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    Tom Sietsema didn't seem to be a big fan.
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    I have at least two of those songs downloaded to my phone. In my defense, I use one (I'm Blue) to annoy my family. Totally works.
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    Uber or Lyft. Washington Flyer is the only cab company at Dulles and they run about 50% more than Uber whenever I fly into Dulles, which is 1-2x per month.
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    Can't relate - never been skinny.
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    No - but seriously - please take one check and split it yourselves. At a low price point, 30 separate checks are going to take this from low-margin to near money losing for a restaurant given the private room. Credit cards charge a flat fee plus a percentage.
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    If you're still looking for a last place, I'd put Zaytinya up there. Huge variety of food and a great atmosphere for adults and kids. Respectfully disagree with Eric on the food - it's not Michelin caliber but always a very good meal. It's where all our out of town guests ask to go back to.
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    Did she not get to anything out there today? It's like the Energizer Bunny developed a wicked backhand all of a sudden.
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    Nope - unfortunately my too short workout needed to end - work beckoned.
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    I got to watch the second set at the gym in my office and Cori Gauff was amazing. Still young - you never know - but can't wait to see what else she can do.
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    That and Union Market is a PITA for MoCo residents to get too.
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    Is this theft?? If I pay $10.00 but the restaurant receives $9.00 and gives the server the $9.00, what are they stealing? They're not paying the processing fee out of their own pocket to make the server whole. I just really struggle to see that as theft - it's magical thinking to say that no one should bear the price for payment convenience.
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    The link just goes back to this page.
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    @DonRocks - Have you still not tried Vace? It's our go-to since we live a few blocks away and it's really cheap relative to the alternatives. I'll avoid commenting on other favorites since they're all in MD rather than DC.
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    It accounts for singles twice. Perhaps adding walks to the numerator and denominator would do the same thing (but I think they actually value the dispersion that results from the current method). As for the 'Other', I think these have fallen out of favor not because they're not valuable but because they rely as much on someone else's work (getting on base ahead of you) as your own. That external effort is not available equally across the batting order and would influence the stats. And I'll be sure to tell every kid that gets put in right field that defense is just as important as batting.😉 That being said, I'm sure that none of this is what they're actually measuring players on today, rather I'm guessing there are machine-learning algorithms that are directly interpreting video footage of the hits somehow. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
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    Is it wrong that this makes me think that the next party is guaranteed to be dessert heavy with few carbs and cheese?
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    They all ended up going in here. For casual seafood (maybe semi-casual), try Awful Arthur's. I can also second the Ava's recommendation. --- Awful Arthur's (yeah)
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    My hazy recollection is that yes - this is how they served me too much. It was their fault, really.
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    Street Food

    zgast replied to Ericandblueboy's topic in TV

    I’ve enjoyed the first few. Tried showing Singapore to someone and had to switch after five minutes. It started dreadfully slow.
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    Is pickup only on the farm?
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    Worth reading for the backstory on Larry La. My relatives are huge fans of Meiwah and Larry's from the City Lights/Dupont days and I've eaten there (mostly the Chevy Chase branch) a lot as a result. My take would be that it serves the market that wants what it serves - and that place is never empty or even half full. It's packe - and the delivery/takeout area is constantly humming as well. About a year ago, I sat next to Larry at a Peter Chang/ChiKo Chinese New Years dinner and heard his backstory for the first time. Pretty amazing. What was even more interesting was the conversations between Peter Chang and Larry, who seemed to really respect each other despite the very real contrast between their restaurants.
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    Ava's is the pizza place. I'm a fan. Also really like Awful Arthur's for seafood in St. Michaels.
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    This CNN article does a pretty good job. Evidently the algorithm was designed to do just this one thing. MIT wrote about it three years ago.
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    I don't know, I've had several really good meals at Kith & Kin - perhaps a young chef succeeding after failing in spectacular fashion is a compelling story?
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    Both left their employers because they were offered a better package elsewhere. I've done so several times and no one boos me (although they might do so before I'm out the door).
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