The ***OFFICIAL*** Washington, DC thread (1 Viewer)

[Bruce Dickinson]

Not really, pretty standard stuff

I think most Caps tickets are already claimed by season ticket holders anyway, though, and lots of those people are under multiyear contracts.

Oh, right.  Welcome to DC sports.  Where you file your kid’s birth certificate, then put them on the Redskins tickets waiting list.

 

[Mr. Ected]

The Eagles probably have some (and should), especially with Wentz out at the beginning of the season; but given the nature of Philly fans, that could disappear quickly.

 

[Don Quixote]

Oh, right.  Welcome to DC sports.  Where you file your kid’s birth certificate, then put them on the Redskins tickets waiting list.

The waiting list is done.  I read the other day that the Redskins still have tickets available for Sunday, and they may not sell out.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The waiting list is done.  I read the other day that the Redskins still have tickets available for Sunday, and they may not sell out.

The waiting list thing has been a farce for at least a couple of decades

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

The waiting list is done.  I read the other day that the Redskins still have tickets available for Sunday, and they may not sell out.

The waiting list thing has been a farce for at least a couple of decades

I have GOT to update to sources more modern than “those Doonesbury strips when Duke was the Redskins GM”.

 

[dgreen]

Anyone not have an ant problem? Stores are sold out of ant traps. 

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Anyone not have an ant problem? Stores are sold out of ant traps. 

I have a kid problem which leads to ant problems sometimes. 

It’s all the god game rain!

 

[Mr. Ected]

Anyone not have an ant problem? Stores are sold out of ant traps. 

I don't, I have Terminex come all year round; I wonder if that helps some.

My main issue is lots of spiders!! Freaks my kids out!

 

[dgreen]

I have a kid problem which leads to ant problems sometimes. 

It’s all the god game rain!

Yes, all this rain is driving them inside, from what I understand. I had some old traps that I tried and they didn't do anything. Then a couple weeks ago bought some new traps which seemed to temporarily work but then they came back. Now stores are sold out of traps. Of course my wife wants to try the all natural stuff, which doesn't seem to be working either. Several people on our street have a bunch of ants, too. I'm just smashing them now.

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

Yes, all this rain is driving them inside, from what I understand. I had some old traps that I tried and they didn't do anything. Then a couple weeks ago bought some new traps which seemed to temporarily work but then they came back. Now stores are sold out of traps. Of course my wife wants to try the all natural stuff, which doesn't seem to be working either. Several people on our street have a bunch of ants, too. I'm just smashing them now.

Simple, homemade ant trap: cut off the bottom of a plastic water bottle with about half inch of lip, mix about a tablespoon of honey, about a tablespoon of borax, and about a tablespoon of sugar water. Stir until mixed thoroughly, and place wherever the line ants are trailing heaviest. Give it a day. It will decimate them. 

 

[The_Man]

Anyone else here grew up in the DC prep school world of Kavanaugh? I was on the edge of it, and 2-3 years later, but most of it rings true to what I saw. Though to be honest, Catholic schools like Georgetown Prep and Gonzaga were pretty peripheral - it was more St. Albans, Landon, Episcopal High School and a couple others. Madeira and NCS on the girls side, with a little Holton-Arms mixed in. Maybe that's because of where I lived in Virginia, and Rockville was so far away. But during the mid-80s a place like Charing Cross in Georgetown was full of 16-year-olds every weekend. We would drink up there, then go to the (original) Chinese Disco if we were chasing girls. 

 

[The_Man]

Anyone else here grew up in the DC prep school world of Kavanaugh? I was on the edge of it, and 2-3 years later, but most of it rings true to what I saw. Though to be honest, Catholic schools like Georgetown Prep and Gonzaga were pretty peripheral - it was more St. Albans, Landon, Episcopal High School and a couple others. Madeira and NCS on the girls side, with a little Holton-Arms mixed in. 

