Washington, D.C. TT meeting

“just make sure you go to NW and not NE Chili ;o)”

“Hey lyra, did you see the big extravaganza last night for Bittany Spears and Aerosmith? What a 'pallooza! The crowd looked a little scripted, though.”

“i'm ashamed to say i was there. LOL!! i guess you probably got shots of the crowd that was actually within a mile of the stage, so that wasn't me. ha! Britney was only on for like 5 minutes!”

“yeah chili, like ynami said, NE is a little sketchy...but you should find some cool sightseeing in SE.

:-D”

“I was looking for ya, lyra! Did you get one of those little light candles everyone was waving towards the end? I could have sworn I saw you sitting on someone's shoulders!”

“Wasn't lyra the one flashing Britney?”

“Almost anybody in the crowd would have done anything to hoist Her Adorableness onto their shoulders.









I know, I know, don't say it. I should eat it!”

“we decided we needed to go somewhere with beer around the time they started giving out lights. but i don't think people waaaayyyy on the other end of the mall would have gotten them anyway...it would've taken like 5 hours to give them to everyone! they did pelt some cans of nasty Vanilla Pepsi at us when everyone started booooing at the commercials, though. some people threw them back, LOL! i'm just lucky i didn't get smacked in the head with one.”

“Was it me or was Britiney not really singing ... I'm outraged.”

“Ah, Good Ole Washington,,,,home of the flying Pepsi.”

“Britney doesn't have to sing anymore, she just has to get up there and shake her moneymaker.”

“Weren't you the one making out with Britney, lycra?”

“i know, she was SO not singing! i was hoping she'd kiss a few girls, but no. LOL!!”

“oh, i didn't see that post before i said that, Violin. LOL!”

“Aerosmith sucked just as they have for over thirty years.

I was hopin' Steve Tyler would choke himself on the mic.”

“"Aerosmith sucked just as they have for over thirty years.

I was hopin' Steve Tyler would choke himself on the mic."

Wow! Something we can agree on Tom. I hate that band with a passion. Nice to know I'm not the only one.


















Hendrix still sux 2.”

“How can a dead guy suck?

Wait a minute..........I don't need to know :P

Tyler's daughter is a wonderful actor.
So we have something to thank him for.

Some of the band members look like comatose extras from one of those Lord Of The Rings movies.
Or maybe refugees from a Go-rilla Love-In.”

“HOW did an ugly ass circus freak like Steve Tyler have a daughter that looks like THAT??

(her mother must've been UNbelievable, LOL)


For more ruminations re: the shindig on the Mall, see The Brown Stuff thread, <G>”

“They say that alcohol has been helping the human race reproduce for centuries.

Tyler and his merry band of munchkins were reknowned for their drug use.

Maybe he got Liv's momma wasted and the rest is history.”

“That reminds me of a line from Dinah-Moe-Hum...”

“....an' a little mo' hum!”

“Just get me wasted
An' you're half-way there
'Cause if my mind's tore up
Then my body don't care


(can also be applicable to your garden variety jaunts to Irish pubs)”

“Say hal-uh-loo-yuh!”

“bit, don't you mean that she needs to keep shaking her money makersssss!”

“Will we need reservations?

How about qualms?”

“well, i've never been there, but i'd bet a million dollars they don't take reservations. do yous-guys want a hang-out-in-the-bar deal, or a table? maybe i could get there a little before 6 and get a table...

hey Tiltypoo, do you really want a T-shirt? tell me your size, i'll get you one and send it to you! or give it to you when i see you at the bachelorette party.
:-D”

“I will be there before 6.”

“Hey, September has an 'R' in it so the qualms oughta be okay!


I wuz just funnin' about the T-shirt, <G>. But about that bachelorette party....”

“Before six is good.

A table would also be good.

Its too easy to fall off a stool.

What will we call our party?”

“Well, if it becomes known as a "drunken brawl", I hope you guys will bail me out.”

“Yep! All the semi-professional drinkers in the family always told me, "Stay low to the ground so you won't have as far to fall."”

“a drunken brawl? does this mean i might get to punch you guys in the face?? woo hoo!!

cool, before 6, and a table. rock on!”

“Maybe with a bit of "courage" we can go for a dip in the fountain in front of Union Station.”

“Note to self: Don't let my "friends" order me any tequila shots.”

“Lyra - you sure this isn't one of the places you're barred from?”

“ummm...i can't remember! ;-P”

“Tom Terrific and I will secure a Trail Talk table for 10 people at the Dubliner at 5PM on Friday September 26. They do not take reservations so we'll get there good and early.

The address is 520 North Capitol Street NW. (Don't worry about getting NW confused with NE; on North Capitol Street they're right across the street from each other.) The Dubliner is on the street level of The Phoenix Park Hotel, directly across the street from Union Station.

I have a rich but distant history with the Dubliner. It's 5 blocks from my highschool, it's where I took Guinness Appreciation before going to Ireland (as if I really needed it), and it's where my friends and I sang patriotic songs when Americans were taken hostage in Iran. Needless to say, I've knocked back a few pints there.

By the way, Tom Terrific is my husband and the 26th is his birthday.

hj”

“Hey Janet! How ya doing? Don't let Tom get too loaded. He should still be able to make out the shapes of objects without closing one eye when the rest of them get there...”

“Tom T's wife, huh? you have my condolances. HA!! j/k! it will be good to meet you all.”

“Woo hoo janet.

Have you heard my story about the horns?


I will tell you on the 26th!”

“Oh dog, I've been outed >:O

Well, now we have reservations, anyone have any qualms?”

“8 days and counting.”

“FIVE”

“Dang, Tom. I thought you had floated away or something. Everything okay up there?”

“We lost power about 18:00 ET on Thursday.

The last two nights were spent sippin' beers by candle light, laughin' with our neighbor.

Still no power and today several people were seen draggin' the contents of their refrigerators out to the can in sacks.

The rain was supprisingly light in Baltimore and the wind was wild.
The yards where littered with leaves and branches with a few broken trees.

There are still about 500,000 customers without power........in the vicinity of Baltimore.

D.C. got it from the rain.

I hear them chainsaws a-rippin'.
Mine is safe in the basement.”

“Good to hear the trees and the tsunamis missed you. The footage of Fell's Point looks like rereuns from the Mississippi a few years ago.

(that's the thing about Quality Beer -- it's still drinkable even when it's not 'ice cold')

The wind was definitely whipping up the Chesapeake. A friend of mine from Goddard emailed me a link to a webpage of realtime conditions at the Thomas Point Light before his power went out --- wow.”

“Yeah, they were buns-deep in Fells Point!

With no electricity I'll have to use the water method to wake up for work.
I drink a large glass of water before bed and a glass every time I wake up to whizz.”

“Two Words:

Travel alarm (or... you can get a ferret to chew on your toes at 5 am).



Okay -- back to the Guinness!

They serve a 16 oz pint at the Dubliner, not the 20 oz?”

“FOUR....”

“They probably use 18.9 ounce glasses.

They are "slow pints" and other than that??????????”