tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post114599599977380227..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: Never Send To Know For Whom the Bell Tolls...Dave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146530865824719762006-05-01T20:47:00.000-04:002006-05-01T20:47:00.000-04:00I'll date myself. I was 15 when Babes opened. By t...I'll date myself. I was 15 when Babes opened. By that time stupid DC had actually changed its law and some places were trying to enforce.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I did get shit hammered at Maggies at the ripe old age of 13.<BR/><BR/>BTW what was the name of that place where the McDonalds used to be (and where the flower shop is now) that was across from the 7-11?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146502949569850672006-05-01T13:02:00.000-04:002006-05-01T13:02:00.000-04:00Dear Hank,If you grew up in Tenleytown in the 80s ...Dear Hank,<BR/><BR/>If you grew up in Tenleytown in the 80s why did you need a fake ID at all?? Maggie's Pizza was good enough for everyone in my high school!<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>TommyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146447733048712362006-04-30T21:42:00.000-04:002006-04-30T21:42:00.000-04:00PS Rusty: The malt shops new digs might be slightl...PS Rusty: <BR/>The malt shops new digs might be slightly shite, but at least it's still open. <BR/><BR/>I grew up in that damn bar. <BR/><BR/>the Theatre was "Cineplex Odeon Wisconsin Ave" I thinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146447520322862862006-04-30T21:38:00.000-04:002006-04-30T21:38:00.000-04:00As a native of Tenleytown, I share your lament. On...As a native of Tenleytown, I share your lament. One of my best memories was lining up outside of the Wisconsinn Ave. theatre to go see Indiana Jones as a boy.<BR/>Or using my first fake ID in Babes two days after it opened. <BR/>If they close Rodmans, I will go postal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146247688222747272006-04-28T14:08:00.000-04:002006-04-28T14:08:00.000-04:00be happy you didn't stop by there. the hubcap tot...be happy you didn't stop by there. the hubcap totem pole is about as good as it gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146244778876182922006-04-28T13:19:00.000-04:002006-04-28T13:19:00.000-04:00I thought the movie theater closed because more pe...I thought the movie theater closed because more people were going to E Street and Dupont. <BR/><BR/>I don't mind dead parts of the city being spruced up (hello H St in NE) but it seems odd to make small quiet parts into condo central when you can really hype it up as a smalltown feel in a big city or some other sort of slogany crap. <BR/><BR/>They're closing Dr. Dremo's? I always meant to stop by there so that I could talk shit about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146182612214548582006-04-27T20:03:00.000-04:002006-04-27T20:03:00.000-04:00Krystal Koons, I invite you to fuck off re: Dremo'...Krystal Koons, I invite you to fuck off re: Dremo's. Now, it's a long way since the glory of Bardo Rodeo (and we shall not speak of Ningaloo), but it's still the best dive in Arlington. The beer is good (what, were you ordering Miller?), and despite being populated more and more by GMU 5th year seniors, has a pretty easy vibe.<BR/><BR/>And fick du, anon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146179842501701772006-04-27T19:17:00.000-04:002006-04-27T19:17:00.000-04:00Cut it out, Frau.Cut it out, Frau.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146172576797786712006-04-27T17:16:00.000-04:002006-04-27T17:16:00.000-04:00Nadia, den Sie erlernen müssen, wann man Ihre öffn...Nadia, den Sie erlernen müssen, wann man Ihre öffnung!!!!! <BR/>schließt!!!<BR/><BR/>Sie müssen erlernen, wann man Ihre öffnung Sie GROSSES FAT SCHWEIN!!!! schließt!!!<BR/><BR/>Nadia sind Sie eine Verlegenheit zu den grossen fetten Schweinen überall!!!!! <BR/>Sind nicht nur Sie und Fett groß, die Sie sind auch sehr häßlich auch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Häßlicher als die Rückseite eines Elefanten Sie slut!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Nadia, den Sie erlernen müssen, um Ihre öffnung zu schließen!!!!!<BR/><BR/>SCHLIESSEN SIE IHRE ÖFFNUNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146170415269418232006-04-27T16:40:00.000-04:002006-04-27T16:40:00.000-04:00i am moderately surprised that you have not, in me...i am moderately surprised that you have not, in mentioning yarmouth, noted it's newest approach to education; that is, to divorce dennis and its ghettoport-inhabitants' offspring. or perhaps you have not heard...? i kid you not d and y are getting a deeeevorce. my former high school is operating out of fenced-in trailers. it's not a joke anymore. on a lighter note, sturgis has been letting idiots like a certain trifling ho we shall not mention dye their hair and rip their jeans and not get ranked with restrictive titles like "valedictorian" since they opened when i started high school, so thats nothing new. just a thought. btw, at least in all of your citys urban spring cleaning nobody interrupts precious minutes of your day by pulling into the driveway of your HOME and asking guests that have just arrived for directions to the Beach. when that happens, you have my permission to deal with the situation accordingly. i always do. *grin*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146167686938947352006-04-27T15:54:00.000-04:002006-04-27T15:54:00.000-04:00NadiaHalt die Schnauze gefallen!!!Halt die Schnauz...Nadia<BR/><BR/>Halt die Schnauze gefallen!!!<BR/><BR/>Halt die Schnauze gefallen!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Sind nicht nur Sie dumm und stumm sind Sie auch sehr unwissend!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Sie sind vermutlich eine sehr lose Frau auch!