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  1. Bob Wells
    I'm going to look for that one! I'm a hard cider fan from way back. Couple months ago I discovered Austin Eastciders at Wegmans. The retro cans caught my eye. For me it hits the sweet spot so to speak. A lot of ciders are either too dry or too sweet for me; this stuff threads the needle. Reasonably priced and good flavored varieties too. When I was a kid I had to drive to Federal Hill in Providence to pick up hard cider. Probably a good thing it wasn't so easy to come by back then.😁
  2. Bob Wells
    Ugh. We have a Chuy's gift certificate and had been trying to get to the Fairfax outpost. Hope we have a chance to try it at some point.
  3. Bob Wells
    There are some forces in existence that wouldn't want such a system BECAUSE it would maximize voter participation.
  4. Bob Wells
    Loudoun County Public Schools are closed through next Friday. Shit gettin' real, yo.
  5. Bob Wells
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/arts/music/mccoy-tyner-dead.html
  6. Bob Wells
    That would be Johns Hopkins. 🙂
  7. Bob Wells
    Harbor Seafood is generally my first stop upon arrival at the airport!
  8. Bob Wells
    Some! Not close to comprehensive.
  9. Bob Wells
    So is this Stately Wang Manor? Sorry, I had to do it.😀
  10. Bob Wells
    Great stuff Don! That pass from Pete reminds me of Ernie DiGregorio. If Marvin Barnes hadn't gone down in the first half vs Memphis St in the national semifinal (at which time PC was crushing Memphis), the world would have been treated to an epic final of PC vs UCLA. It's a shame there's no existing footage of some of the Doctor's best work while he was in the ABA.
  11. Bob Wells
    That was Pistol Pete Maravich's final season in the NBA and he went 10-15 on 3s. He would have averaged 60 per game in college and 35-40 in the pros with the three-point option.
  12. Bob Wells
    Looks good! My office is moving to Shouk's block next year. Very psyched!
  13. Bob Wells
    I'm shocked -- there's still an Austin Grill around? That was a pretty good local chain back in the 90s.
  14. Bob Wells
    Awww. We ate at Ayse a few years ago when in the area. Was a positive experience but never got back since it's way out of the way for us. Here is what I wrote on Yelp: "Had an excellent meal at Ayse with the family yesterday. This is probably a 4.5 star review but I'm rounding it up to five since we went at the off-hour of 2 pm and often service and/or food can fall off when you eat at a weird time. On the contrary, we got great service and food that for the most part was really good.Highlights included the dip sampler (6 for $12, a really good deal), the cheese sampler, the shrimp, the meatballs, the mushrooms, and the carrot fritters. The menu is extensive so it's good to see you can probably throw darts and wind up with good food.We don't live close enough to make this a regular stop but would definitely revisit when we are back in the Frederick area."
  15. Bob Wells
    There's also one in Fair Oaks in the Harris Teeter plaza on 50.
  16. Bob Wells
    I have a good Kinkead's story. Back in the mid-90s, my then-fiancee and I wanted to celebrate our nuptials with a nice family dinner at Kinkead's after we had had a superb meal there. We tried our best to make it happen but were not treated well and gave up (to show how long ago this was, we ended up at Two Quail LOL). Anyway, as email was a new thing, I send a long, detailed, but polite email to the manager expressing my deep disappointment at how we were treated. She responded with an offer for us to have dinner for four on them. We took my sister-in-law and her bf (she is now estranged from my wife for reasons wholly unrelated to the dinner). We had another superb dinner, including a great bottle of Zinfandel, that would have cost us $250 but was, as promised, cost-free. We did leave a huge tip for the servers. So I will always have fond memories of Kinkead's.
  17. Bob Wells
    I don't shop at WF nearly as much as I did 10 or 20 years ago (Amazon is getting a lot more of my $$ directly to make up for the shortfall 😄) but at least once a year I get to visit my favorite WF, in Portland, ME. That is a big, beautiful, amazing store. Anyone else been?
  18. Bob Wells
    Hope we get Caps vs Bruins in the Eastern final. They are clearly the two best teams this season. The Bruins issue has been OTs and Shootouts.
  19. Bob Wells
    LOL not from me it ain't. To me it means ordinary, inoffensive, won't give you the trots.... I think other chains are far worse -- Olive Garden for one. I remember my first visit to an OG many years ago. I ordered my standby linguini with white clam sauce (I grew up in RI). What I got resembled library paste. I chalked it up to a bad kitchen. Next visit to a different OG, again ordered linguini with white clam sauce. Got the exact same dish of overcooked, gluey mush. "Ok, so that's how it is at the OG, huh? Got it."
  20. Bob Wells
    I just added a few comments about the waste potential to the Popville comment thread. That's what pisses me off. The food at CF is perfectly average.
  21. Bob Wells
    Being of a certain age, when I saw this thread title I thought it would be a guide to eateries on East Baltimore St in Baltimore, where the go-to used to be Polock Johnny's.😂
  22. Bob Wells
    Thanks -- the Brambleberry looks like it's one of the flavors that H-T carries. I will give it a shot!
  23. Bob Wells
    Teeter's ice cream/gelato game is strong. Graeter's from Cincy and Gelato Fiasco from Maine are well represented. I'll surprise my kid with a pint of Jeni's.
  24. Bob Wells
    While I am a big fan of clam pizza and new pizza options for this area in general, I would be at most cautiously optimistic. They have a location in Warwick RI, which is a lot closer to New Haven (as well as the clam beds), and the reviews are all over the map.
  25. Bob Wells
    I'm one of those nearby office workers (maybe 1x per week) and I've never gone up for lunch or seen any of my colleagues do so either. Sweetgreen seems to get the lunch traffic. The Macy's closing has reduced third-floor traffic even more, I'm sure.
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