Going to DC for a few days soon. Besides the museums, memorials and mall i don't have much idea what i'm doing. Looking for recommendations for bookstores, bars, venues, restaurants, movie theaters, comix shops, record stores, neighborhoods, parks, weird shit... whatever anyone's got. Much obliged ...

Going to DC for a few days soon. Besides the museums, memorials and mall i don't have much idea what i'm doing. Looking for recommendations for bookstores, bars, venues, restaurants, movie theaters, comix shops, record stores, neighborhoods, parks, weird shit... whatever anyone's got. Much obliged

My girlfriend and i confirmed our Chicago trip May 14-18 - she visited as a kid, i've never been. Thanks a lot for the tips rsmurphy. Logan Park, Ukrainian Village, Pilsen, and Wicker Park seem good... still hunting around for places to stay. Suppose we'll go the airbnb route, but we're open to any ...

I've gleaned a ton of info combing through all the Chicago threads over the years, but it looks like at last ill be visiting the city for the first time in May. I've culled a great list of restaurants, used bookstores, comic shops, architectural tours, dive bars, other types of bars, venues, hot dog...

Anybody have any Sacramento recommendations? Bars, restaurants, outdoors stuff, bookstores, record stores... yadda yadda yadda. Much obliged.

Going to be in Santa Fe this July for a memorial and will probably rent a car and spend the week there. I know there's an old Santa Fe thread somewhere from way back. Anyway - bookstores, restaurants, music/comic shops, weird shit, outdoorsy spots and night life - whatever - recommendations would be...

Recently finished Nightfall by David Goodis. The good guys were a little more good than usual for Goodis, writing as good as ever. Just started More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon.

The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester and The Woman Chaser by Charles Willeford.

Almost done with Memories of Amnesia by Lawrence Shainberg - damn funny book about a neurosurgeon who, mid surgery, suspects he himself has brain damage and falls down a rabbit hole with all kinds of paradoxes and circularity. Read about it in an essay by Jonathan Lethem. Harry Crews and JG Ballard ...