Shirlington Happy Hour: July 12 at Cap City Brewery

[Arlingtonrider]

Please come join us for a happy hour at the Capital City Brewing Company in Shirlington on Thursday, July 12, starting around 5:30 p.m. Spouses and other family members, friends, new and potential cyclists and bike commuters, and lurkers on the forum are all welcome. Beers are $2 all evening. Many appetizers will be provided and additional ones are available for $5 until 7 p.m. We may hold this indoors this time, depending on weather, so if you don’t see us outside, please just ask the host or hostess to guide you to the biking group.

Cap City Brewing Co., located at 4011 Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA, phone 703-578-3888, is very easily accessible by bike trail (see google maps biking directions) or by car or bus. Ample free close-by car parking is available in various garages in Shirlington Village after 5 p.m. In addition, Shirlington Transit Station, a nearby bus hub, is only about a quarter block from the restaurant, and anyone getting off the bus with you will be able to easily point you in the right direction. If further directions are needed, please contact me by private message or on the forum and I would be glad to help.

Those who can stay later (after 8 p.m.) are invited to join us in watching Stage 11 of the Tour de France, described by Jean-Francois Pescheux on the TDF website as follows: “One of the shortest stages in the 99th edition. But riders beware, it is a tough one! The course is simple: after the first thirteen kilometres from Albertville, the peloton will be hard pressed to find a single inch of flat terrain! The cyclists will tackle La Madeleine, La Croix de Fer and Le Mollard, one after the other before the final climb up La Toussuire. Let me tell you, the final podium will start to take shape on the finish line here! Those who falter in this stage will get no second chances. The winner will not be known yet, but the losers certainly will.”

It’s helpful to know if you plan to come, but not absolutely necessary. Hope you can join us!

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[TwoWheelsDC]

Thanks to Kathy for organizing and for the appetizers! For those that rode, don’t forget to log your rides for the 2MileChallenge to get WABA some moolah.

[acc]

Kathy, that was the best one yet! Thank you, had a great evening.
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[jrenaut]

Thanks to Kathy for organizing, and thanks to everyone for guiding me to and from. Great happy hour. I’m actually starting to put names to faces to forum names, finally . . .

[Justin Antos]

Great to put names to faces! Thanks Kathy for organizing, and here’s a view from one end of the table… [ATTACH=CONFIG]1346[/ATTACH]

[Megabeth]

Thanks, again, Kathy for a wonderful evening!!!

[Justin Antos]

Also, Certrifried is much less scarier in person than his forum picture would suggest .

[vvill]

Big thanks again to Kathy for organizing! I think I actually recognize more than 50% of you now

[Certifried]

@Justin Antos 25108 wrote:

Also, Certrifried is much less scarier in person than his forum picture would suggest .

shh! They all float down here!

Those wings were really good too, Kathy! Thanks so much.

[KLizotte]

Kudos to Kathy for all of her hard work organizing this fun event and chaperoning us when needed. You kept us from being blacklisted from Cap City I’m sure.

Many thanks to Cap City Brewery for putting up with the lycra crowd once again. How about Fat Tire beer to go along with the theme next time? We won’t tell anyone.

Thanks to Megan for patiently explaining the ins-and-outs of the Tour de France and competitive racing. I learned a lot and will enjoy watching the races much more from now on. I am now actively seeking my own personal domestique; must be willing to clean/lube my bike on a monthly basis and clear Gravelly Pt of all peds whenever I ride through.

Lastly, thanks to the gnats and assorted flying terrors for leaving me alone on the late ride home. Why can’t you do the same at dusk? Is that really too much to ask?! Do you take bribes?

[Arlingtonrider]

Chaperoning . . . what chaperoning?? Thanks to everyone for coming! I had a great time and really enjoyed everyone’s company. It’s wonderful to find out who is who and to actually meet a few more of the great group of people who have found their way to their way to this forum and shared interesting and helpful information and stories with us. I always enjoy our get togethers, both our planned ones and the accidental ones along the roads and trails. So glad you all could come! Hope to see some of you next week at the Potomac Pedalers event, perhaps including some of those who couldn’t join us last night.

[Dirt]

@Justin Antos 25106 wrote:

Great to put names to faces!

I didn’t find anyone that would let me write their name on their face. I tried though.

[Certifried]

@Dirt 25124 wrote:

I didn’t find anyone that would let me write their name on their face. I tried though.

You left before people had a chance to drink enough to let that happen:p

[Dickie]

Thanks to Kathy for such a great event, and such a pleasure meeting the rest of you. Wish I hadn’t attacked the Walter Reed hill with beer courage, those sliders nearly made a second appearance!

[culimerc]

Thanks Kathy for getting us all together!!

[pfunkallstar]

Had a great time – was pleasantly surprised by how much beer one can get at CapCity happy hour for 10 bucks.

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