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cho_bits t1_jb3fcce wrote

Reply to comment by DCGinkgo in Cleveland park needs a coffee shop by katrusiaa

I read an interview with the owner once where they asked him about how dark everything was and he said he liked them that way and he was far enough along in his career that he had decided that Bread Furst was where he was just going to make things just for himself/ the way he wants them. Basically that he has spent his whole career appeasing customers and now just wants to appease himself. So I guess you can thank the cranky-old-mannishness of Mark Furstenburg for the well done croissants?

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cho_bits t1_jb0yk1b wrote

Reply to Cleveland park needs a coffee shop by katrusiaa

There used to be a Starbucks where Cracked is. I feel like a neighborhood that can’t support a Starbucks can’t support any coffee shop, but maybe that’s too cynical a take. The Van Ness Starbucks is always busy and that’s definitely a quieter neighborhood.

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cho_bits t1_jadj5hy wrote

Reply to comment by niems3 in Jessie Diggins is first U.S. cross-country skier to win individual world title by smackslips

Ah yeah fair point! Skate didn’t replace classic. I’m Just glad more people are learning about the sport as a whole! I saw an interview with Kikkan Randall a few years ago and she talked about how she’s a huge celebrity in Europe and then she goes home and nobody recognizes her, even though at the time she was one of the best and most successful athletes representing the US.

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cho_bits t1_jab3ape wrote

Reply to how to thrive in dc with no big city experience? by Fresh_Dragonfruit702

I grew up in a town with a smaller population than the first apartment building I lived in in DC. It’s actually a surprisingly manageable city. Metro is super straightforward, highly recommend Citymapper for navigation. Take time to explore, every neighborhood has a different feel and there’s something for everyone.

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cho_bits t1_j9d8k6h wrote

Reply to How many roommates do you have (if you have any)? by [deleted]

I live with my partner now but I lived in a five-person group house in Cleveland Park for six years. Rent was between 870 and 980 across that time (bigger/ better rooms were generally based on how long you’d been in the house and price was based on size)

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Reply to Power Outage Roll Call by Trajikbpm

Back on in Richmond Village, it was out from 10 to midnight and then 3 to 9:45. The original outage was really weird, it was before it really started storming but there was a blue/ white flash that lit up the whole sky.

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cho_bits t1_j0itt10 wrote

Reply to Anyone have any epic snowy day memories to share? by Vermontess

There are definitely some outliers that come to mind… the Valentine’s Day Blizzard was epic! There was also the Halloween week storm a few years before that, that’s the earliest snow day I can remember. We also had one in April in the early 2000s.

Also, not a snow day but there was the day that the whole Chittenden East district had off because some kids broke into the MMU bus garage and unplugged the buses from their heaters, because diesel engines can’t start cold. (The crazy part is I don’t think anyone was ever caught? Granted it was before social media so fewer places to brag about it…)

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