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Bottom Liner posted:I'm going mostly for the Apollo module. I live in Orlando and have done some work behind the scenes at KSC so this is another cool checklist item for me. We're probably not going to deal with the hassle of Dulles though. Food AND museum recommendation--check out the Smithsonian museum of the American Indian. Really interesting exhibits and the food in the Mitsitam cafe was hands down the best place we ate last time we were in DC. Everything is made from scratch in house and the menu is heavily inspired by indigenous dishes. It's a little more expensive at around 15$ a person, but you can try all sorts of awesome dishes you won't find elsewhere. Plus that's honestly about the same price as McDonald's in the air and space museum anyways. Also, Heavy Seas has a brew pub down in Alexandria, right off the metro. Highly recommend checking that out as well. The mint is also an interesting tour if you've got time. Plus there's the new MLK statue by Roosevelt's monument, and I believe the African American smithsonian just opened. That one might be hard to get into though.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Best of the past few months: What nib did you get on the 2000?
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Bottom Liner posted:Eastern Market Maybe this is a given, but definitely go here on Saturday. The permanent restaurant in the building proper has really Southern breakfast food/fish as well~ As an additional food recc, try Union Market, right by the NoMa metro (it's the red line, relatively easy trip a bit northeast of the Mall) -- go to Takorean and Mason Dixie Biscuit Company if you can get there before they sell out but you really can't go wrong. It's honestly the best concentration of good food in DC imo (although iirc closed Monday and/or Tuesday). It's also near H Street, which has more bars/restaurants (including the best/possibly only barcade in DC, Atlas Arcade) and Ethiopic, which is imo the best Ethiopian food in DC and Toki Underground which is v good ramen. When you go to the zoo, if you want food in the neighborhood Tryst is a nice brunch place like 15 minutes or so walk south of the zoo, and it's in Adams Morgan which is a nice neighborhood to walk around (alternatively, Sakuramen is delicious for lunch/dinner and two doors down). Also seconding Building Museum, they pretty much always have cool poo poo in the main hall (i.e. giant ball pit, iceberg climbing structures) etc. on top of the really solid normal exhibits. The Newseum also is probably worth going to at least once as well, it's just off the mall and has a lot of interesting/well-curated exhibits; people tend to really like it. I'm obviously just hungry, but aside from the museums and whatnot, good food is one of the things DC has a ton of for a city its size.
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Megabound posted:What nib did you get on the 2000? EF. I try to keep my writing tiny and precise, so all of my pens are EFs unless I'm specifically trying something different. Even with the 2000's notoriously small sweet spot, it's an incredibly smooth writer. I picked it up last time there was a Massdrop and I highly recommend that, too - shipping was faster than expected.
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Bottom Liner posted:Here's our loose itinerary, let me know if any big things stick out or are missing, since it's been a while since I was in DC. Definitely looking for any food recommendations as well, since we'll be looking for somewhere nice for our anniversary dinner. The upside of DC is that most of the touristy stuff is free, more money for food and drinks! How many days do you have?
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LingcodKilla posted:How many days do you have? Yea, unless you just plan on riding by in a cab, you will maybe see two of the big museums in a day, tops. There really isnt much to see at the Kennedy Center unless you have tickets to a show and the National Arboretum (if I am thinking of building by the Library of Congress) is really tiny and will be grotesquely hot this time of year and imho isnt worth it. I have a bunch of friends who work in the museum industry in DC so if you have some specific stuff you are into let me know and I can get some specific recs if you would like.
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We have 4-5 days. The list is loose, basically letting my wife pick and choose at her pace since she's never been.
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Ordered some Journey prints and got them framed  
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charismaslover posted:Ordered some Journey prints and got them framed Is that Mt. Doom in the background?
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Bottom Liner posted:We have 4-5 days. The list is loose, basically letting my wife pick and choose at her pace since she's never been. Arlington is a quarter day and would combine well with a mall walk so you can see all the monuments. There's a public parking lot behind the Jefferson museum. Walk from there to the Lincoln memorial seeing all the ones in between. Then head to the Washington memorial and you will go by the White House. From the White House head to ford theater (small but very good). From there go capitol building. Take a cab back to your car. You'll be tired. Dedicate a half day to the Smithsonian air museum if you are just kinda into air stuff. Honestly I thought the naval air museum in Pensacola was better. The rocketery was pretty cool. If half a day was enough then waltz over to the Native American museum and eat lunch and check it out. Another day could be split between the natural history and the national art museum. They are next to each other. The African American museum had a line around the block so I didn't ever have time for that. The American History museum is a whole lot of fun. Easily a whole day. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a half day. Perhaps combine that with the nearby national building Museum postal museum. Anyways that's my run down for stuff I've personally done and enjoyed. Driving sucks. If you can park near a metro station outside of town and take it to the center if you can.
