Holiday get-together [Archive] - Women's Cycling Discussion Forums

7rider

11-19-2010, 03:19 PM

Yeah, I saw you guys were running a race in another thread. Dorky me tried to figure out if I could do the race too, but then realized it was day we're arriving. :o

Veronica

Whoops.
I assume you mean December???
(Of course you do...today is the 19th, isn't it. Good grief. Lost week for me. Sorry!)

Veronica

11-19-2010, 03:21 PM

We'll be carless, so someplace easy to metro to and not too hard to find please.

We're staying in Georgetown and Thom's been talking about not even using the metro, but walking everywhere instead. When we leave DC we're heading to Maine to visit family and there are so many things that I love to eat that you can only get back east. And of course they are so bad for you. :D

Veronica

Cataboo

11-19-2010, 03:31 PM

I haven't figured out what I'm doing that far in advance, but will come if I can. if a Sunday morning, china garden in Rosslyn does a good dim sum, of course - DB's a vegan, so I'm not sure how that works out!

What kind of back east food are you interested in Veronica?

There is a citybikes program, so you & your husband might be able to use that to get around a bit - Georgetown doesn't have a metro station, so you'd be doing a lot of walking anyways.

Veronica

11-19-2010, 04:04 PM

What kind of back east food are you interested in Veronica?

Creme horns, whoopie pies, Italians, lobster rolls... stuff I'll get when we get to Maine. All of it evil! :D

Veronica

HillSlugger

11-19-2010, 05:33 PM

December 19 may be possible!

kmehrzad

11-19-2010, 06:18 PM

Here's a suggestion for a place to eat: Two Amys Neopolitan Pizzeria. They have fantastic pizza. Closest Metro Station is Tenleytown-AU. It is an approximately 15 minute walk from the station to Macomb St. NW.
http://www.2amyspizza.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=menu.pizza

Don't know how this fits into the vegan diet, though.

pfunk12

11-19-2010, 07:00 PM

I'm interested and the weekends don't look too full until Christmas. Would be nice to meet Veronica. :)

Selkie

11-19-2010, 11:41 PM

Blueberry

11-20-2010, 05:11 AM

hmmm, DC TErs, Veronica, metro friendly and pizza, too! The ever-reclusive "herself" (c'est moi) is mighty tempted....

Heck - the person from a few states down is tempted to make the trek up;)

withm

11-20-2010, 05:57 AM

Tempted.... I have to be here the 1st 2 w/e of Dec, and will be in DC for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Do I really want to go there 2 w/e in a row? Hmmm.

I will probably bring my bike for Thanksgiving. Anyone want to do ride on Fri or Sat after TG in DC area? Away from the shoppers?

Martha

ny biker

11-20-2010, 07:06 AM

I'd love to join you all but I can't do pizza. Have a great time!!

7rider

11-20-2010, 11:27 AM

I'd love to join you all but I can't do pizza. Have a great time!!

Wait...that was only a suggested alternative. Don't throw in the towel yet. Let's look for some downtown places convenient to Metro (or Georgetown) that serve vegan food. I defer to the city gals to name some places.

kmehrzad

11-20-2010, 01:39 PM

That's right, Two Amys Pizzeria was just a suggestion. I'm open to any type of food just as long as it'll bring in the most TE'rs for a get together.

Selkie

11-21-2010, 03:00 AM

Instead of a meal, why not just get together for coffee/tea or something like that?

divingbiker

11-22-2010, 02:07 AM

Instead of a meal, why not just get together for coffee/tea or something like that?

On a weekend, we're not likely to find a coffee shop that has seating for a group; I'm lucky to find a chair when I'm by myself. Maybe you know of a less-busy place, but there aren't any around me.

Veronica

11-22-2010, 05:03 AM

I thought 2 Amys was a pretty good choice. Pizza has general appeal - you can go all veggie or all meat, or some combination. They have salads on the menu as well. Plus they are in my guide book. I figure if out the bizillion places to eat in DC, they made it into my guide book, they must be doing something right.