Hey, Kavanaugh just said the same thing. The Catholic schools and independent schools didn't usually intermingle that much

 

[Mr. Ected]

Anyone else here grew up in the DC prep school world of Kavanaugh? I was on the edge of it, and 2-3 years later, but most of it rings true to what I saw. Though to be honest, Catholic schools like Georgetown Prep and Gonzaga were pretty peripheral - it was more St. Albans, Landon, Episcopal High School and a couple others. Madeira and NCS on the girls side, with a little Holton-Arms mixed in. 

Hey, Kavanaugh just said the same thing. The Catholic schools and independent schools didn't usually intermingle that much

I grew up near Boston, and a bunch of the kids in my neighborhood (we were the freak, non-Catholic family that had only 2 kids  ) went to Catholic and other Private High Schools (BC High, Notre Dame Academy, Thayer, Milton, etc) and once the kids went to those schools we lost touch with the kids, even though they lived next door.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Pour out an overly sweet Long Island Iced Tea for the bizarre TGI Fridays on Pennsylvania Avenue, which has closed.

It was one of the strangest places in our now TGI Fridays-less city.

 

[Don Quixote]

Pour out an overly sweet Long Island Iced Tea for the bizarre TGI Fridays on Pennsylvania Avenue, which has closed.

It was one of the strangest places in our now TGI Fridays-less city.

It was across the street from my freshman dorm, and spent many a dollar there in my younger days.  Going to have to mourn with my friends.

 

[TobiasFunke]

It was across the street from my freshman dorm, and spent many a dollar there in my younger days.  Going to have to mourn with my friends.

I went there two or three times but I honestly can't tell you the circumstances.

Does DC have any "good food, good fun, and a whole lot of crazy crap on the walls" chain restaurants left? I believe the Ruby Tuesdays in Tenleytown and Columbia Heights are also long gone.

 

[Don Quixote]

I went there two or three times but I honestly can't tell you the circumstances.

Does DC have any "good food, good fun, and a whole lot of crazy crap on the walls" chain restaurants left? I believe the Ruby Tuesdays in Tenleytown and Columbia Heights are also long gone.

Does the Hard Rock near Ford's Theatre count?  I can't think of much else, downtown at least.

 

[The_Man]

I went there two or three times but I honestly can't tell you the circumstances.

Does DC have any "good food, good fun, and a whole lot of crazy crap on the walls" chain restaurants left? I believe the Ruby Tuesdays in Tenleytown and Columbia Heights are also long gone.

The Tombs 

 

[Mr. Ected]

It was across the street from my freshman dorm, and spent many a dollar there in my younger days.  Going to have to mourn with my friends.

When were you at GW? I was there 88-92.

 

[Don Quixote]

When were you at GW? I was there 88-92.

97-01.

 

[TobiasFunke]

The Tombs 

I once saw Andre Agassi there, in 1994 or thereabouts. He'd gotten bumped early from what was then the Legg Mason Invitational, and was doing tons of shots and hitting on Georgetown girls with a couple friends. This was back in his crazy glam punk hair phase.

Oddly enough I ran into him again, during the same tournament, a decade later  I was in Ballston at a stoplight, and he rolled down his window and stuck his bald head out to ask me where "the cinema" was.  Then I saw him a couple minutes later hustling through the mall with Steffi Graf, dragging two rug rats with them.

Time and tide wait for no man.

 

[The_Man]

I once saw Andre Agassi there, in 1994 or thereabouts. He'd gotten bumped early from what was then the Legg Mason Invitational, and was doing tons of shots and hitting on Georgetown girls with a couple friends. This was back in his crazy glam punk hair phase.

Oddly enough I ran into him again, during the same tournament, a decade later  I was in Ballston at a stoplight, and he rolled down his window and stuck his bald head out to ask me where "the cinema" was.  Then I saw him a couple minutes later hustling through the mall with Steffi Graf, dragging two rug rats with them.

Time and tide wait for no man.

