Chicago: Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Fire

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HA

applause

What was the fuel there?

Ha - nice. Tho I did like "brats."

xxxp I can't believe I'm wanting to go to England to try food.

That was probably my main reason. The sites and attractions are fine and all, but I really just wanted food and drinks. I LOVE the prevalence of cask conditioned ale here. Fantastic.

One odd thing is that several places have "the American breakfast" that contains eggs, pancakes, sausage, maple syrup and mushrooms????? I don't get the mushrooms. Also, I had another "the American breakfast" this morning and it had baked beans. That's the English breakfast. We don't have any stinking baked beans for breakfast in Chicago.

Oh, the fuel is butane.

I saw a place in France that offered an American meal of chili and brownies.

I had "English Breakfast" in Toronto. It was two eggs, two bacon, a sausage ("banger"), tater tots, toast, baked beans, two slices of tomato, and a pint of beer.

No plants.

oh man, seeing "american style" things that are just a bit off is one of my favorite things about traveling.

to be fair, i do saute some mushrooms with my eggs pretty much all the time.

J/J: please get Englishers to do American accents and record video of it.

Ferris Bueller (Cameron) house for sale

WHOA

Not really worth the money unless you can always afford a vintage Ferrari to crash through the window though.

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Does anyone remember a novel in which main character (or one of them) is obsessed with or at least fascinated by Patty Hearst's abduction? I thought it was The Virgin Suicides, but it seems that I'm wrong. PLEASE HELP ME.

Thanks!

The cat gif starts becoming troublesome after about 5 or 6 repetitions.

I went to the publican for dinner tonight... it was really yum.

I feel like there was one chilxor that was really into the Harlem Shakes EP, but I can't remember who. I wanted to see if they were as disappointed by the full length as I was.

I didn't hear the EP, but I downloaded the album and thought it was pretty boring. I had the impression they were supposed to be like a loud rock band but the album was really generic indie.

Well I wouldn't call them "loud rock", but they were a lot more garage-y on the EP and not so much trying to be another "quirky" indie band like the full-length.

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^ stolen from the i love baseball youtube thread, made me tear up with laughter for some reason

aw that's sweet
boys having fun
i mean this sincerely

For anyone interested in the Fire/Dallas game on Sunday afternoon, Schubas is running a bus:

$20 = round trip ride to and from Schubas to Toyota Park, a match ticket, complementary PBR, Fire flag and raffle ticket for the opportunity to win dinner for two and tickets to a show at Schubas.

(I know a certain d.kr@us had expressed interest in attending a game sometime this summer)

When does the bus leave?

12:00, returns at 5:00

http://schubas.com/Shows/05-31-2009++Chicago+Fire

Tempting. Weather looks like it's supposed to be nice on Sunday, too.

The tickets will put you in the supporters section (read: people standing the whole game, singing and chanting and waving flags and stuff) but attendance has been lame enough this season that if you don't want to deal with all of that you can move into a seated section.

Good timing on the Publican, t0dd -- it got written up in the NY Times.

anyone hear anything about nightwood yet?

I saw it coming - I now officially hate Facebook. People from my past KEEP finding me and I feel obliged to friend them. Ugh. The past should stay buried.

anyone hear anything about nightwood yet?

Until now I didn't realize it wasn't just called Lula Pilsen or whatever.

Lula Pilsen, please report to the principal's office immediately. LULA. PILSEN. Please report to the principal's office immediately.

I got your nightwood right here.

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I used her she used me
But neither one cared
We were gettin our share
Workin' on-a Nightwood
Down there in that Pilsen nei-bor-hood
Workin' on-a Nightwood
And it was summertime

Looks good...
http://chicagoist.com/2009/05/27/first_bites_nightwood_2.php

dan m u made me lol

I associate "Night Moves" with Eazy -- didn't he sing it at karaoke once?

Yup, that was the reference I was going for.

looks a lot meatier than lula

Only one veggie entree :(

Yeah, I was also disappointed that the fish entree comes with hamhock.

that burger looks ridic. it looks heartier than lula somehow and not just because of more meat.

Sang "Night Moves" with Bridget at live-band karaoke at Piece on Nick's b-day a few years ago. And then maybe another time or two. I read some interview from the 70s with Paul Simon, and he was asked which contemporary songwriters he liked, and there was a long pause, trying to think of one, and then he came up with Seger.

Live-band karaoke was Sarah's bday fyi

Amanda - are your students hugging?

john hernd0n is dj'ing at my favorite bar here next weekend, weird.

my students are not exactly riding the zeitgeist, so no

although i will say that i got more hugs this semester than last

I work in the south burbs, so I am thinking the loop is a bad idea. Though maybe I should make an exception due to his bossness

think that recycling and driving fuel-efficient cars and buying organic foods are all give-me-a-cookie performances

They kind of... are. In that they all solve problems that aren't really the problem. Recycling often costs more in fuel and energy than it's worth. Driving a fuel efficient car (or buying a florescent bulb, etc) are great in that they save you money, but they aren't doing much in the way of shutting down coal-powered energy plants. Organic foods are an even thornier issue. Anyway... I believe that Tom Friedman put it something like, without huge systemic changes of the kind that can only come from legislation, what you basically have is a hobby.

