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Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:08 am
by nitrah55
- The Neweum is really cool. We actually spent the entire afternoon there, I'm usually only good for 2 hours in any museum.

- College kids, take heed. Empty the garbage before your parents come to your room. The Bud Light carton and the Korbel bottle detract from the decor.

- Good DC eateries: Nooshi on 19th (Noodle/sushi place), Whitlow's in Arlington (superattenuated diner), Ben's Chili Bowl on U (just go- trust me), Kramer's on Dupont Circle(bookstore with cafe in back, superb pies and cakes).

- Saw "W." (the movie, not the commander in chief). It felt like a high-budget SNL sketch, exept for Richard Dryfuss as Cheney. Beloved Son observed, "It would play as a comedy, if you didn't know the ending."

- Washington Capitals. Great arena (except that they ran out of food), so-so hockey team.

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:00 am
by gotribego26
nitrah55 wrote:- The Neweum is really cool. We actually spent the entire afternoon there, I'm usually only good for 2 hours in any museum.

- College kids, take heed. Empty the garbage before your parents come to your room. The Bud Light carton and the Korbel bottle detract from the decor.

- Good DC eateries: Nooshi on 19th (Noodle/sushi place), Whitlow's in Arlington (superattenuated diner), Ben's Chili Bowl on U (just go- trust me), Kramer's on Dupont Circle(bookstore with cafe in back, superb pies and cakes).

- Saw "W." (the movie, not the commander in chief). It felt like a high-budget SNL sketch, exept for Richard Dryfuss as Cheney. Beloved Son observed, "It would play as a comedy, if you didn't know the ending."

- Washington Capitals. Great arena (except that they ran out of food), so-so hockey team.
You got a college kid drinking Korbel? You need to cut the allowance - college kids should be drinking Andre if they need bubbly.

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:19 am
by ulysses5019
gotribego26 wrote:
nitrah55 wrote:- The Neweum is really cool. We actually spent the entire afternoon there, I'm usually only good for 2 hours in any museum.

- College kids, take heed. Empty the garbage before your parents come to your room. The Bud Light carton and the Korbel bottle detract from the decor.

- Good DC eateries: Nooshi on 19th (Noodle/sushi place), Whitlow's in Arlington (superattenuated diner), Ben's Chili Bowl on U (just go- trust me), Kramer's on Dupont Circle(bookstore with cafe in back, superb pies and cakes).

- Saw "W." (the movie, not the commander in chief). It felt like a high-budget SNL sketch, exept for Richard Dryfuss as Cheney. Beloved Son observed, "It would play as a comedy, if you didn't know the ending."

- Washington Capitals. Great arena (except that they ran out of food), so-so hockey team.
You got a college kid drinking Korbel? You need to cut the allowance - college kids should be drinking Andre if they need bubbly.
What happened to Cold Duck, washed down by a gallon jug of Spanada?

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:36 pm
by peacock2121
Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:05 pm
by Bob Juch
peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
Yeah. I'll bet you were a Strawberry Hill fan, right? :P

How about Southern Comfort and/or Sloe Gin?

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:50 am
by peacock2121
Bob Juch wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
Yeah. I'll bet you were a Strawberry Hill fan, right? :P

How about Southern Comfort and/or Sloe Gin?
Sloe Gin Fizz!

No Southern Comfort for me.

I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:30 am
by Estonut
peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?

...

I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.
Sure you do. It was "Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill."

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:37 am
by peacock2121
Estonut wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?

...

I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.
Sure you do. It was "Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill."
OH!

I do remember that.

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:21 pm
by ulysses5019
peacock2121 wrote:
Estonut wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?

...

I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.
Sure you do. It was "Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill."
OH!

I do remember that.

You must not have had too much if you can remember it.

Better drinking through chemistry.

Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:32 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Ah, to be underage and stupid again.

For a dinner party we decanted some good wine into a BFSH bottle to serve the guests.