LOL - I also saw Agassi there! Thinking it was somewhere from 89-92, can't point an exact date on it but he definitely had the big hair. And he must have been just starting to get famous. As a sports fan, I easily recognized him, but he was in the basement at The Tombs like anyone else and his presence didn't cause any commotion at all.

 

[TobiasFunke]

LOL - I also saw Agassi there! Thinking it was somewhere from 89-92, can't point an exact date on it but he definitely had the big hair. And he must have been just starting to get famous. As a sports fan, I easily recognized him, but he was in the basement at The Tombs like anyone else and his presence didn't cause any commotion at all.

And here I was thinking Agassi was the celeb in the bar when The Man himself was most likely in the building.

I want to say it was 1994, because I turned 21 that summer.  Before then I probably would have been drinking at Maggie's if I went downtown.

 

[The_Man]

And here I was thinking Agassi was the celeb in the bar when The Man himself was most likely in the building.

I want to say it was 1994, because I turned 21 that summer.  Before then I probably would have been drinking at Maggie's if I went downtown.

Might well have been different years - I think he tended to be a bit of a festive fellow back in those days, so wouldn't surprise me if he returned to certain favorite spots on the tour.

 

[TobiasFunke]

If you haven't been paying attention to the DC United-Wayne Rooney saga, consider checking it out. There's a great write-up from one of the Men in Blazers guys in the Post today that focuses mostly on Rooney.

I'm not a big soccerguy, but I'm obviously a big DC sports guy and this is the best thing going in DC sports right now. They can complete an insane mid-season turnaround with a home win Sunday afternoon to lock up a playoff spot, before the regular season ends next weekend.  Do yourself a favor and check it out while you're waiting on the Skins late start.

 

[The_Man]

If you haven't been paying attention to the DC United-Wayne Rooney saga, consider checking it out. There's a great write-up from one of the Men in Blazers guys in the Post today that focuses mostly on Rooney.

I'm not a big soccerguy, but I'm obviously a big DC sports guy and this is the best thing going in DC sports right now. They can complete an insane mid-season turnaround with a home win Sunday afternoon to lock up a playoff spot, before the regular season ends next weekend.  Do yourself a favor and check it out while you're waiting on the Skins late start.

That is a great article about a great unfolding story. The Replacements was a semi-crappy movie that fictionalized something that really happened. They could make a movie out of this and wouldn't need to change a thing - washed-up former megastar joins terrible team, and somehow inspires them to victory, and in the process rediscovers his own joy in the talents he thought were gone forever. 

 

[Sebowski]

That is a great article about a great unfolding story. The Replacements was a semi-crappy movie that fictionalized something that really happened. They could make a movie out of this and wouldn't need to change a thing - washed-up former megastar joins terrible team, and somehow inspires them to victory, and in the process rediscovers his own joy in the talents he thought were gone forever. 

SPOILERZ ALERTZ! 

 

[Don Quixote]

WaPo reporting that Amazon is in advanced talks on making Crystal City the site for HQ2. Link

Pretty good for my property value, but RIP to my daily commute that goes through there.

 

[pantherclub]

why would Amazon pick there?  Raleigh seems like a better option 

 

[The_Man]

Been talked about before. Amazon will have no trouble attracting work force wherever it is. And biggest threat company faces now is federal regulation. Having a big DC footprint makes tons of sense. Though I’ve been supposing they were gonna split it between VA and MD to put two states’ senatorial and congressional delegations in their pocket for the price of one 

 

[The General]

Makes way too much sense for Besos to park HQ2 right next to DC. 

 

[Mr. Ected]

Bezos owns the WaPost, so he is invested in the area. There is tons of empty space in CC, it's right next to Reagan National, and not too far from Dulles. Great area. In theory it will snowball other jobs in the area also; bringing in that much is going to require lots of other goods/services, etc.

 

[dgreen]

Crystal City and Long Island City to be announced today for Amazon. 

