Congrats guys!!

You have it down perfect Magnus. Nothing beats knowing how to play the game and pretending to be busier than you actually are and controling expectations.

And Excel - had nandos 3 times this week. Love it.

You lucky Aussies! You have everything! Dont forget the Maccas family meal!

It's fine. It's super suburban, though. If you're talking about nightlife, D.C. is obviously the best place to go.



The "surroundings" of D.C. are the wealthiest areas in the entire United States. What you've heard is decidedly overblown.

How? I first discovered Nandos by Manly beach in Sydney. Then there was one 1 block away from my hotel in Cans. By the time I got back to Sydney, I went there 3-4x a week the final 2 weeks there (was there for a little over a month). There was right by the Central subway stop. Couldnt resist.

I live in the D.C. area and have never been to Nandos. Does that make me a bad person?

There's one by Pentagon City. Maybe I'll go next time I'm shopping there with a girlfriend.

The ones in OZ were def. better than in DC, but it was still EXCELlent. I might open one here in New England, if only so I can go to it.

What do you mean you might open one?

They do franchising in the USA, IIRC. Could be wrong, but I would love to open one.

EDIT: Well shit.

http://www.nandosperiperi.com/faq/CU/Contact_Us.html



Damn.

That's a shame. A friend of mine was a director at Nandos and owned two stores. He offered me a chance to jump the queue (there are waiting lists for new stores) and own the one closest to his store (at the time he would get paid royalties for a store opening on his boundries). I declined. I went to that particular store last week and its doing well (though not really what i'd want to do).

Now forget about boundries. The CEO told me that his plan was to open Nandos stores EVERYWHERE!

It did come true - there are Nandos everywhere here in Melbourne. I think they went from 40 stores 5 years ago to well over 100 here. Seems like tehre are more of them than McDonalds. Sydney has far fewer (as Oporto is bigger there). Im in Sydney at the moment for business and its a struggle to find a nandos.

Im keen to try out Nandos in the US next time Im there.

I love it because its addictive and its healthier than most fast food (unless I get the Chips as well). BTW - I usually eat the Chicken and not the burgers. And has to be hot or extra hot.

Sydney is friggin huge, and I haven't been there is nearly 2 years, buuut there were Nandos by Manly, under the enormous Meriton Hotel Tower right in the heart of downtown, and there was one in a mall not too far from Sydney Uni IIRC.... Like I said, I went to nandos a lot in a short time span.

Oporto was good, I liked their nuggets though their sandwiches looks nasty.

You know the Nandos CEO? Please do me a favor & suggest 'aggressive expansion' through the US!

So... Algren, Chippy, Magnus and Zingy all got new jobs within 90 days of each other.

Chippy got a new job? I wonder what job that is.

Sly Stallone's fluffer. You jelly?

Now THAT job is quite easy.

And since Algren asked so nicely...

I work for Bank of America now. In the mortgage section. It's been about 2 months.

Congrats, Chip!



Same. I can't really access much on the work computer, which is probably good but hard to get used to after my last job, where I was on facebook/gchat/wokj/etc. all day. And I can use my phone but eh.

This is my third week and I'm really enjoying the new job overall, though. It's a lot more interesting than my last job.

Still looking for apartments. I found someone to live with, a friend of a friend who's really chill, but he can't move until June 1 so I've been staying at friend's places lol. I tried finding a one-month sublet but it's been impossible. On craigslist, people are either really creepy/sketchy, won't do just one month sublet, or don't respond. So I still don't feel like I've "moved" here yet. I go home every weekend just so I'm not imposing on people all week. And I haven't had much of a chance to explore because I've been busy with work, apartment searching and other stuff. But once I'm settled in I think I'll enjoy it more here. Arlington (where I've been staying) is a cool area.

Oh, and I finally tried Nandos. SO good.

^ Have you been to Ray's The Steaks or Ray's Hell Burger yet? Both in Arlington. If not, look them up.

Also...welcome to Virginia!

Go Caps!

Btw, what's the deal with Redskins tickets? I've heard they're literally impossible to get. The first Eagles game of the season is against Redskins, @Redskins, and it's MNF! I wanna go so bad.

stubhub

That or find someone who has season tickets.

I just got back from a weekend in Philly ironically.

Does your boo's family live in Philly

Not in Philly but not far (Bucks County).