Having kicked the idea around for a year or two now, the Family Tonk has decided that we really are going to try to spend the kids' summer holiday in America this year. We want to be based out of, and mostly staying in, Chicago, but will probably do a couple of road trips: one to Colorado (Oleg, you're up), and one to Tennessee. We're currently planning to try and stay for around five weeks in total, from the 15/07 to the 20/08, or something like that.
This whole plan depends, however, on what sort of accommodation I can sort out. Bearing in mind that the flights alone are going to cost me upwards of four thousand Euro, I can't afford to be paying for a hotel suite for the entire vacation. Hotel accommodation would also mean that we have to drag everything we own with us on roadtrips, too, which would be a colossal pain in the jacksie - so that means we really want some kind of medium-term housing in the Chicago area.
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
To sum up, what I'm looking for is decent, cheap (or free), accommodation for two adults and two kids (so two bedrooms are fine) in one of the most desirable parts of the city for more or less the entire high season. I feel confident that not one of you Morans will have the slightest idea as to how I might be able to swing this particular miracle, but I'm asking you nonetheless. As an incentive for you to think extra hard about it, I guarantee that whoever figures this out will, upon my arrival, be eligible for unlimited shirtless man-hugs.
Also, you should all plan us into your family BBBQs for the summer. We will also be available for those Cubs tickets you simply can't get rid of.
So, sort it out, will you? There's a good chap.
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Having kicked the idea around for a year or two now, the Family Tonk has decided that we really are going to try to spend the kids' summer holiday in America this year. We want to be based out of, and mostly staying in, Chicago, but will probably do a couple of road trips: one to Colorado (Oleg, you're up), and one to Tennessee. We're currently planning to try and stay for around five weeks in total, from the 15/07 to the 20/08, or something like that.
This whole plan depends, however, on what sort of accommodation I can sort out. Bearing in mind that the flights alone are going to cost me upwards of four thousand Euro, I can't afford to be paying for a hotel suite for the entire vacation. Hotel accommodation would also mean that we have to drag everything we own with us on roadtrips, too, which would be a colossal pain in the jacksie - so that means we really want some kind of medium-term housing in the Chicago area.
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
To sum up, what I'm looking for is decent, cheap (or free), accommodation for two adults and two kids (so two bedrooms are fine) in one of the most desirable parts of the city for more or less the entire high season. I feel confident that not one of you Morans will have the slightest idea as to how I might be able to swing this particular miracle, but I'm asking you nonetheless. As an incentive for you to think extra hard about it, I guarantee that whoever figures this out will, upon my arrival, be eligible for unlimited shirtless man-hugs.
Also, you should all plan us into your family BBBQs for the summer. We will also be available for those Cubs tickets you simply can't get rid of.
So, sort it out, will you? There's a good chap.
If your kids don't speak English, my kids will mock and belittle them.
Quote from: PANK! on December 30, 2014, 07:08:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Having kicked the idea around for a year or two now, the Family Tonk has decided that we really are going to try to spend the kids' summer holiday in America this year. We want to be based out of, and mostly staying in, Chicago, but will probably do a couple of road trips: one to Colorado (Oleg, you're up), and one to Tennessee. We're currently planning to try and stay for around five weeks in total, from the 15/07 to the 20/08, or something like that.
This whole plan depends, however, on what sort of accommodation I can sort out. Bearing in mind that the flights alone are going to cost me upwards of four thousand Euro, I can't afford to be paying for a hotel suite for the entire vacation. Hotel accommodation would also mean that we have to drag everything we own with us on roadtrips, too, which would be a colossal pain in the jacksie - so that means we really want some kind of medium-term housing in the Chicago area.
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
To sum up, what I'm looking for is decent, cheap (or free), accommodation for two adults and two kids (so two bedrooms are fine) in one of the most desirable parts of the city for more or less the entire high season. I feel confident that not one of you Morans will have the slightest idea as to how I might be able to swing this particular miracle, but I'm asking you nonetheless. As an incentive for you to think extra hard about it, I guarantee that whoever figures this out will, upon my arrival, be eligible for unlimited shirtless man-hugs.
Also, you should all plan us into your family BBBQs for the summer. We will also be available for those Cubs tickets you simply can't get rid of.
So, sort it out, will you? There's a good chap.
If your kids don't speak English, my kids will mock and belittle them.
... says the Irishman.
