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  1. Rovers2000
    While RJ's response could be construed as humorous, the above quote literally made me laugh out loud. Really? You're going to compare a ground floor level sales job, taken by a kid probably right out of college - more than likely to simply get some experience on their resume since the job market is pretty competitive, to fracking? Are you truly serious? I speak as someone who spend my first year post college cold calling on behalf of a consulting firm to drum business up. Thinking back on it, some of the responses that I received from the Chief Financial Officers I called would make RJ's look pretty tame. That said, it was a great experience b/c it showed me the importance of preparation - after my first experience messing up an email merge or miss-speaking, I sure as hell did my due diligence before picking up the phone. So why don't we get off our collective high horses here - if you want to attack Groupon go ahead, but to attack a junior employee (or their job) who is just working to collect a paycheck sending out mail merges and cold calling is pretty sad and juvenile.
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    From the reading I've done on it - the difference is mostly textural. I've done them for as little as 7 hours and they've come out closer to the texture / taste you'd get with a traditional braise. The reason I'm doing the 72 hours is really to test it out (I also am having folks over for dinner Wed evening) to see what the difference is.
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    Anova just launched a kickstarter that Serious Eats announced today for a newer (cheaper / more adjustable) model that can be controlled via an iPhone. It's about a 30 dollar discount (the first two levels are sold out) from what retail will be. I can say that my original Anova has been humming along for about a year and I have had absolutely zero issues with it - in fact, I have some 72 hour short ribs in it as I type. I did jump in for the new one b/c the adjustable height will allow me to use it with smaller pots (I currently leverage a restaurant size stock pot with my original).
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    I thought this was a pretty cool topic to start the day off...two things come to mind for me - and I don't know if they shaped me as much as they're so completely burned in my brain that I can't help but think of the memory whenever the food presents itself: 1. When I was little, my grandfather used to take me to this restaurant in Stroudsburg PA called "Routsens" (sp?) that was on the bottom floor of a department store. Every single time he ordered scrapple with poached eggs and I can directly trace my love of both to those mornings with him. Whether it was "healthy" for me is another thing , but every time I see it on the menu I'm likely to order it as it very clearly reminds me of my grandfather. 2. Growing up, Saturday mornings usually consisted of some sort of sports practice immediately followed by cutting our lawn (we had about a half acre). EVERY Saturday for lunch without fail my mom served my dad and I tuna sandwiches on toast, with lettuce (pickle and utz chips on the side) and a Coca Cola. To this day when I'm running errands on a weekend, I tend to get a craving for that exact lunch. It's funny how not necessarily "great" food can be a catalyst for such vivid memories. I literally can picture both the old restaurant that is no longer there and the kitchen table where we at lunch perfectly when I think about those foods.
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    Surfside in Glover Park has a few varieties of fish tacos (and tends to have specials as well). It would also be a nice spot to sit upstairs on the roof deck to enjoy the weather with a few cold ones.
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    As I was googling around in preparation for our first visit of '14 to Glen Manor tomorrow for their Petit Verdot vertical tasting, I came across this: Jeff White named Grape Grower of the Year by the Virginia Vineyards Association Congrats to Jeff! Also, they recently released their 2013 Sauv Blanc, Rose, and Petit Manseng as well as their first Merlot based blend (named T. Ruth after this grandmother) - I more than likely will find myself coming home with a mixed case on top of the Petit Verdot they've been holding for me. I think it's pretty cool how they renamed the Rose in honor of one of their "farming family" - the blurb from the case club newsletter: "Morales Rosé is in honor of Jose Morales and his family. They have long worked here, diligently, tirelessly, expertly, and are so crucial to our operation and its success. They have become dear friends and a close extension of our farming family." Jeff, Kelly and the rest of the Glen Manor team continue to be true class acts - just one of the reasons they are a winery (and family) worth supporting (on top of their great wine ).
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    Creamy tomato soup from Serious Eats Grilled cheese Bell's Oberon That soup truly is one of the fastest, most delicious, soups to make on a weeknight. It's great for lunch the next day as well.
