What I’ve learned since moving to D.C. (some of which should be obvious): 0003

101.  Every Wednesday is Lobster Night at Shooter McGee’s (ShooterMcGees.com).  You can get a 1-½ lb. lobster with a baked potato for $16.99 or a 2-lb. lobster with a baked potato for $21.99;
102.  You can tell a person’s true character by how s/he treats the people "below" her/him;
103.  You can change the world with an act of random kindness (“Ark”);
104.  The clubs in Baltimore are nothing like the ones in D.C., Las Vegas and Virginia;
105.  The Harry Potter books are actually pretty engrossing. . . . Who knew?
106.  You shouldn’t judge a person by how s/he dresses.  Appearances can be deceiving;
107.  I can say that I’ve been to a reception on Capitol Hill (the Rayburn House Office Building, to be precise);
108.  Dave & Buster’s (DaveandBusters.com) is the adult version of Chuck E. Cheese’s;
109.  King Street becomes Leesburg Pike, then it becomes Broad Street and then it becomes Leesburg Pike, again;
110.  King Street goes all the way from Alexandria to Tyson’s Corner to Dulles;
111.  It’s amazing how different someone can be in comparison to his/her parent;
112.  You feel really weird when you get off a treadmill after walking for an hour while reading a book;
113.  The Madagascar vanilla bean cake (layered with toigo peach compote, valhrona white chocolate and poppy seed crème anglaise) at Vidalia (VidaliaDC.com) is good (and the duck isn’t bad either);
114.  The strawberry and cream cake at Whole Foods (Market) is really good;
115.  The white chocolate and strawberry mousse torte (topped with a strawberry coulis) at Bob Kinkead’s Colvin Run Tavern (ColvinRun.com) is good;
116.  What government agency can botch the simplest job, like changing your address (specifically your zipcode)?  The correct answer is: The Department of Motor Vehicles;
117.  Never drive onto an Army base with your car registration expired (even if you’re going to church);
118.  How does the government reward you for paying your car registration on time?  The answer is: By taking your money, never giving you your tags and writing you a ticket for $50.00 where you have to travel 185 miles to contest;
119.  Robbie likes sour candy;
120.  It’s about a 1-½ hour walk from the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail station to the Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter Metrorail station;
121.  Sleeping at the Navy Memorial around 5:00 in the morning makes you a “bum;”
122.  There are quite a few people sleeping in the streets of D.C.;
123.  The Metrorail stations don’t open until 7:00 AM on weekends;
124.  The Kettler Capitals Iceplex (KettlerCapitalsIceplex.com) in Ballston (Common Mall) is amazing;
125.  Olaf Kolzig is a big guy;
126.  I never thought I would hear Chevelle play at an ice rink at 10:00 in the morning (even though they only played 2 songs and you couldn’t hear the vocals);
127.  National Hockey League players are really big and fast.  You really don’t appreciate how big and fast they are unless you see them up close;
128.  The James Norris Memorial, the Calder Memorial, the King Clancy Memorial and the Vezina trophies are pretty scuffed and show a lot of wear;
129.  Custom blinds are really expensive;
130.  The Harman Center for the Arts is really nice;
131.  There are more than just paintings of presidents at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG.SI.edu);
132.  Robbie’s favorite drink is “diet (Coke) and bourbon (preferably Jack Daniels);”
133.  Chevy Chase is a nice area . . . and the Chevy Chase Club isn’t half bad either;
134.  Arthur Ashe Stadium (home of the U.S. Open) and Shea Stadium are near each other in Flushing, New York;
135.  The Top of the Rock Observation Deck (TopoftheRockNYC.com) at Rockefeller Center is better than the Empire State Building Observatory (ESBNYC.com);
136.  Broadway theatres are similar in size to Ford’s Theatre in D.C.;
137.  Puppet sex is not a pretty thing;
138.  When you’re at a restaurant, don’t sit in the seat where the waiter clears the table;
139.  Only in New York City (specifically Times Square) can you see a tanned, white bearded man, pushing a dog in a stroller with a parrot on his head, wearing a striped dress and striped tights;
140.  The New York Water Taxi (NYWaterTaxi.com), leaving from Seaport, is a fun way to see the buildings in New York City;
141.  You climb 156 steps going up the base of the Statue of Liberty (StatueofLiberty.org) and visitors can no longer go inside the statue, itself;
142.  One of the constants in life is change.  Change tends to happen when you least expect it or when you don’t want it.  You get accustomed to what goes on in your life and then your life changes.  You may want to keep everything the way it is, but you can’t.  Life has its own prerogative . . . its own plan.  Unfortunately, when it made up its plan, it didn’t ask you (nor does it care) what you want;
143.  One of the worst feelings in the world is helplessness . . . the inability to shape your future . . . the inability to control your life;
144.  Never ask a woman if she’s ever farted in a guy’s face;
145.  Human beings can be cruel and insensitive (I’m no exception);
146.  Age isn’t necessarily an indication of maturity;
147.  There’s enough suffering in the world, you don’t need to add to it;
148.  There’s no need to be mean to others, but if they’re mean to you first, then all bets are off;
149.  Picture the person you want to be.  If anything you’re thinking about doing goes against this image . . . don’t do it;
150.  The Malibu Grill Churrascaria (MalibuGrillSteakhouse.com) is the poor man’s version of Fogo de Chao.  The food isn’t as good and only 4 kinds of meat are available for lunch (i.e., steak sirloin, chicken, turkey and pork sausage) and 10 for dinner (i.e., same as lunch plus top and prime sirloin, New York steak, beef ribs, lamb and pork loin) . . . but it’s way cheaper (i.e., $11.95 for lunch, Monday-Friday; $14.95 for lunch, Saturday and Sunday; $18.95 for dinner, Monday-Thursday; and $19.95 for dinner, Friday-Sunday);