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― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, one idea for the DC-Chicago Summit (Sunday or Monday's OK) would be dinner at Old Jerusalem on Wells St., decent and cheap Middle Eastern place, can seat 4 or 14 easily, BYOB, and then maybe nightcap afterwards at the Top or the Pump.

Man, we've been missing all that snow by just 100 miles this month and last.

― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

Ahh.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

Though I just realized I may be out of town helping my dad (he's getting both knees replaced next week), but I'll know more about that soon...

― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

I like Old Jerusalem.

― n/a, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

last time i was at old jerusalem was with towga and hstencil. we went there before going to barbara's for an irvine welch reading about 6 years ago.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

And here I was going to suggest Old Timer's for the classic chilx drinkin' experience... not too classy compared to the 'Cock Top.

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

WITH DANCING AT SOUNDBAR AFTERWARDS no just kidding you guys

― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

Oooh that reminds me: the bar that jaymc, HS and I went to after the SOUNDBAR experience was pretty cool and is in the vicinity. Can't recall the name, though.

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Wait chilx has BYOB spots???

― quincie, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

I cannot imagine what such a thing would mean for DC.

― quincie, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, quite a lot of places are BYOB actually.

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

a ton of restaurants are byob here.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Dan, the bar we went to is the Clark Street Ale House.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

Most of them are Thai, Sushi, or Middle Eastern.

Best restaurant for BYOB that I've been to is probably Speakeasy - nice supper-club-type place at Devon and Ashland.

And Las Tablas.

― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

Then again, outdoor BYOB is also the best. Sit outside in the summer at Penny's at Roscoe/Sheffield, chill for an hour or two with a bottle of something-something.

― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

Sit outside in the summer at Penny's at Roscoe/Sheffield, chill for an hour or two with a bottle of something-something.

like a bottle of tanqueray and a straw.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

this will be a good summer

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

I can drink on the 29th or the 30th, too, as of right now. I am Superchunk-neutral. I don't even know if I actually know any Superchunk songs, which is quite a feat given that I lived in NC for four years.

BYOB is the greatest! Cheap cheap cheap. Although some places charge a stupid "corkage fee" that I think is only justifiable if they take the beverage, keep it cold for you, pour it for you, etc. Not if they throw you a bottle opener and let you watch your six pack sweat warmly on the table.

Eric - Good luck and good health to your pop!

― Jenny, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

My supervising atty wants me to apply at the City but my resume is so PRO-LABOR UNION RA RA RA that there is no chance they will even interview me. I might as well subtitle it "Union Salt."

― Jenny, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

there's only one thing to do: change your mind completely and become a corporate defense lawyer

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

uh jenny? the city is basically a left of center corrupt ponzi scheme fleecing those it's supposed to protect. now replace "the city" with "labor union"... well, i'm just saying.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Yep. Time to realize your monetization potential by comprimising antiquated notions of solidarity and focusing on asset defense strategies.

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

lord help me that almost makes sense

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

― Jenny, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

kevin and dan both otm, but i don't think they go far enough. If you wanna get real about it, you need a pair of fishnets and some lucrative street corner real estate.

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

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― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Not all unions are corrupt, Kevin! It's just the crooks that get all the press. And I'd be applying to the city's labor and employment division, the city being the employer, which is why they might be less than ecstatic about my resume.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

I mean you can't reify your jouissance by engaging in postcapitalist stategies of outsider narrative deconstruction forever!

― Casuistry, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

Stop that right now.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

I have no problems working for the city, generally - just working for them in an employment context.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

xxpost Oh wow, good one

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

Having just watched the Wire season 2, I believe that all unions are corrupt. However, they are still good dudes and can drink like motherfuckers.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

God help me when I start having a beer and a shot for breakfast.

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha, Jordan.

― KitCat, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

xp to me - That makes no GD sense. I mean, I would work for all this city, but not in the L&E division, as that would put me on the employer side of the worker justice divide. If they wanted to hire me elsewhere and I didn't have anything else going for me, I'd consider it, depending on what I'd be doing, the pay, etc.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

but see in the Wire, the union wasn't morally corrupt. Sobotka was involved in crime for the income, which he used to buy politicians whose votes he needed to do things like keep factories open and dredge channels. It was all in the interest of keeping his guys working and fed.

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

God help me when I start having a beer and a shot for breakfast.

Yeah, a beer with a fucking RAW EGG in it!

True, his intentions were good, but it still got him [spoilers deleted] and his kid and nephew [spoilers deleted] and the union [spoilers deleted].

― Jordan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

ooh madlibs!

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

"but it still got him [lubed] and his kid and nephew [erect] and the union [hott]."

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

Not all unions are corrupt, Kevin!

i never said they were. not all politicians are either. but my brief stay in the teamsters union and the conversations i had with older dudes when i was walking a picket line made me realize that EVERYONE was getting rich on our backs, or rather, everyone but us.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

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― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

Sobotka was involved in crime for the income, which he used to buy politicians whose votes he needed to do things like keep factories open and dredge channels.

OK, this sentence makes me glad I never started watching this show.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

dying cities don't interest you, jaymc? I find them fascinating.

:)

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

jaymc likes his big money playaz to come from SoCal.

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

Dying cities? Sure, that sounds interesting. Convoluted under-the-table schemes don't. Or at least, they make my head hurt. Cf. Mafia movies, the collected works of Guy Ritchie, etc.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

My disdain for these genres is really a disguise for the fact that I'm dumb and can't follow plots involving men, money, and power worth shit.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

that's how cities die, man. one convoluted scheme at a time.

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

can't follow plots involving men, money, and power worth shit

I would wager that this is not true, and you had a proper go at it.

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

you HAVEN'T had etc

― kenan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

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