Dear D-Libs: The photos don’t entice
So I get these emails from Drink Liberally, a remnant of the 2004 election that I went to all of once as the meeting I attended bored me and (sorry Tom) they were at RFD, the most boring pub in town.
Filled with very earnest guys and a few wonky women (none as hot as the ex-Wonkette), talk quickly became way too political and policy for my tastes. As I tried to find a fun group to chat with, I noticed that RFD is essentially a large empty box with walls covered with sports TV. Great if you are a Redskins fan, crap if you hate the mind-suck of TV.
To try and tease more folks down to their Wednesday night drinks, now at Mark & Orlando’s, they linked to their Flickr account in this week’s email to show off how fun DCDL is. Word to the marketing department, if you’re gonna post photos, make them eye-worthy.
The photo I have here – that’s the best one of the bunch. The rest are even too boring for CSPAN.
those pictures are pretty funny. does dc really need MORE opportunities for wonky liberals to get together in dull bars and talk politics? i didn’t know this was a hugely under-served market. now that i know that it is, maybe i’ll be inspired to go out more. (just not to mark & orlando’s on wednesday nights.)
My grandma always used to say that nothing makes for a boring party more than a group of people who all hate America.
I still like RFD, though it may be that what I like about it is what makes Wayan think it’s dull. It is kind of cavernous, and even with a big crowd you can usually hear your friends talking. Unlike neighboring Fado, where it’s always hard to hear.
Well my grandma used to say nothing makes for a boring party more than a group of people who love America. ;)
(Actually, what she really would’ve said is that nothing makes for a more boring party than guests who discuss politics. Ho-hum…)
To quote Janeane Garofalo, it’s okay to love America, just don’t looooooove America. And I agree, the only thing that makes a party worse than a group of people loudly arguing with each other over politics is a group of people loudly agreeing with each other about politics.
I interned at the DNC one summer and it appears little has changed about the happy hours…
Ya know what’s sweet – throwing a par-tay and when able to see straight the next day, finding photos like this one, of Don’s big fat & wet kisses in your camera.
Who you calling fat??
and when did I turn into a ghost?