# Balt/D.C. Appetizers and Alcohol Appreciation Society **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028 "2003-02-05T19:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/41 "2003-02-28T15:23:50Z")
Well, the roads down here don’t seem too bad either - they even plowed the parking lot for once. But, of course, in true Washingtonian spirit, I decided it was just “too risky” to drive the mile and a half down the road to the metro station 🙂 So I’m still in. ---
**Author:** ![Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/42 "2003-02-28T16:07:28Z")
**Bluesman** and I will be there! ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/43 "2003-02-28T16:10:28Z")
No, **Bluesman** hasn’t suddenly developed a split personality…above post by me, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/44 "2003-02-28T16:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lucretia \* > \*\*No, **Bluesman** hasn’t suddenly developed a split personality…above post by me, obviously. \*\* Well, it will be nice to see all 3 of you 🙂 But since you have an obvious advantage for the 3-legged race, I’m going to respectfully request that you recuse yourself from that event. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/45 "2003-02-28T18:52:08Z")
Alrighty folks, reservations are for nine people at 8PM, name of Cecil Adams, yadda yadda. Here’s who’s on the list in, in no particular order: **panache GingerOfTheNorth Weirddave Wendall Wagner RTFirefly TeleTronOne Lucretia Bluesman Kieth Barry** I’m leaving myself off because I figure that since I’m coming late someone might leave and I can just squeeze into the table. For anybody who is not on the list, that’s because they never put themselves down as a possible or definite, so if you want to go, and you’re not in the above list, please call the Ram’s Head and increase the party size. The number is in the link in my OP. And let me mention one thing about parking: you can park up on the street next to the main parking lot, and in a pinch you can follow the street to parking in the back and, IIRC, walk through the Mill to the Ram’s Head. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth_ > **That doesn’t sound like a very friendly thing to do.** Don’t worry, we’ll bring chocolate to soften the blow(s). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/46 "2003-02-28T20:23:43Z")
Roads are fine, spouse is in Florida, see you all tonight. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/47 "2003-02-28T20:34:30Z")
Tell the truth now - she planned to be away for this, din’t she? Huh? HUH? ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/48 "2003-02-28T21:13:12Z")
I’ll probably put in an appearance, but most likely not to eat. I guess I’ll still call them, but this is the first chance I’ve had all day… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/49 "2003-03-01T07:04:52Z")
We’re home, and nobody died on the way. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/50 "2003-03-01T07:05:44Z")
I had a great time- except for the whole dishwasher dying incident. Other than that, it was great! ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/51 "2003-03-01T07:17:48Z")
I made it home without anymore death either, although there were a hell of a lot of fire trucks and ambulances on the opposite side of the Wilson bridge on my way back – I’m scared to check the news reports to see what that was all about. But aside from that, I had a wonderful time and enjoyed meeting everyone. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/52 "2003-03-01T14:57:01Z")
☹ In case anyone was concerned, I made a few wrong turns, then was about halfway home before I remembered we were going to Fridays. Oh well, I was getting tired anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/53 "2003-03-01T16:42:49Z")
Apart from the sudden staff death, we had a great time. I do reccomend that we call ahead to the next place and inquire into the general health of their employees. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/54 "2003-03-01T16:53:24Z")
I had a great time, other than the aforementioned incident with the dish washer at the Ram’s Head keeling over. (Dave, do we know that he died? I couldn’t find anything about it on the Web.) I’m glad I left when I did, much as I hated to abandon such excellent company; I was **very** tired on the way home, and really cut it closer than I should have. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/55 "2003-03-01T19:46:44Z")
I know I’m sure glad that Dave drove home, because by the time we were on the Parkway I was seriously dozey. ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/56 "2003-03-01T20:04:42Z")
Good thing I had something with caffeine in it before I left I suppose. Although, to be honest, that Irish Coffee I got at Friday’s was probably about the worst I’ve ever had. And not to steal the spotlight from all the talk about impaired driving and sudden death, but for anybody who felt like they were missing something because I didn’t want to rant about my Ex, she ticked me off this morning and I had to post a thread about it and thought I’d share it with the group since I know you’re all intensely interested in the sordid affairs of my personal life. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166580](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166580) [no dishwashers were harmed in the writing of this message] ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/57 "2003-03-03T00:32:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*I had a great time, other than the aforementioned incident with the dish washer at the Ram’s Head keeling over. (Dave, do we know that he died? I couldn’t find anything about it on the Web.) > \*\* **Bluesman** and I went to a gumbo cookoff in Annapolis today, and the Ram’s Head had a table there. We talked to the people at the table, and they confirmed that the dishwasher had, indeed, died. According to the guy we talked to, it was a heart attack. In case anyone is interested, his name was Sherman, and he was 52. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/58 "2003-03-03T10:37:11Z")
Bump for any interested parties who didn’t see this yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/59 "2003-03-03T16:51:34Z")
Thanks for the bump, I was poking around to see what ended up happening after I took off. I am very pleased to announce that I have regained my sense of direction (the one I’d thought was lost and gone forever…) and made it home in about 30 minutes. Only to find of course that my neighborhood had 8 cop cars all with sirens on swarming around the 7-11 on my way home. Then one of the cops followed me home, nothing happened, but can we say Twilight Zone??? Strange night all 'round, but good company! Was it a full moon by any chance??? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028/60 "2003-03-03T17:07:08Z")
**Lucretia** , that’s a bummer about the dishwasher. **panache** - Sounds like a too-interesting evening all around. But nope, we’re right around the new moon now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balt-d-c-appetizers-and-alcohol-appreciation-society/153028.md?page=4)