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  1. Principia
    And anyone who mentions 2 Amys will get chucked out the front door like a drunkard being ejected from a saloon...
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    The +1 will be car-ing it in and picking me up from Metro, so we can pickup two more folks from whichever Metro folks think would be closest - I'm afraid I've checked WMATA and it has been most unhelpful.
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    Just got this in an email: mayhaps this would make a suitable consolation dinner for those who didn't/don't get into the DR events here or at Maestro?
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    Does three business days sound fair? Especially given that y'all are considerate enough to give us preannouncements when such events are upcoming. I say BDs, since I'm sure just as there are some members who don't have weekday/daytime access to the boards, there are likewise members who don't have time over the weekend or holidays to view the boards. Looking back at the message trail, even cutting it off on the 30th would've left us with a draw of about 80 people for 56 slots, versus the current count of almost 120. I think limiting the pool buildup time would also help keep our lovely event organizers sane, especially when there are multiple events that are being coordinated at once.
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    One place to start, particularly if you're trying to replicate commercial smoothies without the ridiculous upcharging, is Top Secret Recipes - Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits and Shakes, by Todd Wilbur. He's got a fair amount of free recipes available on his site (http://www.topsecretrecipes.com), if you wanted to check them out first.
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    Do you mean people making multiple reservations at a single restaurant? I'd ask if people ever actually did that, but given Nadya's RW phone encounter with that one lady, I'm sure it probably does. shudder So, the ultimate jackhole would... Be double-parking in a handicapped space while using his cellphone to make two reservations each at five different restaurants for Valentine's Day?
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    And I would imagine they wouldn't be worried about cancellations either, since that shows you were at least considerate enough to do so. I mean, can you imagine how many cancellations folks like doctors must have on their records?
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    So the would-be OT hacker can then have multiple comments from restaurants calling them a no-showing jerkwad? Does OT not prevent someone from registering multiple times with the same contact info?
  9. Principia
    Since OT would then appear to be effective at heading off multi-res asshattery, does it seem feasible that restaurants could stop taking phone reservations in the foreseeable future?
  10. Principia
    No. The HT in Fairfax is in the middle of "old town" Fairfax, and the traffic can be a total PITA... not to mention the lack of parking. Pentagon Row is both closer to the highway and features a larger number of other possible reasons to go there. Of course, if one were to combine a trip to HT with a trip to Super H and/or Woodlands, then that might be sufficient impetus to venture into Fairfax.
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    Well, I agree - in similar situations where I've been the organizer, I've always made an executive decision on behalf of the group's vacillators. Playing the devil's advocate, though: Given the recent RW conversations about repeatedly cruising OpenTable, are you telling me that "someone else" is incapable of calling back at a later time or re-checking OT? To that theoretical person (or the restaurant, for that matter), what's the difference between someone cancelling the next day because it's an extra reservation and someone cancelling the next day because they found out they have to go on a business trip?
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    If I have my bridges right, I think that would probably put you closest to the one in Pentagon Row. I don't know that I could in good conscience recommend driving all the way out to the Reston/Loudoun County ones - although if you wanted to make a day trip to Leesburg (say, to visit the Mighty Midget) then either of the two Ashburns wouldn't be too far away.
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    I know... I'm tempted to check Emily Post and Miss Manners to see if they have anything to say about it. Not that I've ever done or would ever do that, but I'd say that maybe, maybe making multiple reservations is OK if: 1. The reservations are being made well in advance, and 2. The excess reservations are cancelled within 24 hours of their original placement. I can see where booking multiple restaurants might be tempting if you're trying to wrangle something for a group of friends and don't want to let one email straggler hold up the entire reservation process (et al), but it still seems inadvisable to me.
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    As a dear friend of a Special Requests Queen, I have to admit I'm also curious as to how nuts kitchens must get driven by all the diners who request major modifications to existing menu items. And I mean normal restaurant kitchens, not the types of places where you expect the chef to come storming out onto the floor with a cleaver if you ask your server for a pepper shaker. What's an acceptable level of alteration? And do any of our industry members have any fun stories from the trenches about the most ludicrous modifications ever requested to one of their establishment's dishes?
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    The one in Fairfax has the worst parking situation, and the layout can be a little off-putting since it's on two floors. The one in Reston is a single-floor setup. I think the one in Arlington is also a two-floor store. Where are you coming from?
  16. Principia
    Why am I envisioning some enterprising bartender using those as the toppers on a CinnaBunnyTini?
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    Really? If I lived closer they'd probably be my regular grocery store (pockypockypockypocky). That having been said, I know there's always more to learn. I'm up for it, but wouldn't want to crowd out anyone who's more in need of an introduction...
  18. Principia
    And you shop for your groceries at...? I assume you must have better options near you, then.
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    Not that it sounds like you have plans to go back... but it sounds like the trip wasn't recent, since there's now a Wegmans 10 minutes up the street from Super H. I have to agree that their store organization leaves much to be desired - and it's not as though I've only ever shopped at Giant. I've been to grocery stores up and down the East Coast, and have never had similar problems finding basic items at, say, a Publix or a Genuardi's. Harris Teeter, though, has some of the same product-location problems - not to mention the almost-four-bucks-a-gallon milk. It also sounds like you probably went there on a weekend which, as I mentioned upthread, is a suicide mission. I almost had to brain a few dozen people when the +1 and I hit the Dulles one on the Sunday of its opening weekend: according to the employees we've asked, the level of weekend nutsitude has never really decreased from that point, which is why we only go there during the week. P.S. Super H = love. I wish I could get the +1 to head out there more often!
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    Sorry for the perhaps excessive pingage... but while I was listed, my +1 was not, and I wanted to make sure he was part of the headcount.
  21. Principia
    Hey, if we go to Cafe Muse, then we can even rent out a noraebong and check out everyone's karaoke stylings!
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    Is that even more people than on the Ray's lottery? Yeeks! I'm keeping my fingers crossed...
  23. Principia
    Is Christmas 2004 recently enough for you? If so, let me know and I can give you my recommendations...
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    #1 and #2 are good; assuming the night we pick doesn't interfere with his classes (W or Th, the day is still in flux), my +1 is interested as well. #4 I don't mind so much, but it would be an awful lot of work for our "tour guides"!
  25. Principia
    Guidance is always good.
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