Virginia Gold Cup, University Row
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
If you’ve never been to the Virginia Gold Cup, you need to go. If you don’t know someone with a tent, I strongly recommend University Row. Sign up with your alumni network, or in my case, since CNU doesn’t have an affiliation (yet), my parents’. The pictures below are from last year. They are a combination of my and my friends’ facebook pictures, and University Row’s facebook pictures. As you can tell, its a really good time. Unlimited good food, mint juleps, jim beam, and horse racing. What more could you want?
Thanks to my hat, I was chosen for the fashion show/runway showdown. I lost (to someone in a do-rag, it must have been rigged), but it was a lot of fun. Despite the outcome, like my number, I was #1 (look at that strut). Walking the runway in a Virginia Bow Tie, linen, bourbon in hand, and cigar after? Check it off the bucket list.
The drive up is always pretty rowdy. The drive home is usually a lot quieter (RP). I’m going to be out of country for the 2014 Gold Cup, but I hope you go anyway, and maybe I’ll see you there next year.
More info about the Gold Cup, and Steeplechases in general.
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Lent, BK Big Fish
I don’t personally observe lent, but a lot of my friends do. I’d had never had a fast food fish sandwich before living with two Catholic roomates in my fraternity. I do eat meat on most Fridays during lent, but I always look forward to a fish sandwich or two. I realize that doesn’t exactly fit into the self-denial/fasting aspect of lent, but like I said, I’m not really an observer. I had the BK Big Fish below on Ash Wednesday, which I later found out, is a no meat day for Catholics, so my Catholic buddy was pleased. Its Friday, so today would be a good day to give one a try if you’ve never had one.
I also tried the Satisfries. They are about what I’d imagined they be. Not bad, not as good as normal fries.
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Bull Run Shooting Center, sporting clays, Browning Maxus, and Stevens 311 16 gauge
It finally warmed up enough to do something outside. While there is definitely a lot of snow in these pictures, it was actually in the 50s and sunny. Not a bad day for some clays at Bull Run Shooting Center. We threw the Browning Maxus and my old Stevens 311 in the truck and headed out.
My dad got to break in his new filson shooting vest that I got him for xmas. I finally found a cheap box of ammo that works in my Stevens 311. Its hard enough to find 16 gauge, but 16 gauge with a soft primer for an old gun is even worse. Fortunately, my local dicks has remington game loads that fed flawlessly in the 311. I went through 4 boxes without a single issue. Rio, Fiocchi, and Federal have primers that are too hard. I did find some winchester that works, but not at a good price point. This Remington gets the job done on the cheap, and I couldn’t be happier.
We enjoyed the mild weather and broke a lot of clays. Great day.
Bull Run Shooting Center has a learn to shoot class that only costs $35. I’ve done this class when a friend, and its definitely geared toward the first time shooter. They have a new class that teaches you the basics, and how to shoot a game. I assume they teach you 5 stand, trap, skeet, etc. They have everything you need to shoot, and its included in the cost of the classes. Don’t forget to tip the instructor. If you know how to shoot, then you don’t need anymore info from me. But if you’re looking for a local shooting instructor, the desk at the shooting center can put you in contact with one. When I wanted to get good enough to hunt, I took lessons with an instructor by the name of Dennis. I’d definitely recommend you ask for him at the front desk. Here is some more info from another blog; looks like BRSC is ADA compliant/accessible. Pretty cool.
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Cyclone Anaya’s Merrifield
I’m a pretty big El Tio fan. Cyclone Anayas has enough going for it, that I’ll want to go there instead of El Tio on occasion. In the warmer months, I like to eat outside at El Tio, but it looks like CA also has outdoor tables. El Tio has great margaritas made without mix, but you can also get good mix-free margaritas at CA. CA also probably has the edge on chips and salsa and food in general, but not by much. El Tio is a slightly better value. CA has all you can drink specials (Since its VA, they charge 1 cent for refills), and is located next to a movie theater, so I’d definitely give the brunch tip to CA. If you’re looking to mingle, CA has singles, while El Tio has families. Overall, I’d go El Tio for the chorizo fajitas and/or chorizo burritos, but I did just have a soft shell crab taco (pictured above) that was amazing at CA.
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Is it spring yet?
I’m ready for warm weather. I already got some new boat shoes and linen in anticipation. Unfortunately, there is still snow on the ground. I do like having seasons, but I’m about done with this winter.
The hidden gem in that playlist is Pipe by Patch. I was on vacation in, lets say the bahamas, and this DJ in his late teens, early 20s played this song every 15 minutes at the pool. This was not a hotel for young singles, as I recollect, it was a normal chain hotel. There were old couples and families around, and he played party music, particularly pipe, and danced by himself in front of the speaker, presumably, tripping balls.
