I'm not going to overthink this. 20% for the server is standard as a tip. If they're charging a "20% service fee," I'm assuming that's the tip, and I'm not going to prod further.

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The St James is the answer in VA

Zebbie’s Garden in DuPont Circle plays house music pretty consistently, from my experience.

You believe it is condescending and unsympathetic. I hear you, but that wasn’t my intention.

In real life, everyone is navigating to their job and wants safety. There are strong narratives in our country that police “don’t do their jobs”. When, point of fact, it is often more complex than people realize. The OP literally shared a broadcast detailing the complexity of car thefts, and people still simply the matter to: “police don’t want to do their jobs.” That’s disingenuous.

People can have concerns, but we all need to learn how to channel those concerns constructively. Lest we just sit there and lament. Another option, there is a vacancy on the DC Board of Sentencing. Check it out, https://octo.quickbase.com/db/bjngwsngm?a=q&isDDR=1&qid=45&dlta=mx{%276%27.EX.%27sentencing+commission%27}AND({%2724%27.EX.%27Active%27})~

Good luck!

If you have a service charge of 20%, the customary standard tip percentage, I’m going to treat that as the tip. And I’m not going to feel an ounce of guilt for not tipping another 20% on top of that.

It's broken and they don't care. They just want you to get onto the bus and sit down.

3rd Eye if you want to travel outside DC.

Ya fuck that place. Tell me the price of what I'm buying or we don't have an agreement for me to pay.

I don't want a goddamn algebra equation to guess what my bill will be either. I will assume anything extra is the gratuity, and 100% optional (up to me). There isn't going to be any extra gratuity when the person I ordered from hands me a surprise bill >20% than what I ordered.

Nope.

Not a good idea.

I would look at sites like SeatGeek or StubHub.

I’m not paying 40% extra.

I had heard about OneLife and was wondering…thanks for sharing the feedback

And in case anyone is wondering, the monthly cost for that Equinox is…wait for it…$250 a month plus a $300 initial fee!

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100% go to the Dabney, the food is mind blowing and service is top-notch

Don’t know how particular you are but FYI I’m seeing Soundcheck and Echostage recs—just know those are generally a lot more trance or dubsteppy than house.

Good musical deep or tech house would be Flash or depending on the night Eighteenth Street Lounge.

Shuttle bus is really quick and does tend to arrive in sync with the trains. However, I agree, you'd still want to factor that in for departure times.

Dauphines

Yup, it's good but my server specifically said the service charge was not the tip. I felt bad and threw on 10%, but it's really crappy of them

Hi, immigration attorney here (but not your immigration attorney, this comment does not create an attorney-client relationship). I know things seem bleak right now, but working on a student visa like this can screw you over and you should really look into the potential consequences. But if you’re going to do it, don’t publicly seek tips on reddit for how to break U.S. immigration law.

Fiola is first-rate. (Fiola Mare is not.)

Bourbon Steak does celebratory dinners really well!

tbh, if mpd doesn't have close to enough competent people to sign up to do the job, i don't see how we can expect them to do anything, and it is pretty clear they are hurting for applicants

Not my problem

Depends what your PhD is in but I highly recommend tutoring. Highest $/hr cash available in the right subjects.