Really? I didn't notice that. I got distracted by the passenger in the front seat.

Anonymous wrote:I want to know more about the wine tasting itself:

Was it private?
Was it important to one of their jobs?
Was it a networking event?
Was it even a "wine tasting" or was it them and their friends trying various glasses of wine?

Even so, what would prevent ONE parent from attending vs both.

My hypothesis: it was more for DW than DH, so DW got DH to agree to stay in the car while the kids slept. DH got bored, saw the kids were asleep, then decided it would be a great idea to set up the iPhones. Who knows if DW had actually picked up--it probably went to VM, which continued to record. It was too loud at Ris to hear the iPhone in her purse. DW saw DH at Ris, thought WTF?, but then was too drunk/having too much fun to run straight back to the car, and thought, "Eh, nothing's really going to happen to them in West End." DW is pissed at DH--did you notice in the video footage that she didn't want DH to get into the cab with her?

I want to know more about the wine tasting itself:

Was it private?
Was it important to one of their jobs?
Was it a networking event?
Was it even a "wine tasting" or was it them and their friends trying various glasses of wine?

Anonymous wrote:I don't know that this is shitty parenting (realistically, nothing bad was going to happen to the kids who were presumably in coats, strapped in a locked car with parents 400 feet away and monitoring via iphone). However, it is definitely selfish parenting. As in, let's not let having children interfere with our own fun. Unfortunately, selfishness can't be corrected by a parenting class.

Really? Nothing bad is going to happen? Are you so sure about that? Even if it's unlikely that the kids will get kidnapped or frostbite or whatever, do you not think something like this could be traumatic enough to leave a lasting impression? A child who does not feel safe with his caregivers is likely to end up with a whole host of psychological issues. If this were a one-time deal in an otherwise caring and appropriate parent-child relationship, the kids would probably get over it, but if these people are going to do this to go taste wine on a Sunday afternoon, you know they're doing it for a million other things too.

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Anonymous wrote:so DC mugshota are never available?

BS! The Post puts mug shots in its print edition all the time! Remember the woman in SE who killed her daughters and hid their bodies in her townhouse? Her picture was all over the place. Ditto for numerous wife-killers and beaters.

Did someone say earlier the guy used to work for the Post? That could explain the lack of mug shots..

This would be a great time for all those Washington post reporters who lurk here for story ideas to chime in. Why haven't the mugshots been published? Petula?

Why punishment do you think the parents will recieve?

I don't know that this is shitty parenting (realistically, nothing bad was going to happen to the kids who were presumably in coats, strapped in a locked car with parents 400 feet away and monitoring via iphone). However, it is definitely selfish parenting. As in, let's not let having children interfere with our own fun. Unfortunately, selfishness can't be corrected by a parenting class.

Anonymous wrote:so DC mugshota are never available?

BS! The Post puts mug shots in its print edition all the time! Remember the woman in SE who killed her daughters and hid their bodies in her townhouse? Her picture was all over the place. Ditto for numerous wife-killers and beaters.

Did someone say earlier the guy used to work for the Post? That could explain the lack of mug shots..

so DC mugshota are never available?

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder what Ris management think of all this?
They are getting lots of attention, maybe not such good attention, but their name is now all over the place.

WTOP aired a quote from Ris that they allow children and the children would have been welcomed at the wine tasting and management had no idea the kids were in the car.

Yeah -- bullshit. I'm sure kids are technically allowed, but I can imagine the looks that staff would have given any couple walking into a wine tasting with a 2 and 3 yr old. Not saying that was a reason to show up and leave the kids in the car, but now with their name everywhere Ris HAS to say "oh no we would have LOVED to have the kids here," what else are they going to say?!

No, it's a restaurant not a nightclub. I've taken my kid there during the day on a weekend. It's a place where people would be irritated by a screaming infant at 9pm, but it's a normal, fancy west end restaurant.

At 3:30 pm on a Sunday it would have been okay--but I still don't see why this tasting was such a high priority to ditch the kids with no care.

Because they did it before so it is routine for them?

Most likely this isn't the first time they thought an app was as good as a babysitter. Unfreakinbelievable.

Probably need a parenting class, a common sence class. This really is no different from the stories you hear about the young mothers leaving their children strapped in their car seat at home while they go out partying in the middle of the night.

Anonymous wrote:The next time I leave my kid in the car, I'm gonna plaster the windows with newspaper so no one can look in and call the cops on me.

Trailer trash. Just go and pay for the very dark window tinting and you won't have to bother covering up your windows when you abandon your children.

Anonymous wrote:No, a passerby walked by, saw the kids, went upstairs, watched the car for 20 minutes to see if anyone would come, and then called the cops and went downstairs to meet them. because it was fucking cold out.

ha i knew it! it's the cops and the commotion that set off the crying! and concerned dad came running with wine glass still in hand unfortunately right into the handcuffs.

The next time I leave my kid in the car, I'm gonna plaster the windows with newspaper so no one can look in and call the cops on me.

No, a passerby walked by, saw the kids, went upstairs, watched the car for 20 minutes to see if anyone would come, and then called the cops and went downstairs to meet them. because it was fucking cold out.