Chicago MMXII

I don't know what it says about me that the most appealing thing on that menu right now is the beet flatbread. It probably says that I just read "pickled lamb tongue flatbread" and something in my brain shut down.

I was going to try and meet up with you guys, but thanks to the goddamn Columbia College Urban Art Fair it took me about three times as long as usual to walk up Wabash. Fucking art students.

Damn kids. I'm sorry you didn't go!

Loopers, I'm going here immediately after work. Join me for a drink if you wish. http://watershedbar.com

Thats a pretty solid beer list.

And the chairs look comfortable.

Important consideration.

Why are you going there?

for a drink fool

To stand up and drink water, iirc.

I'm having a drink with The Good Emily at an alternate, undisclosed location but then I will be joining J3ff.

jvc, right that wrong from your lunch outing and join us.

I will not be there b/c I have other plans.

g-d I wish I worked in the loop

and did not have a dog that would pee all over the floor if I did not go home immediately and let him out

actually I don't wish that, it's just inconvenient sometimes

I think I just may do that. What time will you guys be there? I have to finish up some stuff here and journey up from the South Loop.

Wish I worked in the loop too.

and the peasantry looks pretty awesome.

I'll be there a little later bc of my previous engagement. I don't remember when Jeff gets off work so I'll just let him answer for himself.

sorry but i am going home to make pizza and eat pizza with my family then watch a movie and drink beer with sarah

my wife and son are in Michigan for the weekend, so beers after work sound pretty goddamned fantastic.

Oh man! Do it, jvc! I wish I could be there for a jvc fap!

But I have other plans.

I'm at pops right now. Will head down to the watershed at 5 pm.

I have other plans.

jesse, do you have other plans?

I'm so glad I switched my schedule to getting off work at 4:30.

Ok this place is cool. Got a seat for Jenny, jvc, and one empty. Who wants the empty seat?????

Not Jesse. He has plans.

I'll be on my way up there soon.

i'm way up here, so no way
but i'm so glad jvc is finally hanging out! it's a momentous day in chilxorlore!

i don't think i know what jeff looks like actually. perils of not participating in wdyll threads.

He's a good looking white man with a beard. IIRC he's wearing a blue shirt.

There are only 3 ppl here so far. I'm the one that is alone. And I have a big box sitting beside me.

okay

Ok more people here but I still am the only one with a box beside me.

Man please stop saying big box bc the temptation for a mean joke is growing too strong.

I was just at Macy's.

If this lag time remains steady I will be at watershed at 11:00 tonight.

I have been meaning to check out Watershed! But I'm having dinner on Devon 2nite.

Watershed is great so far.

I met jvc and he rules and you're jealous. We solidarity fist bumped like 1000 times.

We did. It was fun!

Road closings for that NATO thing - http://www.suntimes.com/news/12320074-418/nato-closures-emerge-including-kennedy-and-lake-shore-drive.html

Also LOL forever at the Sun Times trying to go to a digital paid subscription model. Maybe if you assholes hadn't laid off so many copyeditors so that reading every article is a chore (albeit at times a hilarious chore), or that more than half of your content wasn't AP wire service stuff available everywhere else for free, I'd think about it.

Actually, no I wouldn't.

It's little shit like this that makes me rmde:

At 6 p.m. Saturday, Northerly Island, formerly known as Meigs Field, will closed to vehicles and pedestrians, along with the “northern museum campus.”

Meigs Field closed and became Northerly Island almost ten years ago. We're good. We know what this place is called now. But then two paragraphs later:

Streets around the museum campus, Willis Tower and the Cultural Center will also be closed during summit weekend, apparently for special events involving the world dignitaries.

No clarifying clause for Willis Tower when half of Chicago still calls it the Sears Tower. Unless referencing Meigs Field was a subtle way to remind readers about sneaky shit Chicago mayors have done? But I don't give the Sun Times that much credit.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qHsjjY8PIdc/TUqNAqLUCMI/AAAAAAAAAmk/wEop30HNojM/s1600/abe%2Bsimpson.png

L to R: ILX, me

Looking through old flickr photos, this one came up. Look how blurry you guys were. Way to sharpen up.

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/2/2324818_45f482b224.jpg

December 17th, 2004.

CDs

I know, right. It's like I was living in a dorm room.

MISTY PICNIC TIME pushed back to 3 -- please note and adjust accordingly. I choose to believe that the weather will improve.

I chose as well. Will just be cloudy, but should warm up. Just don't go swimming.

I have no other plans.