Chicago: Become Familiar with its Distinctive Neighborhoods

WERE YOU WORKING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING LAST WEEK BECUZ I WAS TOTALLY RIGHT THERE OUTSIDE??!?!?!?!?!?!

YES. Well, as of 8:30 I was.

I see the holiday train a lot. I have seen one at least 4 times in 3 years.

i want to see it but i guess it doesn't make sense to have it running during the rush hour if there's going to be a bunch of screaming kids on it.

This building has everything. A train station, a Taco Bell, a Dress Barn... EVERYTHING.

xp Jesse stole all my holiday train views. Selfish.

In 2005, the Holiday Train derailed.

I keep forgetting that you work in that building, Jenny. We're like two blocks away from each other. Lunch at Cosi sometime?

xpost ahahahahaha

does anyone work near adams and wells?

Yes, John, that would be lovely. Why don't I send you my workplace contact information and then you can contact me at my workplace with regard to lunch at Cosi sometime. They have a tasty cobb salad, although it's not really a cobb salad since it's lacking eggs and something else that I can't remember.

I am really into cobb salads these days.

jenny is basically saying "have your people call my people, we'll do lunch"?

She's such a lawyer.

Cobb salad just reminds me of this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5ULYWaUZMLA

I don't have people. I don't even have an office! But this is the nicest cubicle I've ever occupied, and they gave me an ergonomic keyboard, so I do feel like a valued member of the organization.

Also, if you work as a cook for the county hospital system for 23 years, you will make as much as I do here.

jenny, has your work led to anyone being imprisoned yet?

Not that I am aware of, but I may be partially responsible for the levying of fines or penalties.

Okay friends. Back to work. TTFN!

The veggie muffaletta sandwich at Cosi is A+++ (probably not "authentic" muffaletta but it is tasty).

I just had a Quesadilla Explosion (TM) salad at Chili's.

gross

I miss Bojangles.

I'm actually not a fan of their muffaletta. It's too salty or something*. My old standby is the caprese, which they call a TBM.

*This could just be the location I get it at. I used to not like Cosi very much because their bread was too salty, but then someone assured me that the one I was going to (this was back when I worked at Michigan/Jackson) was notorious for oversalting their bread. I started going to the one across from the Art Institute, and voila, so much better.

The Quesadilla XXXPLOSION (TM) was actually pretty tasty. It's basically a salad that has some tortilla strips in it and a tangy sauce and then you get quesadillas on the side.

i had shrimp bisque and a salad for lunch

I had Kr-brand spicy sweet potato soup (feat. coconut milk and peas) and a banana and a tiny sliver of leftover pumpkin pie.

Essentially: mush. But tasty mush.

K-ZA-DILLLLA XXXXXPPPLLLOOOOOOSSSIIIOOOOOONNN (TM)

i did not have a megarita or an awesome blossom

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/twentieth_century_fox/office_space/_group_photos/jennifer_aniston7.jpg

one of my ex-gfs worked at TGI Friday's and had to wear actual items of flair

actual flair

A muffaletta is not authentic at all if it is VEGGIE. How is that even possible? You need the additional saltiness of pork products.

I said before, it's a SALT SANDWICH.

it has lots of olives

and i don't give a crap if it's authentic, it is tasty as a mothra

from the cta regarding the holiday train:

The train operates approximately from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on several Saturdays, and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on select weekdays (schedules for each individual line will vary), and will make stops at all stations along the respective routes.

quesadilla xxxplosion all over your face, all over the place

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers/mothra.jpg

?

yeeeeeah

ew

tasty as a mothrafucker

i dare you to GIS "mothrafucker"

i am scared

nick, where's your office in evanston? i still think we should do an evanston lunch (and invite kr as well? and toby?) sometime, but it's kind of insane here at the moment so closer to the holidays would probably be better...

oh yeah i keep forgetting you're out here. I'm like a block north and a half-block west of the big movie theater, on un1vers1ty pl@ce.

we can eat at CHILI'S (just kidding)

fave evanston eatery: cozy noodles

gis for "mothrafucker" was clean! also:

A real S.O.B., a step up from motherfucker (but perhaps less offensive when heard in public). Evolved from motherfucker and inspired by the monstrocity Mothra, a foe of the famous Godzilla.

"That mothrafucker just stepped on my sac!"
"Mothrafucking Godzilla is always going around stepping on people's sacs."
"Only a real mothrafucking mothrafucker would commit such an inconsiderate act."

WTF. Who doesn't accept cash as a legitimate form of payment? I just wasted 40 minutes sitting at the DMV to renew my registration only to find out they don't accept cash. No credit card, no debit card, no cash. Checks or money orders only. What a fucking joke. Now I have to waste another lunch hour there tomorrow too.

I bet the person who told you that was really fucking smug and aloof about it, too.

Yes. As if they were taking tremendous pleasure in knowing I'd wasted all that time for nothing.

Isn't it ILLEGAL not to accept cash?? It's legal tender, for fuck's sake!