Chicago MMXIII: Walk Don't Run

damn it I forget how to make YT embed

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqptbtwXUCs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqptbtwXUCs

OK. Watch that video.

Good old Ginger Zee

Anyone seen this show: http://www.bravotv.com/100-days-of-summer ?

It's horrible. Sort of entertaining, in a OMG where the fuck did they find all these douchbags? I think they shipped in out of LA actors to play the roles. Plus it makes me really miss summer.

The extent to which I find that website unhelpful as far as telling me what that show is actually about makes me feel about 87 years old.

Anyway, what is that show actually about? A reality show set in Chicago in the summer? The fact that I would totally watch that just for the setting alone is another reason why I'm glad we don't have cable.

The extent to which I find that website unhelpful as far as telling me what that show is actually about makes me feel about 87 years old.

Like, "That commercial doesn't even say what the product is! What is this even about?"

http://happynicetimepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/abe-simpson-complains.jpg

It's a reality show about dbags who just love summer in Chicago. Just watch the clips. I recommend playpen.

What was with that disorienting tri-panel effect in that weather piece?

Well that was terrible. I like that one guy's assumption that being in real estate development means that he's not into douchey things.

that's video guys trying to get creative when dealing with cellphone footage shot vertically instead of horizontally

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noble pursuit

It's become a common effect, especially in the news.

I haven't decided whether it's good b/c it's "prettier" than black boxes or if feeling like you're missing out of focus action on the sides is too distracting.

got this super sweet email from the gov

Dear Friend,

As I prepare to lay out plans to continue moving Illinois forward in 2014 and beyond, four right wing Republicans are busy talking about their schemes to drag us backwards.

All four Republicans oppose my plan to raise the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour in Illinois. One of them - a billionaire at that - even announced his proposal to slash the minimum wage by $1 an hour, taking $2,000 a year out of the pockets of those earning the least, which is cruel, heartless and wrong.

These guys have all the compassion of C. Montgomery Burns.

In America, if you work hard and play by the rules, you shouldn't have to live in poverty. People should be rewarded for their work, not punished.

Putting more money into the pockets of those who are living paycheck to paycheck is not only the right and decent thing to do, it's good for the economy. Everyday people don't admire the extra money they earn in the bank - they spend it in the local community, creating more jobs.

As long as I'm Governor, I will never stop fighting until we raise the minimum wage in Illinois. Click here to get involved in my campaign.

Full speed ahead in 2014.

Your friend,

Governor Quinn

I'd vote for any governor that makes a Simpson reference. You got vote Pat!

Given his animosity towards AFSCME and his own employees, I find some of that disingenuous (a politician??? Disingenuous???) but it's not like I would everrrrrr vote for a Republican gov so whatever.

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/01/100-days-of-summer-episode-one-recap

guys I've spent the last 3 minutes witnessing a Chicago cop in a marked SUV try to free himself from a snowbank on my street, almost hitting a stop sign, a car, and another cop in the process

it's beautiful

a woman just loaned him a shovel

I'm 2 for 3 on push-outs this year.

I heard a majority of CPD SUVs are 2WD which is totally lol in the winter.

badass

Temp goes above 32 for the first time in 2014 today. On my way to summer. Suck it winter.

this woman rules: http://voices.suntimes.com/news/humboldt-park-woman-sick-of-dibs-shovels-entire-block-nodibs/

I bet she was sore the next day! Bless her.

We've got a new washing machine! It's all fancy and HE and has actual working temperature controls and a real delicate cycle.

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1511157_10152153229645056_1918672601_n.jpg

xp I was at sisut's family's place over the holidays and I swear their washer/dryer combo has some kind of wifi connectivity.

Snow --> deep freeze ---> rain ---> we now live in the middle of a lake of dog urine
so
gross
out there

Ugh and the appliance guy wore his boots to walk through the house.

Okay, can we go back to the -40 degree weather now? It doesn't seem all that bad in light of Slushpocalypse. Seriously considered just going ahead and taking my effing shoes off on the way home this evening.

i for one hope we get some more sub-zero weather, and not only because i just got my down coat

sweet fucking christ I think I went knee-deep in a slushpuddle

I wear 8" water proof boots. Slush is no problem. It's snow dying and I enjoy it.

well I didn't see you out at the bar so nyeah :P

No one told me where to go!

not sure how accurate this is, but its a map depicting the fate of former Dominicks

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zYxrjPM9r5dw.kgZ1rPyFShok

the one in streeterville is turning in to a whole foods

as i suspected, closing or unknown :(

I walked by that one and wondered what was up. rip Dominicks, I guess

Only one that is relevant for me is the one off of Fullerton becoming a Whole Foods, which is great. Well it will be if they have a bar.

mh are you still here

jeff-- is that the one by the CTA red/brown/purple stop?

no, I left saturday

I will sneak off from this thread now, like a thief in the night

out with ye

so has anyone been to any cool wedding spots that were cheap and affordable and won't cost a lot of money? also cheap

my brother got a good deal here, but prob because of winter: http://ravenswoodeventcenter.com/

worth booking an appointment, the sales/management staff are cool people and will be realistic about your budget, etc

http://www.dankhaus.com/ was our first choice for a Chicago wedding before we decided on a destination wedding.

I've also been to a wedding at the Ravenswood center and it was pretty classy.

Jeff and I got married at marriage court in the county building in the Loop. So cheap it was free.

We had our reception at the Hopleaf which really was cheap - two (three?) hours of open bar and a really nice selection of food for I think 25 people (maybe 30?) for about $2k. I don't know if they still do that kind of private party anymore or if it would still be that cheap. This was in 2005, pre Check Please and remodel.

IME the best way to get married on the cheap was to keep it small.

jaymc and NA and their brides both got married in lovely locations that I think were budget minded, but they'll have to say where bc I forgot.

i just looked at this place for my brother's rehearsal dinner. their private party room is pretty great, but only big enough for about 45 guests total, and the food costs are way way lower than most event spaces:

http://bigbrickschicago.com/catering-and-parties

Big Bricks is good. I would get married there.

Private party rooms in restaurants are good bc you don't have to rent a bunch of chairs and plates and crap.