The Official-ish DC Thread

[coolarrow]

I usually post on the DC sales thread. I work for a non-profit so I try to get stuff on sale rather than full price. About the only thing I go full MSRP is Alden shell shoes. I am lucky/cursed? to have an Alden company store here. A daughter in private school also limits my conspicuous consumption.

You can find some good, sale stuff at Marshalls, Nords Rack and TJMaxx around town. The ones in Tysons are really good. When the wife goes to Tysons mall, I'll jaunt over to see what's good.

I can recommend Oyamel on 7th st for tapas. I think it's a Jose Andres place. More mexican-style tapas than spanish, though.

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

I usually post on the DC sales thread. I work for a non-profit so I try to get stuff on sale rather than full price. About the only thing I go full MSRP is Alden shell shoes. I am lucky/cursed? to have an Alden company store here. A daughter in private school also limits my conspicuous consumption.

You can find some good, sale stuff at Marshalls, Nords Rack and TJMaxx around town. The ones in Tysons are really good. When the wife goes to Tysons mall, I'll jaunt over to see what's good.

I can recommend Oyamel on 7th st for tapas. I think it's a Jose Andres place. More mexican-style tapas than spanish, though.

Love Oyamel. My office is right above it.

Any luck finding second-hand Alden shell on ebay?

 

[smittycl]

Oyamel is Andres’ Mexican tapas place. His Spanish tapas is Jaleo about a block away. He has many restaurants here and all are good.

The Alden store is on F close to the Spy Museum and The Smith restaurant. Sky Valet at a city Center and in Georgetown also carries Alden and C&J.

I’ve given up on the outlets. Too much junk for the most part. The Zegna and Paul Stuart stores in Clarksburg have mostly mainline stuff with little filler.

 

[coolarrow]

Love Oyamel. My office is right above it.

Any luck finding second-hand Alden shell on ebay?

Yes. I've bought some shortwings recently. Have to be careful as really used shoes have the foot imprint of the prior owner. They don't usually conform to my feet. Look at the sole pix carefully and will ask how heavily they've been used. Will sometimes ask how much the owner weighs. Heavier dude=deeper foot imprint.

 

[smittycl]

Amazing day for a long bike ride in DC. Tidal Basin was packed of course and the city is at its finest. Arlington to Capitol Hill to Georgetown to Arlington. Apologize for the pic overload.


Cheers!

 

[lordsuperb]

Oyamel is Andres’ Mexican tapas place. His Spanish tapas is Jaleo about a block away. He has many restaurants here and all are good.

The Alden store is on F close to the Spy Museum and The Smith restaurant. Sky Valet at a city Center and in Georgetown also carries Alden and C&J.

I’ve given up on the outlets. Too much junk for the most part. The Zegna and Paul Stuart stores in Clarksburg have mostly mainline stuff with little filler.

Oyamel is good for drinks but for some fancy Mexican food and drinks Mi Vida on the SW Waterfront is the place to be.

 

[lordsuperb]

Amazing day for a long bike ride in DC. Tidal Basin was packed of course and the city is at its finest. Arlington to Capitol Hill to Georgetown to Arlington. Apologize for the pic overload.

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Cheers!

If you are doing the Cherry Blossom festival next week I would recommend the Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown for something fun and different.

 

[smittycl]

Oyamel is good for drinks but for some fancy Mexican food and drinks Mi Vida on the SW Waterfront is the place to be.

Never been there. I will check it out. I prefer Jaleo to the other Andres restaurants.

 

[Lithonial]

Mi Vida is great and I've really liked Poca Madre, which just opened up.

 

[lordsuperb]

Never been there. I will check it out. I prefer Jaleo to the other Andres restaurants.

I've never done Jaleo. For good and cheap I like Taco Bamba near Tyson's. I believe there is one located in DC as well.

 

[heelguy]

I've never done Jaleo. For good and cheap I like Taco Bamba near Tyson's. I believe there is one located in DC as well.

Agree on Taco Bamba. New location about a block away from Paul Stuart.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

Any drinkers in this thread? My favorite liquor stores: 1) Ace (upper NW), 2) Sherry’s (Woodley Park), 3) Schneider’s (Capital Hill). My go-to is Sherry’s due to its proximity to my apartment. Insane selection of hard liquor, particularly amari and liqueurs.

I haven’t been to a proper cocktail bar in awhile. Drinks are so expensive and not really that much better than what I can make at home. I also dislike the trend of increasing cocktail complexity. There’s no reason you can’t make an exceptional drink with four or fewer readily available ingredients. My favorite modern classic, the Penicillin, is evidence of that.

 

[lordsuperb]

Any drinkers in this thread? My favorite liquor stores: 1) Ace (upper NW), 2) Sherry’s (Woodley Park), 3) Schneider’s (Capital Hill). My go-to is Sherry’s due to its proximity to my apartment. Insane selection of hard liquor, particularly amari and liqueurs.

I haven’t been to a proper cocktail bar in awhile. Drinks are so expensive and not really that much better than what I can make at home. I also dislike the trend of increasing cocktail complexity. There’s no reason you can’t make an exceptional drink with four or fewer readily available ingredients. My favorite modern classic, the Penicillin, is evidence of that.

Ha, we are on the same page. I usually don't go for cocktails unless I'm in Charleston, SC. I've been disappointed by so many cocktail bars in DC. I'm still not able to make a decent cocktail on my own but I am getting there. I'll be sure to check some of these liquor stores. I'm always interested in finding an interesting bottle of bourbon or tequila to try.

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

Any drinkers in this thread?

Oh yeah This is the "Ya Butternut Pout" at Fainting Goat. Butternut bourbon, averna, aperol, chocolate mole bitters.

 

[smittycl]

Ha, we are on the same page. I usually don't go for cocktails unless I'm in Charleston, SC. I've been disappointed by so many cocktail bars in DC. I'm still not able to make a decent cocktail on my own but I am getting there. I'll be sure to check some of these liquor stores. I'm always interested in finding an interesting bottle of bourbon or tequila to try.

Lyon Hall in Arlington (close to Clarendon Metro) has a great bar. Farmers and Distillers makes a good cocktail as well.

Rye is my new fav. I judge a bar on how well they make a Rye Manhattan. Up of course.