get to stompin

i was in nyc this weekend. that city is a lot better than what i like to refer to as the chocolate city. to me, dc is kind of a fake city. there are some fun areas, there are some city type things to do, but all in all, this city really half asses it.

my main gripes are the quality of public transportation and food. in dc, if it's not rush hour, the metro comes every once in a while. and if it's late, there is no train service because the doors are closed.

in ny, you can catch the subway whenever you need to. i was on the subway as early as 5 am and as late as 4 am. you just can't do that in dc. it sucks. a lot. for a city that is purely based on tourism, it makes no sense not to run the metro at all hours of the day. if you are trying to be a real city, this is what you do...but not here. fake ass city.

in ny, there is good food no matter where you go. people, no matter what the stereotypes are for new yorkers, will get you what you ask for quickly and usually without an attitude. in dc, you practically have to apologize when you order something and it is rarely ever worth the price. the quality is just not there. i'm not a good cook but i would rather make myself anything because it will no doubt taste the same. unless, of course, you're willing to spend $30 at a nice restaurant. i'm not, so it looks like mac and cheese again for me.

one thing i absolutely love about NYC and that DC will have next year is no smoking in bars. it's amazing how much better this makes the overall experience. we were in a bar on friday night and i couldn't figure out what was do different. then i realized i could see everyone around me because there wasn't a huge cloud of smoke. this is a great law and if you oppose this, you are a monkey fucker who deserves to be on display in a public square with a big sign that reads "I am here because I fucked a monkey" so that when people walk by they can say, "monkey fucker".

of course, the monkey fucker would have to be on display in NY because the metro stops running and the desired effect of putting the monkey fucker on display wouldn't be accomplished if it were no out at all hours, day and night.

no one is really going to argue that DC is a better city that NYC, but these are a few reasons why i like it more....that, and the blocks are 1/10 of a mile.