A few of my favorite DC Bloggers, LiLu, Lemmonex, and Restaurant Refugee, are hosting an elegant get together at an adult establishment next week and it would be just lovely if you could join us. It promises to be an entertaining night, and there are so many of you I would love to meet and get a chance to really know.
You may think that our clique is solidified and that if you meet us you will be turned away without a second thought– that is not the case. Come to us with an open mind and we will return with open arms.
I feel like sometimes blogging opens the door to our soul, but it doesn’t really let us in. We just stand there, looking at the surface, too scared to go beyond it because we fear things may not be as they seem to be. Take that leap. We are all human and we are all scared.
Scared that we won’t be liked.
Scared that we won’t live up to the personas we mold with our carefully-chosen words.
Scared that we might end up getting so drunk we throw up in the trash can right beside the bar. or eat hummus off a doily. or wake up smelling of indian food, death, and shame*.
Wait, what?
Fuck that. Come to Happy Hour next Friday (August 7th at 7 pm) at Evolve and see me get drunk. Get me drunk enough and I’ll probably buy shots for everyone. That’s about as real as it gets.
Big ups again to our hosts for organizing this shindig… and for making a badge that includes comic sans.
*all true stories
** so I really thought the font was comic sans, but then smellexa said it wasn’t. Judges?
moooooog35 says:
While you’re there, I’ll be trying to figure out where the library is that this chick is getting plastered at.
Something about females does it for me.
Probably the vagina.
That very girl will be at our happy hour.
Okay, that’s a lie. Did it almost work?
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July 31st, 2009 at 5:28 am
LiLu says:
NO TEQUILA.
My mind says no, but my heart says YES.
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July 31st, 2009 at 5:28 am
justjp says:
HELL YEAH TEQUILA! BTW, my face misses you boobs… See ya there!
So glad you’re coming back up! See you then
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July 31st, 2009 at 5:36 am
PQ says:
NO TEQUILA!
But yes. Hummus & doily.
I thought you were training…
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PQ Reply:
July 31st, 2009 at 7:37 am
I’m training.
But I would like to remember next weekend.
Remembering things comes in our 30s.
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July 31st, 2009 at 5:37 am
Patrick says:
I don’t think I’m part of the clique- so I’m running back home to Massachusetts where people like me… that and my sister got engaged.
I always miss the fun.
I hate families.
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July 31st, 2009 at 5:42 am
Yolanda says:
You know what? I’ve been reading your blog for a while and I REALLY wish I could be up in D.C. It seems that’s where all the hip bloggers are. Ugh, I hate living Florida!
Oh well. If I lived in the area I would totally go. Have fun!
Someone actually IS coming from florida–JP. Well I don’t think he’s coming just for HH, but still. You should hide in his luggage!
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July 31st, 2009 at 5:43 am
Mara J. says:
TEQUILA! I love tequila….Maybe I’ll join you guys at Evolve next Friday. I’m a DC blogger too…or a Baltimore blogger, depending how you look at it.
You should come!!
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July 31st, 2009 at 6:12 am
chasingparadise says:
Being near Richmond, it’s entirely feasible, but alas, getting there by 7 or even 8 is pushing it! I say you guys throw something together on a Saturday at some point!
October 24th!
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July 31st, 2009 at 6:14 am
mandy says:
Sounds like a lot of fun. I just wish I didn’t live 6 hours away!
Booooooooo, it’s only 6 hours!
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July 31st, 2009 at 6:32 am
alexa - cleveland's a plum says:
while this happy hour sounds fabulous i’m holding out for your wedding to lilu in october.
get ready dc.
EPIC.
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July 31st, 2009 at 6:42 am
emrlds says:
i liked it better when DC and boston were neighbors.
oh wait, that never happened. why can’t we be friends? (yes, i sang that.)
Why can’t you move. WHY?
