WORD ON THE STREET IS . . .

Ladies and Gents,

As many of you know, I've not just been sick, but I've been illin' illin' illin'. illin'. illin'. And when I told that to my doctor, in precisely those words, he immediately prescribed some hiphop antibiotics, brought to me by a rock n roll nurse. "They went to my head / to my head / as I was lyin' in a hospital bed." If you, too, have been illin', then you, too, should ask your doctor about hiphop antibiotics. In no time, I was popping and breaking. My germs were rapping. And now it's time to walk down the street, where we can meet Little Willie, who's drinking Sneaky Pete.

Join me, (Yes, I will be at Angles this week), Rod Smith, Special Ambassador Steph Monte, and Star Emeritus Mel (Melissa) Nichols for another round of Drink & Walk, this Thursday at 6:00. We will recount all the Jump Blues era names for wine: Blackberry, Sweet Cherry, Sneaky Pete, Sweet Lucy ("Makes you feel real Joo-say!), etc., and we will drink of them. PLEASE NOTE: I, myself, cannot say, with any certainty, that I will join in the pilgrimage to the Black Cat, but said pilgrimage will happen, and will be fabulous.

Directions:

We will arrive at Angles around 6:00 p.m., where there is a sparse crowd at that hour, a dollar off all drinks, including a wide selection of beers and fancy drinks, a jukebox that features Joy Division and Louis Jordan and just about everything in-between, before, and after, and empty pool tables, if you want to shoot pool. Angles can be found precisely where Belmont runs into 18th Street, in Adams Morgan, a couple blocks north from the intersection of 18th and U, a couple blocks south from the intersection of 18th and Columbia, next to a Jumbo ("there's a fly on my") Slice, up a short staircase. Look for the sign "Angles" above the window or door. We will be in the front room.

We will stay at Angles until about 7:45, at which point, we will walk over to the Red Room Bar at the Black Cat, which can be found on 14th Street, between S and T Streets. Arrival time around 8:00/8:10 p.m., and we will be there, likely, until 10:00. Note: If there is a long line for the Black Cat, don't worry about that (it's probably for a show). Just go up to the door and ask for the bar. They'll card you and you can go in, to your right.

Dan Gutstein