s, which will host a live band on Dec. 10 and open for its last full day on Dec. 11, will continue its catering business while searching for a new location.

“We had a great run,” Grevey said. “Now it’s time for someone else to breathe new energy into the space.”
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Swing 51 said:
Former Bullets shooting guard Kevin Grevey on Thursday announced that his eponymous restaurant and sports bar in Merrifield, Va., will close its doors on Dec. 11. Grevey, who helped Washington to its first and only NBA championship in 1978, opened Grevey’s in 1979.
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It was a run. As a Falls Church kid, it was maybe the first Sports Bar I ever went to. Graduated to Champions in Georgetown, which provided the thrill of seeing a blackout-drunk John Riggins scrawling autographs on paper napkins in exchange for drinks. I finally moved to Mr. Days at 18th and L before leaving town in the early/mid 90s.

Feels like every place I ever went is gone now - Charing Cross, Garrett's, Third Edition, Mr. Smith's, Chadwick's. I guess it got a lot harder to keep a crappy bar in business once rents went up and you couldn't serve every 18-year-old from Falls Church.

 
Speaking of Les Boulez, I'd like to take my son to a game soon. My wife won two suite tickets to a Caps game recently. As I was discussing with my kids who gets to go with me, my oldest son he'd "let" my youngest go with me if I took him to a Zards game. Knowing those can be really cheap tickets, that sounded like a great deal. Plus, he's starting to play in a basketball league so he's gaining interest in the game.

I'm going to look into a game that I can get cheap lower levels (because I'm cheap). Looks like most any midweek game against meh teams will have seats under $20/each in the lower level (I think I even saw a couple suite seats in the $30s for Sacramento the other night). Anything I should know about Wizards tickets? I remember going once years ago and sitting near the top of the lower level behind a basket and I really didn't like the view. Are the corners ok? Maybe try for something by the Wizards tunnel so I can catch a sweaty towel or jersey?

 
dgreen said:
Speaking of Les Boulez, I'd like to take my son to a game soon. My wife won two suite tickets to a Caps game recently. As I was discussing with my kids who gets to go with me, my oldest son he'd "let" my youngest go with me if I took him to a Zards game. Knowing those can be really cheap tickets, that sounded like a great deal. Plus, he's starting to play in a basketball league so he's gaining interest in the game.

I'm going to look into a game that I can get cheap lower levels (because I'm cheap). Looks like most any midweek game against meh teams will have seats under $20/each in the lower level (I think I even saw a couple suite seats in the $30s for Sacramento the other night). Anything I should know about Wizards tickets? I remember going once years ago and sitting near the top of the lower level behind a basket and I really didn't like the view. Are the corners ok? Maybe try for something by the Wizards tunnel so I can catch a sweaty towel or jersey?
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Tickets to Wiz games are amazingly cheap on secondary markets right now- half the price of previous seasons.  Usually I'd recommend the four lower level corner sections closest to the midcourt sections (102, 109, 113, 120) for the best bang for your buck, and get as far down towards the court as you want to pay.  But the way this season is going you might as well spend a little extra dough to sit lower level between the baskets (101, 110, 112, 121) for an even better view. 

Also, buying tickets through the Wiz official site is probably better than using Stubhub at this point. Unlike other leagues the NBA lists resale tickets through ticketmaster now, so there's still cheap tickets for crappy midweek games, and you can search a detailed map that shows the exact seat location instead of just section and row.  Here's the one for the Hornets in two weeks- just click "map view" and then click any section and it'll zoom in on individual seat locations. I found an amazing deal in about 30 seconds doing this (113 Row K on the aisle bordering 112 for $24 each plus fees).

 
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I see Ocelot is doing an Imperial Black IPA release party at Baltimore's Union Brewing on Friday. I love that place - will do all I can to be there 

 
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There's also a video online of a brawl that took place last night, involved a guy swinging a barstool at someone
 
Anyone ever participated in the wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery? Thinking about going on Saturday despite the forecast.

 
NMAAHC released timed passes for April this morning.  Just snagged some for myself.  Get them while they're hot.

...Museum-related side note: Took a trip down to the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico over the holidays for the first time.  Pretty cool museum.  A lot bigger than I expected, and they are building an expansion that will open in 2018.  Worth the trip for anyone in the area (and it's free too).