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Jesse, those are good cookie examples. I think the phrase I've read used for this is "centering privilege," as in the person is continually putting him/herself in the center of attention for being, in this case straight, but any kind of privilege that someone keeps drawing attention to will do. I feel like in those cases, going to those bars is performative. Especially gay bars where for some straight women (I have a cousin who is very much like this, although the more she does it and the more people accept her the more truly engaged and invested she is becoming, so that's kind of interesting) the whole point is to get dressed up in a specific "fabulous" way and act all fabulous like gay men are going to trip overthemslevs to pay homage to their performance. It's almost like it's own kind of drag...

We used to go to a really divey lesbian bar in GSO and I usually felt pretty good about going there, except for the night they had the lingerie contest and then I felt like a tourist, although IIRC, there were other more pressing matters to attend to besides navel gazing about my own straight privilege.

eazy, an okay doctor may be better than some quack, which is what I'm worried about.

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Ha, this all reminds me, Kr had apparently never heard the expression "do you want a cookie?" before she met me, and so the first time I used it on her, she was like "...yes?"

Because I tend to not feel comfortable with new people, I think I approach a lot of things as a tourist, but I try not to let that fact stop me from trying new things.

I felt like a douche when I was in N.O. and I was hanging out at a daiquiri place with an older, working class, black clientele and I know I was trying to fit in and be everyone's friend. I was a about drink away from observing how happy and friendly and real these folks were.

although IIRC, there were other more pressing matters to attend to besides navel gazing about my own straight privilege.

1. Figuring out if they were being ironic about their choices of "lingerie"?
2. Getting roaring shitty?

without huge systemic changes of the kind that can only come from legislation, what you basically have is a hobby.

I would modify "hobby" with "self-palliative" and then call that OTM. (Which isn't to say I don't do those things, but I do them out of a sense of feeling powerless otherwise, moreso than out of a sense that my Ten Small Things will Help save the Planet.)

xp LOL I love Kr

xp 3. Getting your ass out of the alley where you had gone to die.

I'd never heard that phrase until recently, I had always heard "what, you want a prize/ribbon for that?".

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SERIOUSLY - I really, really want a fucking cookie now! I want an oatmeal, chocolate chip, pecan cookie. ;adkfjds;flj

Dr. Lee (gimme a cookie) at this place is my doctor.

I guess, other than that Wilco show I went to at the Riviera, I don't feel like I've lived or hung out in a fully segregated environment, whether by gender, preference, education, class, ethnicity, whatever.

But there is a difference between hanging out at say, Simons, and a Blaquiri joint in the lower-income parts of N.O.

I just remembered, we were tourists in NC when we went to "redneck karaoke," for SURE.

other than that Wilco show I went to at the Riviera

lol

Thanks eazy! I'll check him out, see if he's on my insurance, etc.

omg "blaquiri"

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Mike Ditka - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms."

Note: I see a flaw in Ditka's logic.

"If God had wanted football to be played with arms, He would have called it 'armball'."

That's my stupid Funny Quote of the Day in GMail.

Ditka's or the one about armball?

Ditka's. I don't think Dan's quote has become widely-known enough yet.

That's funny, my quote of the day is:

It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
- O. Henry

new one

Funny Quote of the Day - Ogden Nash - "The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it's always a cat."

Oh, dur, I seriously thought Jesse posted Dan's armball comment. I'm going to blame that on my allergies and the sudden liquification of everything inside my head blurring my vision.

is it possible that i got really sunburnt (on one side of my face) being outside for 30 min? i thought i was just overheated, but it's not going away.

I had a number of terrible dreams this weekend (as happens when I sleep all day) including one in which my precious cats were in a boat w/ me and they kept falling out into alligator-infested waters. And there was carpet on the water in parts, and they got trapped under it. :(

Amanda, maybe you got a little heat rash. I think that is possible after being outside for 30 min.

It's hotter 'n shit out there.

Is it? Where does it hurt, Amanda?

Jenny do you have a weather widget for Chrome?

No. I don't have anything installed on Chrome. Did you ever find an ad blocker?

it's just on my nose and cheek
i also (perhaps ill advisedly) have attempted to befriend running, even though i hate it. it's sort of what i did with eggs, mayo and michael mcdonald.

No, but I haven't looked.

I found a weather addon, but it says "Does't work well in 3.0.192.1+)" Pfffft.
xp

i think it might be getting better, but ugh -- is it really that hot out? it didn't seem that uncomfortable at the time.

Amanda, yes, you could well have gotten burned in 30 minutes.

Ready to Put My Love on the Line: Eggs, Mayo and Michael McDonald by Amanda Hugandkiss.

So you were running in that 30 minutes? Sunburn, heat rash, wind burn, badger attacks. Amanda, many things could have befallen your face when you undertook to run in this stupid hot allergen-filled weather.

You're lucky you made it back alive, woman.

road rash, sandblasting, accidentally walking through a dermobrasion clinic

Automatic car wash
Fraternity hazing ritual
Tattoos

running is a mistake

let's face it -- i was mostly walking because i can't run for more than 90 sec without dying. i feel like running is my enemy and i need to conquer it. not a lot, just enough to know that it won't get the best of me. just like i want to know that i can eat an egg dish if it's the only thing being served and i'm starving.

I should have run this weekend. Then I wouldn't feel so blah today. I don't even have the wherewithal to go get a donut.

Amanda, I thought you ate quiches all week?

well now i do! i didn't use to eat quiches all week.

Chicago: Today's Special

jaymc - Courtney is moving less than a block from you. You guys are going to be galpals.

THERE IS A NEW THREAD

hahaa