3 egg omelette with grits.

Wanted to try out the new Ipod Touch on the Metro for watching video during the weekly commute, so decided to come tour Union Station since I'd never been here.

I was shocked. There is a metric fuck-ton of food and shopping in Union Station. I haven't been around that many people and shops in a long time, probably 4yrs. There were a lot of tourists in busses and walking around too. I wonder how many of the tourists viewing the large numbers of homeless people all over DC will be homeless themselves because of the mortgage fallout?

Ready to ride over to Giant and get my groceries for the week.

So I went to Cherrydale to get my haircut today and stopped at the Safeway across the street for money. As I was walking out I saw a '$5 meatloaf' flyer hung on a security camera in front of the exit. Now, this camera is kind of high in the air, over the heads of shoppers anyway. What makes it stranger is that there weren't flyers on the doors as I walked in.

I saw this on the Metro this morning. The blurry pic is of an ad for an apartment bldg somewhere and it has an sms short code to get more information. I thought it was neat to see a common display that uses sms shortcodes instead of just scifi channel or american idol. I even saw yesterday that digitalblasphemy.com has an sms shortcode so people can get his backgrounds on their phones, only with certain carriers and phones of course.

I wonder how affordable an sms shortcode is?

I was hungry when I got to the office in Bethesda so I went across the street and was again delighted by La Madeleine. It is 3 eggs, I think, 4 strips of bacon, potato gallete, and a croissant. I enjoyed eating it so much, truly delicious.

Well, this was Boulevard Woodgrills second chance to impress me with its food and it failed.

Boulevard Woodgrill 2901 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA, 22201

I ordered the 'southwest frittata' and it came with crab, chorizo, fontina, and roasted potatos. The problem is with the food and its presentation. What was delivered to my table wasn't very appealing looking and it also wasn't a frittata. It was a thin layer of cooked eggs with junk thrown on top that was held in place with melted cheese.

Unfortunately this is a place that seems to serve food along the lines of Whitlows on Wilson which is across the street from it. That means it is just rushed out of the kitchen with no care and is merely something to slop the fraternity/sorority pigs with.

I wouldn't recommend the food here and there isn't any atmosphere. My waiter, Gene S., was nice and attentive but that can't make up for food that is lacking.

I remember when there was no growth in this planter just a few months ago.

Unfortunately, this guy was being an ass and not putting his feet down when passengers would board. It wasn't a crowded train but its still courteous to not make people go around you.

He had an iphone or ipod touch without headphones and I couldn't figure out what he could be watching without sound. On my way out I saw he was reading and not watching video. That is the frst time I'd seen someone read for 15mins on an iphone or ipod touch.

I had a great morning of relaxing with coffee at home while watching Kathy Griffin. Later I went to the grocery store and did laundry and decided to get a late lunch / early dinner. I decided to try a new place:

Tandoori Nights 2800 Clarendon Blvd Arlington, VA

It's an indian restaurant and I ordered the vegetable pakora and palak paneer, pretty basic dishes. The pakora was a little too fried but not unpalatable, just darker and harder/crispier inside than I'm used to with pakora. I ate them all so clearly they were fine. The palak paneer was very nice and tasted / looked fresh. The paneer was a good texture and there was a right amount, not too little or much.

It was great to have a mild day to try this place and sit outside, the view is wonderful of the sky and down into the shopping center. That would sound terrible to me except the shopping center has a canopy of trees and 2 fountains so it's as peaceful as a yuppy hell can get.

I would come back to Tandoori Nights to try a korma or jalfrezi.