 

[The_Man]

I have few regrets in life, but deciding not to buy a house in Del Ray in 1992 is one of them

 

[Don Quixote]

Out with Crystal City and in with "National Landing"  

 

[Mr. Ected]

Out with Crystal City and in with "National Landing"  

It seems as if calling it 'National Landing' it is just a 'rebranding'

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Max Smith‏ @amaxsmith 3m3 minutes ago

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam describes "National Landing" as a collection of new and renovated buildings between Pentagon City and Crystal City in Arlington and Potomac Yard in Alexandria

In talking with my wife, who does auditing for Real Estate firms (one of which owns a bunch of the places that Amazon is taking), her initial thought was that 395 and 66 are going to get even more crowded, and that Metro better get it's act together ASAP. I bet a bunch of those folks will be moving into downtown DC also.

Do you type [ / Quote ] (without spaces) to end a quote? Every time I try to do a quote, it grabs everything below the quote.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Out with Crystal City and in with "National Landing"  

This actually seems like a good idea.  "Crystal City" has long been associated with drab 50s-60s style architecture and big box stores. Not exactly appealing. The area was definitely in need of some rebranding.

 

[Apple Jack]

So we have four names for the same place. Cool.

 

[The_Man]

Out with Crystal City and in with "National Landing"  

LOL - an accurate description of the deafening air traffic going in and out of there all day long

Though it should officially be Reagan National Landing

 

[dgreen]

@maustermuhle

It's worth noting that the $573 million in incentives being offered by Virginia and Arlington County is quite modest, compared to the $5 billion Maryland put on the table.

 

[Apple Jack]

LOL - an accurate description of the deafening air traffic going in and out of there all day long

Though it should officially be Reagan National Landing

I still call it National Airport.

 

[Don Quixote]

LOL - an accurate description of the deafening air traffic going in and out of there all day long

Though it should officially be Reagan National Landing

I'll allow that if the Crystal City Restaurant also gets renamed the Reagan National Landing Restaurant.

 

[(HULK)]

@maustermuhle

It's worth noting that the $573 million in incentives being offered by Virginia and Arlington County is quite modest, compared to the $5 billion Maryland put on the table.

Yup.

Considering I own 2 houses within a mile of the MoCo site, I'm pissed my lottery ticket didn't hit.  But happy that I'll avoid the majority of the traffic impact with this.

 

[(HULK)]

I'll allow that if the Crystal City Restaurant also gets renamed the Reagan National Landing Restaurant.

National Landing Strip Restaurant would be better.

 

[Foosball God]

It seems as if calling it 'National Landing' it is just a 'rebranding'

Do you type [ / Quote ] (without spaces) to end a quote? Every time I try to do a quote, it grabs everything below the quote.

I'm just glad the rumor about Oatlands was wrong.

 

[Mr. Ected]

I'm just glad the rumor about Oatlands was wrong.

I'm in the air on that. I live in Leesburg, so it would have driven my property value waaaaay up, and wouldn't have happened tomorrow (like CC) because they'd have to build stuff. I might have looked at working there, and like that commute much better!!

 

[Foosball God]

I'm in the air on that. I live in Leesburg, so it would have driven my property value waaaaay up, and wouldn't have happened tomorrow (like CC) because they'd have to build stuff. I might have looked at working there, and like that commute much better!!

I live in the South end of Leesburg.   The traffic would have been unbearable on 15.

 

[Mr. Ected]

I'm in the air on that. I live in Leesburg, so it would have driven my property value waaaaay up, and wouldn't have happened tomorrow (like CC) because they'd have to build stuff. I might have looked at working there, and like that commute much better!!

I live in the South end of Leesburg.   The traffic would have been unbearable on 15.

Absolutely!!

I am more north, near 15 and Battlefield by Ida Lee, so it may not have affected us directly as much.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Ice storm here in western VA

 

[Mr. Ected]

Ice storm here in western VA

We had 3-4 here in Leesburg. Haven't seen a plow yet, and we're close to downtown. School got called last nite around 8. Wondering if it will be a 4-day weekend.