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TastyShrimpPlatter posted:
So, these came up in the thread before, but I can't be remembering correctly: you just spin them on your fingers? That's it? Why?
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Slimy Hog posted:So, these came up in the thread before, but I can't be remembering correctly: you just spin them on your fingers? That's it? Because I've cracked my phone twice while spinning it on the desk, and I'm a child who can't stand not having anything in my hands to play with.
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I just got into fancy bearings myself, but tiny fishing ones.  Bearing puller  Bearings! Not pictured as they are already in my reels, but I got ones with loving ceramic balls and they rule so loving hard.
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Slimy Hog posted:So, these came up in the thread before, but I can't be remembering correctly: you just spin them on your fingers? That's it? Autism
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Pick posted:A younger me would have flipped my poo poo at such a waste of Reds This is the truth. Now if you really want to spin random things idly with maximum precision you go to http://www.ceramicspeed.com/
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PCOS Bill posted:Autism Oh, it's a fidget! I get it now. But those are quite big for fidget toys, are they not?
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Slimy Hog posted:Oh, it's a fidget! Maybe? But my fingers are twitching looking at those pics. I want one now.
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I love them and have spent far too much money on the expensive ones. Just got a Zerofeud Compass on Friday and haven't put it down yet.
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TastyShrimpPlatter posted:
Don't these cover your fingers in bearing grease?
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Apparently, marmalade also = tea.They had this poo poo at costco, it's good. If you make it cold it's like OJ. Didn't mean to reply to myself.
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TastyShrimpPlatter posted:
Is there any real benefit to using Reds vs a generic bearing in your spinners?
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duffmensch posted:Is there any real benefit to using Reds vs a generic bearing in your spinners? I didn't think so at first which is why I bought a bunch of cheap ones on amazon. After trying it with the reds, there's a noticeable difference in how smoothly they spin vs the generic ones. If you wanted to go crazy, you could probably pick up $60-$80 ceramic bearings, but I don't need that for a desk toy. AnimalChin posted:Don't these cover your fingers in bearing grease? I wipe them down with a paper towel before I put them in and I haven't gotten any that have been packed with a ton of grease so far, so no issues yet.
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bongwizzard posted:and the National Arboretum (if I am thinking of building by the Library of Congress) is really tiny and will be grotesquely hot this time of year and imho isnt worth it. Thats theSmithsonian Botanical Gardens, which I tend to like but requires you to strip off your cold weather gear when you get there and put it back on when you leave. Arboretum is near the costco in NE
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TastyShrimpPlatter posted:I didn't think so at first which is why I bought a bunch of cheap ones on amazon. After trying it with the reds, there's a noticeable difference in how smoothly they spin vs the generic ones. If you wanted to go crazy, you could probably pick up $60-$80 ceramic bearings, but I don't need that for a desk toy. Protip, try degreasing the bearings and watch them fly! Betcha even the cheap ones will spin great once you unpack all that pesky grease. In fact, I'd bet that's the primary noticeable difference in smoothness of the spin. Plain old grease vs some high molybdenum stuff in the reds.
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schreibs posted:Thats theSmithsonian Botanical Gardens, which I tend to like but requires you to strip off your cold weather gear when you get there and put it back on when you leave. Arboretum is near the costco in NE Really? I thought the arboretum was the small building and the gardens were like the large garden? Plant people are weird. But yes, the big one is far nicer.
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OSU_Matthew posted:Mitsitam cafe was hands down the best place we ate last time we were in DC. Everything is made from scratch in house and the menu is heavily inspired by indigenous dishes. It's a little more expensive at around 15$ a person, but you can try all sorts of awesome dishes you won't find elsewhere. Plus that's honestly about the same price as McDonald's in the air and space museum anyways. Can't echo this enough. To keep it related, we actually bought their cookbook, it was that good.
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Bought another Mionix Naos 7000 from Amazon for $40. Great mouse for palm grip / larger hands.
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New car! No pictures but here's a similar one's appearance in 2 Fast 2 Furious. Mine has a bit more rust and less girls sitting on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF-ASz4UGsA
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Coffee And Pie posted:New car! No pictures but here's a similar one's appearance in 2 Fast 2 Furious. Mine has a bit more rust and less girls sitting on it Let it be remembered that I tried to talk you out of this.
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PCOS Bill posted:Let it be remembered that I tried to talk you out of this. I'm 100% comfortable not taking your advice.
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It was my birthday a couple days ago ( ) and got these as gifts: The Sierra Club messenger bag is lined to make it water resistant, and the Die Hard activity book... 
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I got my sisters that and the Home Alone coloring books!
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I bought a jar of snail goo and a lip balm shaped like a peach that inadvertently looks like a boob. It's coming in the mail.
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neongrey posted:I bought a jar of snail goo and a lip balm shaped like a peach that inadvertently looks like a boob. It's coming in the mail. My wife swears by that snail goo, it's odd but it worked wonders for her.
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