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Mardi Gras, Chasin Tails
On Fat Tuesday we had some friends over for sazeracs, and then went to chasin tails for the crawfish.
We started out with some gator and hurricanes. I didn’t really want a sweet weak drink, but I tasted a friend’s, and it was pretty good. As it turns out, chasin tails serves a very strong hurricane. Everything else is great at chasin tails, so I’m not sure why I doubted the hurricane other than most restaurants don’t typically serve a drink that strong.
I’ve been to chasin tails a few times before. I’ve always gotten the same thing. Bayou in a bag with crawfish (flown in live, not frozen), oh dang sauce (formerly called whole shebang), n’awlins hot, with extra andouille. I had a few of the wife’s shrimp which were also good, but no crawfish. I was there last night, am currently a little hungover, and the pictures are still getting me hungry.
We had a couple of rounds and things got a little blurry both figuratively and apparently literally. My dad has a great bourbon st. story about getting hammered off hurricanes, wandering into a line for the preservation hall jazz band, and conversing with a strip club doorman. Ask him about it sometime.
Chasin Tails is a great time, and on Marti Gras, it was awesome. Beware of the hurricanes. Especially when preceded by sazeracs and followed by abita.
***Update: Looks like a friend of the blog also had a good time at chasin tails:
http://www.littlecitylegend.com/2014/03/mardi-gras-recap.html#more
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Ledbury, CNU, Trible (P-Trib), and a N’awlins playlist for Fat Tuesday
I got an email today, which proved to constitute some excellent marketing. Ledbury is a clothing company headed up by Paul Trible. I have shirt made by them, which I very much like. Its a Virginia based company, and the shirt I have is the Goshen, which I like to believe is named after the Scout Camp here in VA. Paul is the son of another Paul Trible, the president of CNU, my alma mater. I concur that Ledbury’s button stance is superior to Brooks Brothers, but most of the shirts in my closet are still Brooks Bros. Thats primarily because the majority were purchased before Ledbury was around, but also because I like a button down collar, which is too rarely offered by Ledbury. I know sartorialists will deride my predilection for the button down, but it just looks the best without a tie. I only really wear a tie at events or important meetings, so most days I’m in a button down. I digress. Ledbury sent out an email with a great Mardi Gras playlist, so I thought I’d share it. Its so good, it got me to post this, and think about their shirts. Well played Ledbury.
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More catchup, another snow day
Helped a friend move in DC. My back didn’t give out, so rowing season is looking more and more promising…
Then it snowed again. I never thought I’d get tired of snow, especially living in the South, but we’ve had a lot this year.
We made the most of it though. Got some spices and hot cocoa mix at penzeys, and went to our favorite snow day spot, Ireland’s 4ps.
As you can see, not a lot of foot traffic while we ate. Not sure why, but the city was empty. After we dug out the vehicles, we stopped by giant for some fat tuesday supplies. Not many people at the giant either. Notice the king cake box.
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Caribbean Plate
We got some takeout the other day, and decided to try a fairly new option in FCC. Caribbean Plate has some mixed reviews online, but I’m a huge Jamaican food fan, and wanted to give it a try. I’ve been to Scotchies in Jamaica, and grilled my own jerk over pimento wood at home. The Jamaican meat pie was pretty good. Not amazing, but well spiced, and came with a very good and flavorful hot sauce. The jerk chicken caesar was terrible. It was an average caesar at best, and the chicken was not jerk seasoned at all. This is definitely not what I was expecting. I’d probably go back, but not for the jerk.
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Panjshir Falls Church
I’ve been to Panjshir several times. Each time I’ve been in there, I’ve always wondered about people getting Korean food during the Korean War, German, Italian, or Japanese during WWII, Vietnamese during Vietnam, etc. I’m sure plenty of people ate Italian during WWII, but you’d think there would be at least some stigma around it. In any event, I digress as we’re drawing down in Afghanistan, and I’d like to talk about the food.
The wife and I headed out, thinking we’d get some Crisp and Juicy, only to find out that the building was empty. I assume they’re moving, or have closed, but haven’t been able to find out definitively online. Another FCC resident pull in the parking lot and was typing in her phone with the desperation of a crack addict trying to figure out why there was no pollo a la brasa to be had. Since we were nearby, we went to Panjshir. While not our first choice that evening, Panjshir has never disappointed. Its very good, and also a great value. I ordered a mixed kebab, and my wife got the Kadu Palow. The Kadu Palow is very interesting to me. Its got pumpkin, yogurt, and lamb, which is an unusual (to me), but amazing combination. Its a must try. The kebab, while much less adventurous, is also very good.
I rounded out the meal with a Johnny Walker black, and left feeling full and quite satisfied. If you’ve not been, definitely go.
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