July 1, 2005
On the Jewish calendar, Canada Day starts the night before
That explains why it's Friday morning and I just woke up with a pounding headache and a bunch of unread emails in my inbox informing me that I'm on page 33 of Express for that Nats hats post yesterday. The coffee machine is gurgling behind me, so life will get better soon.
A word to the wise before I start my Collinsesque rundown of the night's events: If you see three or four cops on a corner around Dupont, do not jaywalk. They are ticketing jaywalkers. Luckilly, someone from the Ruth's Chris on Connecticut and S stood watch outside the restaurant to deny the small batallion of 5-0 on the corner their revenue, so I didn't get burned. Nevertheless, they're on other corners as well, so watch out.
Anyway, the night started out badly at The Front Page, which I loathe almost as much as I love beer. P, whom I hadn't seen in ages, went there with some work buddies, so I tagged along as the interloper not dressed for success. I drank an entire bucket of beer while standing up and getting jostled on all sides by interns and recent grads who are too new in town to know better or too dumb to care. I've compared The Front Page to a frat party with ties, which DCeiver tells me is redundant at UVA. Dunno - never been.
Next stop was DCist Unbuckled, featuring the Bicycle Thieves and Cartel. Already fairly sauced, I drank some more, happy to see the blog crew, notably the DCist people, the aformentioned DCeiver, Catherine, N.M., Michael and Rock Creek Rambler, who is a dead ringer for John Edwards. Although I don't remember much about the bands, I do remember a little exchange that started when I sat on a stool that someone later took a bag out from under:
Me: "I'm sorry, am I sitting on your seat?"
Guy: "Naah, go ahead."
Me: "Thanks."
Guy: "After all, you are the DCSOB."
Bloggership has its privileges, no?
Sweaty and uncomfortable, Michael, N.M. and I decamped for a little Laundry at DC9. It was mostly empty, but it's air conditioned and I got to meet some new people who enjoyed my drunkenness. I think one of them has an amusing voicemail waiting for retrieval.
Posted by rj3 at July 1, 2005 9:57 AM
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crack! addict!
Posted by: gl*mrocker at July 1, 2005 12:10 PM
p.s. thanx for the jaywalking info. this is bad news. i'm SO getting ticketed walking home today.
Posted by: gl*mrocker at July 1, 2005 12:14 PM
Seriously! You'd think they'd be busy looking for Chief Ramsey's car, but no, they're harassing us.
Posted by: rj dcsob at July 1, 2005 1:53 PM
Glad to see you're celebrating my fave holiday!
Posted by: DC_Cookie at July 1, 2005 4:30 PM