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    In what will be the first in a chain of posts (over the coming week or two) relating to services we've used / are using during our move from Cleveland Park to Arlington - I wanted to wholeheartedly endorse the services of Joe Pollock of Joe's Dog Walking. Joe was recommended to us by a neighbor shortly before we picked up our 8 week old english bulldog puppy Lucy and from day 1 he has been tremendous in watching after her. He comes at lunch every day and walks Lucy solo for 30 minutes for a very reasonable rate. In addition to her daily walks, Joe has been EXTREMELY flexible and available on short notice or on weekends if my wife and I end up out of the house for longer than anticipated. We have also leveraged Joe to stay with Lucy overnight and he provided his usual superb service. If I could I would continue to use Joe once we move to Arlington, but unfortunately he only takes clients in DC. He has been an incredible help as Lucy has grown up (she's now a year and 2 months) and both my wife and I would be extremely happy to provide any additional reference points a prospective client might have on top of our wholehearted endorsement of his services. Joe's Dog Walking Joe Pollock (202) 642-3835 Dave Hofman
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    An Iron City for my Pitt Panthers for making this afternoon relatively stress free.
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    This is an awesome post and I often feel the same way. The only difference (other than those mornings being way fewer and farther between now that I'm getting older) is that I tend to stick with the gyro platter in those situations
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    I have the Anova and have really enjoyed using it - the thing is also basically lab grade, it weighs quite a bit and feels very solid.
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    Don - appreciate the offer. I will take one of them (two if anyone else has to back out)
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    I had checked them - but most were for training / animal hospitals / or pet sitting (all of which I've duly noted). Since we have such a great dog walker (more of a set up like Katelin references above) in DC, I figured it was worth a shot checking if anyone used a specific walker since we were referred to ours through a neighbor in Cleveland Park.
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    Appreciate both of the suggestions above - I may end up using both as our pup probably could leverage some training as well.
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    So in exactly 3 weeks I'll have sold my place in Cleveland Park for a move out to a town home in VA (Ballston to be exact). To that end, I'm going to also be leaving a dog walker that we love and trust (he's helped us since our english bulldog Lucy was 10 weeks old) and searching for a new dog walker. One thing that's important to me is that the service (or individual) walks the dogs individually as opposed to having a handful of leashes with dogs crowded together. Cost is less important to me than quality here. Appreciate any help! Best, Dave Hofman
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    If that's the case - I was curious when I saw the results as to where they were - I wonder what the reason was for not submitting entries?
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    In the book it details the meal as part of the chapter Waitman references. I actually listened to the book (Bourdain narrates all of his audio books - so I like them for long car rides more than some generic voice over actor) on a drive from NY to Pittsburgh and found the chapters on Justo and the one on Fergus Henderson to be my favorites.
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    Kosher pickle, chopped white onion, spicy mustard. On a potato roll. I love the Dietz & Watson franks - but that also could be b/c it reminds me of growing up in PA
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    I had the Occhipinti Nero d'Avola the last night Dino's was open and it was a terrific wine
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    I will be curious to see if this has an impact on an area like Ballston. My thought being - Ballston (and it's terrible mall) have long been a second thought to Clarendon in terms of development. Yet recently, we've seen NRG put Rustico there and Isabella is putting a Kapnos. With what I'd imagine being cheaper rents does it become more of a draw - with the potential to be more so if they ever get it together and redevelop that mall.
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    I'd also recommend Churchkey (vs. the more expensive Birch & Barley downstairs) - they tend to have some samples from the menu downstairs and its definitely possible to get out of there in the 75-100 range for 2.
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    To TJ Oshie and Jonathan Quick - U-S-A!!
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    My wife and I would be down for 2 spots if someone wants to coordinate (I would normally, but the house selling / buying process is really about all the non work coordination I can handle at the moment).
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    Joe - unfortunately we are actually set up for April 5th at 3pm. I have never had the petit verdot - but I bought half a case of the '10 that I'll be picking up while we do the vertical, so I'm really looking forward to the tasting. I think it was one of your descriptors that really peaked my interest when you compared it to Valpolicello and I was further interested when Jeff used some of the the ripasso techniques with his '10 vintages.
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    This was the first $40+ a bottle case I'd ever purchased - and part of it is b/c I really like supporting Jeff and Kelly (the other part is I happen to really like essentially all of their wines) so I figured I mind as well take the guy who made it seriously. I look forward to having some actual storage (vs. a few racks in the bottom of closets and in a basement storage unit) when I move to the Arlington area from downtown in (hopefully) a few weeks. It'll give me some space to be thoughtful about things I'd like to see how they do from an age perspective... I'd had a half bottle of the 2010 at the Ashby Inn (where I was chastised for committing wine infanticide) and its really quite remarkable how much difference just a year and change has made with this wine.
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