If Historical Events had Facebook Statuses
By Wylo
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Stolen From Cool Material. If Historical Event had Facebook Statuses.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Employment Chronicles Chapter 5: Latin Concepts Offers Great Cheap Happy Hours!
Greetings,
If you live in the D.C. area you may have already been to one of these restaurants. I'm a huge fan of this group of restaurants because they offer great happy hour specials, and a different Latin style in each (even if they don't serve Latin food!) You can check out all these restaurants at http://www.latinconcepts.com/
Mata: Mate is decadent, lush and entirely unexpected in historic Georgetown. All red décor, very luxe Panton spiral lamps, red Luna chairs, a sleek aluminum bar and a Latin inspired sushi menu are brought together to create a sophisticated and seductive atmosphere for Washingtonians.
Special Note: Happy hour includes $6 cocktails. My personal favorite is the Pomegranate Margarita.
Gazuza: Gazuza is Dupont Circle's favored lounge destination, with sleek modern decor, all weather patio, and deep lounge funk music.
Special Note: Happy hour includes $1 Nigiri and 1/2 price rolls if you are a sushi fan!
Chi Cha: Relaxed and laid back, Chi Cha Lounge is named after the traditional Latin American drink from the Andes known as “chicha”, a concoction of corn soaked in pineapple juice, cinnamon, cloves, cane sugar and the house secret ingredient. Chi Cha offers a menu of "Modern Andean Cuisine", deliciously comfortable couches and chairs jammed together so informally you often become part of someone else's conversation.
Special Note: Happy hour here is a bit later (5pm-8pm) and includes 1/2 price hookah.
Guarapo: A sleek lounge with international flair, hookah pipes and the only place in town that offers Guarapo cocktails, a sugar cane syrup mixed deliciously with vodka and lime juice. Andean-flavored tapas menú marinated mushrooms, chicken empanadas, grilled shrimp and a variety of ceviche styles. Cutting-edge DJs and live bands.
Special Note: Happy hour includes $5 Arepas, grilled stuffed corn cakes served with iceberg lettuce, pico de gallo, and fried plantains.
Nena: Nena is the upstairs lounge of Guarapo and is regularly open on Friday and Saturday nights at 9pm.
If you would like to book a private event for 50-200 people Nena is the perfect space. Email sevem@latinconcepts.com to inquire about availability.
Enjoy my friends!
If you live in the D.C. area you may have already been to one of these restaurants. I'm a huge fan of this group of restaurants because they offer great happy hour specials, and a different Latin style in each (even if they don't serve Latin food!) You can check out all these restaurants at http://www.latinconcepts.com/
Mata: Mate is decadent, lush and entirely unexpected in historic Georgetown. All red décor, very luxe Panton spiral lamps, red Luna chairs, a sleek aluminum bar and a Latin inspired sushi menu are brought together to create a sophisticated and seductive atmosphere for Washingtonians.
Special Note: Happy hour includes $6 cocktails. My personal favorite is the Pomegranate Margarita.
Gazuza: Gazuza is Dupont Circle's favored lounge destination, with sleek modern decor, all weather patio, and deep lounge funk music.
Special Note: Happy hour includes $1 Nigiri and 1/2 price rolls if you are a sushi fan!
Chi Cha: Relaxed and laid back, Chi Cha Lounge is named after the traditional Latin American drink from the Andes known as “chicha”, a concoction of corn soaked in pineapple juice, cinnamon, cloves, cane sugar and the house secret ingredient. Chi Cha offers a menu of "Modern Andean Cuisine", deliciously comfortable couches and chairs jammed together so informally you often become part of someone else's conversation.
Special Note: Happy hour here is a bit later (5pm-8pm) and includes 1/2 price hookah.
Guarapo: A sleek lounge with international flair, hookah pipes and the only place in town that offers Guarapo cocktails, a sugar cane syrup mixed deliciously with vodka and lime juice. Andean-flavored tapas menú marinated mushrooms, chicken empanadas, grilled shrimp and a variety of ceviche styles. Cutting-edge DJs and live bands.
Special Note: Happy hour includes $5 Arepas, grilled stuffed corn cakes served with iceberg lettuce, pico de gallo, and fried plantains.
Nena: Nena is the upstairs lounge of Guarapo and is regularly open on Friday and Saturday nights at 9pm.
If you would like to book a private event for 50-200 people Nena is the perfect space. Email sevem@latinconcepts.com to inquire about availability.
Enjoy my friends!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
The Employment Chronicles Chapter 4: Things I Wish I Could Do. Number 5: Spit Acid
Happy Saturday!
Thanks for the idea Lady Gaga, and for making your vagina so accessible.
Lastly, I hope you all had a great shark week!