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I've heard of arrangements wherein people from two parts of the globe "swap" residencies. Surely, you can prepare your home in time for some upscale yuppie couple from Lincoln Park to spend a summer in Europe, based out of your place, which would of course allow for much coffee shop visitation. Not having lots of money and/or scads of Socialist vacation time like you, I have had no experience with such arrangements of course but perhaps the Internet can help. Might be more trouble than it's worth, who knows? Also, my wife knew a family from her hometown who had rented an apartment near Clark and Diversey (yes, nearby the "crazy" McDonalds) for something like 9 months back in 2005 (I was with them at a bar when Nomar tore his groin running out of the box). Those things do exist, and it's good you're starting now obviously. Let us know how it goes.
Quote from: PANK! on December 30, 2014, 08:28:43 AM
I've heard of arrangements wherein people from two parts of the globe "swap" residencies.
Someone caught "The Holiday" on cable this month.*
* Me. It was me.
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Having kicked the idea around for a year or two now, the Family Tonk has decided that we really are going to try to spend the kids' summer holiday in America this year. We want to be based out of, and mostly staying in, Chicago, but will probably do a couple of road trips: one to Colorado (Oleg, you're up), and one to Tennessee. We're currently planning to try and stay for around five weeks in total, from the 15/07 to the 20/08, or something like that.
This whole plan depends, however, on what sort of accommodation I can sort out. Bearing in mind that the flights alone are going to cost me upwards of four thousand Euro, I can't afford to be paying for a hotel suite for the entire vacation. Hotel accommodation would also mean that we have to drag everything we own with us on roadtrips, too, which would be a colossal pain in the jacksie - so that means we really want some kind of medium-term housing in the Chicago area.
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
To sum up, what I'm looking for is decent, cheap (or free), accommodation for two adults and two kids (so two bedrooms are fine) in one of the most desirable parts of the city for more or less the entire high season. I feel confident that not one of you Morans will have the slightest idea as to how I might be able to swing this particular miracle, but I'm asking you nonetheless. As an incentive for you to think extra hard about it, I guarantee that whoever figures this out will, upon my arrival, be eligible for unlimited shirtless man-hugs.
Also, you should all plan us into your family BBBQs for the summer. We will also be available for those Cubs tickets you simply can't get rid of.
So, sort it out, will you? There's a good chap.
I have no idea what in the sam hell you're talking about because here in America we only have 12 months.
I'm sure you're already aware of this, but have you checked out airbnb or VRBO? Cheaper than a hotel room for a long-term stay, if Huey can't clear out his tater cupboard in time for you and your family to sleep in there.
Quote from: PANK! on December 30, 2014, 07:08:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Having kicked the idea around for a year or two now, the Family Tonk has decided that we really are going to try to spend the kids' summer holiday in America this year. We want to be based out of, and mostly staying in, Chicago, but will probably do a couple of road trips: one to Colorado (Oleg, you're up), and one to Tennessee. We're currently planning to try and stay for around five weeks in total, from the 15/07 to the 20/08, or something like that.
This whole plan depends, however, on what sort of accommodation I can sort out. Bearing in mind that the flights alone are going to cost me upwards of four thousand Euro, I can't afford to be paying for a hotel suite for the entire vacation. Hotel accommodation would also mean that we have to drag everything we own with us on roadtrips, too, which would be a colossal pain in the jacksie - so that means we really want some kind of medium-term housing in the Chicago area.
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
To sum up, what I'm looking for is decent, cheap (or free), accommodation for two adults and two kids (so two bedrooms are fine) in one of the most desirable parts of the city for more or less the entire high season. I feel confident that not one of you Morans will have the slightest idea as to how I might be able to swing this particular miracle, but I'm asking you nonetheless. As an incentive for you to think extra hard about it, I guarantee that whoever figures this out will, upon my arrival, be eligible for unlimited shirtless man-hugs.
Also, you should all plan us into your family BBBQs for the summer. We will also be available for those Cubs tickets you simply can't get rid of.
So, sort it out, will you? There's a good chap.
If your kids don't speak English, my kids will mock and belittle them.
I can only imaginewhat they do over your typing.
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Having kicked the idea around for a year or two now, the Family Tonk has decided that we really are going to try to spend the kids' summer holiday in America this year. We want to be based out of, and mostly staying in, Chicago, but will probably do a couple of road trips: one to Colorado (Oleg, you're up), and one to Tennessee. We're currently planning to try and stay for around five weeks in total, from the 15/07 to the 20/08, or something like that.
