H Street, NE around 8pm on Friday night.
Gentleman in his 30s: “How you ladies doing tonight?”
Ladies: “Fine”.
Gentleman: “I know you’re FINE, I’m asking how ya doing?”
Awesome.
On other H Street news, I had the opportunity to check out the Atlas theater for the first time. It is an incredible building. I highly recommend checking it out. I caught a production of 1984 and it only cost 10 bucks.
Sometimes I worry about our nation’s future.
Male #1: I don’t have cable tv.
Male #2: So what do you do when you go home?
Two women in their 20s order drinks at the bar and their toast: “To Restraining Orders!”.
This is a bit random but for some reason it made me laugh so hard I nearly doubled over. I think it also contributes nicely to the beautiful life. Young girl to another: “Girl, you need to get a fucking perm!”. Beautiful.
Walking down 13th Street near W last Sat. night I heard a group of teenagers talking. One teenager was running towards another shouting “No dawg, this is a gentrified area, the cops’ll be here in two minutes!”. I quietly laughed my ass off at the time. But then it got me thinking. Do “gentrified” areas face less crime because there is the perception/reality that the cops will respond faster? I’ve heard other folks say that sometimes “gentrified” areas face more crime because “that is where the money is”. What do you think – does the mere fact that an area is “gentrified” deter criminal behavior because of the perceived police response or does it attract more criminal behavior?
At the downstairs bar, woman in her early 20s: “What I like about reality shows is, like, the dynamic is so real.”
Male #1: “Give me a good word for that breakfast.”
Male #2: “Volumptious”
Male #1: “Volumptious? Yeah that is a good word for it!”
Personally, I felt that was the perfect word for my meal as well.