It went past the Clark/Lake elevated platform
I WORK RIGHT THERE IN THAT BUILDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I've never seen the holiday train and this makes me sad.
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
WERE YOU WORKING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING LAST WEEK BECUZ I WAS TOTALLY RIGHT THERE OUTSIDE??!?!?!?!?!?!
― dan m, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
YES. Well, as of 8:30 I was.
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I see the holiday train a lot. I have seen one at least 4 times in 3 years.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i want to see it but i guess it doesn't make sense to have it running during the rush hour if there's going to be a bunch of screaming kids on it.
― stingy, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
This building has everything. A train station, a Taco Bell, a Dress Barn... EVERYTHING.
xp Jesse stole all my holiday train views. Selfish.
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:16 (sixteen years ago) link
In 2005, the Holiday Train derailed.
I keep forgetting that you work in that building, Jenny. We're like two blocks away from each other. Lunch at Cosi sometime?
― jaymc, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost ahahahahaha
― dan m, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
does anyone work near adams and wells?
― stingy, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, John, that would be lovely. Why don't I send you my workplace contact information and then you can contact me at my workplace with regard to lunch at Cosi sometime. They have a tasty cobb salad, although it's not really a cobb salad since it's lacking eggs and something else that I can't remember.
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I am really into cobb salads these days.
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
jenny is basically saying "have your people call my people, we'll do lunch"?
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
She's such a lawyer.
― dan m, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Cobb salad just reminds me of this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5ULYWaUZMLA
― dan m, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't have people. I don't even have an office! But this is the nicest cubicle I've ever occupied, and they gave me an ergonomic keyboard, so I do feel like a valued member of the organization.
Also, if you work as a cook for the county hospital system for 23 years, you will make as much as I do here.
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
jenny, has your work led to anyone being imprisoned yet?
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Not that I am aware of, but I may be partially responsible for the levying of fines or penalties.
Okay friends. Back to work. TTFN!
― Jenny, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
The veggie muffaletta sandwich at Cosi is A+++ (probably not "authentic" muffaletta but it is tasty).
I just had a Quesadilla Explosion (TM) salad at Chili's.
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
gross
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I miss Bojangles.
― stingy, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm actually not a fan of their muffaletta. It's too salty or something*. My old standby is the caprese, which they call a TBM.
*This could just be the location I get it at. I used to not like Cosi very much because their bread was too salty, but then someone assured me that the one I was going to (this was back when I worked at Michigan/Jackson) was notorious for oversalting their bread. I started going to the one across from the Art Institute, and voila, so much better.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
The Quesadilla XXXPLOSION (TM) was actually pretty tasty. It's basically a salad that has some tortilla strips in it and a tangy sauce and then you get quesadillas on the side.
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i had shrimp bisque and a salad for lunch
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I had Kr-brand spicy sweet potato soup (feat. coconut milk and peas) and a banana and a tiny sliver of leftover pumpkin pie.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Essentially: mush. But tasty mush.
K-ZA-DILLLLA XXXXXPPPLLLOOOOOOSSSIIIOOOOOONNN (TM)
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i did not have a megarita or an awesome blossom
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/twentieth_century_fox/office_space/_group_photos/jennifer_aniston7.jpg
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
one of my ex-gfs worked at TGI Friday's and had to wear actual items of flair
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
actual flair
A muffaletta is not authentic at all if it is VEGGIE. How is that even possible? You need the additional saltiness of pork products.
I said before, it's a SALT SANDWICH.
― Jesse, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
it has lots of olives
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
and i don't give a crap if it's authentic, it is tasty as a mothra
from the cta regarding the holiday train:
The train operates approximately from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on several Saturdays, and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on select weekdays (schedules for each individual line will vary), and will make stops at all stations along the respective routes.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
quesadilla xxxplosion all over your face, all over the place
― dan m, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers/mothra.jpg
?
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
yeeeeeah
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
ew
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
tasty as a mothrafucker
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i dare you to GIS "mothrafucker"
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i am scared
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
nick, where's your office in evanston? i still think we should do an evanston lunch (and invite kr as well? and toby?) sometime, but it's kind of insane here at the moment so closer to the holidays would probably be better...
― colette, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
oh yeah i keep forgetting you're out here. I'm like a block north and a half-block west of the big movie theater, on un1vers1ty pl@ce.
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
we can eat at CHILI'S (just kidding)
― n/a, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
fave evanston eatery: cozy noodles
gis for "mothrafucker" was clean! also:
A real S.O.B., a step up from motherfucker (but perhaps less offensive when heard in public). Evolved from motherfucker and inspired by the monstrocity Mothra, a foe of the famous Godzilla.
"That mothrafucker just stepped on my sac!" "Mothrafucking Godzilla is always going around stepping on people's sacs." "Only a real mothrafucking mothrafucker would commit such an inconsiderate act."
― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF. Who doesn't accept cash as a legitimate form of payment? I just wasted 40 minutes sitting at the DMV to renew my registration only to find out they don't accept cash. No credit card, no debit card, no cash. Checks or money orders only. What a fucking joke. Now I have to waste another lunch hour there tomorrow too.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I bet the person who told you that was really fucking smug and aloof about it, too.
― dan m, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link