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oh man -- i just found out that i'm getting free dinner tomorrow! yay!

― b-rad, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

Bitchin!

Hey I was talking to paingoat last night and apparently she's coming to the D soon. Thought I might take that as an excuse to make the drive over myself...

― dan m, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah, jen's making friends with this band she played with from ferndale. they were pretty neat -- ethereal pop that reminds me of someone that i still can't place. they're called the l00ms, minus the zeros of course.

did she mention why/when she's heading to detroit? conference or something of that nature?

we have a nice air mattress that you could crash on if you want to stay in ypsi, dan. or anyone, for that matter. 906THREAD4LIFE!

― b-rad, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

ooh -- i just thought of something i should ask 906THREAD about!

are people going to be in houghton for the forth of july this year? D1LL R0B3RT is getting married the weekend following and we're thinking about heading up for the week to bum around. camp party?

― b-rad, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, conference time, she said.

For a second I thought that band was called "one hundred milliseconds".

I don't know when I'm heading north again. I was kind of thinking the other day that I really have no desire to go there for the first time since moving to Chi. I'll have to at some point this summer, if only because my sis is getting married in August. The 4th might be fun, though, if I can kick my parents out of the camp.

― dan m, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

We're heading to Hoton like the 15th for my cousin's wedding. Don't know how long we'll be around yet.

Also, the wife has a conference at Wayne State. I will not be going due to $$$ factors. This will be hilarious as many ultra-urban east coast city folks will be in the D for the first time ever.

― joygoat, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

they'll probably be most amused by all of the abandoned buildings.

downtown is looking AMAZING these days, by the way. haven't spent much time there since september, really, so it's really cool to pass through and see the amount of construction that's going on. lots of housing, hotel space, new bars and restaurants, et cetera.

midtown is still kind of sketchy but really not bad near the university. the ultra-urban folks will still be freaked out, i'm sure, but i bet they leave saying things like 'detroit isn't anywhere near as bad as i thought it was going to be!'

― b-rad, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

i still think it's funny that i've had more bad things happen to my car since i've moved to ypsi than i did in hamtramck. i can't believe my car got shot up...

― b-rad, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

alright, i'm leaving work early 'cause it's friday and nothing is happening. catch you later, internet!

― b-rad, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

I need to get some work done so I can do likewise.

― dan m, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

I posted this in the Chi thread so people could be amazed at real estate prices, but I think it bears reposting here... My old college house in Ho-town is up for sale!

http://www.uparidx.com/idx/kewee/douglass/residential/propview.php?view=217647

Lotta drinking, lotta SWEDing in that house. And a lot of love, too ;_;

― dan m, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 22:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

DAN I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE UP CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?????

― river wolf, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 22:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

Aw, this thread is great.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 23:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

D00D RW LET'S GO THIS SUMMMER WE CAN KAYAK AND BIKE AND OHHH THE DRINKING

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 00:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

Nobody drinks in the UP.

Dan, I though that was going to be to be your house on Reservation, in which I had plenty of SWED and lovin' experiences myself.

Either way, what would that place go for in Chicago? I know this depends heavily on what part of town, but at least 300K, minimum, right? Out here it'd be 200K or so. Seattle, probably over 700K. Fucking Houghton.

― joygoat, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 05:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh that sounds sweet, dude, but i'm gonna be in the greater mountain west all summer ;_;

― river wolf, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 05:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

i was also expecting the house on reservation... you should try to talk k4rby and 4nn3 into buying this and turning it into a rental!

― b-rad, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:10 (6 years ago) Permalink

and i realized saturday night that the l00ms reminded me of nico. that's 'cause they did a cover of 'i'll keep it with mine' which totally made everything click.

― b-rad, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

The house on Reservation is a death trap and I would never encourage anyone to live there.

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

Although it does have some very entertaining sledding and drunk-people watching opportunities...

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

So who's made pasties before? I'm going to make some on Sunday because it's been close to 9 months since I've had one.

― joygoat, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

i keep forgetting to get my dad's recipe... i'll make some sooner or later, i'm sure.

― b-rad, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

That picture is awesome.

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

I've never made pasties. Disgrace.

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

What are you going to put in them, the standard stuff? You totally need to make at least one curryfied test pasty.

Totally unrelated: do you think plantain pierogies would be any good?

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh, and I don't know how much the Pewabic street house would go for here in Chicago. Given that it has a real lawn, probably more than your guess. Again, though, dependant on neighborhood.

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 19:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

plantain pierogies? wiki says folks in tropical regions treat plantains "in much the same way as potatoes," so it may not be a HUGE stretch...

― b-rad, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 19:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

Pork + plantain in pierogi form = MY CULINARY BREAKTHRU

But probably not.

― dan m, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 19:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'd never really eaten plantains before but I had them at a Dominican place in NYC last month and fried some up to go with my cuban pork shoulder a couple weeks ago.

This could could get close to being some sort of pasty / empanada combination.

