found some good deals!!! will probably book this coming week.
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ha! i just spent the last half hour perusing that site!!! great minds think alike! found some good deals!!! will probably book this coming week.
found some good deals!!! will probably book this coming week.you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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I've pretty much given up on drinking, too. Boy, we sound like a fun crowd, huh? Lucimay, are you sure you still want to come? 
The Radisson is right next door to the Hampton Inn. They share a driveway. And the Hampton Inn uses the Radisson's restaurant for their room service. But they may be full-up, too, I dunno. And if it's a B&B you're after, I'm thinking Crystal City will be fresh out....
We've got both Friday and Saturday nights, y'know -- we could do Friday night at a quieter venue and Saturday night someplace louder (and the homebodies among us can bail out after dinner). That Austin Grill in Silver Spring sounds like fun.... <ali tries to envision an "upscale Irish pub" and fails>
Luci, if it's a big deal to you to see the Exorcist house, we'll figure out a way to put it on the tour.
The Radisson is right next door to the Hampton Inn. They share a driveway. And the Hampton Inn uses the Radisson's restaurant for their room service. But they may be full-up, too, I dunno. And if it's a B&B you're after, I'm thinking Crystal City will be fresh out....
We've got both Friday and Saturday nights, y'know -- we could do Friday night at a quieter venue and Saturday night someplace louder (and the homebodies among us can bail out after dinner). That Austin Grill in Silver Spring sounds like fun.... <ali tries to envision an "upscale Irish pub" and fails>
Luci, if it's a big deal to you to see the Exorcist house, we'll figure out a way to put it on the tour.
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Luci, if it's a big deal to you to see the Exorcist house, we'll figure out a way to put it on the tour.
i know it's ridiculous but it kinda IS a big deal for a variety of reasons which i will no doubt have a good time explaining to you all in person!! but it must be at night!!!
oh and Al...most of us have both fri and sat but Cail can only come on Fri or Sun, i think he said, so i was figurin Friday for Cail to join us so if he DOES decide to get knackered legless he won't have to pay too badly monday morning!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!! i'm very excited.
i know it's ridiculous but it kinda IS a big deal for a variety of reasons which i will no doubt have a good time explaining to you all in person!!
but it must be at night!!! oh and Al...most of us have both fri and sat but Cail can only come on Fri or Sun, i think he said, so i was figurin Friday for Cail to join us so if he DOES decide to get knackered legless he won't have to pay too badly monday morning!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!! i'm very excited.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Actually, Im available whenever. And if no one else is drinking, I'll abstain, since it's no fun watching someone else get drunk.
But again, I defer to the people who took the time to set this thing up, and to the people who are taking time out of their schedules to come here. I'll do what it takes, 'cause I just want to meet y'all.
But again, I defer to the people who took the time to set this thing up, and to the people who are taking time out of their schedules to come here. I'll do what it takes, 'cause I just want to meet y'all.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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If I enjoy myself, it'll be pants-optional....
It's impossible to get anyone to go streaking with you if you're the only one who's drunk.
And perhaps the first meeting isn't the time to meet Cail the Tank.
It's impossible to get anyone to go streaking with you if you're the only one who's drunk.
And perhaps the first meeting isn't the time to meet Cail the Tank.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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i don't, as a general rule, drink. but, on special occasions i will have a shot or two. i think THIS occasion fits "special" criteria!! and besides, we have to toast the absent Watchers!!Cail wrote:If I enjoy myself, it'll be pants-optional....
It's impossible to get anyone to go streaking with you if you're the only one who's drunk.
And perhaps the first meeting isn't the time to meet Cail the Tank.
BUT...having said that...drunk Lucimay doesn't live here anymore!!
(that doesn't mean i don't streak, tho!!)you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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I'm always good for a couple of beers, but I can't drive after the first one unless I've had a couple hours to let it wear off. 
I'm such a lightweight.
Gonna get back to looking for pubs/restaurants when I get home. Still on county time, here.
I'm such a lightweight. Gonna get back to looking for pubs/restaurants when I get home. Still on county time, here.
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The smell of alcohol gets me!Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:I'm always good for a couple of beers, but I can't drive after the first one unless I've had a couple hours to let it wear off.
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Okay, here's another place in MD (Bethesda, this time): Flanagan's Harp & Fiddle . An Irish pub, live music, televised football (by which I mean soccer), a good review in the Post (yeah, that's my new standard ), and they have venison!! It's a bit up 355 in MD, and now that I look at it, not as close to Metro as I'd hoped. Here's the google map. The red dot is the restaurant and the green dot is the Metro station... though I don't know why you'd want to go such a roundabout way to get to it... even in a car.
