gloss bar next to the shaw giant is very good by dc standards, particularly with dip.

me: excited to find eastern european manicure places

also me: ah fuck they're in arlington

I cannot express how unfunny this is

> But I'm sort of at a loss for what falls within the range of appropriate, business-adjacent lunch dining at a steakhouse in D.C.

> I'm taking my dad

...are you trying to impress the waiter? when you say dad, do you mean daddy and you are his sugar baby and that's what makes this business?

jfc, look at the menu and get what sounds good. this has to be a troll post.

ok lol I'll try to take this in the spirit it was meant

Just returned from my walk, can confirm: very Chicago

Tatte did it last year, but they appear not to this year? hm.

hot tip, there's also a lot of creative writing groups on the internet. people in /r/writing sometimes drop their group discords and you can also check out sites like Absolute Write and Scribophile

Piggying back on this to say: if you're a pedestrian, please don't stop in bike lanes. Especially if you're dressed in all black at night and I can't see you. There's a whole ass sidewalk that you can stand in instead of obstructing traffic.

> I didn’t realize these simple little things were sore subjects to residents!

Why are you being shady lol? I'm just letting you know that bikers/runners do say on your left. Maybe not the 2 you met over the past 4 days, but they do. It's super weird of you to make absolute statements and then claim it's because they're "sore subjects" when people call you out on your unnecessarily absolute statements. That's all.

Also, your faulty logic is not an excuse to run/bike without saying on your left fyi.

> Bikers/Runners never announce “on your left!”

They do. Source: have been here more than 4 days.

idk maybe Denver is different, but most cities you can't get to know in a long weekend.