This whole plan depends, however, on what sort of accommodation I can sort out. Bearing in mind that the flights alone are going to cost me upwards of four thousand Euro, I can't afford to be paying for a hotel suite for the entire vacation. Hotel accommodation would also mean that we have to drag everything we own with us on roadtrips, too, which would be a colossal pain in the jacksie - so that means we really want some kind of medium-term housing in the Chicago area.
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
To sum up, what I'm looking for is decent, cheap (or free), accommodation for two adults and two kids (so two bedrooms are fine) in one of the most desirable parts of the city for more or less the entire high season. I feel confident that not one of you Morans will have the slightest idea as to how I might be able to swing this particular miracle, but I'm asking you nonetheless. As an incentive for you to think extra hard about it, I guarantee that whoever figures this out will, upon my arrival, be eligible for unlimited shirtless man-hugs.
Also, you should all plan us into your family BBBQs for the summer. We will also be available for those Cubs tickets you simply can't get rid of.
So, sort it out, will you? There's a good chap.
A quick look-see on SabbaticalHomes brought this (https://www.sabbaticalhomes.com/Home_Rent_House_Rental_House_Sitting_Evanston_Illinois_United_States_of_America_87661.htm) up...a little further north than what you were looking for, but the dates square up nicely - and you can hire Thrill to give you rides on his bike handlebars.
Quote from: Fork on December 30, 2014, 01:03:16 PM
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Having kicked the idea around for a year or two now, the Family Tonk has decided that we really are going to try to spend the kids' summer holiday in America this year. We want to be based out of, and mostly staying in, Chicago, but will probably do a couple of road trips: one to Colorado (Oleg, you're up), and one to Tennessee. We're currently planning to try and stay for around five weeks in total, from the 15/07 to the 20/08, or something like that.
This whole plan depends, however, on what sort of accommodation I can sort out. Bearing in mind that the flights alone are going to cost me upwards of four thousand Euro, I can't afford to be paying for a hotel suite for the entire vacation. Hotel accommodation would also mean that we have to drag everything we own with us on roadtrips, too, which would be a colossal pain in the jacksie - so that means we really want some kind of medium-term housing in the Chicago area.
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
To sum up, what I'm looking for is decent, cheap (or free), accommodation for two adults and two kids (so two bedrooms are fine) in one of the most desirable parts of the city for more or less the entire high season. I feel confident that not one of you Morans will have the slightest idea as to how I might be able to swing this particular miracle, but I'm asking you nonetheless. As an incentive for you to think extra hard about it, I guarantee that whoever figures this out will, upon my arrival, be eligible for unlimited shirtless man-hugs.
Also, you should all plan us into your family BBBQs for the summer. We will also be available for those Cubs tickets you simply can't get rid of.
So, sort it out, will you? There's a good chap.
A quick look-see on SabbaticalHomes brought this (https://www.sabbaticalhomes.com/Home_Rent_House_Rental_House_Sitting_Evanston_Illinois_United_States_of_America_87661.htm) up...a little further north than what you were looking for, but the dates square up nicely - and you can hire Thrill to give you rides on his bike handlebars.
They're looking to avoid kids, I think, but that website is definitely worth keeping an eye on. Thanks, mate.
Here's another: http://www.vrbo.com/290256
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 12:20:43 PM
Here's another: http://www.vrbo.com/290256
Shit, for that much ched you can stay in our house and we'll bunk up at the Best Western.
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 12:20:43 PM
Here's another: http://www.vrbo.com/290256
I have a hunch that's my old area, and I advise you to keep looking.
Quote from: Fork on December 31, 2014, 12:46:42 PM
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 12:20:43 PM
Here's another: http://www.vrbo.com/290256
Shit, for that much ched you can stay in our house and we'll bunk up at the Best Western.
$3600 a month wasn't a ton more than the Evanston condo.
Quote from: Yeti on December 30, 2014, 08:11:30 AM
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OK. The guy on the left is Tony Soprano. I don't recognize the other guy.
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
How Dubbsian are you? I can start running local ads and inquire with the local Serbian mafia if you like, but if the fucking Metra is a fucking problem, you'd have to fucking learn how to use the fucking bus, if you fucking get my fucking drift.
[
Edit.—Eh, fuck it, I'll check with the Serbian mafia all the same. They're...
connected.]
