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My dad's midlife crisis looks very similar to this:

http://www.lymanboat.com/brand.jpg

SCRAPING PAINT AND VARNISH SO MUCH FUN YOU GUYS

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

is that a crisscraft dan?

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

I was just thinking the same thing about boats being cool. I'm sort of scared of being in the middle of the ocean, but I've never been on a boat trip. Seems like fun for the ages as long as it wasn't on a giant cheesemongering cruise ship.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Lyman. The Chevy to Chris-Craft's Caddy.

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

Did the Pontiac Bar and Cafe on Damen go out of business? I called the number from the online listing and called 411 and it says the number is disconnected!

― Jesse, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

And the 411 guy says that at their address there is a place called "Pontiac Fruit and Produce."

― Jesse, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

Oh beautiful runabout, Dan!

― Laurel, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

And these!

They're called lego boats.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

i went deep sea fishing when i was in hawaii a few years ago. we didn't get so much as a nibble. it was me and jen and this dude she worked with and his wife. the girls got sea sick, me and blaine split 48 beers between us. it wasn't half bad.

i used to go deep sea fishing with my pop when i was a kid, we'd catch a lot more fish but it was mostly cod and mackrel and the occasional flounder.

xpost- pontiac was open last weekend.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

That there's a SuezMax!

― Eazy, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Pee thread is killing me softly.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Thx Laurel, that one looks slightly nicer than the old man's but is nearly identical on the base level. Fucking things are so much work, I can't even begin to count the hours of scrape scrape scrape, paint paint paint...

Best summer trip ever though was driving the sucker out to Isle Royale and back.

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

For me at least, there's something so terrifying about being on a boat with people. I mean, I wouldn't hang out in a small, doorless walk-in closet with people, so why would I want to be trapped on a similarly-sized watercraft with no way to escape (aside from swimming.) Still, the idea is appealing for that very reason. Boats scream: TRAPPED! That could be good or bad, but at least it's not boring.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Well, what the fuck, Pontiac??

― Jesse, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Dude why are you using 411 when you are online?

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Because I Googled them and used 411.com and came up with a dead number. Then I called 1800 FREE 411 and they gave me the same number.

― Jesse, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

way too many steps

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

Pontiac Cafe & Bar
1531 N. Damen Ave.
773-252-7767

that the # you have?

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Srsly.
Why do you wanna call them anyway?

So, no brunch for Eric or John. Dan might be asleep. Kevin might be asleep.

― KitCat, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

"asleep".

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

I want to make party for J**ny for her g*ad*at*on! I want to see if they will make special arrangements. And yes, that's the number I have that is disconnected.

― Jesse, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

Dan, we had a wooden boat too, but it was a little bigger & heavier and not all nicely restored. At the time we were still too young for the painting & scraping and re-puttying, and having to worry about whether it would sink on the first trip out every summer because we didn't have a slip to keep it in so it stayed swelled up, so the burden was, helpfully, all on my dad.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

THEN I HOPE TO GOD IT IS CLOSED BECAUSE I HATE THAT GODDAMN PLACE.

but it is handy having a bar right next to the park, even if i do have to pay $5 for a beer i could get for $3 at any other bar in the city.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

this is a sign that the party should be held elsewhere

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

i mean p*rt*

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

OK.

We'll handle this off-board.

― Jesse, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

I meant *K.

― Jesse, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

I like the patio part of the Pontiac in the summer.

― Eazy, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

I like people watching the people at the patio at the Pontiac in the summer. I pass them just about every day then since I live over there.

Jeff, Jenny, Jesse contingent... What are your Sunday brunch plans??

― KitCat, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

I've gone out for brunch exactly 1x since moving to Chicago 5 years ago. It was because an out of town friend suggested it. Usually I prefer "breakfast at home." I probably get up earlier than any of you.
:(

(usually around 8:30 at the latest)

The more I think about it I'm starting to feel a little bad about my homebodiness. It's just the way I am, though, so I shouldn't feel bad about it. I guess.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

In other news, I took photos of my food last night but can't figure out how to get photos off of the camera and onto the rehabilitated computer. Since I know you were all biting your nails in anticipation of my lentil photos.

Don't lie.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

One of the specials at Lula the other night had lentils that were cooked w/ beets and therefore became bright red and looked like Fruity Pebbles. They were delish.

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

Srsly, brunch crowds can be tough to deal with in this city, but you can't deny yourself delicious brunchy goodness at places like Victory's Banner or Over Easy or Tweet Let's Eat or Orange or wherever.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

Or Heartland! You live close to Heartland! Go there, buy a NYT, have a nice leisurely breakfast and coffee. Good cornbread.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

Uhhhhh I just remembered one other brunch. It was with Jenny! We went to the same place I went to brunch the first time. (M Henry) It was good. But expensive breakfasts that I could just as easily make at home in my pijamas are just not my bag.

I've gone out for breakfast a few times too, but usually against my will. Maybe I have a problem.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

Ah this is why I go out for duck sausage omelettes with fontina and wilted greens, and a side of masterful skillet potatoes, with a couple of mimosas. Because I will never have all of those ingredients at home and a long enough attention span to get them all ready.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

Tweet's is off the chain, and better than I could make at home, but when I went with Cam and Justin it was the longest wait ever. We spent 45 minutes in that little lobby between Tweet's & Big Chicks, easy.

(the free coffee did make it go down a little easier)

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

Agh. I guess a major part of the problem is that I have had 1 day off per week for about 2 years now. That one day is not usually spent doing/having a leisurely anything and will definitely not be spent waiting in line to eat breakfast.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

I think I have identified my problem.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Amanda, that's got to be more the First Cause than anything grocery-related!!

― Laurel, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

Yup.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

Laurel 8080, and also it's just kind of nice to get out of the house, especially when it's a nice day, instead of sitting at home and feeling lazy.

xpost OK I see your point.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

Dude feeling lazy is not part of my vocabulary

BUT right now I am being lazy by not grading papers.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

I guess I should go.

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

I like restaurants, even when it's in my financial interest not to eat at them so often.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

Same with bars. I like public spaces.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

Actually what I just said is untrue. I feel like being lazy all the time, I just rarely get to indulge that urge.When I have the chance I allow myself some easytimes.

Which reminds me: how many of you shower and put your clothes on IMMEDIATELY after waking up on a weekend? (versus wearing pijamas or a robe or whatever loungewear around the house for hours) (note: i do NOT shower/dress immediately...but i'm wondering if anyone does)

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

hell no

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

Nope. Unless I have to be somewhere within a half hour.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

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