Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
- nitrah55
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Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
- 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.
- 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.
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- gotribego26
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
You got a college kid drinking Korbel? You need to cut the allowance - college kids should be drinking Andre if they need bubbly.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.
- ulysses5019
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
What happened to Cold Duck, washed down by a gallon jug of Spanada?gotribego26 wrote:You got a college kid drinking Korbel? You need to cut the allowance - college kids should be drinking Andre if they need bubbly.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.
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- peacock2121
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
Yeah. I'll bet you were a Strawberry Hill fan, right?peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
How about Southern Comfort and/or Sloe Gin?
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Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- peacock2121
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
Sloe Gin Fizz!Bob Juch wrote:Yeah. I'll bet you were a Strawberry Hill fan, right?peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
How about Southern Comfort and/or Sloe Gin?
No Southern Comfort for me.
I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.
- Estonut
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
Sure you do. It was "Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill."peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
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I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.
- peacock2121
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
OH!Estonut wrote:Sure you do. It was "Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill."peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
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I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.
I do remember that.
- ulysses5019
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
peacock2121 wrote:OH!Estonut wrote:Sure you do. It was "Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill."peacock2121 wrote:Do they still make Blue Nun or Boonesfarm somethin somethin?
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I don't recall Strawberry Hill either.
I do remember that.
You must not have had too much if you can remember it.
Better drinking through chemistry.
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- themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Notes on College Parents Weekend in DC
Ah, to be underage and stupid again.
For a dinner party we decanted some good wine into a BFSH bottle to serve the guests.
For a dinner party we decanted some good wine into a BFSH bottle to serve the guests.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.