I don't think there's a charge for at least nearby MD or VA residents anymore... before moving into DC proper last year, I was living in Maryland (Prince George's County) and I got a DC card for free. I think there are now reciprocal agreements.

Wharf had a surprisingly good St Patty's event with free live music last year

Gadsby's Tavern doesn't seem to have lobster bisque on the menu right now, but it's the sort of place that has group events.

Oh sorry, yes cards are free to residents. I got my card when I was a VA resident commuting in (I think that was the issue)

Wait, library cards are free, aren't they??

Solidcore is another Pilates option!

Interesting. Never heard of that

Your landlord holds your security deposit in a separate bank account (and it has to be a DC bank account) after one year whatever interest your account accrues is yours when it is returned to you. It’s not a lot of money, but it helps keep landlords honest about

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Virtue Feed & Grain on the waterfront is good! Do you remember generally how close to the waterfront the place you went was? I don’t see lobster bisque on their current menu but they do have both steak and seafood.

Load the cannon and ready the sails, that thar be a building that has been ravaged by pirates.

100%. Every time I visit NYC I gain more appreciation for DC.

I think in addition to the greenery, it's also the way that the streets are wider & buildings shorter so you feel like you're truly in the open air / outdoors. Sometimes in Manhattan the masses of cement sky-scrapers going out in every direction can make one feel really caged in.

I come from a college town and our library system was always one of my favorite things. DC has an excellent library system IME.

Protip: Lots of people are unaware that with a library card you also get access to a few apps that rival paid subscription apps, some apps work with what your library has IIRC. Hoopla, Kanopy, Overdrive, and Libby are all great apps to get when you grab a library card. I have also found most libraries have a pretty current selection of media content. Pretty sweet deal for $20 annually (free for DMV residents as I've been corrected, sorry for any confusion).

Walking city and transit, 311 Bulk Pick Up Service, Tenant's Rights, Libraries (yes!), green space, and Ethiopian food of course.

If the show is sold out then the box office probably won't have any.

You'll be hard pressed to find any scalpers hanging around, with all the online options you don't see as many of those guys as you used to. If there are in-person scalpers, they usually are yelling about buying tickets even though they're selling (some sort of legal loophole? idk).

TickPick is a good secondhand site to check out. You see the full price with fees upfront, and tickets are verified.

Flag design. Minimalist but elegant. Simple but distinctive.

Not gaudy like Maryland or bizarre like Virginia.

That’s a relatively recent development…LOL

The DMV was terrible for quite a few years after I moved here. They lost a copy of my car title when I paid it off, which caused a months-long stand-off between the finance company and the DMV.

Smash records on 18th has records, clothes, etc!

We were at that show too! We worried whether they would hold up, but it was still a pretty fun show. Kind of hilarious to see him looking bored and chainsmoking up on stage though!

We've been going far too often though. Going to the Excision show on Saturday.

We realized how good we had it when in just one week, they had Loud Luxury, Disco Lines, Benny Benassi, Nicky Romero, and Afrojack. We like dubstep and hardstyle (rip) more, but even that's not a bad lineup anywhere.

I tried to check out the scene in Atlanta and Philly when I visited, and it feels like a lot of other cities just don't have the names coming through that we do. They have smaller/more underground djs, but if you like the big name festival acts, Echostage is actually really good. So many acts that Steve Aoki is playing on a Wednesday!

You should NOT be using a straight edge razor. When you cut the skin at the hairline. Curly hair curls beneath the skin. Black men should not use the same razors as their white counterparts. Posner used to make a razor that had a razor guard over the blades.

Check a beauty supply store. Good luck.

Also. Highly recommend you see an allergist. If you’re eating things with a high mold content (berries etc) you could be making your own situation worse.

What do you use to exfoliate? Retin A should be your go to…dermatologist can help. I use Marjan Yousefi in NoVA.

Obviously the metro can and should be improved, but compared to most other cities’ public transit infrastructure it’s really good. Lots of stops, relatively clean stations and cars, and well integrated with an enormous bus system that, together, will help you get anywhere.

Also, if you include the larger metropolitan area, DC has an enormous variety of immigrant food. Beyond the well known classics like Ethiopian (everywhere) and Vietnamese in Eden Center, you can find SO many cuisines to explore - Pakistani, Caribbean, Korean, West African, Central American of all sorts, Malaysian, Laotian, Filipino, the list goes on and on.

And if you’re a cook or home chef in DC, you can find almost any ingredient or specialty kitchen tool you could possibly imagine. There are soooo many good, local farmers and ranchers in MD, VA, WV, and PA who sell in the city, meaning you can get produce and proteins that are as good as the best stuff used in Michelin-starred restaurants. Just go to the DuPont farmer’s market in the Spring if you want to see for yourself. Foraged mushrooms, incredible salad greens, 40-month aged ham that’s as good as the best ham you could import from Spain, pasture-raised duck and chicken, and award-winning bloomy rind cheeses, just to name a few. For instance, the chef at The Dabney (Michelin-started and named Washingtonian’s top restaurant in the city) and I can get produce and local meat from the same local vendors who sell at Dupont. He’s better at cooking it, but we both get to use the same amazing, high quality ingredients.

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Everything is close, 20 minutes in an Uber. You can go to lunch in Georgetown, a baseball game, and a ballet in the same day and you won't spend more than an hour getting between venues.