Nellie's

Fritz Hahn: Nellie's is always a good one, with $2 beers from 3 to 8 p.m.

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I already cook 90% of HRH Nellie's food -- other than dry food, it's cheaper than the tinned stuff and my puppygirl is more interested in the flavour of meat than anything else.

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Drink Oscar-themed cocktails and compare voting ballots at The Heights, or win gift certificates and T-shirts for predicting Oscar winners at Nellie's Sports Bar.

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But in this Halloween episode -- in which young Laura (Melissa Gilbert) is plagued by nightmares (see the six-minute mark of the video below) after she thinks that Nellie's dad, Mr. Oleson, may have decapitated his own wife -- was surprisingly creepy for a family-oriented show.

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The patio at Nellie's was the cool place to be last night (All photos by Dakota Fine/FTWP)

Last night's happy hour: Beating the heat at Nellie's 2010

While several of the Going Out Gurus made the mistake of walking the 1.2 miles from Guru HQ to Nellie's yesterday afternoon, the reward was well worth the sweat-soaked shirts; the sports bar's patio was the very chill scene of July's Going Out Guide happy hour, where a few $2 drinks did wonders to cool everyone's core temperature.

Last night's happy hour: Beating the heat at Nellie's 2010

Both Margaret's and Nellie's arrival records also mentioned that their parents lived in a place that was hard to make out, but looked something like Clonisker.

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Today, we're taking over the patio at Nellie's from 6 to 8 p.m.

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In the James Michener book of short stories from which the musical's plotline was adapted, Nellie's reaction is harsh and coarse; she uses the basest racial epithet to describe the wife and children.

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We'll also be giving away pairs of tickets to see the Dave Matthews Band at Nationals Park, the Tony-winning "Avenue Q" at the Lansburgh Theatre, and Asia After Dark with DJ Rekha at the Freer, plus $50 gift certificates to Nellie's.

Got Plans? Chat with us at 1 p.m. 2010