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July 31st, 2009 at 6:45 am
bethie says:
Where there is Maxie, there is tequila. You should all know this by now and also know she will force it down your throat by way of taunting. Her charms are irresistible (and irrefutable)!
Why would anyone ever WANT to TURN DOWN tequila!!???
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July 31st, 2009 at 6:59 am
verybadcat says:
Oh, boo. I hate missing the fun stuff. BOO.
move. that is all.
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July 31st, 2009 at 7:23 am
Amanda says:
i’m sad that i won’t be there yet! i’m moving back to DC on the 18th. boo! i guess that means we’ll just have to have another meet up!
Of course! Huge b-day party will be at a bar on Oct 24th!
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July 31st, 2009 at 8:25 am
Matt says:
not comic sans at all! Im deeply disappointed.
Cry me a river.
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July 31st, 2009 at 8:32 am
Jess says:
Sounds like fun! Sorry I don’t live there anymore!
I still can’t believe we didn’t meet while you were here! you have to let me know if you ever visit dc again so we can get dinner or something.
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July 31st, 2009 at 8:39 am
Allison says:
if only i was in the dc area…
make the trip with alexa in oct?
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July 31st, 2009 at 8:48 am
Marie says:
I’m really going to miss seeing you drunk!
There is always a next time, love.
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July 31st, 2009 at 9:12 am
longredcape says:
That is Comic Sans.
It may have a different name on other people’s computers…
..but that is motherfucking Comic Sans.
thank you. i was right.
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July 31st, 2009 at 9:16 am
Lindsay says:
I seem to only read the blogs of people who live across the country from me, so I never hear about meet-ups in my area. Someday maybe I’ll make it out there for one of these HH’s.
YES. That’s why they have planes!
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July 31st, 2009 at 9:43 am
Lauren says:
Dang it! I wish I didn’t live all the way in RI!
Maybe I’ll try hitch hiking, hahaha
I support any efforts you make to get here, even if they are dangerous.
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July 31st, 2009 at 10:10 am
Heather says:
wow – that was really deep….
as i always am, duh.
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July 31st, 2009 at 10:25 am
G says:
I live in Canada surrounded by forests, snow and moose. To get to your gathering would be an adventure in itself. But, sadly, even if I did fly down (which is crazy) I would not fit in with the twenty-something hipsters without compromising my reasonably positive self concept.
So, have a fine time!
All my love,
G
Oh hun, I am so not cool enough to be a hipster. Except for those crazy glasses I own. But anyone of any age is always welcome. ESPECIALLY if you bring snow and a moose!
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July 31st, 2009 at 10:59 am
lemmonex says:
If you buy me tequila, I will murder you.
Then drink it.
no you won’t, because then you’d have to take BOTH of the shots.
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July 31st, 2009 at 11:35 am
Angela says:
Looks like Comic Sans to me!
And I’d SO be there if it were in San Francisco…. DC just isn’t an option for me! =(
Wait. Did you move??
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July 31st, 2009 at 11:47 am
BIBI says:
Thanks for the invite. I would love to come. I need some adult time as well!
It’s been a long week! (SIGH)
I KNOW. Ugh. So you’ll be there next friday??? AWESOME!
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July 31st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Dysfunction Junction says:
See…I just barge my pushy ass all up in your group.
Obviously you were all going to love me, so I wasn’t worrying about it.
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July 31st, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Jaime says:
Uh. It looks like Comic Sans to me.
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August 1st, 2009 at 11:57 am
andhari says:
I would come in a heartbeat if i could, have fun Maxie. Wishing a lot of debaucheries, and make a dance video if you could!
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August 2nd, 2009 at 6:52 am
Jill Pilgrim says:
When I meet people from the Internet I’m often scared that they will be surprised that I am actually a 57 year old man. People can be so judgmental sometimes, you know?
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JPP says:
Comic Sans is the font I use to make all my second graders assignments with.
It’s now officially tainted and when teaching that picture will run through my thoughts.
Cool.
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