Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

Moving or visiting?

I'm not prepared for this.

visiting but returning on the reg iirc

I'm gonna be there over Labor Day weekend visiting my ladyfriend & tryin to visit IIT and Columbia as they're my top two grad school spots for Fall 2012. So it's a visit, hopefully followed by more visits, hopefully followed by a move maybe next summer.

where should sarah and i eat dinner where we have never eaten before?

I'm not prepared for this.

Lol

Jenny I can see that.

http://www.soulvegetarianeast.com/ xp

i've been meaning to check out soul vegetarian since we first moved here. sounds too heavy for this weather right now though. maybe later this year.

the veggies I work with swear by it fwiw

I remember reading about SVE before we moved here and thinking that I'd like to eat there one day. Then moving here and realizing I would never ever make it to that location.

holy hell that is way the fuck south

I do love Soul Vegetarian.

It's pretty far south but if you have a car, it's only a couple blocks off the highway.

(That said, I haven't been there in five years.)

I ate at Crepe Bistro last night. My friend and I were so full that we couldn't finish the nutella and banana dessert crepe even between the two of us.

Corey, our music compatibility is low.

My compatibility with Corey is low as well.

Though my compatibility with Jeff is Very High.

I think most will be low w/ me unless you listen to a lot of music by dead europeans.

I've been getting a ton of lastfm requests in the past few days. I haven't logged a track on it in years.

it's the new facebook-ish friend finder thing.

Damn, I thought SVE might be convenient to the Red Line, but not really.

You people with cars should drive me around more. It's fun.

I have to go to a three hour meeting that is inconvenient to all public transportation and is in a fourth-floor walkup apartment with no air conditioning. *sob*

Oh my effing G. I sob in solidarity with you.

She had a window unit! :) Set on 78. :(.

Still, it was bearable and the meeting was less fraught than I had feared so yay I guess.

78 is just weird.

room temp is 73º

Mine's set at 76, as high as it will go. Just want to be comfortable, not cold. Glad you survived Yenny. Hopefully you spent more time at the mtg than on the CTA.

In other news, I've got candy striped beets cooking and a new PV remix album to hear. Who's happy and has two thumbs?!? New BB tonight too, right? I mean, could be worse.

Mine is set low and it is blowing directly on me as I sit about 4 feet from it.

BB?

Oh. I understand.

We keep ours on 68 or 70.

A, you love beets more than anyone I know <3

I posted this to the Craigslist thread, but I know at least one of you who might appreciate this avoid that thread.

http://i.imgur.com/qjefN.png

I just noticed the price. Jesus.

I braised the striped beets with regular beets, tiny purple and yellow potatoes, and eventually rainbow chard and MAN was it good. Beetmaniac!

I thought I loved beets more than anyone, but it turns out that really, I only like them pickled b/c otherwise they're too sweet. A, you're safe from my challenge for your title of champion beet lover.

You should try golden or candy striped beets. They're not as sweet. Usually I eat regular beets julienned raw -- they're not as sweet as when they're cooked.

we have an electric steamer now, gotta make some phat b33tz.

Anyone have info or opinions about where I should buy large-ish, plain mirrors, either custom cut, or big enough that I can cut them to my preferred size. There are lots of glass shops in town.

I'm going to buy this today. It comes highly recommended by Elmo Argo and other citizens of the internet.

http://www.smartcatbox.com/

Thinking about hanging out at work until like 8 tonight so I can avoid the clusterfuck on the red line for the McCartney concert tonight.

Oh god I forgot about the McCartney concert! It doesn't start until 7:45 though I think??

Yeah, jsut confirmed that. Maybe if I leave right away I can get out before things get too hectic.

lol at a show that starts at 7:45

c'mon, macca is an old man, he has to be in bed by 9:30.

Hey my job has summer hours in august! Closes at noon on Fridays, which means the library won't be open to the public at all on Fridays, which may mean real casual Fridays for me!

lol at a show that starts at 7:45

My kind of start time.

8 i can understand, but 7:45? that's weird. it's like dinnertime.

I like my AC cold and my concerts early.

but 7:45? that's weird. it's like dinnertime.

The central Illinois farmboy deep inside of me is lolling at this because dinnertime is like 6:00, maybe 6:30. Anything later than that is just plain "late-night snacking". But, let's be honest, nowadays I'm lucky if we can get our shit together enough to have dinner before 8:30.

hahaha, dinner here is 5:30-6:00, but nobody here works outside the house, so we have a very skewed view of the clock

The train should be as unbearable before the show as after.

My dad would tell you all "Ach! 'Dinner is at NOON. Supper is at 6:00."