Since Don has written twice and asked me to do the intro thing - here goes: I live in Florida and I have a second residence in Napa, CA. I have family and regulary visit the DC area - in fact, I was born in DC (the old GW Hospital, now torn down), lived and worked there for a long time, most recently from 2006 - 2007 and have an active interest in DC dining. I'm a regular reader of the Post on-line, like Tom Sietsma's Wednesday sessions and use Chowhound, Zagat and other on-line sources. Always interested in learning about what's good in DC. Love the oysters at Old Ebbitt, mourn the loss of Le Bagatelle (so long ago and La Colline was never a good replacement) and the Frozen Dairy Bar in Falls Church, adore the Mediterranean fish soup at the Bread Line and think that Michael Landrum runs a dynamite steak house. Sorry - there is no good barbecue in DC, although Rocklands in Arlington has o.k. ribs. Nothing beats a steamed blue crab (#1 jimmies only) with lots of Old Bay and salt.
Look forward to lurking and posting occasionally.
Mike
