Chicago: Become Familiar with its Distinctive Neighborhoods

hookup was a perfectly healthy 20something. (she was fine in the end)

by which she means that she has a really nice ass

was she fine in the front too?
DAMMIT

hahahaha I thought to myself "I will duck before refreshing, because I can see Kenan's response coming a mile away"

HEY - what is the area around 61st and Woodlawn like? I am asking as a directionally challenged middle class-looking white woman who would be on foot around there after dark.

of course!

dammit xpost haha

That's right near the Press! Not somewhere I'd want to be, necessarily...

nick gets the point. His was zingier.

I mean, he scores the point. If you see what I mean.

Some people have a way with words, and other people... not have way.

streetview suggests that it's not exactly picturesque.

what are you doing down there?

shut up, k, you're both funny.

Weird. The streetview pics look like they were taken at dusk. Or dawn. Uncharacteristically dark.

Racist!

I prefer my neighborhood -- it stays white out later.

LOLz.

On further exploration, it looks like there was a storm brewing. Also uncharacteristic--it's usually only sunny on Streetview.

I was looking up somewhere else on the South Side, and it also looked like dusk. It is sort of racist, on Streetview's part at least, to do that part of town at the end of day.

Thanks, Dan. Worker Justice Inc. wants me to attend a discrimination clinic on the 10th and give a workshop at the aforementioned location on the 9th and I'm trying to come up with a better reason for not doing the workshop than "I will not spend four hours on each of two consecutive week days doing things that are unrelated to my own precious free time." Which isn't to say that I'm not longer on board with worker justice, just that the new director has some boundary issues when it comes to the level of what he thinks my involvement should be. (Me: a couple of workshops/clinics/trainings a month; Him: once a week for four hours plus whatever additional workshops/clinics/or trainings he might need me for.)

It's mostly residential down at my end of 61st, but on Woodlawn there are some gas stations and stuff. It's not flat-out dangerous, but I don't think I'd be too into strolling around a lot after dark. The Green Line at 63rd looks like some kind of elevated prison from the future.

Here is what I sayeth: "Hi Ad@m, I can't make both the workshop on the 9th and the clinic on the 10th. I think that the timing, location, and my lack of car make the workshop a little too logistically challenging for me, so I will just see you on the 10th!"

It's one thing to jump on Metra and get there after work, but then another to get home on the northside from there at about 8:30, 9 pm. He doesn't seem to grasp the whole "I'm a lawyer now and work a regular schedule" thing.

"North of the Plaisance and you've got a deal."

The Press (60th/Blackstone) pictures on street view look dark, too, but the sky is very overcast and streetlights aren't on, so it isn't necessarily night-time.

xpost: not a bad deal, honestly

HEY - what is the area around 61st and Woodlawn like? I am asking as a directionally challenged middle class-looking white woman who would be on foot around there after dark.

that's about two blocks from here? i would not want to be on foot alone after dark around here. even though i am every night. what time will you be here?

my yearly attempt at mustache/beard growing has coincided with a head cold so blowing my nose is an adventure. never sure if the kleenex is getting it all!

I won't be, thanks to my assertive nature and protectionist tendencies w/r/t my leisure time.

xp Kevin that is kind of disgusting.

it's more than "kind of disgusting" when it's your face.

I don't know. I am much more able to deal with mine own snot than with the snot of others.

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose
but you can't pick your friend's nose

Didn't The Snot of Others win the Oscar for foreign film last year?

Speaking of The Snot of Others, I have to go write about lung ailments. Thank you all for your advice.

Also, send me a god damn cookie for not getting mired down in smashmortion discussions on the internet. A real cookie that I can eat, not a stupid internet browser cookie.

I want a cookie too. Even though I did Discuss Abortion On the Internet.

We have a SECOND DOG in the office! Yay!!!!

What kind??

Meh. It's a stupid beagle, but at least it's a dog. It belongs to my predecessor. the boss is baby sitting it.

HEY. Can anyone help me find that funny chicago neighborhood map that Evan posted some time ago?

The one with chocolate smell east of the Loop?

yes!

(er, west)

Yeah, I loved that map. No idea where it came from.

I am currently purchasing tickets for Peru. I don't think I've ever spent this money on anything before. :/

Ah, well. My morning nothing-to-do bliss is coming to an abrupt end. :(

See you guys in a month or so!

Didn't you say you went to Montreal once?

I am saving to go to Mexico.

Amanda has convinced me that if a lady of her thrift can do it, so can I.

Yeah, Montreal was cheap! Direct flight from Chicago. This time I have to go Chicago-->Miami-->Lima-->Arequipa. And then on the way back Cuzco-->Lima-->Miami-->Charlotte-->Chicago.

I think I need to make a conscious effort to save up in the next couple months. Not go out as often.

Wow.
When I looked into going to Montreal for the honeymoon, the flights alone were going to be as much as going to Europe.

Guys, I'm spending like $1000+.

seems about right

Yeah, actually kind of a good deal for that many hops and not leaving from where you entered.

Is that just air fare or does it include hotel or maybe one of those all-inclusive deals with food or a tour...?