Veronica

7rider

11-22-2010, 05:51 AM

A meal vs. coffee, gives us more time to linger, to meet new folks and get re-acquainted with the TE-DC "regulars," and not feel too rushed out. It is always nice to be able to put faces and names to the screen names and avatars (I, for instance, bear no resemblance to a dragonfly!).

Did a search on Georgetown area restaurants and results are here (http://www.urbanspoon.com/n/7/626/DC/Georgetown-restaurants?all=1).

Veronica - check them out...see what appeals to you and what's convenient to you. We can get a head count and then a reservation....

tulip

11-22-2010, 06:36 AM

Oh, 2 Amy's is great! I do recall that it is a bit loud, though. There is a lounge across the street--Zebra Lounge, I believe. That might be quieter. Disclaimer: I haven't been in that area for a few years, so I'm just assuming that the Zebra is still open.

The problem with Georgetown is that there are no Metro stations.

But you all know this already. Enjoy your get-together!

withm

11-22-2010, 06:38 AM

The problem with Georgetown is that there are no Metro stations.

LOL - no Metro, and no parking!

Veronica

11-22-2010, 07:30 AM

ny biker

11-22-2010, 08:31 AM

The problem with Georgetown is that there are no Metro stations.

You can walk there from the Foggy Bottom or Rosslyn metros. The River Inn is about a block from where I lived when I first moved to DC, and I used to walk to my job in Georgetown (near Wisconsin and K) in about 15 minutes.

Veronica, for the best advice on restaurants in DC, check out Tom Sietsema's reviews and live chats on washingtonpost.com. He does like Two Amy's. He just came out with his latest annual dining guide.

Possegal

11-22-2010, 10:34 AM

It is always nice to be able to put faces and names to the screen names and avatars (I, for instance, bear no resemblance to a dragonfly!).

And funny thing, I do kind of look like a tuxedo cat with a silver bracelet on its head. :)

I'll keep watching this thread, would love to meet up with more folks (heck, I still owe divingbiker $2 from our ride last year). :) I'm game for any location.

Veronica

11-22-2010, 11:19 AM

I totally look like my avatar. I probably won't wear the bike helmet and tri outfit to lunch though.

Veronica

ny biker

11-22-2010, 11:37 AM

Sometimes I look like my avatar. Other times, I'm going downhill.

Don't try to plan anything around me -- I'm still working on figuring out what foods make me itch and what foods make my tummy hurt, so after you pick something I'll check the menu to see if I can work something out.

owlice

11-22-2010, 05:17 PM

Oh! Oh! I'd like to join you, too! I enjoyed last year's lunch a lot; it was nice to meet folks and yak and listen and eat.

aicabsolut

11-23-2010, 08:40 AM

Actually, I got the area wrong. We're staying at the River's Inn which is Foggy Bottom I guess.

On that list - Georgetown Cupcake! :D That just jumped right out at me. I just came from a trainer session. I'm trying to lose a few more pounds of body fat and I've really cleaned up my diet the last few weeks. But I've got a wicked sweet tooth...

Veronica

You'll be in line all day if you go there. IMO, Baked N Wired (on Thomas Jefferson, also in Georgetown) has much better cupcakes (and other baked goods), great coffee, and much shorter lines! These are not vegan, though. You'd need to go to Sticky Fingers in Columbia Heights/U St. for that.

I saw the other day that a Sprinkles is also moving in in Georgetown. DC is having cupcake overload!

I'm not sure what my weekends are like, but if you're gonna be hanging out in FB or Gtown, I'm sure my bike and I will be around--will try to stop by!

FYI, we always have a herd of people and bikes taking over Dean & Deluca on the weekends in Georgetown. But the coffee isn't so great, IMO. Only vegan things I can think of there might be their veggie sushi.

sfa

12-02-2010, 11:48 AM

I'm just seeing this thread now--I don't know how I missed it before!

