August 4, 2008
About Tonight
Photo by Karon
MOVIE: Screen on the Green returns tonight with The Apartment, starring Jack Lemmon as the meek mid-level salesman who allows his flat to be used by executives who need a place to take their mistresses, and Shirley MacLaine as the elevator operator he adores. One of director Billy Wilder's best films, this should be a popular outing tonight on the National Mall. Film begins at dusk, but get there early to stake out a primo spot. Free.
MUSIC: Exit Clov headlines a great line-up at Fort Reno, with Cobra Collective and The War Console opening. 7:15 p.m., free.
READING: Sheryll Cashin will be at Politics and Prose to talk about The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family. 7 p.m., free.
HAPPY HOUR: In Friday's Weekly Feed we told you about the Gin Rickey competition that will be held tonight at Bourbon in Adams Morgan. Head over starting at 6 p.m. to taste all the different recipes up for the challenge in an event sponsored by the D.C. Bartenders Guild. Once there, you can vote for your favorite and see how it stacks up against the one the judges, who include Eric Felten of the Wall Street Journal, Charlotte Voisey of Hendricks Gin, Todd Thrasher of Restaurant Eve and PX, and John Wabeck of Inox, select. We've posted the recipes here. No cover.
MUSIC: Want to rock out, prefer air conditioning but still don't want to spend too much? Unbuckled alumni Deleted Scenes are at the Black Cat's Backstage with the Never and the Bee Team. Only $8, 9 p.m.
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For a Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis funfest, I much prefer The Great Race.
Natalie Wood bathing in her knickers helps, too.
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flat? We're in 'murca. It's called an apartment.
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...or you could lay out on a blanket by a lake covered in pond scum, open up a bottle of red, strip down to nothing but your purple bracelets and shag like those two above are about to do.
oh, and it's free! unless you count the cost of raising that love child of yours.
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i didn't notice the wine until mcgillicuddy pointed it out. seems like they should be drinking something else here, you know?
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Matching purple dork bracelets? Check.
Hat that matches the green towel? Check.
Visible bra strap? Check.
Violating the open container law? Check.
It's like a less classy mardis gras. If I had some beads, I'd throw them at her.
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I remember the emotionless announcer guy saying that the movie screen would be on 7th instead of 4th just this week due to another group already reserving the usual SotG area of The Mall. Any clue if I'm remembering this correctly? SotG doesn't have a real website so I don't know how to double check on this sort of thing.
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And by "7th" & "4th" I mean the street numbers. I just noticed that today is the 4th and my comment could be rather confusing.
Someone on the Facebook event page backed me up.
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Sorry monkeyrotica but the purple bracelets are paper wristbands showing entry to the wine festival. No open container law was violated either. But that hat did rather scarily match the towel.
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That red wine is going to be impossible to get out of that towel once he spills it while fumbling with her bra strap.
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That funky water makes me want to hurl my bottle of red wine.
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that's not all he's gonna spill. oh, i meant that he'll spill her wine too! sheesh. you people.
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Wait until the Eric Burdon and War song on their iPod reaches a "climax." There'll be more than just wine on that towel.
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"why can't we be friends"?
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I wasn't going to make a joke about the potability of the pond scum vs. the wine, but since the photo tags say "Tarrara Winery" I feel pretty secure in doing so.: "Drink the pond scum kids and save your taste buds!"
Nice hat, though.
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Wow they're really zinging us in the Flickr comments :(
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Maybe he's trying to straight sex the gay right out of his shirt.