First things first... free stuff. I have a $10 gift certificate to Shoe Buy that I won't use so if any of you are interested, be the first to use this code at check out: P209816494848247
You can redeem at: Shoe Buy
Good luck in being the first to redeem!
Additionally, if you haven't seen this yet you are living in a cave:
This will be funny for the next week before I'm over it.
Now on to the meat and potatoes. The top 5 things I wish I could do:
Number 5: Spit Acid.
No one fucks with this guy
Simply put, I'm a non confrontational white girl. I'd like to have this in my back pocket in case I ever get mugged. Seriously, I bet I'd personally cut down on crime in my area. Here is my image of what would happen.
" Hey Joe, did you hear white girls can now spit acid?"
" Yea, Tommy lost a thumb last week. Guess I should clean up my life. Maybe go back to school and get my degree! "
" I hear you, life on the streets isn't safe for us anymore. I've been thinking about spending more time with my family. You know my moms not getting any younger, and I don't know how much time I have left with her"
" Yea that's nice, now block the wind I'm gunna roast this bone."
It's not a perfect system, but I'd be a hero.
Simply put, I'm a non confrontational white girl. I'd like to have this in my back pocket in case I ever get mugged. Seriously, I bet I'd personally cut down on crime in my area. Here is my image of what would happen.
" Hey Joe, did you hear white girls can now spit acid?"
" Yea, Tommy lost a thumb last week. Guess I should clean up my life. Maybe go back to school and get my degree! "
" I hear you, life on the streets isn't safe for us anymore. I've been thinking about spending more time with my family. You know my moms not getting any younger, and I don't know how much time I have left with her"
" Yea that's nice, now block the wind I'm gunna roast this bone."
It's not a perfect system, but I'd be a hero.
Number 4: Make Plants Grow...At All.
This is the only plant I own and he doesn't want to live.
So my boyfriend got me this plant for our anniversary because I asked for something that would live longer then a week. This was a month ago, and I have been in a constant struggle with A.P (anniversary plant) to keep it alive. The day I brought it home a squirrel knocked it off my patio table and noshed on a leaf. Now I keep him on the ground, and its like every day he looks a little better or a little worse. It's bullshit and I hate it.
Only solution. Magic powers. Problem solved.
Number 3: Make Shitty Movies Disappear.
Every movie she stars in makes my uterus scream.
Wouldn't it be nice if every time you went into a movie you knew it wasn't going to drain two hours of your life leaving you weak, delirious, and $10 short. Well if I could make shitty movies disappear Vince Vaughn might be your next barista at Starbucks.
Number 2: Summon Bees.
SUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So my boyfriend got me this plant for our anniversary because I asked for something that would live longer then a week. This was a month ago, and I have been in a constant struggle with A.P (anniversary plant) to keep it alive. The day I brought it home a squirrel knocked it off my patio table and noshed on a leaf. Now I keep him on the ground, and its like every day he looks a little better or a little worse. It's bullshit and I hate it.
Only solution. Magic powers. Problem solved.
Number 3: Make Shitty Movies Disappear.
Wouldn't it be nice if every time you went into a movie you knew it wasn't going to drain two hours of your life leaving you weak, delirious, and $10 short. Well if I could make shitty movies disappear Vince Vaughn might be your next barista at Starbucks.
Number 2: Summon Bees.
Bee's are assholes. Imagine if you could control large groups of them to do your bidding. I imagine it would work like this...
And it would be awesome....
Number 1: Take Someone's Creativity Through Their Vagina.
And it would be awesome....
Number 1: Take Someone's Creativity Through Their Vagina.
Thanks for the idea Lady Gaga, and for making your vagina so accessible.
Lastly, I hope you all had a great shark week!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
The Employment Chronicles Chapter 3: "Oh My God!!!!!!"
Cool Stuff from the weekend:
I saw two movies, ate two awesome steaks, and watched a lot of Head Case. Below is the video for my favorite song of the week. It's from the trailer for the upcoming movie It's Kind of a Funny Story starring Zach Galifianakis and Keir Christ . Keir is best known for his role as Marshall in Showtime's hit dramedy United States of Tara. I am fucking stoked to see this movie! Maybe it's the song that hooked me; or maybe it's just Zach's beard. It makes me want to build a nest.
Trailer for It's Kind of a Funny Story
Other things of note:
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Saw this at the Dollar Store. I'm ready for school if it includes severed limbs!
Spent a lot of time at the art house theater this weekend, and both films I saw I highly recommend. First there was Cyrus:
This movie was an interesting character study, and I was kind of excited to see John C. Reilly do something without Will Ferrell involved, or Will Ferrell inspired ( ie: Walk Hard, The Dewy Cox Story). I also love Jonah Hill, and he is always good as the one character he knows how to play (ie: Giant man-boy whose a little off, but totally lovable).
