Summer:ice cream, Winter:???
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Summer:ice cream, Winter:???
I've been trying to think of something DCMM can do during the winter to keep warm. In the summer we did an ice cream run to keep cool, but what is the opposite equivalent?
If we were in Chicago or San Fran, I'd say a run to Ghirardelli's chocolate shop for some fresh hot chocolate... But there's none in the DC Metro area, nor any other good chocolateers, eh?
Maybe a nice 'big' mom & pop coffee house? I know of a few in SoCal, but almost none in DC Metro either? All business/power consumer Caribou & Starbucks pretty much. I don't think there's any hot cider houses either.
So what then? Any ideas on a 'warm' place to get together sometime this winter? Would need to be big enough for anyone who wanted to go, so little hole & the walls are pretty much a no-go for an event, unless there's a larger warm retreat nearby.
But if you know of an awesome hole-in-the-wall joint, you can share it anyhow so that some of us might visit on our own.
If we were in Chicago or San Fran, I'd say a run to Ghirardelli's chocolate shop for some fresh hot chocolate... But there's none in the DC Metro area, nor any other good chocolateers, eh?
Maybe a nice 'big' mom & pop coffee house? I know of a few in SoCal, but almost none in DC Metro either? All business/power consumer Caribou & Starbucks pretty much. I don't think there's any hot cider houses either.
So what then? Any ideas on a 'warm' place to get together sometime this winter? Would need to be big enough for anyone who wanted to go, so little hole & the walls are pretty much a no-go for an event, unless there's a larger warm retreat nearby.
But if you know of an awesome hole-in-the-wall joint, you can share it anyhow so that some of us might visit on our own.
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Choclate in DC Metro Area
http://www.kingsburychocolates.com/
Lots of folks also recommend any really good Mexican restaurant for hot chocolate. The hot chocolate here in Punta Mita is pretty darn good. This is one place I heard about in DC
Oyamel in Crystal City for authentic Mexican-style hot chocolate with hints of cinnamon-served in a pottery pitcher with the wooden stirrer (molinillo)
Or we could head to a tea house
Lots of folks also recommend any really good Mexican restaurant for hot chocolate. The hot chocolate here in Punta Mita is pretty darn good. This is one place I heard about in DC
Oyamel in Crystal City for authentic Mexican-style hot chocolate with hints of cinnamon-served in a pottery pitcher with the wooden stirrer (molinillo)
Or we could head to a tea house
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Jen,
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
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Originally Posted by Scavenger
Jen,
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
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WagnBat,
Oops, my apologies for not addressing you also, seeing that it is your thread!
Oops, my apologies for not addressing you also, seeing that it is your thread!
Originally Posted by Scavenger
Jen,
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
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Originally Posted by Scavenger
Jen,
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
Actually, there's Jammin' Java in Vienna. It's a mom & pop coffee house with a small music section. They have a large show area in back. They often have bands, comedians... etc. there.
It might make a great meeting place. The only possible issue might be parking, the lots will need to be scoped out.
The website is Jammin Java
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I live right by this place and it seems to be that there is a lot going on there thurs. - sat.
Also there are quite a few $-$$$ eating places located close to this place if you want to make an evening out of it.
Also there are quite a few $-$$$ eating places located close to this place if you want to make an evening out of it.
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Any ideas on a 'warm' place to get together sometime this winter?
The antithesis of an ice cream run would be to find a nice cold night, snow (lots of it), a huge roaring fire, Big Screen TV, A great Movie ... Wait .... hmm.
That almost sound like when Santa comes to town ...
Or a Ski Lodge in the Poconos ...
Actually it sounds exactly like the Lobby of the Paradise Inn at Ranier
The antithesis of an ice cream run would be to find a nice cold night, snow (lots of it), a huge roaring fire, Big Screen TV, A great Movie ... Wait .... hmm.
That almost sound like when Santa comes to town ...Or a Ski Lodge in the Poconos ...
Actually it sounds exactly like the Lobby of the Paradise Inn at Ranier
We will have a special visitor (actually two) coming into town late next week... stay tuned... it'd be cool to have a get together for them - possibly combined with this, possibly as a separate happy hour event... 
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I have off work tomorrow, and plan on cris-crossing DC running errands. I'll see about finding a place with a good amount of room, and a big parking lot!
(And I'll take a peek at Jammin' Java, too!)
-Paul!
(And I'll take a peek at Jammin' Java, too!)
-Paul!
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From: metro dc
Originally Posted by krut
Uhm... something with Chilli - if we could find the equivalent of Ben's Chili Bowl out in the burbs....
hard times cafe in rockville has a fair sized parking lot
(and isn't overrun by people most of the time)
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Excellent! I look forward to your findings report! 
Originally Posted by Paul!
I have off work tomorrow, and plan on cris-crossing DC running errands. I'll see about finding a place with a good amount of room, and a big parking lot!
(And I'll take a peek at Jammin' Java, too!)
-Paul!
(And I'll take a peek at Jammin' Java, too!)
-Paul!
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Originally Posted by Scavenger
Excellent! I look forward to your findings report!
-Paul!
Ice skating in DC.
There's also the neat Ice Skating rink down on the Mall amidst the Smithsonian. Last winter when I was down they had seriously upgraded the food service set up there. Fun to watch even if you don't skate. And they had hot chocolate.
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Originally Posted by mmatarella
There's also the neat Ice Skating rink down on the Mall amidst the Smithsonian. Last winter when I was down they had seriously upgraded the food service set up there. Fun to watch even if you don't skate. And they had hot chocolate.
any tips??
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Scoping it out
Paul,
Just wondering how your scouting went. I drove through Vienna tonight and passed Jammin Java, the parking lot was larger than I remembered, so I'm confident we can fit several thousand.... uh, 20 to 30 MINII into it.
Just wondering how your scouting went. I drove through Vienna tonight and passed Jammin Java, the parking lot was larger than I remembered, so I'm confident we can fit several thousand.... uh, 20 to 30 MINII into it.
Originally Posted by Paul!
Report will take a day or so longer than expected... Today didn't go quite as planned. I do have off Friday though, so I should be able to do some scouting then!
-Paul!
-Paul!
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Originally Posted by Scavenger
Paul,
Just wondering how your scouting went. I drove through Vienna tonight and passed Jammin Java, the parking lot was larger than I remembered, so I'm confident we can fit several thousand.... uh, 20 to 30 MINII into it.
Just wondering how your scouting went. I drove through Vienna tonight and passed Jammin Java, the parking lot was larger than I remembered, so I'm confident we can fit several thousand.... uh, 20 to 30 MINII into it.