What I’ve learned since moving to D.C. (some of which should be obvious): 0001

1.  Bushes in front of fountains make good urinals;

2.  The office cubicle floor (carpeted) is a great place to crash when you’re drunk;
3.  Bus drivers don’t like it when you try to pee on their bus;
4.  Walls of wholesale clubs make good urinals;
5.  Peeing on the Key Bridge on the 4^th of July while watching the fireworks over the National Mall: Priceless;
6.  Movies are expensive in D.C., costing $9.50 to $10.00.  See movies for free by signing up for ScreenIt.com;
7.  Restaurant Week in D.C. (Washington.org/RestaurantWk) is in August;
8.  Use OpenTable.com to make restaurant reservations;
9.  Every Wednesday is Lobster Night at Murphy’s Irish Pub (MurphysPub.com).  You can get a whole lobster with a starch and mixed vegetables for $15.95.  If you’re still hungry, you can get wings for $.25 each until 9:00 PM;
10.  The pistachio-chocolate cheesecake at the Majestic Café (MajesticCafe.com) is awesome;
11.  Doing shots and losing at beer pong is a bad combination;
12.  Apartment security doesn’t like it when you drop your pants in front of them (so I’ve been told);
13.  The attendant at the Metrorail station doesn’t like it when you vomit on his booth;
14.  Walking home, while you’re still drunk, at 6:30 in the morning makes the hour-long walk home go by so much faster;
15.  Use the Metro Trip Planner (WMATA.com) to map your trips into D.C.;
16.  You can register your SmarTrip card.  That way when you drop your card when you’re vomiting on the Metrorail station booth, you can get your money back;
17.  Don’t talk about being naked in front of your boss’s boss;
18.  It seems like everybody is on MySpace.com;
19.  Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery (RockBottom.com) has $1.00 drafts every Wednesday starting at 9:00 in the morning;
20.  Don’t put your $35.99 Gap Outlet sweater down at the bar;
21.  Buying a place in the D.C. area is expensive;
22.  Use HomesDatabase.com for up to date real estate listings in the D.C. area;
23.  Driving in a hurricane (or tropical storm) is stupid;
24.  Bartenders will break your heart (more of a refresher course than a new lesson learned);
25.  The pursuit of love makes you stupid no matter how much your head wants you to be rational and talk you out of it;
26.  Kate Ryan (KateRyan.be) is great for late night driving;
27.  The worst thing in the world is chasing a dream, through misplaced hope, and knowing that if you actually attained your dream, most likely, it wouldn’t live up to your expectations.  You chase it anyways because, even though you try to talk yourself out of it, a part of you doesn’t want to let go of the dream, no matter what your head tells you;
28.  Don’t leave your library book at the bar;
29.  Use HappyHourCity.com for Happy Hour drink specials in the D.C. area (although it may be a little dated);
30.  Metrorail station walls make good urinals;
31.  Pizzeria Paradiso (PizzeriaParadiso.com) in Georgetown (and Dupont Circle) makes a good Neopolitan-style pizza;
32.  You can wiggle your butt by moving your leg back and forth;
33.  Driving in D.C. at night is great with GPS;
34.  You probably shouldn’t play flip cup at work;
35.  When you’re drunk, you shouldn’t get into shoving matches/fights at the “club.”  You probably shouldn’t get into shoving matches/fights at the “club,” period;
36.  One of the most beautiful things in this world is to love somebody and to have that person feel the same way about you;
37.  A cheap (but a little sketchy) way to visit New York City is to take the Chinatown bus from D.C. (2000Coach.com);
38.  As Americans, we take for granted the amount of living space we have;
39.  Times Square looks a lot smaller in person than it does on television;
40.  You probably shouldn’t pee in front of the White House.  But if you have to . . . do it at night;
41.  I can probably forget about being the next “American Idol;”
42.  You wouldn’t think it, but surprisingly, a fried Snickers Bar tastes pretty good;
43.  You've got to love the costumes that people wear during Halloween (especially the girls);
44.  The scariest things to us can be the most worthwhile;
45.  Flying rocks on the interstate suck;
46.  Matchbox Vintage Pizza Bistro (MatchboxDC.com) in Chinatown also makes a good pizza;
47.  Get your Capitals hockey tickets at WashingtonCaps.com.  They don’t charge you any service fees;
48.  You probably shouldn't try to lift up 2 girls when you're drunk;
49.  Fantasy football is fun and addictive . . . and a big waste of time;
50.  Schnozbot.com is another place to look for Happy Hour drink specials in the D.C. area;