Metro after shows

[freddyadu]

I usually drive in for shows at the 930, but one of these nights I would like to have several drinks.  That would exclude me from driving obviously, so how does one manage to catch a Metro back towards Vienna?
 
 I know how to take the Metro..but do you usually have to leave a show early?  Paranoia about missing the last train?  It seems like it would be sorta stressful.
 
 Just wondering.

[SHisIT]

yeah... i usually go the metro route, and it can be stressful, especially the first time... find out when the drop dead last train you need to catch leaves... and work backwards from there. Weekend shows are the obvious solution, since you get an extra three hours of leeway. The bands will probably play a little longer, but you should be covered. i've been there a few times and never missed a metro. worst case scenario, bring cab fare or your cell phone/change to call a friend who owes ya one.
 
 your question comes up from time to time, and the usual offical answer is something like, " we try to schedule shows so metro riders won't be screwed, but sometimes shit happens."
 
 

Originally posted by freddyadu:
  I usually drive in for shows at the 930, but one of these nights I would like to have several drinks.  That would exclude me from driving obviously, so how does one manage to catch a Metro back towards Vienna?
 
 I know how to take the Metro..but do you usually have to leave a show early?  Paranoia about missing the last train?  It seems like it would be sorta stressful.
 
 Just wondering.

[dtqjr]

Originally posted by freddyadu:
  I usually drive in for shows at the 930, but one of these nights I would like to have several drinks.  

Well there it is folks.  We are the first to know that the soccer prodigy isn't 14.

[Guiny]

Just be like me and dring and drive, the chances of getting caught are pretty slim. I've been doing it for 14 years now. I actually got stopped once in the military but since I was a cop they didnt sweat it, just got back in my car and swerved my way home.  

[jkeisenh]

(insert some statement about how bikes never close, never pay parking, never get caught or punished for drunk biking, don't cost anything, don't pollute, leave whenever you want 'em to, blah blah blah...)

[Bags]

Would you really want to bike back to Vienna at 12:30 at night, Chimbly?  Woodley Park is one thing, but I'm not sure about Vienna...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I'm betting that Chimbley would probably be up for the challenge.
 
 

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
  Would you really want to bike back to Vienna at 12:30 at night, Chimbley?  Woodley Park is one thing, but I'm not sure about Vienna...

[nkotb]

Fuckin' A, man!  That makes me want to throw back a few brews and fucking high five you!  Party on!
 
 

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
  Just be like me and dring and drive, the chances of getting caught are pretty slim. I've been doing it for 14 years now. I actually got stopped once in the military but since I was a cop they didnt sweat it, just got back in my car and swerved my way home.      

[bellenseb]

The last train at 12 during the week is pretty frustrating for show-goers. I tried to take the metro to Iota when I first came to DC, and inevitably the show would end right around 12 or 12:15 - when the last train left at 11:45.
 
 Well, in this case maybe the club could make more of an effort, but it seems that extending the Metro to 1 during the week would cover the vast majority of weeknight shows.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by nkotbie:
  Fuckin' A, man!  That makes me want to throw back a few brews and fucking high five you!  Party on!
 
   

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
  Just be like me and dring and drive, the chances of getting caught are pretty slim. I've been doing it for 14 years now. I actually got stopped once in the military but since I was a cop they didnt sweat it, just got back in my car and swerved my way home.      

[/b]

I'd high five you back if I hadn't sensed the sarcasm.  

[Random Citizen]

Just convince the non-DC members of the Metro Board of that and you're set.
 
 

Originally posted by bellenseb:
 
 Well, in this case maybe the club could make more of an effort, but it seems that extending the Metro to 1 during the week would cover the vast majority of weeknight shows.

[ggw]

Originally posted by nkotbie:
  Fuckin' A, man!  That makes me want to throw back a few brews and fucking high five you!  Party on!
 

Isn't that the chorus of the new Andrew WK single?

[nkotb]

AWK throws back protein shakes, not brewskis.  He definitely will high-five you, though.  My goal is to get him to come and work out with me for his new TV show on MTV2.  
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by nkotbie:
  Fuckin' A, man!  That makes me want to throw back a few brews and fucking high five you!  Party on!
 

Isn't that the chorus of the new Andrew WK single? [/b]

[jkeisenh]

I would be willing to do it.  But the question is who wants to live in Vienna?  I mean, come on.  Maybe before whining about the difficulty of getting out there one should research options for living closer in.
 
 But then again, that gets us back to the highly contentious "we suburban dwellers refuse to admit that our highly-polluting, sprawly, evil lifestyle is either selfish or wrong."
 
 

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I'm betting that Chimbley would probably be up for the challenge.
 
   

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
  Would you really want to bike back to Vienna at 12:30 at night, Chimbley?  Woodley Park is one thing, but I'm not sure about Vienna...

[/b]

[Random Citizen]

Heh, I saw that show last weekend...the one where he helps that guy fix dinner (and drops meat on the floor) and hangs out with a bunch of girls at a predominantly black college.
 
 

Originally posted by nkotbie:
  AWK throws back protein shakes, not brewskis.  He definitely will high-five you, though.  My goal is to get him to come and work out with me for his new TV show on MTV2.