It was Sunday night before Labor Day Monday and Vishal asked me if I wanted to play poker. I said ‘what the heck, its not like i’m doing anything else’. $5 bucks later, 3 slices of pizza later and after watching DUS, I can definitely say it was a fun night. Anyways, its off to bed for me.
Background: Naveed challenged me on food. Now those who know better DON’T challenge me on food. So we decide to go to Chipotle and eat a burrito with 3 Times the hot sauce to set us up for the grand finale - whoever finishes a whole cup of hot salsa first. Here is the video for the brave hearted-
Chipotle Hot Sauce (Salsa) Eating Contest (HI).wmv - High Resolution (6MB)
Chipotle Hot Sauce (Salsa) Eating Contest (LO).wmv - Low Resolution (2MB)
I went to Indique - an upscale Indian restaurant.
3512 -14 Connecticut Avenue.,N.W.,
Washington D.C 20008
202 244 6600
Review - The food is definitely very carefully prepared and tastes wonderful. There is a big focus on presentation which they do a very good job of. The dishes were served in bowls that had walls which were high on one side and low on the other - sort of like a chair. This is very ingenious as it makes it very easy to pour some into your plate. Also the plates were rectangular with curved borders. Very unique as the name suggests.
The food portions were small and enough for one person and one person only. So don’t plan on ordering any dishes ‘to share’ because you will find yourself ordering another one as soon as the ‘to share’ dish comes to the table. Even the appetizers were small in portion but enough to arouse that apetite so that you can’t wait for your meal to come in.
Looking through the menu, Indique had a lot of drinks to offer. Verieties of margaritas and wines filled the menu. I recommend you try their ‘Masala Chai’ as it is one of the best you will ever have. Their ‘Mango Lassi’ is what I had and it was a tad bit on the sour side but it had a very nice consistency to it.
The amibience was very quiet and formal. I believe we were the only loud group there and the rest of the crowd was barely a murmur. Not everybody was dressed up as much but maybe that was because it was lunch and not dinner. The ligting was soft and there are windows to allow outside light to dominate the insides during the day.
Overall, it was a good experience and cost us about $25 per person including one drink few appetizers (3 for 6 people) and a main course each.
Tequila beach is one of the most enjoyable clubs in downtown D.C. I’d say it was about the first club I’ve been to where the bouncer was nice and talkative. Cover charge was $10 for guys and $7 for girls. When you first walk in, you see a big shark hanging from the ceiling. It is unmistakably staring into your eyes as if it was telling you not to mess around. Then as you walk up the steps, you see a very different environment. There is a dance floor of course in the first half of the room, but as you keep moving on, the bar is occupying the other half of the room. You also see TVs all around the place playing soprts games. Then you have the option of going upstairs where another bar is located and here the atmosphere is different altogether. It seems like a laid down bar as opposed to a club. There are tables and chairs and couches for people to sit down, relax and enjoy their drinks. If you’re curious, water bottles are $3, beer bottles are $2 (I didn’t buy any, I just saw them being bought) and simple drinks like Vodka & Tonic were about $6. There is a part of the upper level from where you can eyeball the activities of the dance floor downstairs. Once again, there is a big shark hanging from the ceiling blocking your view and you don’t want to mess with it! The lighting was also very different from traditional clubs. It was much brighter but not too bright. The whole amibiance made you feel at home and comfortable. When the party picked up, the whole place was crowded shoulder to shoulder. They had a good DJ and a goofy guy with a microphone organizing little games on the dance floor (they were fun to watch). We were kicked out at 2:00 and it seemed too soon. However, I didn’t have any regrets about going there last night. One thing that did bother me was when the bouncer at the door told me that I couldn’t take with me my almost empty bottle of water (I paid 3 dollars for it!) This happens at every club and they never let you take out any object from the inside to the outside. Be it a water bottle or a small cherry. If anybody know why, let me know.
Tequila beach is located on 1115 F St NW, Washington, DC. They don’t have a website yet but call them at (202) 393-5463.
The Crowd was a good crowd. None of the college freshmen or anything like that. The chics were hot and hotter. The music included good dance numbers and mainly hip-hop.
Last Saturday, there was a garba at UMD. It was well organized and surprisingly, it was on schedule! There was definitely a huge Indian crowd - a number I have never seen together. Ritu was telling me that they sold 963 tickets. That’s a whole lot of freaking indians. It was fun though. I didn’t realize that it took so much coordination to get as little as 10 people to hit their sticks at the same time. I’ll definitely look forward to more events organized by the HSC.
I have my BMGT230 final on Wednesday and I really don’t want to study for it. It’s just that when I have something that I have to do, I just keep procrastinating and can’t ever really get anything done. I’ll study in a bit I guess.
I went to King’s dominion yesterday and it was fun. There was this ride … Volcano I think is its name … nobody out of 3 other people bothered to tell me that the ride accelerates from the very beginning. So there I am, relaxed, waiting for the coaster to get on the chain and anticipating the drop when zooooooom and AAAAAAAAAA! Drop zone - the new ride - is not that much fun. I had more fun going up that thing than coming down. The one at 6 flags is more scarier coming down. In any case, it is a good ride.
“Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.”
-Charles Caleb Colton
I went to 6 flags on Friday with my dad and my bro. I’ve been on these rides a million times so there’s nothing that would surprise me about any of the rides. Basically I sit on the roller coasters, my face grim, no interest in being there, thinking about my life, not realizing that the coasters may not bring surprises to me consciously but subconsciously, my body would still react vigorously by releasing tons of adrenaline. And that’s exactly what happened. I was totally dead and had a splitting headache half through the park. I guess breakfast IS important. Well I couldn’t take it so I had me some lunch and then I was OK until I went on another ride. After that, it was me and my loving bench. Actually it was the first time I realized that the benches at 6 flags are not really comfortable. I’m sure that by the time I left the park, my bottom must’ve had permanent criss-crossing lines on it. I’m not going to that park again anyways for a long time. I wanna go to king’s dominion now.