a woman just loaned him a shovel
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 10 January 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
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.
― dan m, Friday, 10 January 2014 05:24 (ten years ago) link
badass
― mh, Friday, 10 January 2014 06:50 (ten years ago) link
Temp goes above 32 for the first time in 2014 today. On my way to summer. Suck it winter.
― Jeff, Friday, 10 January 2014 13:17 (ten years ago) link
this woman rules: http://voices.suntimes.com/news/humboldt-park-woman-sick-of-dibs-shovels-entire-block-nodibs/
― dan m, Friday, 10 January 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
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.
― carl agatha, Friday, 10 January 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1511157_10152153229645056_1918672601_n.jpg
― dan m, Friday, 10 January 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
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.
― dan m, Friday, 10 January 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
Snow --> deep freeze ---> rain ---> we now live in the middle of a lake of dog urineso gross out there
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Friday, 10 January 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
Ugh and the appliance guy wore his boots to walk through the house.
― carl agatha, Friday, 10 January 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Greasy Wallet (Old Lunch), Saturday, 11 January 2014 00:10 (ten years ago) link
i for one hope we get some more sub-zero weather, and not only because i just got my down coat
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Saturday, 11 January 2014 00:26 (ten years ago) link
sweet fucking christ I think I went knee-deep in a slushpuddle
― mh, Saturday, 11 January 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link
I wear 8" water proof boots. Slush is no problem. It's snow dying and I enjoy it.
― Jeff, Saturday, 11 January 2014 01:18 (ten years ago) link
well I didn't see you out at the bar so nyeah :P
― mh, Saturday, 11 January 2014 06:10 (ten years ago) link
No one told me where to go!
― Jeff, Saturday, 11 January 2014 09:23 (ten years ago) link
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
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
as i suspected, closing or unknown :(
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
I walked by that one and wondered what was up. rip Dominicks, I guess
― mh, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
mh are you still here
jeff-- is that the one by the CTA red/brown/purple stop?
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
no, I left saturday
I will sneak off from this thread now, like a thief in the night
― mh, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
out with ye
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
so has anyone been to any cool wedding spots that were cheap and affordable and won't cost a lot of money? also cheap
― bnw, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
my brother got a good deal here, but prob because of winter: http://ravenswoodeventcenter.com/
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
worth booking an appointment, the sales/management staff are cool people and will be realistic about your budget, etc
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
http://www.dankhaus.com/ was our first choice for a Chicago wedding before we decided on a destination wedding.
― dan m, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
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 $2k. I don't know if they still do that kind of private party anymore or if it would still be that cheap. This was in 2005, pre Check Please and remodel.
IME the best way to get married on the cheap was to keep it small.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
jaymc and NA and their brides both got married in lovely locations that I think were budget minded, but they'll have to say where bc I forgot.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
i just looked at this place for my brother's rehearsal dinner. their private party room is pretty great, but only big enough for about 45 guests total, and the food costs are way way lower than most event spaces:
http://bigbrickschicago.com/catering-and-parties
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
Big Bricks is good. I would get married there.
Private party rooms in restaurants are good bc you don't have to rent a bunch of chairs and plates and crap.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
iirc the big savings at Dankhaus was on booze, because you could stock your own bar (i.e. not pay ridic inflated prices from their vendors) and they would provide a bartender.
― dan m, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
at big bricks you have the option of an open bar or having a cash bar, and there's no bartender fee either way
the food menu is per item too, and not per person
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
keeping it small and keeping the rehearsal dinner very small are definitely the initial strategies. thanks for the input
― bnw, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
Oh wow, the former Dominick's by my workplace is turning into a Whole Foods. And it'll be kitty-corner to a current Mariano's.
― Je55e, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
Gr8, yes.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
http://www.chicagomag.com/dining-drinking/January-2014/Links-TapRoom/
I'd just like to say I had a vision for a bar almost exactly like this about 3 years ago.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
You say to yourself, "It's good to be alive," when you make a reservation at C@tch 35.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoTdFb9QI1U
― Je55e, Sunday, 19 January 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/25080385-418/divvy-supplier-files-bankruptcy.html
― tbd (Eazy), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
Unlikely to affect anything here. Good post of a dumb site regarding it: http://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/1vpm6k/divvy_supplier_files_bankruptcy/ceuoccc
― Jeff, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
I miss jibjabbin with you guys. Twitter isn't the same at all.
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
Maybe we need a new thread? It's not mmxiii anymore, after all.
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
guys last nite's snow was very pretty, i went for a long walk in it
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
That sounds lovely. I slept through it, then it killed my home Internet, then this morning I shoveled it.
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
xxp I did it ✶✶✶✶ Chicago MMXIV ✶✶✶✶
― dan m, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link