I'd love to join you all too (and I'm thinking we should do a mini get-together at the race on the 18th. How many of us are doing that?), although I need to talk to my family and figure out our December weekend plans. Right now, though, the 19th is free as far as I know. And I'm fine with any kind of food, coffee, or cupcake.

And I look a lot like my avatar, only with frizzy hair. And my bike isn't yellow. And I'm quite a bit older. OK, I don't really look anything like my avatar.

Sarah

ny biker

12-02-2010, 12:12 PM

Okay, time for some real planning. I count 15 people who have expressed interest. Even for a group half that size, we would need to make a reservation somewhere.

So, for lunch on Sunday, December 19, who is in?

Location will be someplace in DC.

kmehrzad

12-02-2010, 02:05 PM

Count me in for lunch on Sunday, December 19th. Location to be determined.

Veronica

12-02-2010, 05:10 PM

Put me down for 2 people.

Veronica

HillSlugger

12-02-2010, 05:12 PM

Count me in

divingbiker

12-02-2010, 06:10 PM

I'm in.

7rider

12-03-2010, 04:16 AM

Okay, so we have for luncheon/bruncheon on Sunday Dec 19th, location TBD..

Veronica +1
SFA
DB
Hill (cuz I can't call her "slug" any more!)
NYB
7 (yeah, I'm in)

How 'bout...
Owlice
aicabsolut
Posse
withm
pfunk
??

Tulip...can you join us?

Who else

kmehrzad

12-03-2010, 04:29 AM

I'm in the mix.

pfunk12

12-03-2010, 06:11 AM

That should work for me.

Possegal

12-03-2010, 02:08 PM

Should work for me too. And any location is fine, well of course within reason. Not sure I could get the time off if you make this a 'destination brunch'. :)

Blueberry

12-03-2010, 02:29 PM

Blueberry + 1 *maybe*

Working on travel/accommodations - but we usually visit the area around the holidays anyway:)

withm

12-03-2010, 03:28 PM

If only I hadn't already made 4 trips to DC in the last 6 weeks. I'll have to pass on the 19th, but will be in DC for Christmas. if anyone wants to lunch on the 26th - I'm available. I'll bring my bike too if the weather looks good.

Martha

aicabsolut

12-07-2010, 06:11 AM

I'm a "maybe." Turns out I have a lot of stuff going on that weekend.

tulip

12-07-2010, 06:20 AM

No, I cannot make it, although it sounds like alot of fun. I hope another time, though. Perhaps a spring ride (after the cherry blossom crowds have passed!)

Have a great time!

ny biker

12-07-2010, 08:40 AM

Someone needs to pick a restaurant...

Cataboo

12-07-2010, 08:43 AM

I'm a maybe - it's the sunday before christmas, so I expect I'll have family obligations.

7rider

12-07-2010, 03:15 PM

So...was searching Foggy Bottom restaurants (http://www.urbanspoon.com/n/7/623/DC/Foggy-Bottom-West-End-restaurants), and stopped where I started.
How about "Founding Farmers (http://www.wearefoundingfarmers.com/)"?
It looks interesting - serves weekend brunch, has a vegan menu, can accommodate parties up to 12 (if we have more, we'll make reservations for 2 groups and request side-by-side tables).
It's at 1924 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) HQ2 building. Metro stops are Farragut West or Foggy Bottom.
Anyone have any experience with it?

Cataboo

12-07-2010, 07:28 PM

Nope, but I have a couple of friends that work for the IMF, I will ask them.

there's a really good peruvian place a few blocks from there, but I have no idea how they are for vegans.

pfunk12

12-08-2010, 04:05 AM

Neil ate there this weekend and raved about it.

So...was searching Foggy Bottom restaurants (http://www.urbanspoon.com/n/7/623/DC/Foggy-Bottom-West-End-restaurants), and stopped where I started.
How about "Founding Farmers (http://www.wearefoundingfarmers.com/)"?
It looks interesting - serves weekend brunch, has a vegan menu, can accommodate parties up to 12 (if we have more, we'll make reservations for 2 groups and request side-by-side tables).
It's at 1924 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) HQ2 building. Metro stops are Farragut West or Foggy Bottom.
Anyone have any experience with it?

sfa

12-08-2010, 05:20 AM

Founding Farmers sounds like a winner to me.

