Mrs. B

I do at least 95% of the time. Baggus are much smaller than a wallet when kept in their pack. They come in extremely handy.

ETA: I actually carry them more for the convenience than the environmental benefits, but they are a great side effect.

You walk around with things in your hand?

I know it is tough to remember to carry bags. It was for me.

Every time you take a walk you carry a bag?

Learn to balance stuff on your head? It's pretty amazing what Africans can do with their heads.

Do you remember the lady that would ride the 14th street bus with the RC Cola bottle on her head back around 1987-1995? I'm pretty sure she wasn't African (I think she was Caribbean) and it was pretty cool that she could do that with her head.

Here's an African that really uses her head.

It could be worse. In Ireland the tax is 33 cents per plastic bag. The large A Better Bag is an affordable 99 cents at Whole Foods and received the top rating in Consumer Reports a couple of issues back. I've stuffed them with all sorts of heavy items with nary a rip or tear.

I have 4 of them and they are quite durable. I also have about 20 other assorted reusable shopping bags. I would like to use them always because they are easier to carry home then plastic bags. I just don't always know when I'm going to shop.

I don't like feeling like a bad social Do Bee every time I forget to bring a bag with me. I don't drive. I walk. So I can't just toss them in the back of my car. I don't regularly (never really) carry a purse. Not all my pants have pockets so I can't even stuff a couple old plastic bags in my pockets. And I really don't want to carry something on my shoulder every damn time I walk out the door. I'll pay the nickel or dime, I just don't want to deal with the righteous aprobation from smug bag carriers. Diane Rehm I'm looking at you.

The best thing that they could do is enact a 5 or 10 cent deposit on soft drink and beer cans and bottles. When they enacted that in California, a large amount of roadside trash and litter suddenly became a valuable commodity and no longer an eyesore, and lots of people who had the energy to collect bottles and cans but couldn't find a job, suddenly had a way to make some money. The major unintended consequence, was that scavengers went through people's recycling trash before the collection truck arrived.

If I recall correctly, there was an attempt to do something like this quite a few years ago. The charge of racism killed it pretty quickly, again IIRC.

Thanks Mrs.B !

We will defiinitely follow many of your suggestions.

I`m also thinking of taking them for lunch to Cantler`s inn in Annapolis which I think they`ve never experienced before, and then to Pazo for dinner in Baltimore.

The only question is, what can we do and where can we take them between lunch and dinner time? Tour Annapolis or Baltimore? What can we do there?

Simple

I gotta say, they smell a bit and take some time, but the frites you make at home are going to be better than any you get out. And you guests' jaws will drop. In combo with grilled beef? Unbelievable.

I disagree. cooking at home without proper ventilation sucks

Old School DC restaurants near your hotel worth a visit are La Chaumiere and 1789.

Dumbarton Oaks garden is lovely (and I know you excluded museums but that's worth a visit too).

A trip on the C&O Canal.

Jazz at the Sculpture Garden

Botanical Gardens Or Arboretum.

CityZen should impress. Check out the dining guide here for highlighted restaurants and their threads.

If you have a car available you might consider a crab house visit.

Drum circle at Malcolm X Park is fun.

ETA: Canoeing or kayaking on the Potomac might be fun too.

English Peas at Mt. Pleasant today - Richfield Farms first on left.

Wrong Thread Sorry Don

The Wagyu is quite tasty. But the $9.99/lb prime strips bring great joy to the Scottish part of my soul.

You may want to consider asking for the table "in the window" and doing the longer prix fixe which, I believe, is $125.

Quite honestly, I'm surprised that you could get in on three weeks notice even for a Thursday night. Luck? The economy? Enjoy!

Unless they moved the fan/light unit you might not want to consider that spot. I thought I was going to pass out or throw up or both within a minute of sitting under that thing.

I'm special too even without allergies And I asked to be moved and they obliged. Great service! Enjoy!

I agree with Don on the flip a coin. And also agree with his analysis in general.

For my type of eating, the edge would go to Teatro. Mainly because I am easily overwhelmed with food early on in this type of a meal and I found the style and pacing of food at TG better for my appetite then Komi. I also very much enjoyed the entire "chef's table" in the kitchen experience.

If Komi had served me half as much (and that would probably be way to little for others) then I might find the edge going there because I really adored the service and the flavor profiles of the food might be a little more to my liking (although that varies day to day or me). Once again, I was full at Komi before the pasta hit the table so ymmv. And I didn't feel like I was really in control of the pacing of the meal, unlike Rocks.

Really a wonderful dilemma!

Do report back please.

Ate here last night with Waitman and the boy. I had outstanding kitfo, very good gomen and misir wat and really unpleasant kik alitcha.

The dishes that I liked were very deeply and complexly (is that a word?) spiced and the seving sizes were perfect. The kik alitcha was underspiced and had an unfortunate combination of crunchiness to it coupled with mushiness and a really bland flavourlessness. It lacked (to my taste at least) garlic, turmeric and ginger.

The service was very efficient and the place was hopping but not crushing. I will gladly go back but since Nora's a kik alitcha fanatic it may be a while.

Just make sure that you specify that you don't want to be in the Atrium if you go to Old Ebbitt's. The place is a real favorite of my Dad' and (late) Mom's.

Note that if you're squeezing fresh key limes, which are small and don't release a lot of juice, it takes like 3000 key limes to get 1 cup of key lime juice...

59 for me. Couple a deathgrip with a kitchenaid.

Pastrami on Rye or Reuben from NY Deli Deli City on Bladensburg tops my list right now.

Out of the way but so worth it.

ETA Thanks for the correction alan7147!

I had a carryout combination Banh Mi today. The meats were tasty and the veggies good (although I wouldn't mind a bit more hot pepper). The dressing/mayo was on the light side which only served to accentuate the fact that the bread was not as fresh as one would hope.

This will not stop me from returning. I'm sure it was just bad timing on my part.

Price = $4.35 including tax.

Much as I love certain aspects of Eco-Friendly (more jowls, please) I have to admit that the onglet was the single chewiest pice of meat I've ever cooked. It was like beef-flavored Dubble Bubble.

Tasty, but challenging.

My jaws are actually a bit sore this am. From the meat. You pervs. The onglet.

Any improvement in their bread, or is it still Sysco's finest (or, last I was there, not quite the finest).

The only thing holding their sandwich back from being stupendous, IMHO.

Cold rueben sandwich that Waitman kindly picked up for me this am from Deli City. I'm a lucky girl.

It is wild caught in South America according to the info sheet in the store. It looked kind of tired so I let it be.

Crema has an almost (but not quite) cheesey overtone on my palate. I use it in black bean or squash soup, pour a bit into a halved avocado with a splash of hot sauce, put it on fried plantains and also happily eat it off a spoon as a guilty pleasure. I wouldn't use it in place of sour cream on a potato or in a dip.

How large of a batch are you buying? In my neck of the woods (Mt Pleasant) 15oz is pretty much standard.

If you don't care for it, send it over here yum yum.

Gnocchi, morels, bacon, peas, favas, onions, and ramps, with a very little creamy sauce on the bottom of the bowl. I'm making it for Easter dinner on Sunday.

Going back tonight for another burger...

I've only ever seen it in restaurants in South Africa. I recall it being very good. Can't speak to the sustainability issues. But its a really ugly looking fish. Are they selling it whole at Harris Teeter?

Fillets. The link I posted said it's not just fished in S. Africa. I might check HT's sourcing. Would that make a difference from a sustainablity POV? I never found any link besides S. Af. caught fish and the no-no list.

Has anybody ever used Kingklip? It is on sale this week at HT for $9.99/lb and sounds interesting.