 
SNOW!!! Sound the alarm!

Luckily, traffic doesn't look too bad, but we all know that can change quickly. Good luck everyone. Hopefully everyone can make it home in time to watch the big Caps-Bluejackets game tonight.

 
Trying to think of a more highly hyped regularly season Caps game. It's going to be great.

Fun stat: Over the past 2 seasons, when leading after 2 periods, the Caps are 2-1-2 vs. Columbus and 50-0-0 vs. the rest of the NHL.

 
So that was satisfying. 

Now let's focus on the hysteria that has surrounded the current storm that will bury us in nearly a dusting to half-inch of snow 

 
I remember the Bog's post about the greatest DC athlete in the past 50 years getting some discussion last year, he's now got a 7 Greatest DC Athletes list up (in no order, and just focusing on the four major sports).  I couldn't really find anything to quibble with.  It is probably more interesting trying to round out a top 10.  Bullet points:

  • Alex Ovechkin
  • Walter Johnson
  • Sammy Baugh
  • John Riggins
  • Darrell Green
  • Wes Unseld
  • Elvin Hayes
 
Don Quixote said:
I remember the Bog's post about the greatest DC athlete in the past 50 years getting some discussion last year, he's now got a 7 Greatest DC Athletes list up (in no order, and just focusing on the four major sports).  I couldn't really find anything to quibble with.  It is probably more interesting trying to round out a top 10.  Bullet points:

  • Alex Ovechkin
  • Walter Johnson
  • Sammy Baugh
  • John Riggins
  • Darrell Green
  • Wes Unseld
  • Elvin Hayes
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Riggins had bigger moments and is a little more celebrated, but I'd put Sonny above him.

Here are the rules the Bog laid out:

* We’re talking about pro baseball, basketball, hockey and football. I know, that doesn’t include your favorite sport. Life isn’t fair.

* We’re talking about pros, not people who grew up in D.C., or went to college here. Sorry.

* Coaches don’t count.

* We’re talking about people who would be immediately identified with this town, which disqualifies Jaromir Jagr, Michael Jordan and Ray King.

Since he didn't say pro baseball = MLB (NL/AL), then I think that leaves the door open for Josh Gibson. I'm not knowledgeable enough about his greatness and where he might fit on this list, but he might deserve a spot.

I'd say Johnson and Baugh are the top 2 and Ovechkin is 3rd.

 
dgreen said:
Lived here my whole life and never been to an inauguration. 
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I went in 2000, which was good.  I was in college and young enough to be okay standing outside in the cold for hours, and lived in walking distance of the Mall.  I tried going in 2008, but Metro was a mess, and despite having tickets, was one of those who never got close to the security line.  I ended up watching it a small TV in my wife's office building in the L'Enfant area, because that was the best that I could do despite getting up at 6:00am.

 
dgreen said:
Lived here my whole life and never been to an inauguration. 
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Went to the GB inauguration in 1989, since I was at GWU for school (Go Colonials!!) And the first Clinton inauguration in 1993 (was living in Arlington). I remember lots of great stuff on the mall for the Clinton one, it was Democrats being happy for having the first President since Carter.

 
Went in 1992 and 2008.  Was down there Sunday and you couldn't pay me to go this time if Gandhi were being sworn in.  They've erected fences everywhere and have cut the Mall off with a temporary building at the Metro.  Not quite sure how it's supposed to work, but it seemed to me it's going to be almost impossible to move around.  2008 was a madhouse (we only got onto the Mall because we were able to cut through the Freer from Independence Ave), but I think this might be worse.

 
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The 9:30 Club's parent company I.M.P. Productions, has just announced the opening of a new Washington D.C. venue, the Anthem, a $60 million concert venue with a flexible capacity ranging from  6,000 to 2,500 featuring a moveable stage and backdrop. The club is part of The Wharf, a $2 billion development located on the city's Southwest waterfront.

Dori Armor was named The Anthem’s general manager and will run day-to-day operations for the venue slated to open on Oct. 12, 2017. Armor spent 30 years in the music business working for The Touring Artists Group, The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Broadway Across America, and most recently as V.P. of Artists and Touring at IMG Artists.