― joygoat, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

I am eating Ambassador pizza and drinking Bell's.

― dan m, Monday, 24 December 2007 01:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

i'm so bored that i'm reading threads on ILX! perfect timing on the thread revival, dan.

i found out today that the r41nb0w bar in 1shp3m1ng sells SPARKS thanks to their 'hey snowmobilers, drink sparks!' banner. pretty fucked.

j4sper ridge has a pretty great brown ale on tap right now, btw. worth stopping for if you have to make a drive down this way.

― b-rad, Monday, 24 December 2007 02:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

Can I drink Bell's in Chicago or will I have to go a full twelve months sans Bells?

Though actually I miss Ambo pizza more. I can get good beer here but not good pizza. Stupid NW.

― joygoat, Monday, 24 December 2007 05:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

larry's cheating the system and brewing a bunch of bell's beers with the name "kalamazoo beer" for the chicago market. sounds like he'll have an amber, a porter, and an IPA available. bil probably knows a little more about what's up, but here is where i've read it.

― b-rad, Monday, 24 December 2007 14:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

other fun beer news: according to a map on the KBC website, they're starting midwest distribution. still not a fan of the blonde and the amber style rarely does much for me, though i picked up a six of the brown and i think it canned quite well. well enough that i'm bringing four more six packs downstate to give as gifts.

i understand bell's allegiance for the sake of sentimentality, though i still find it hard to be sad if i can't find there stuff when there are so many other good (if not better) beers available. that said, i'm still pulling for three floyd's to start michigan distribution, and it seems like the chicago beer folks treat them as an afterthought. additionally, i often forget how good two hearted is on tap.

― b-rad, Monday, 24 December 2007 14:27 (5 years ago) Permalink

I'm actually looking forward to finding some Three Floyd's and New Holland beers around Chicago based on your and dan's repeated mentions. The ultra beer nerds at the giant store in Portland assured me that they don't distribute out west at all.

I kind of separate KBC beer from the KBC in general - to me it was all about going out, seeing everyone you know, hanging out, drinking two dollar pints, NOT smelling like smoke, etc. I liked partiular beers but I don't really feel the need to separate them from the place itself.

― joygoat, Monday, 24 December 2007 17:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

9 months pass...

hi dere

I just ordered one of these:

― al kaline trio (dan m), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

It's basically just going to be me reading this, right, unless Br@d un-lurks? You could have just IMed me.

Where's the shirt from?

― with one and a half pair of pants you ain't cool (joygoat), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.yoopersteez.com/

They have an article up on "Big Louie" Moilanen right now too.

I don't know where b-rad and Kates are. B-rad is probably too b-usy being in a b-and.

― al kaline trio (dan m), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

btw check out this real estate link I posted in the Chi thread:

http://www.realestate-mls.com/detail.cgi?viewonlyno=125-08-0138

― al kaline trio (dan m), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

My dad always claimed that Big Louie was a distant relative. We should make Big Louie t-shirts.

― with one and a half pair of pants you ain't cool (joygoat), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

what is smelting

― the valves of houston (gbx), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:29 (4 years ago) Permalink

My burning desire to someday buy a huge storefront building in Calumet or Laurium isn't going away any time soon.

Did I tell you about the block of old-school rowhouses near Harter's party store that was for sale for like fifty grand? Not each, total for all four. Like something that would be in Brooklyn for EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

― with one and a half pair of pants you ain't cool (joygoat), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

The Big Louie Moilanen Street Crew

xps going fishing to catch these guys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Smelts -- aka an excuse to drink a lot of cheap beer

― al kaline trio (dan m), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

oh ok

i would go smeltin

― the valves of houston (gbx), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

Big Louie Has A Pastie

PS. I'm totally going to make this

― with one and a half pair of pants you ain't cool (joygoat), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

Big Louie Moilolnen

― al kaline trio (dan m), Friday, 10 October 2008 19:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Saturday, 11 October 2008 01:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

that is a v poor shark

― (govtname)mac (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

heard it described as a rabbit before

― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

hnmmmm, maybe if a shark had gotten the back end i guess

― (govtname)mac (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Yoopers: please provide me with arguments I can set forth to my parents in favor of retiring to the UP instead of North Dakota. Thank you in advance.

― carl agatha, Friday, 24 February 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

At least every other summer I suffer driving across the horrible nothing of ND just to get to the UP if that says anything.

I really have nothing good to say about ND at all, though I am well aware that many people probably would feel that way about the UP.

― joygoat, Friday, 24 February 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also this thread seems to really be "Jeff and Dan post on ilx instead of using IM"

― joygoat, Friday, 24 February 2012 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

I really can't imagine what the shit they would do in North Dakota. My dad is a bigtime hunter/fisherperson, but my mom likes restaurants and the pleasures of (small town) civilization. I think she would flip out Jack Torrence style after about three months.

― carl agatha, Friday, 24 February 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

― dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:54 (7 months ago) Permalink

― dansplaining (dan m), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:12 (6 months ago) Permalink

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