Plot line:
"With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim at a party. To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly. Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John's house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly's life: her son, Cyrus. A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom's best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over" -Written by Fox Searchlight.
I give it a B-. It was charming, awkward, and Marissa Tomei is still smoking hott; however it was also a little slow, and choppy in certain parts. See it before you see any of the other shit that's out right now ( besides Inception, which if you haven't seen it, you are retarded).
The second movie I HIGHLY recommend is The Kids are All Right starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo.
"Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, loving but by no means perfect relationship. Nic, a physician, needs to wield what she believes is control, whereas Jules, under that control, is less self-assured. During their relationship, Jules has floundered in her "nine to five" life, sometimes trying to start a business - always unsuccessfully - or being the stay at home mom. She is currently trying to start a landscape design business. They have two teen-aged children, Joni and Laser, Nic who is Joni's biological mother, and Jules who is Laser's biological mother. Although not exact replicas, each offspring does more closely resemble his/her biological mother in temperament. Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. Shortly after Joni's eighteenth birthday and shortly before she plans to leave the house and head off to college, Laser, only fifteen and underage to do so, pleads with her to try and contact their sperm donor father. Somewhat reluctantly, she does. He is late thirty-something Paul, a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. After Joni and Laser meet with Paul, Nic and Jules learn what their children have done, and although they don't want Paul infiltrating their lives, they want to meet him especially as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain some sort of relationship with him. As Paul's relationship with the entire family grows, which also includes him hiring Jules to design and construct his back yard, they have an effect on what he wants in life, and he in turn affects the family dynamic as well as each person's relationships outside of the family." - Written by random dude on IMDB.
This movie was fucking amazing. I give it an A based on the story line, performances all around, and the fact that I love homosexual dramz when it's comedic yet realistic. Also, everyone loves seeing Julianne Moore topless, and she is topless a decent amount.
Lastly:
STEAK!!!!!!
I saw two movies, ate two awesome steaks, and watched a lot of Head Case. Below is the video for my favorite song of the week. It's from the trailer for the upcoming movie It's Kind of a Funny Story starring Zach Galifianakis and Keir Christ . Keir is best known for his role as Marshall in Showtime's hit dramedy United States of Tara. I am fucking stoked to see this movie! Maybe it's the song that hooked me; or maybe it's just Zach's beard. It makes me want to build a nest.
Trailer for It's Kind of a Funny Story
Other things of note:
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Saw this at the Dollar Store. I'm ready for school if it includes severed limbs!
Spent a lot of time at the art house theater this weekend, and both films I saw I highly recommend. First there was Cyrus:
This movie was an interesting character study, and I was kind of excited to see John C. Reilly do something without Will Ferrell involved, or Will Ferrell inspired ( ie: Walk Hard, The Dewy Cox Story). I also love Jonah Hill, and he is always good as the one character he knows how to play (ie: Giant man-boy whose a little off, but totally lovable).
Plot line:
"With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim at a party. To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly. Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John's house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly's life: her son, Cyrus. A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom's best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over" -Written by Fox Searchlight.
I give it a B-. It was charming, awkward, and Marissa Tomei is still smoking hott; however it was also a little slow, and choppy in certain parts. See it before you see any of the other shit that's out right now ( besides Inception, which if you haven't seen it, you are retarded).
The second movie I HIGHLY recommend is The Kids are All Right starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo.
"Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, loving but by no means perfect relationship. Nic, a physician, needs to wield what she believes is control, whereas Jules, under that control, is less self-assured. During their relationship, Jules has floundered in her "nine to five" life, sometimes trying to start a business - always unsuccessfully - or being the stay at home mom. She is currently trying to start a landscape design business. They have two teen-aged children, Joni and Laser, Nic who is Joni's biological mother, and Jules who is Laser's biological mother. Although not exact replicas, each offspring does more closely resemble his/her biological mother in temperament. Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. Shortly after Joni's eighteenth birthday and shortly before she plans to leave the house and head off to college, Laser, only fifteen and underage to do so, pleads with her to try and contact their sperm donor father. Somewhat reluctantly, she does. He is late thirty-something Paul, a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. After Joni and Laser meet with Paul, Nic and Jules learn what their children have done, and although they don't want Paul infiltrating their lives, they want to meet him especially as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain some sort of relationship with him. As Paul's relationship with the entire family grows, which also includes him hiring Jules to design and construct his back yard, they have an effect on what he wants in life, and he in turn affects the family dynamic as well as each person's relationships outside of the family." - Written by random dude on IMDB.
This movie was fucking amazing. I give it an A based on the story line, performances all around, and the fact that I love homosexual dramz when it's comedic yet realistic. Also, everyone loves seeing Julianne Moore topless, and she is topless a decent amount.
Lastly:
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STEAK!!!!!!
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