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Gerecht wie ein Türdrehknopf. Jeder hat eine Umdrehung. So, warum nicht, schließen Sie gerade Ihre öffnung, bevor Sie sogar weiter sich in Verlegenheit bringen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146165871813026762006-04-27T15:24:00.000-04:002006-04-27T15:24:00.000-04:00If you think Dr Dremo's is worthy of anything othe...If you think Dr Dremo's is worthy of anything other than a visit from a fucking bulldozer then you are a fucking clown. That shitbox serves the worst flattest beer I have ever tasted, doesn'c clean the lines that run from the kegs to the tap (not only with this make you give you a terrible hangover but can also make you sick) hasn't cleaned its bathrooms in 62 months, and generally sucks shit. The totem poles made of fucking hubcaps don't help any of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146164932167332302006-04-27T15:08:00.000-04:002006-04-27T15:08:00.000-04:00wrong all caps, I'm third generation.... just not ...wrong all caps, I'm third generation.... just not ignorant and loud...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146160641429745902006-04-27T13:57:00.000-04:002006-04-27T13:57:00.000-04:00Alas the same thing is happening to my dear Doctor...Alas the same thing is happening to my dear Doctor Dremo's in Arlington. Condos, condos, condos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146098781266530552006-04-26T20:46:00.000-04:002006-04-26T20:46:00.000-04:00brilliant.in fact get this, places have been closi...brilliant.<BR/><BR/>in fact get this, places have been closing here longer than this douchebag has been alive. in fact places have been closing here longer than his grandparents have been alive as well... <BR/><BR/>GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU TRANSPLANT PIECE OF SHIT<BR/><BR/>NOT MANY OF YOU TRANSPLANT ASSHOLES DOWN THE STREET FROM ME ON ALABAMA AVENUE<BR/><BR/>I WONDER WHYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146075083358735922006-04-26T14:11:00.000-04:002006-04-26T14:11:00.000-04:00Aka: the lip and the language. My goodness. And wh...Aka: the lip and the language. My goodness. And what's wrong with the pads of we lilies? We gotta be somewhere, like it or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146070172427818962006-04-26T12:49:00.000-04:002006-04-26T12:49:00.000-04:00"PLACES HAVE BEEN CLOSING HERE LONGER THAN YOU DOU..."PLACES HAVE BEEN CLOSING HERE LONGER THAN YOU DOUCHEBAG TRANSPLANTS HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE"<BR/><BR/>brilliant.<BR/><BR/>in fact get this, places have been closing here longer than this douchebag has been alive. in fact places have been closing here longer than his grandparents have been alive as well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146069024621110242006-04-26T12:30:00.000-04:002006-04-26T12:30:00.000-04:00Crisfields(the orignal) Silver Spring represent!Crisfields(the orignal) Silver Spring represent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146025875277384212006-04-26T00:31:00.000-04:002006-04-26T00:31:00.000-04:00Tommy, I was at Babe's on its last night. I knew ...Tommy, I was at Babe's on its last night. I knew it was going. But the black condo drape made me sad.<BR/><BR/>And, to whomever is defending The Malt Shop...God, I hate that place. And even if I actually liked it, that shithole got renovated too.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146024199799800362006-04-26T00:03:00.000-04:002006-04-26T00:03:00.000-04:00I hate to agree, Rusty, but Babes (and to a lesser...I hate to agree, Rusty, but Babes (and to a lesser extent that theatre whose name escapes us -- but where I saw Empire Strikes Back when I was little - big DC cred points for me!!) were nice reprives in two otherwise sort of soulless neighborhoods. Lots of good nights at Babes.<BR/><BR/>But here's the kicker: Babe's had been closed for months and months and months and just about no one even noticed. Including me. So, you know, i guess maybe I just liked the idea of it being there more than I liked playing pool and loading up the juke with entire albums worth of Sabbath and eating burnt burgers and loving it.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.<BR/><BR/>TommyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146016897240512462006-04-25T22:01:00.000-04:002006-04-25T22:01:00.000-04:00fuck cinemas and barsi miss my $400 a month townho...fuck cinemas and bars<BR/>i miss my $400 a month townhouse payment from back in the dayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146006637588177622006-04-25T19:10:00.000-04:002006-04-25T19:10:00.000-04:00BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHPLACES HAVE BEEN CLOSING H...BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH<BR/><BR/>PLACES HAVE BEEN CLOSING HERE LONGER THAN YOU DOUCHEBAG TRANSPLANTS HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE<BR/><BR/>GET OVER IT<BR/><BR/>LIFE IS TOUGH<BR/><BR/>DEAL WITH IT<BR/><BR/>IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE<BR/><BR/>THIS AREA HAS BEEN GOING TO SHIT EVER SINCE THE MID 1990'SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146005302429988472006-04-25T18:48:00.000-04:002006-04-25T18:48:00.000-04:00" It also had the benefit of being the only tolera..." It also had the benefit of being the only tolerable bar from Friendship Heights to Glover Park."<BR/><BR/>somebody's never been to the malt shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146000227068802362006-04-25T17:23:00.001-04:002006-04-25T17:23:00.001-04:00Funny how I make a joke about editing and then wri...Funny how I make a joke about editing and then write "is handled."<BR/><BR/>Apologies for that ghastly error.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1146000184136360802006-04-25T17:23:00.000-04:002006-04-25T17:23:00.000-04:00Pimp Daddy, I was actually going to write about th...Pimp Daddy, I was actually going to write about the parking and gay bar situations in Logan yesterday, but<BR/><BR/>1. What I wrote was much shittier than my average post.<BR/><BR/>2. Toby is handled the gay bar part over at vividblurry.com<BR/><BR/>3. DCist is handling the parking angle on an almost daily basis.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.com