Anyways....
I love travelling. Cannot get enough of it, I set the goal of seeing every MLB park not only to do it and say I've done it...but to experience other cities and their cultures for a brief moment. Whenever I'm somewhere I always think about where I would live and what Ii would do for fun....and sometimes when I'm driving somewhere local that is a bit far I think oh...what if I lived there...what would my daily commute be, how far would Ii be from the fun stuff, etc. It passes the time on car and plane trips. I am normally smitten kitten on a city after living it up for a weekend there and grabbing all the fun stuff and not having to think about the less than appealing stuff such as traffic, public transportation, cost of living, missing where I've been and hanging with my normal crowds. Its always good to step outside the box...but living outside the box? Less Glamourous.
I never really thought about it, but I did on my flight back from DC two weekends back. There is really quite a bit of similarities between there and St Louis. As perpost as this sounds hear me out. I should have written this down then, but it didn't occur to me, like when you're driving to work jammin out to music and then writing your own lyrics in your head and thinking about how money and popstar it would be, then you clock into work and forget about how awesome you are.
Areas to go out in:
Washington Ave vs. Georgetown
Soulard vs. Adams Morgan
Westport vs. Dupont Circle
Laclede's Landing vs. H St NE
I'm sure there's others...like St Chuck 4th street versus the touristy area around the mall with the Prohibition bar and ESPN SportsZone...I once did a Mall pub crawl and It was outstanding, I know there's cool bars in South City, but there's also cool bars around Verizon Wireless where the Caps and Wizards play. And there is redic cool bars sprinkled throughout both cities.
I love Wash Ave, so that wins in landslide fashion, soulard and Adams is a push, but since Adams has Jumbo Slice it ties it up....I'm a downtown guy...Westport sucks..and Dupont is pretty hot, having two Great Lakes brews gives it big ups, H St NE absolutely murders the Landing, after you get by the Big Bang and the cobblestone all you have is a bunch of teenagers with fake id's trying to impress the other by how much they can drink...boo yah Biergarten Haus and H St Country club by themselves would win this in a landslide...so DC wins, but it's closer than you thought
STL-arch, DC-White House,
I'm an engineer and I know about all the other cool stuff DC has to offer, but pound for pound the arch is just cool, parabola engineering back in the day is sweet, and a house that only someone and their family can hang at is pretty sweet...does the resale go up every four years?
Baseball.
Cardinals. I hate to say it...but the only reason I give Busch a slight edge on the Nat's new park is that its close to me and I go frequently. The atmosphere is obviously better in St Louis, but having live bands inside and an inflatable pool with a Mexican restaurant there makes it tough. The Nats are mid-to-late Royals bad and the Cards are Michael Jackson bad so St Lou wins.
Football.
Seriously? DC. Indoor football never wins. Next
Hockey
This is a toughie...the fanbase is electric in St Louis and loyal. Where I'm from...loyalty always wins. But the Caps are exciting to watch and have the best player in the NHL (Sorry Sid)
Basketball
hahaha. Arenas and Wall versus what? SLU basketball? I dig Chaifetz...but c'mon
Location.
Most people wouldn't consider this a category....thankfully I do. The subs are lined out fairly similar to what they are in StL, with our directions and sides, they have suburbs seeping out in MD and VA surrounding the District, but they have Balitmore, which wasn't more than an hour drive away, that has a baseball and football team and a somewhat cool downtown, Ii wasn't impressed first off, but maybe one day I'll give it another shot. STL is four hours from Chicago and KC, and if you push it and want to say Louisville is cool, that's four hours away as well....Philly and NYC are both within four hours, so I think DC wins. I've always wanted to visit the Illadelph...maybe next year....
Beers....
Yeah, this next one is gonna cause a ruckus. I know the locals here absolutely adore Schlafly, and yeah, I like it. It is no Boulevard, but it's pretty good. Tthey have a cask system and some cool events...who doesn't? Dogfishhead really has some excellent beers, and they have three brewpubs in the DC area....Schlafly only has two. Plus, their IPAs blow Schlafly out of the water. Like pirate style.
Metro vs. Metrolink
The Metro in DC is laid out very logically and the one in STL hits the major points and Ii love it...but it doesnt cut the cake. DC
I do love living in St Louis....so it gets another point because I'm here. But it still loses...closer than you thought though huh?
Beer of the Week: The less than a week old Budweiser I had at Oaf's wedding this weekend. It was truly fresh prince of bel air.
Game of the Week: Seriously? Halo.
Jam of the Week: Congratulations by Drake on the All This Rain & No Coat Mixtape. I've been listening to With You a lot though since Lil Wayne's new cd came out on monday...but for the week? Drake.