Veronica

12-08-2010, 05:38 AM

Sounds good to me too - lots of menu choices.

So, we've got the place. What time?

Veronica

7rider

12-08-2010, 06:20 AM

Oh, bummer.
They can't handle a group of 12 (about how many we'd have) until MONDAY at 8:30 a.m.! Grrrr.
They can handle 2 groups of 6 at 3 p.m., but it wouldn't be brunch, it'd be off the lunch/dinner menu.

Veronica

12-08-2010, 06:28 AM

I'm okay with 3PM and the lunch/dinner menu.

Veronica

Possegal

12-08-2010, 09:11 AM

As am I. :)

ny biker

12-08-2010, 09:17 AM

Works for me -- I get to sleep late. :D

7rider

12-08-2010, 09:38 AM

Okay.
I just made reservations for SUNDAY, December 19, at 3:00 p.m. (dinner) for 12.

This list includes:
1. 7rider
2. DivingBiker
3. MDHillSlug
4. Veronica
5. Thom (is it? Veronica's +1)
6. NYBiker
7. SFA
8. PFunk12
9. KMerzhed
10. Possegal
11. Blueberry
12. Blueberry's +1

Blueberry's +1 was a "maybe" - so that slot may be open to anyone I missed.

This reservation can be revised, as needed, but be aware that the largest table is for 12 - so any more and we'd have to break up into 2 different tables and there's no assurance we can be in the same area.

I can also cancel this reservation, if someone finds something else. But since it's so close to the holiday, I suspect places will be filling up pretty fast.

Otherwise...I'll see you all there! :D

(And this means, Pfunk, you may be able to do the Sunday shop ride, and come good and hungry!)

e.t.a. - oh...and dress code is listed as "smart casual" :)

aicabsolut

12-08-2010, 11:53 AM

Founding Farmer's is excellent!! Especially for 4pm lunch (when I usually feel like going there on a Sunday after riding).

Seeing as I eat there maybe too often and the large table thing is an issue, I'll let you all enjoy. ;) Maybe the BF and I will drop by to grab a burger at the bar and say hi.

ps. Don't worry about the dress code. It's pretty casual...though I haven't tried going there in my kit yet.

HillSlugger

12-08-2010, 03:45 PM

If there's room, Michele would come as my +1; no sweat if she can't

divingbiker

12-08-2010, 06:50 PM

Sounds perfect.

It's a Wonderful Life at the AFI on saturday the 18th, linner with you all on Sunday...it's shaping up to be a nice weekend!

kmehrzad

12-09-2010, 03:32 PM

I'll be there on the 19th.

tulip

12-10-2010, 03:01 AM

Have fun, y'all. Wish I could join you.

owlice

12-11-2010, 04:33 PM

Ho ho!! Was busy with school, am now done with school and just checking in, and there's no seat at the table! How do I crash this shindig? Offer cookies? Free kittens? Bike toys? Bike boys? Please tell!!

Blueberry

12-14-2010, 06:00 PM

OK Owlice and MDHillSlug's +1 - it looks like disaster is going to strike our house, and neither I nor the +1 will make it. Major work event on Monday + ice + other fun = no trip for us:(

So - you guys should be in.

I'm really bummed - but hopefully next time!

kmehrzad

12-15-2010, 07:35 AM

If someone else within the group of 12 should have to cancel, I've got a friend who'd like to join us on Sunday. She's a local, hard-core commuting cyclist.

7rider

12-17-2010, 09:27 AM

I just got a call from Founding Farmers, confirming for Sunday at 3 for a party of 12.

We're still good with:

1. 7rider
2. DivingBiker
3. MDHillSlug
4. MDHillSlug's +1
5. Veronica
6. Thom (is it? Veronica's +1)
7. NYBiker
8. SFA
9. PFunk12
10. KMerzhed
11. Possegal
12. Owlice

Yes??? If "no" - speak now!

