Is it really still Monday?

Wow, time really crawls when things are hectic. It feels like I've been going for days.

Sometimes, the imp in me gives me some pretty wacky impulses.

I didn't actually do this, largely because I didn't hear until after I'd left that the Democrats were hashing out their Michigan/Florida crap this weekend in Woodley Park, mere blocks from where I was staying. I never did get to witness it.

Afterwards, it occurred to me that a funny thing to have done is to have gone down there and handed out McCain buttons to any of the protesters who were shouting they'd vote for McCain over Obama if Clinton didn't get the nomination.

They said it, I didn't.

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If you freak out when people tell you alarming things, they won't tell you them. --Paul Graham

Bethesda Crab House

I had had a craving for crab for a couple of weeks. Then I found out I was going down to Maryland soon. There's a fine place for crab. When I mentioned this to puffydrake he was of course quite interested in eating crab here before leaving for home. And Bethesda Crab House was near by.

Bethesda Crab House
4958 Bethesda Ave. (near Clarendon Road)
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 652-3382
daily: 1200-2300
Visa, MC
Metro: Red Line to Bethesda

You come here to eat crab. Yeah, they also have shrimp, corn on the cob, and cole slaw. But really, if you didn't want to eat crab you probably should have gone somewhere else. Mediums are $45 a dozen, large crabs are $60 a dozen, and extra large crabs are something more than that. When we went, all they had were the mediums. They also have a $30 all you can eat offer which comes with cole slaw and corn. There's seating outdoors in good weather.

We weren't wildly hungry, having just come from our previous food stop, Ben's Chili Bowl, so we split a half-dozen crabs for $22.50. They arrived at the table hot and covered with old bay spice. We probably should have asked for them to hold the spice; the crabs were sweet and very fresh, and the spice was sprinkled with a heavy hand, as is traditional.

Eating crab makes quite a mess, which is why the tables are all covered with newspapers. You use your hands, the mallet, and the knife provided. This is the purist's approach. If you prefer, there are crab cakes. But we preferred dismembering the crabs ourselves.

Soda was $2, and corn on the cob was $2.50. After tax and tip we walked out for $17 each.

There really isn't that much more to say except that we'll cheerfully go back. Oh, and that parking is challenging. Take the Metro. It's not that long a walk.

Another quote. No, I'm not doing that quote meme piecemeal. :)

"Look, life isn't fair. We're all stuck with physical, mental, and chemical traits we'd rather not have, but the idea is to make the most of what you've got, not to be stymied by the ways you've gotten shortchanged."

--Jamie Buffalino, "Get Naked", Time Out New York (5/29-6/4 2008)

(thanks to xse99!)