Melanie Cantwell, a veteran talent buyer for the 9:30 Club and IMP's Lincoln Theatre, has been named new club's booker.

The Wharf is located on the Potomac River and adjacent to the National Mall with a development area that stretches nearly one mile, across 24 acres of land and 50 acres of water that runs from the Municipal Fish Market (with the best crabs in the city) to Fort McNair. The mixed use area will feature more than three million square feet of residential, office, hotel, retail, cultural, marina, and public use spaces including waterfront parks, promenades, piers, and docks.

I.M.P. was founded by Seth Hurwitz and Rich Heinecke as a Bethesda, Md.-based concert promotions and event production company whose events included the Virgin Festival in the U.S., Preakness InField Fest and the Sweetlife Festival. The company also owns Washington D.C.'s legendary 9:30 Club and programs and operates Merriweather Post Pavilion and the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C.

The 9:30 last year celebrated its 35th anniversary, with the release of a 264-page coffee table book, 9:30: A Time and A Place, The First 35 Years
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7668937/930-clubs-imp-announces-new-60-mil-washington-dc-venue-the-anthem

 
Anyone familiar with the Shirlington Dog Park? It's right along Four Mile Run and I hear the dog park is somehow connected to the water. But, what I'm not clear on is whether the water access is inside our outside the fenced area. Is it fully enclosed or do people just use the water outside of the fenced area? I have a hound who follows her nose more than her "master's" commands, so I'd love to try it if it's a place that's fully fenced in.

 
dgreen said:
Anyone familiar with the Shirlington Dog Park? It's right along Four Mile Run and I hear the dog park is somehow connected to the water. But, what I'm not clear on is whether the water access is inside our outside the fenced area. Is it fully enclosed or do people just use the water outside of the fenced area? I have a hound who follows her nose more than her "master's" commands, so I'd love to try it if it's a place that's fully fenced in.
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I'm pretty sure the dog park/run is fully enclosed. Also about 20 feet from the park is New District Brewing, a brewery that's been around for about a year now. Its worth checking out.

 
dgreen said:
Anyone familiar with the Shirlington Dog Park? It's right along Four Mile Run and I hear the dog park is somehow connected to the water. But, what I'm not clear on is whether the water access is inside our outside the fenced area. Is it fully enclosed or do people just use the water outside of the fenced area? I have a hound who follows her nose more than her "master's" commands, so I'd love to try it if it's a place that's fully fenced in.
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I've been there a lot, but mostly stick to the small dog area. I've been to the water a couple of times. I don't recall seeing fences in the water. You leave a fenced in area to go down to the water. 

ETA: There is a fence on the other side of the water. I assume issue would be if dog takes off down the Four Mile Run?

 
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Don Quixote said:
I've been there a lot, but mostly stick to the small dog area. I've been to the water a couple of times. I don't recall seeing fences in the water. You leave a fenced in area to go down to the water. 
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That was my assumption, just because I can't imagine they'd fence off the Run. That's too bad. I'd love to find an enclosed dog park with a water feature. I may take a drive over there one day anyway just to check it out.

 
This refers to Shirlington and Glencarlyn Dog Parks as being "Designated off-leash areas with a stream". If they are off-leash, I'd assume they are enclosed somehow.

 
dgreen said:
This refers to Shirlington and Glencarlyn Dog Parks as being "Designated off-leash areas with a stream". If they are off-leash, I'd assume they are enclosed somehow.
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It could be.  Because my dogs are smaller, they didn't stray too far.  It is possible they have something down- and upstream that I didn't see or don't remember.

 
dgreen said:
I was so close to posting "Suck it, Lebron!" last night. Glad I didn't. DC sports are painful.
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Even with last night, Caps and Wiz now on a combined 27-1 home streak. Caps, in particular, are like nothing I've ever seen. Last 8 home games they're up 42-6 with 5 shutouts

 
In DC for work and having meetings near this place called "Union Market".

Old warehouse converted into a fancy food market. Great food, all cheap and well made. A ton of variety. 

A bit out of the way from touristy stuff but been amazing for good quick food while on a work trip which doesn't happen too often. 

 
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