Aauugghhh La La!

Ladies and Gents,

It is spring outside, and you can tell that by the number of people who are popping, at random, about 10 feet into the air. It's pretty exhilarating (sp?) if it hasn't happened to you yet. You pull about 10-G's, and scream "Aaauugghh!" in Chinese, for example, Aramaic, French, or Welsh, although in French it's more like "Aauugghhh La La!" What this really brings to mind, however, is the severe lack, in our society, of true spontaneity, that really comes from within. We think that everything must be scripted. i.e., "We must make sweet sweet love under the oleander precisely when the sun dips behind the thoughtful brow of the blue mountain." Pffffttthhht. Yeahright. I mean, come on, if there was no spontaneity, then Stevie Nicks would've never had her roadies blowing tabasco sauce up her butt. And then we might never have heard "Leather and Lace," uh, fo shizzle.

We, at Drink & Walk, believe in the notion of Choose Your Own Adventure, and so, we continue the recent tradition of meeting at Angles, this Thursday, from 6 to 9:30 p.m., and then deciding on one or more secondary destinations. Any secondary locale(s) surely involve(s) Drink & Walk, but could involve Guzzle & Dance, as well. We may "shake our moneymakers," as the old song goes. Thus, please join me, Rod Smith, Star Emeritus Mel (Melissa) Nichols, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Diane Copeland for another edition of the Happy Hours with the most. The weather is just right, folks, for you to embark on that special voyage, and we encourage you to spend a few hours with us. Want to meet us after hours? Gimme a ring. If you don't have the number, ask me for it, and I shall provide.

Check our blog bor periodic updates: http://drinkandwalk.blogspot.com/ We look forward to seeing you!

Directions to Angles:

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.

xo, Dan Gutstein