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SubarnaNimple
12/03/08

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Bars in DC actually close at 3:30...it's lame Northern Virginia across the Potomac that closes at 2. Most people drinking in DC after 2 have hopped in a cab after VA bars close. However, DC is still lame...definitely agree with that.
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allyzay
12/03/08

@SubarnaNimple: unless something has changed in the past year, and is not reflected online anywhere, they're legally obligated to stop serving booze at 2am. whether or not they keep their doors open 24/7 is kind of up to them, so technically you're right that bars themselves often stay open past the 2am last call to allow patrons to finish their final beer, but they're not supposed to be serving after that 2am bell.
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Iceland Spar
12/03/08

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The greatest thing (I thought at least) about living in DC is that no matter what time of night or how intoxicated you may be, Honest Abe is always open and available for people to stop by for a chat.

Monument drinking is one thing that DC definitely beats New York in.
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pleppy
12/03/08

@Iceland_Spar: We are a city with a LOT of public fountains, too. And a terribly ineffective police force. The latter generally makes for good drunken fun. (And, yes, crime, but let's be positive here, folks.)
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Iceland Spar
12/03/08

@pleppy: I always liked to think of the crime as sort of an added entertainment factor. Like would my car still be outside - who knows? Its DC! Lol, though the all time highlight had to be when a car chase ended (in full police pursuit) at a tree 3 feet outside my window. Followed by a foot chase and a 12 hour search for a gun thrown into the bushes. None of these things have happened to me in boring, post-Guiliani New York!
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gawkimo
12/03/08

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Duude, it's always 5 a.m closing at Gawkimo's love shack! Bring the oils and leave your dignity at home! Whoo hoo!
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pleppy
12/03/08

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This has less to do with DC's desire to be fun, for once, or celebrate hopey-mc-super-president or be accommodating as it is directly related to the excited greed of everyone in DC, trying to make money off of the 4 million hopey-mc-wallets expected to come into town.

I, for one, am inviting anyone with $200 and a sleeping bag to crash on my living room floor. And will maybe walk down to the inauguration to sell whiskey to cold people who've been standing on the mall for 19 hours. BUT! Most likely will not have to go to work, since the whole city is scared that we're going to be overrun by hope and the metros won't work and nobody will be able to get anywhere. (Plus, the drunkenness.)
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J. Henry Waugh
12/03/08

@pleppy: Just rented my house for six grand muthafuckas!
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pleppy
12/03/08

@J. Henry Waugh: what neighborhood?
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fileunder
12/03/08

@pleppy: Hah, but as always, DC will be saddled with most (or all!) of the security/set-up/clean-up costs.
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cupcakes
12/03/08

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So let me get this straight. Only for the week of Obamamania will DCers be able to drink until 5am? Obama brings joy EVERYWHERE HE GOES!
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SuperConnie
12/03/08

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It's amazing how quickly they can move when it comes to the really important things.
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snarky_kittens
12/03/08

@SuperConnie: @SuperConnie: GAH! I'm so sick of the "they" stuff... Washington, the seat of the US Federal Government, which employs douchie popped collared idiots who grow up to be well-suited douchie idiots, is NOT the same as DC, smallish (and politically disenfranchised) city of 600,000, home to go-go, half smokes, and some pretty awesome alternative black and international culture... just not cool enough for the hipsters in brooklyn, I guess. Case in point, the "they" in your sentence, in order to make it snarky, can be inferred to be the US gov't... in fact, it's DC's local government that's deciding this, but why in the world would you ever note or know that? It's outside of NY, so it's not worth looking into... Also, I would just like to mention that NY harping on DC and it's lack of restaurants, all-night metro, and drinking isn't a fair comparison...and is getting so old. The reason isn't because NY is "cooler"... if DC didn't have the federal gov't to give it cultural and political standing, you wouldn't diss on it half as much... and you might keep in perspective that NY has a land area of 468 sq miles with 8+ million people, so the density warrants MORE with 27,147/sq mi. DC is 68 sq miles and 600,000 people... making it 9,581.3/sq mi. almost a 3rd less people per area, so we have a 3rd less metro stops. Okay, rant by DCer (who actually lives in the city, doesn't work for Congress, has tattoos and piercings, reads modern fiction, and loves "indie" rock with the best of 'em) now over. I'm now going to invite people who don't diss my fair city to stay in my house for free for the inauguration.
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fileunder
12/03/08

@motorhomejesus: OMG! Tattoos and piercings?

(Former long-time U Street denizen here, so don't get too riled up)
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dado
12/03/08

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Washington, being Hollywood for ugly people, will finally get the beer goggles they need.
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allyzay
12/03/08

@dado: trust me, if you're trapped in dc, you give yourself beer goggles as often as you possibly can -- no "finally" about it.
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The-Littlest-Hobo
12/03/08

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Ha ha, nice Ian Svenonius reference. It's crazy to me he's still knocking around after all of these years, doing whatever the hell it is he does.
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Pareene
12/03/08

@The-Littlest-Hobo: being SASSY
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The-Littlest-Hobo
12/03/08

@Pareene: The last time I saw him, he looked like a more haggard Austin Powers. But, yes, still sassy!
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Pareene
12/03/08

@The-Littlest-Hobo: hah the last time i saw him he was standing on a traffic median in the middle of the day with a stalk of straw in his mouth. v sassy.
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allyzay
12/03/08

@Pareene:
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Multiphasic
12/03/08

@Pareene: Last time I saw him I almost immediately passed out on a table on the back patio of Hope Lounge and woke up choking on a snus. Little lamb of Ulysses indeed.

Though said evening was not remarkably sassy, nor janey, busty, or bitchy.
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fileunder
12/03/08

@allyzay: Holy cow, is that Spiv and MOMUS? I feel like I'm it's 1998 today.
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allyzay
12/03/08

@fileunder: i know, right? that picture is insane, i always figure they're just talkin' about japanese chicks.
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fileunder
12/03/08

@allyzay: I need to dig out my old copies of Chickfactor now.
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tunamelt
12/03/08

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So D.C. is like LA with the midnight public transit ending...?
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cupcakes
12/03/08

@tunamelt: But I bet DC's isn't on the Honor System. BURN
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Nic Fit
12/03/08

@tunamelt: Never ever attempt to take public transpo in L.A. Last time I was there I tried to take the bus about 2 miles up Pacific Coast Highway. Waving my hands for the bus to wait for me, it simply left my by the side of the highway as it was getting dark.
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BadUncle
12/03/08

@tunamelt: That's the problem. The Metro shuts down before the bars close at 2. When I lived in DC, drunk driving was the only way home from a 9:30 Club show.
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tunamelt
12/03/08

@Nic Fit: I do take public transit in LA, but I lack caution.
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tunamelt
12/03/08

@Nic Fit: Oh, and also, you can take the Red Line until 3 am on Friday and Saturday until New Years. It's like, a special holiday thing. There's also a special late night DASH in downtown that goes from the Staples Center to the bars and stuff for the holidays, too.

LA's public transit is sad.
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pleppy
12/03/08

@BadUncle:um, or a cab, douche.
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BadUncle
12/03/08

@pleppy: There were none then, dimwit.
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Mount_Prion
12/03/08

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All I had to do was read the first line of this to know it was Pareene. Can you patent sarcastic optimism?
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