Tour de France finale – Happy Hr invite – Sunday – Sine Irish pub

[KLizotte]

Please join me to watch the final stage of the Tour de France at Sine Irish pub at Pentagon City. I’ve spoken to the bartender there and they have NBC Sports and are willing to change the channel for us. According to NBC’s posted schedule, the replay starts at 8:00 pm so I’ll be there a little before sitting near the back where it is quieter.

The pub is located about 1.7 miles from the MVT (take the Crystal City exit); I recommend taking 18th Street/South Hayes St to reach Pentagon City. The pub is also a very short, largely indoor walk from the Pentagon City metro station. When exiting the metro station, take a left to enter the mall. Continue straight through the food court, continue straight thru the parking garage (there is a ped walkway), up the stairs, cross the road to enter the building cut-away and the pub is on the left of the plaza. It’s a five minute walk at most.

Bike parking is located in the plaza near Hudson Trail Outfitters, and DSW. Most bike parking is located along the entrance to the main parking lot between Sur La Table and Desi Furniture Store. Note that the area does not use inverted U racks, but rather bollards with loops. I would not recommend locking your bike to the outdoor patio fences that the restaurants use. Using lamp posts is ok but the racks near Sur La Table are never full.

Car parking is located in parking lots, along the street, and underground. You can also park in my apartment bldg’s lot across the street, just PM me and I’ll leave a pass for you at the concierge desk.

NBC schedule also shows a replay as starting at 5:00 pm so if people want to meet earlier I’m open to it.

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[KLizotte]

@5555624 26024 wrote:

Ouch! I hope nothing’s broken. I hope you’re feeling better soon.

Two broken bones in my thumb. Talk about an inconvenient appendage to break. Need to find ortho about getting fixed up; am only in a splint at the moment. I’m gonna freak the people out at work tomorrow with my black eye.

Amazingly the bike is fine; I think I broke its fall.

Incredibly the splat popped one of my contacts out. I mentioned it to some cyclists who came to my rescue and one of them found the contact on the ground! I squirted it with water and popped it back in with no difficulties as a result. Amazing.

I then biked to Spokes in Belle Haven with my broken thumb before finally calling it quits and called a friend to rescue me.

Those boardwalks are evil.

[KLizotte]

@acc 26028 wrote:

You are the second person today I’ve heard from who crashed on the MVT.

Uh oh. Hopefully that person faired better.

Perhaps we should consider body armor?

[rcannon100]

Yikes, sorry to here it. I go REAL slow through the troll section.

litigation risk there is for NPS

You cant sue the sovereign. Except. The exception here is the Federal Tort Claim Act. This is what wikipedia says

In the United States, the federal government has sovereign immunity and may not be sued unless it has waived its immunity or consented to suit. The United States has waived sovereign immunity to a limited extent, mainly through the Federal Tort Claims Act, which waives the immunity if a tortious act of a federal employee causes damage, and the Tucker Act, which waives the immunity over claims arising out of contracts to which the federal government is a party.

For more on the Federal Tort Claim Act, see NoLo. It sounds tricky

[KelOnWheels]

Ouch! Hope you get healed up soon.

[vvill]

Sorry to hear about your crash Kathy. I hate those boardwalks too. Heal up!

[pfunkallstar]

@KLizotte 26023 wrote:

I’m probably not going to make it tonight since I just got home from a bad wipeout on my bike. I did a spectacular splat on one of the boardwalks near Mt Vernon (covered in algae, very slippery). Now have my first black eye, some road rash (minor), but think I might have broken something in my hand so am heading to urgent care now. Grrrrrr

Goddamn that BOARDWALK TROLL! He almost took me out this morning, underinflated tires! Feel better.

[eminva]

@KLizotte 26032 wrote:

and I just started a new detail at work so I’ll be making a great impression with new co-workers with a black eye.

On the contrary, you are rendering them awestruck and intimidated by your feats of athletic prowess.

Mend fast, Kathy! Hope to see you back out there before long.

Liz

[KLizotte]

@eminva 26081 wrote:

On the contrary, you are rendering them awestruck and intimidated by your feats of athletic prowess.

Mend fast, Kathy! Hope to see you back out there before long.

Liz

Heheheh. I think I should just tell everyone I engage in street fighting in my off time. Now that would earn me some respect!

Unfortunately the troll won this fight but I’m not down and out.

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