Friday, December 28, 2007

Weekend to Weekend 12/28/07

Rockville New Year’s Eve Guide
December 31, 2007


When you search for a place to celebrate New Year’s Eve, most events are elsewhere. But thanks to our new Rockville Town Center, we now have a few close by alternatives. My advice is to call to check the details and availability.

To Ring in the New Year in Town Center:

Austin Grill Rockville is free to get in New Year’s Eve (and every other night!). Never a cover charge at all the Austin Grills. Jonny and the Stingrays will be playing their blues roots and rock. PLUS, they’ll be celebrating New Year’s TWICE – once at midnight and then again at 1 AM when it’s midnight in Austin. Double the fun! They'll have $20.08 food specials all day and night, including Crab Cakes, Bacon-wrapped Grilled Shrimp, and the Austin Mixed Grill, which includes a 6 oz ribeye, a 4 oz pork loin, and a marinated portabella mushroom. On New Year’s Day they will be serving up their hardy tex mex brunch. 301-838-4281

Gordon Biersch says that they will have a special deal at $80 per person. There will be a buffet of appetizers and sandwiches, plus all the beer and wine you would like. Champagne at midnight is included, plus a goody bag and “morning” type drinks after midnight. Call and check for details and reservations, because I know you can never get in this brew restaurant. It will no doubt be extremely popular on such a special night! 301-340-7159

Sushi Damo will have a prefixe menu, champagne, dancing, and the Time Square broadcast on a plasma screen. They will be open until 1 am. 301-340-8010

Stonefish Grill will have live jazz entertainment with the X Factor starting at 9 PM. They are taking reservations on a first come basis for $150 per couple with a complimentary bottle of wine on the table - either Esperto Pinot Grigio,Delle Venezie,Italy or Beringer Merlot Founders Estate, California. Choice of Lobster Bisque or Sweet Corn Chowder; then entrée choice of Parmesan Crusted Sole with Lemon Butter Sauce and Capers or Grilled Sea Scallops with Garlic Brocolli and Aromatic Basmati rice, or Tandoori with Spinach Fettucini in a Vodka Cream Sauce, then for dessert either Raspberry White Chocolate Cheese Brulee or a Fruit cup. 301-315-5888

Dinner Only:

La Tasca welcomes you to celebrate New Year’s Eve Spanish Style with a Gala Dinner. Reservations are being accepted from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. For $39 per person (tax and gratuity not included) you can enjoy an unlimited tapas dinner off a special menu. 301-279-7011

On Rockville Pike:

Tour Grill will be having a party with live music (the best from Ocean City) and a special four course dinner for $55 per person (with a wine pairing $75 per person). 301-770-3312

Please drink responsibly, stop for all those red lights, and stay safe into the New Year! If you have a suggestion for New Year’s Eve, leave it in Comments.

Email cindycgblog@gmail.com if you have a fun, educational or community event to be included in Weekend to Weekend. Also, send along any specials or discounts for Out on the Town. Include links!

We will publish event listings occurring in & around our coverage area (map) on Thursdays. The inclusion of events and specials is at our discretion.

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POTD: En Garde!



Still in my "doorway phase." It's like these two are guarding the package between them (See it?).

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Rockville Police Blotter 12-03-2007

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been working on some behind-the-scenes ideas to make the mapped Rockville police blotter work more efficiently. It takes a long time to hand-code each incident to a map, and once it is done I can't do anything with the set of information but map that one report. I believe I have developed a way to create an ongoing list of incidents that can be mapped. Moving forward, I will be using this new system, starting with the first blotter in the New Year. (For those who care to know such things, I am using the very cool Google Earth.)

Meantime, here is the very large blotter for 12/3/2007. Click on any "pushpin" for a description of the incident. (Remember the map does not come through on email so if you are receiving this as an announcement you will have to come to the blog.)



Thanks to Rockville Living for a pointer to a good batch geocoder.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

POTD: Doorway



I love this vibrant yellow door.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

POTD: Caught Red- Handed!



I wonder if this little fellow will get caught and end up a statistic in our police blotters?

This bonus holiday POTD is our gift to you.

Season's Greetings!

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