Chicago MMXII

Yeah, I am lukewarm on AT&T but Jeff sent me something recently wherein somebody compared data speed and connectivity among Chicago carriers and AT&T was the clear winner. So p much they all suck and you should go w/ the cheapest or one w/ best customer service.

I would be very surprised if the next iPhone is a 4G phone.

The 3G coverage in Hong Kong was amazing. It was like a broadband connection that always worked. That needs to happen here.

I got Sprint basically only because I get a discount through the university.

n/a is on his way to go hang out in my old 'hood in ATL and I am having a strange combo of envy and nostalgia, which is weird bc I was objectively miserable for most of my time there and I have never really wanted to go back.

LOL based on how slow the MARTA trains are and the walk Im only going to have like 45 minutes to hang out. My goal is a good lunch. Maybe a burrito.

Burritos are one of the things I'm nostalgic about!!!

Jeff, why do you think the next iphone won't be 4G?

MARTA will make you appreciate the CTA, though. Phew.

Where's a good burrito place in the loop that might actually have seating available at lunch? We've got a big client in the office and we've been instructed not to eat at our desks so bringing food back is not an option. I'm really craving a good burrito today.

What time? I like La Cocina.

Probably be after 1 or so, to avoid the main noon rush.

You've got to be kidding me that AT&T was rated best. That's terrible news. I'm also disappointed to hear that iPhone 5 won't be 4G. Why the hell not?

You'll be good then. There's one in Jackson between State and Dearborn.

Thanks! Think I'll give that a try.

It could be 4G, but Tim Cook has said several times that the tech isn't mature enough for apple to move to that yet. Issues with the size of the chipset, battery life, readiness of the carriers networks.

ha i would totally go to this: http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/01/27/the-drum-circle-goes-electric-saturday-at-the-burlington

Jesse and I are going to see Diamanda Galas at the MCA on Feb. 23.

How does that thing markers always does go?

\(^_^)/

Is that it? Anyway, that's how I feel inside!

Jenny do you use Instagram? I uploaded some Five points pics.

I do! I'll go look!

It all looks the same.

No veggie burritos at Vortex or EAYC. I got a veggie burger at Vortex. It was alright. That place has a lot of rules.

The neighborhood is nice though. I had fun walking around.

Aw, sad about no veggie burritos at EAYC. I ate them so much. I probably made Jeff eat them.

I'm glad you had fun!

Wow. I just looked up the "rules" at the Vortex. What a bunch of assholes. Sorry I said to go there.

They've got almost as many pages of rules in their menu as pages of food items. I'm usually a really good tipper, but any place that harps on you unrelentingly about how much you need to tip instantly makes me want to be a horrible tipper.

it makes me think that they have been emotionally damaged in some way
kuma's has rules too though

I don't remember it being that bad or being so sexist but this was 12 years ago. And my regular haunts were EAYC and the Brewhouse since I felt a little insufficiently counter cultural to go the Vortex in the evenings.

xp I have issues with Kuma's on that, too. That whole "hostility" approach to customer service. Dumb.

Yeah, I was a little disappointed with that aspect of Kuma's when I finally went there, but the delicious food helped me get over it.

What rules does Kumas have?

That said, we do have some rules we’d appreciate you abide by:

1) We do not take reservations.
2) We will not “put on the game, bro”
3) No music requests.
4) No Minors after 10pm.
5) Our kitchen is only 16×6. Please be patient.

And during patio season (summer):
1) Patio opens when we open it.
2) To go service ends during patio season. Or when the patio is running. Whether it is sooner or later than the dates posted.
3) Patio is open when weather permits.
4) Patio closes Monday- Saturday at 10:30pm. Sundays at 9:00pm.
5) Kitchen is still only 16×6. Please be even more patient.

Nowhere near as off-putting as those Vortex ones though.

At least Kuma's used "please". Vortex was like one notch short of, "if you don't like it, fuck off".

those are all pretty reasonable imo

ugh the 'bar etiquette' rules on that vortex site are the worst

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

So its run by libertarians then?

I should have posted the whole thing

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

i am not reading that because i am never ever going there

When I first googled it, the pictures popped up on the menu and it didn't exactly strike me as the type of place that someone in this thread would recommend.

Kumas rules seem reasonable, even appreciated. I didn't even read the rules at Vortex. But it's weird they're 18 and up all the time. It seemed a little douchey in a "cool" way. The thrift clothes/head shop next door had a handwritten pro-Ron Paul sign outside.

I'm at the airport now and there's a lawyer getting very mad about law stuff on his cell. Someone's lawyer recused the judge.

I've had Sprint with my dumbphone and it's been fine.

lol @ the retronym "dumbphone"

I'm down with the 'victimized' explanation -- seems as if some real assholes have been in there before

coupled, of course, with owner assholism

nope, on further perusal, just owner assholism

place reminds me of THE ALLEY too for some reason

Wow, I googled vortex to check out their rules, and I'm fairly certain that it's where I spent New Year's Eve 1999 with my sister. WTF.

same brand of asshole

actually it was New Year's Eve 1998.
xp

(not your sister aj)

Ha ha I was going to compare it to The Alley but I feel bad for Jenny, everyone piling on her restaurant recommendation. It was fine, it really was.

I don't recall ever going into the Vortex. Seems like I would have at some point.