Puerto Rico for 8 days in early September. Mostly will be hangin out on the beach (west side), but any suggestions for touristy stuff from you east coasters? I've never been. Old San Juan has been recommended. Any restaurants we should be checking out?

goatbreather wrote: 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

Been a while, but Elfegne for Ethiopian food. (I've only been to its previous incarnation as Zenebech, but I can't imagine it having fallen off.) DC has a robust Ethiopian community, and so it's something of a specialty cuisine in town.

Haven't rocked it in almost a decade, but Daikaya was good for Sapporo-style ramen downstairs and izakaya-style food and bar action upstairs.

If you feel like battling traffic or taking the metro for 40 minutes, I can also vouch for some regional Chinese places in the Maryland suburbs, but something tells me Rockville wouldn't otherwise be a compelling enough destination for you.

My wife and I will be on vacation in London in few weeks (staying in Leicester Square). Might anyone have any favorite vegetarian-friendly restaurants in the area? (Or city-wide, someplace that would offer an archetypical “cozy English pub” experience with good vegetarian options?)

Many thanks for any suggestions you might have!

The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 6:37 pm My wife and I will be on vacation in London in few weeks (staying in Leicester Square). Might anyone have any favorite vegetarian-friendly restaurants in the area? (Or city-wide, someplace that would offer an archetypical “cozy English pub” experience with good vegetarian options?)

Many thanks for any suggestions you might have!

Nopi, an Ottolenghi restaurant, is really great. Lots of vegetarian options. Dishoom is awesome Indian, again, lots of veggie dishes. Most pubs we went to (we we just there) had veggie curries and often veg burger options. Should be pretty easy to go meatless over there, and that applies to other places we went outside of London as well.

In Boston (actually Waltham) visiting a friend over the weekend. I like how drivers here seem to know how to move their asses.

enframed wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:57 am Puerto Rico for 8 days in early September. Mostly will be hangin out on the beach (west side), but any suggestions for touristy stuff from you east coasters? I've never been. Old San Juan has been recommended. Any restaurants we should be checking out?

We're doing the same in January. Hopefully someone else chimes in before, but would be interested to hear about your experience after.

ErickC wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:09 am In Boston (actually Waltham) visiting a friend over the weekend. I like how drivers here seem to know how to move their asses.

We don’t suffer sluggishness or indecision but on the other hand we have some of the most aggressive asshole drivers in the country.

If you’re in Waltham today I think Synth Cube is having a meetup which could be fun.



Also Eugene from Oxbow/Brunel (sp?) is doing a reading at O’Brien’s in Allston at 3. I was going to go to the latter but I brought sickness back from the UK yesterday and need to stay home.

twelvepoint wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:45 am We don’t suffer sluggishness or indecision but on the other hand we have some of the most aggressive asshole drivers in the country.

I'll take aggressive assholes over dipshits from Gyuh-hyuk-er-ville stopping in the middle of a 55+ MPH highway to talk to someone, also stopped, in the other lane. Just beyond a hill so you can't see them until you're on top of them...

Owen wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:43 am

enframed wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:57 am Puerto Rico for 8 days in early September. Mostly will be hangin out on the beach (west side), but any suggestions for touristy stuff from you east coasters? I've never been. Old San Juan has been recommended. Any restaurants we should be checking out?

We're doing the same in January. Hopefully someone else chimes in before, but would be interested to hear about your experience after.

Will do!

ErickC wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:09 am In Boston (actually Waltham) visiting a friend over the weekend. I like how drivers here seem to know how to move their asses.

Hey, I was just in Waltham. I go there for work a few times a year. I like it but have not seen a ton of it. I agree about the drivers. And far fewer big ass trucks than I am used to.

Jon