Chances of slipping another at the table are not looking likely (I asked) but he did say no problem with grabbing something to nosh on from the bar and swinging over to say "Hello".

ny biker

12-17-2010, 10:20 AM

I will be there.

Veronica

12-17-2010, 10:25 AM

We'll be there.

Veronica

kmehrzad

12-17-2010, 05:25 PM

I'll be there.

Possegal

12-18-2010, 06:39 AM

I will have to cancel. I just got a call that my nephew was killed last night. Clearly I'm in no shape to socialize.

kmehrzad

12-18-2010, 06:49 AM

OMG Possegal, I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew. You and your family will be in my prayers. You'll be missed at the gathering.

pfunk12

12-18-2010, 06:52 AM

I'm so sorry, Possegal.

Possegal

12-18-2010, 07:53 AM

Thank you all. It is still more than a bit surreal to me. Got a call from one brother (his Uncle) this morning, because the brother who is the Dad was too distraught to make 5 calls to all the siblings. Still having a hard time accepting that this actually happened. He was only 26.

Blueberry

12-18-2010, 08:10 AM

Possegal - I'm so sorry to hear that:( Your family has had more than it's share of sadness:(

HillSlugger

12-18-2010, 01:56 PM

Possegal, I'm so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you and your family.

HillSlugger

12-18-2010, 01:56 PM

I'm a definite, but it now looks like I'll be solo.

7rider

12-18-2010, 03:05 PM

Oh, my, Possegal. I"m so sorry to hear that. Our condolences to you and your family.

divingbiker

12-18-2010, 04:42 PM

Oh, so sorry posse. Take care of yourself.

7rider

12-19-2010, 06:39 AM

Looks like we're down to 10 for the group. Cathey (aicabsolut) - do you want to join us with you BF?
Reservation is under my name (Regina) if you get there before us.
You will recognize me (if you don't know me already) as I'll be paying homage to my screen name with my attire (http://www.sevencycles.com/accessories/softgoods.php).

divingbiker

12-19-2010, 03:12 PM

It was great seeing everyone today! Let's do it again next year. ;)

HillSlugger

12-19-2010, 03:20 PM

Nice to meet everyone. Have a happy holiday.

kmehrzad

12-19-2010, 03:30 PM

Nice time this afternoon with everyone, and it was a pleasure meeting for the first time Debbie, Sarah, and Thom and Veronica from the west coast.

Happy Holidays all!

(attached are some photos from the get together)

pfunk12

12-19-2010, 05:55 PM

Agree. It was great to see familiar faces and meet new folks from TE. Happy holidays to everyone!

Zen

12-19-2010, 06:36 PM

It was great seeing everyone today! Let's do it again next year. ;)

In Frederick ;)

aicabsolut

12-19-2010, 06:55 PM

Sorry I didn't see your note about the cancellations. The BF was out on a 5 hr ride today (I rode 2hrs indoors), so I went shopping for Christmas gifts in Georgetown.

Possegal, I'm so sorry for your loss.

Veronica

12-20-2010, 03:09 AM

It was great to meet everyone and thanks for sharing my Red Velvet cake. I think that one slice was the perfect amount for 8!

http://www.tandemhearts.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/_1000219.jpg

L to R - pfunk 12, sfa, divingbiker, MDhillslug, 7 biker, kmehrzad, nybiker, Veronica, Thom is holding the camera (I hope that's right!)

apologies if I misspelled your handle.

Veronica

tulip

12-20-2010, 03:48 AM

Looks like a nice place, and it's great to see some familiar faces! I'm glad you all had a good time.

Possegal, I'm so sorry for your family's loss.

7rider

12-21-2010, 06:09 AM

'twas a fun time and really enjoy our end-of-the-year holiday get-togethers!

Open Table wants me to review the restaurant. Got any rants and raves? PM them to me and I'll include them. Food quality? Noise? Service? All that good stuff.