Hmm... there's also The Garden, at The Inn & Conference Center, Univ. of Maryland Univ. College... Jay would have no excuse!
From the Post: More later.
), and they have venison!! It's a bit up 355 in MD, and now that I look at it, not as close to Metro as I'd hoped. Here's the google map. The red dot is the restaurant and the green dot is the Metro station... though I don't know why you'd want to go such a roundabout way to get to it... even in a car.Hmm... there's also The Garden, at The Inn & Conference Center, Univ. of Maryland Univ. College... Jay would have no excuse!
From the Post:
Can you tell I'm getting a bit obessive about this?
"... There are no signs proclaiming its location. Just follow those for the conference center, which is part of a state program for adult part-time learners. Inside you will find the Garden, which offers American standards with a decided Maryland flair.
Through double French doors, just off the main lobby, the restaurant beckons with simple formality. Queen Anne-style chairs are pulled up to white-tablecloth-draped tables, each adorned with a single flower.
At night, small oil lamps and brass chargers set the scene. Doors along one side of the room lead to an interior Asian garden filled with tables, where one can dine in good weather. On the opposite wall is a display of artwork from Bali and China. A small bar fills a corner.
...There is Maryland crab soup, a broth-based vegetable soup rich with sweet crabmeat, though perhaps too gently spiced for true aficionados. The spinach, artichoke and crab dip, served with pita wedges, is rich and fresh-tasting, but not the least heavy. And the seafood sampler features a mini-crab cake, deep-fried calamari and grilled shrimp, all of which allow the inherent flavors of the seafood to shine.
The flatbread salad, offered at dinner, tops a slice of flat bread -- accented with garlic and Parmesan cheese -- with baby lettuces and other greens in a light balsamic vinaigrette. The Caribbean chicken, a luncheon appetizer, is fingers of breast meat, deftly fried to a golden brown, in a jerk barbecue sauce.
As a tribute to the artwork in the 45-seat restaurant, Hutcheson's menu also includes a few Asian-inspired dishes, including California Asian shrimp salad and pan-Asian salmon, served with banana-papaya chutney.
Maryland-style crab cakes are available as part of a salad or sandwich, or as an entree. In each, the cakes are mostly lump crabmeat, with little filler as distraction.
But crab isn't the only thing on the menu. Other standard dinner entrees include two chicken preparations (one with crab), two pasta dishes, two beef selections and rack of lamb. The filet of beef, twin tenderloins, was grilled just to medium rare, as requested, and served atop roasted red potatoes and asparagus.
Desserts display a decided University of Maryland bent, beginning with ice cream from the university's dairy. It's rich and full of flavor, and available only on the university campus. The turtle cheesecake -- a nod to the university's mascot -- is dense and chock-full of caramel and chocolate on a chocolate cookie crust. The chocolate love cake is almost like eating pure fudge, and nearly as addictive. "
More later."We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
right then...
i'm landing at National on Thursday June 22nd at 3:40 pm...Creator is picking me up from the airport! very cool!! big hugs Creator!!
i'm staying at a rinky dink little hotel six blocks from the mall!!! yay!!! walking distance!!! woooo hooo!!!
here's where i'll be, it looks like somebody's grandmother's house!!!
www.braxtonhotel.com/directions.html
centrally located and reasonable!!! and they'll give me breakfast!
I'M EXCITED!!!
i'm landing at National on Thursday June 22nd at 3:40 pm...Creator is picking me up from the airport! very cool!! big hugs Creator!!
i'm staying at a rinky dink little hotel six blocks from the mall!!! yay!!! walking distance!!! woooo hooo!!!
here's where i'll be, it looks like somebody's grandmother's house!!!
www.braxtonhotel.com/directions.html
centrally located and reasonable!!! and they'll give me breakfast!
I'M EXCITED!!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Um ... looks like you'll be staying at the Washington Monument?Lucimay wrote:i'm staying at a rinky dink little hotel six blocks from the mall!!! yay!!! walking distance!!! woooo hooo!!!
here's where i'll be, it looks like somebody's grandmother's house!!!
www.braxtonhotel.com/directions.html
Great location, and even better view, but too many stairs for my liking. And then the ravens pecked out his eyes.
aha ha ha ha! (cocktail laugh) romeo...you're so clever!Romeo wrote:Um ... looks like you'll be staying at the Washington Monument?Lucimay wrote:i'm staying at a rinky dink little hotel six blocks from the mall!!! yay!!! walking distance!!! woooo hooo!!!
here's where i'll be, it looks like somebody's grandmother's house!!!
www.braxtonhotel.com/directions.html
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Which airport? (Or was that in an earlier post and I'm too lazy to look it up?)
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