When I was a kid (shh I'm not still a kid) my parents used to take me to D.C. to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, where I would promptly head to the gift shop and ask for "spacemanicecream." I do still refer to it by the same name today, but that is a different story.
The point of my rambling introduction of my childhood is to say that I think I've always liked D.C. It's quite possibly the only place I can see myself living other than Raleigh. I like D.C. because of the architecture, how clean the capitol area looks and just the overall feeling of the area. The whole worse-than-NC winter thing bothers me, as does the higher cost of living, but other than that I'm quite at home up here. I've never been much of a huge city type of guy though, I much prefer a smaller city with the bigger city amenities - I guess that's why I like Raleigh so much.
The drive up to D.C. wasn't too bad; the state troopers were out in full force in VA. I saw no less than 10 people get pulled over and even more eager troopers waiting for their prey. I kept it to under 10 over to be safe :)
Vinney and I spent most of yesterday sleeping, since we were both up at around 5AM to take our respective methods of transportation to get to D.C. before noon. We had dinner at Maggiano's (our first time), and I was quite happy with my 4 cheese ravioli. I've been on a ravioli kick ever since I had some amazing ravioli during my trip to Dresden at the beginning of last year. I think Maggiano's is the first place since Dresden that I've really enjoyed ravioli at, so it gets my recommendation.
Bhangra Blowout is tonight but now we're going to head out and grab a small lunch before wandering about the area. I'm getting the feeling that working on my ASIC project will have to wait until I get back to Raleigh :)
Have a wonderful Saturday guys 'n gals. Take care.
The point of my rambling introduction of my childhood is to say that I think I've always liked D.C. It's quite possibly the only place I can see myself living other than Raleigh. I like D.C. because of the architecture, how clean the capitol area looks and just the overall feeling of the area. The whole worse-than-NC winter thing bothers me, as does the higher cost of living, but other than that I'm quite at home up here. I've never been much of a huge city type of guy though, I much prefer a smaller city with the bigger city amenities - I guess that's why I like Raleigh so much.
The drive up to D.C. wasn't too bad; the state troopers were out in full force in VA. I saw no less than 10 people get pulled over and even more eager troopers waiting for their prey. I kept it to under 10 over to be safe :)
Vinney and I spent most of yesterday sleeping, since we were both up at around 5AM to take our respective methods of transportation to get to D.C. before noon. We had dinner at Maggiano's (our first time), and I was quite happy with my 4 cheese ravioli. I've been on a ravioli kick ever since I had some amazing ravioli during my trip to Dresden at the beginning of last year. I think Maggiano's is the first place since Dresden that I've really enjoyed ravioli at, so it gets my recommendation.
Bhangra Blowout is tonight but now we're going to head out and grab a small lunch before wandering about the area. I'm getting the feeling that working on my ASIC project will have to wait until I get back to Raleigh :)
Have a wonderful Saturday guys 'n gals. Take care.
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Anonymous - Monday, April 19, 2004 - link
Bhangra Blowout is a dance program in a general sense for Indian people.Naj - Monday, April 19, 2004 - link
Anand,Would you really want to live in D.C.? - "No Taxation without Representation? Come on. There seems to be an awful lot of unhappy people over there, although crime has defintely gone down.
Whats Bhangra Blowout by the way?
Adam K - Sunday, April 18, 2004 - link
Hey Anand,I noticed that Anandtech has not reviewed the Asetek Vapochill. Are you guys going to? I am thinking of buying one because it would be a good long term investment. I have read the reviews at [H]ardOCP and xbitlabs, but I wanted the final word from your site. Could you guys please write an article about it, it pros and cons; basically--is it worth the investment?
Thanks,
Adam
UlricT - Sunday, April 18, 2004 - link
Somehow, I don't think that was vinney @ #13Adam K - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Hey Anand;So when can we expect to see the AnandTechMac section?
The world eagerly awaits...
Brian - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Anand,I live in Adam's Morgan and have this nice love hate relationship going. Great city, great sites, great people, fun town, and everything is in walking distance.
On the flipside, the parking sucks, it's pricey, taxi drivers are ludicrous, the roads are terrible, and crime is high.
Other than that, life in DC (NW DC) is terrific. :) Personally, I really like the fact that there are no tall buildings since there is a height restriction on account of our nation's mighty white marble phallus.
Also, I live on Connecticut, so it's kinda cool to see the loud caravans of official motorcades going by...makes you really feel like you are in the heart of everything on the news.
Cheers,
Brian
GhandiInstinct - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Anand, any chance you can blog the upcoming GPUs and what to and not look forward to?Also, your thoughts on PCI-E replacing AGP.
Thx. :_)
vinney - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
i don't have a car :-Pmtn26bkr - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Is the 6800 ultra what we've been waiting for?Jigga - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Oh yeah, about Bhangra Blowout. Well what can I say, every year the show gets better, and every year the parties get worse!Friday night I went to the pre-party at H20, which wasn't all that. Saturday night I skipped the party and went to Adams Morgan, then heard from friends the next day that the official party ($38 cover) ended early because someone got stabbed and funkmaster flex was late in spinning the hip hop (so it was all bhangra music.)
The show was awesome though! My fave was Michigan, and they won 2nd place I think. The level of competition keeps going up every year. While Duke and Tufts were excellent performers and would have been a lock for grand prize a few years ago, the competition was that much tougher this year.