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Rich Phyllisman (none) wrote, in response to someone who shall remain
nameless:
: > RICH PHYLLISMAN?? no return address??  Anonymous posts like this don't
: > ---- ^^^^^^^---
: > need replies, but in any case, the subject of the group IS FOOD, not PEOPLE.
: > Start a dc.gossip newgroup for that if there isn't one already...
: In fact, Ernest,the subject of this newsgroup is D.C.DINING. The word
: dining is a derivative of "dine," which, according to the American Heritage
: Dictionary of the English Language, is "to take dinner; to entertain at
: dinner; give dinner to." Thus, this newsgroup is not confined simply to
: food, but the art of dining, which includes not just meat, poultry, dairy
: and grains, but the entire dining experience. I think the key word in this
: definition is entertain. If your dining experience is confined simply to
: the consumption of food, perhaps you should find a new newsgroup, such as
: d.c.ingesting.I, and I believe others such as Sara, wish to break through
: D.C.'s tendency toward repression and apparent inability to lighten up and
: enjoy the world around us. "People" are part of the dining experience,
: Ernest. If we eat out only for "food," then we'd all just order carry out,
: sit at home, and watch Washington Week in Review. I stand by my original
: message and will contribute an entertaining ditty or two as soon as I am
: able. 

What about the "Dining In" column in the _Gentleman's Quarterly_? It
is about cooking for your mate, at home. Entertaining through food, I
guess. But no restaurant is involved. In fact, I would hate to have
such stringent rules about what I can post to the dc.dining newsgroup,
or posts such as yours might not fit in, if you get my meaning. I wish
you would actually refer to restaurants in the DC Metro area when you
post (whoever it is that I am speaking with), or if not, at least a
restaurant of some kind.

: Sara, thanks for your contribution. I think the waiter in question
may be
: warm for your form, so to speak. At least your getting free wine out
of the
: deal.
That's as may be, but it has happened to others I know as well. I
think the restaurant wants a certain kind of reputation, myself. Any
other places do this? I think a restaurant in Woodley Park/Adams
Morgan (perhaps Cafe Italia, next door to Cafe Petito on the south
side---I may have the name wrong) serves a complimentary dessert drink
with dinner. Sort of like a bread basket, but somehow more swelligant.

-Sara