Quote from: Wheezer on December 31, 2014, 11:16:59 PM
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
How Dubbsian are you? I can start running local ads and inquire with the local Serbian mafia if you like, but if the fucking Metra is a fucking problem, you'd have to fucking learn how to use the fucking bus, if you fucking get my fucking drift.
[Edit.—Eh, fuck it, I'll check with the Serbian mafia all the same. They're... connected.]
God, this is good.
Quote from: Slaky on January 01, 2015, 02:01:01 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on December 31, 2014, 11:16:59 PM
Quote from: Tonker on December 30, 2014, 05:54:44 AM
Ideally, we'd like to be somewhere with the boundaries of the El - I don't want to be dependent on the fucking Metra for getting anywhere. If we could find something within shouting distance of the lake and/or Downtown or the North Side, so much the better.
How Dubbsian are you? I can start running local ads and inquire with the local Serbian mafia if you like, but if the fucking Metra is a fucking problem, you'd have to fucking learn how to use the fucking bus, if you fucking get my fucking drift.
[Edit.—Eh, fuck it, I'll check with the Serbian mafia all the same. They're... connected.]
God, this is good.
We can shut it down. That's already the post of the year.
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 05:37:03 PM
Quote from: Fork on December 31, 2014, 12:46:42 PM
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 12:20:43 PM
Here's another: http://www.vrbo.com/290256
Shit, for that much ched you can stay in our house and we'll bunk up at the Best Western.
$3600 a month wasn't a ton more than the Evanston condo.
Yeah, but it's West Rogers Park - the map shows it just west of Clark.
Quote from: Fork on January 02, 2015, 09:03:08 AM
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 05:37:03 PM
Quote from: Fork on December 31, 2014, 12:46:42 PM
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 12:20:43 PM
Here's another: http://www.vrbo.com/290256
Shit, for that much ched you can stay in our house and we'll bunk up at the Best Western.
$3600 a month wasn't a ton more than the Evanston condo.
Yeah, but it's West Rogers Park - the map shows it just west of Clark.
Eh, cross that one off the list then.
Quote from: Fork on January 02, 2015, 09:03:08 AM
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 05:37:03 PM
Quote from: Fork on December 31, 2014, 12:46:42 PM
Quote from: Brownie on December 31, 2014, 12:20:43 PM
Here's another: http://www.vrbo.com/290256
Shit, for that much ched you can stay in our house and we'll bunk up at the Best Western.
$3600 a month wasn't a ton more than the Evanston condo.
Yeah, but it's West Rogers Park - the map shows it just west of Clark.
Barely. That's like a 10 minute walk from Jarvis, Howard and the Metra.
Is this still gonna hai?
Because we could totes do a Morans group buy for a Cub game before hitting the Cheesecake Factory.
We're still figuring out logistics, still haven't figured out an affordable place to stay, and I still haven't discussed it with my boss: but apart from that, we're good to go.
In all seriousness: yes, we're still planning on this. We'd rather not have to drop a grand a week on accommodation, but it looks like that's what it's going to cost, one way or another.
Quote from: Tonker on February 12, 2015, 05:36:18 AM
We're still figuring out logistics, still haven't figured out an affordable place to stay, and I still haven't discussed it with my boss: but apart from that, we're good to go.
In all seriousness: yes, we're still planning on this. We'd rather not have to drop a grand a week on accommodation, but it looks like that's what it's going to cost, one way or another.
This is available for half your trip. Walk to Wrigley Field. https://m.airbnb.com/reservations/create/3847839
Quote from: Brownie on February 12, 2015, 07:22:27 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 12, 2015, 05:36:18 AM
We're still figuring out logistics, still haven't figured out an affordable place to stay, and I still haven't discussed it with my boss: but apart from that, we're good to go.
In all seriousness: yes, we're still planning on this. We'd rather not have to drop a grand a week on accommodation, but it looks like that's what it's going to cost, one way or another.
This is available for half your trip. Walk to Wrigley Field. https://m.airbnb.com/reservations/create/3847839
That actually looks about perfect. Where can you see when it's available or not? I can't figure it out... Might be able to double up with another place either side of a trip to Colomarado.
Quote from: Tonker on February 12, 2015, 08:18:35 AM
Quote from: Brownie on February 12, 2015, 07:22:27 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 12, 2015, 05:36:18 AM
We're still figuring out logistics, still haven't figured out an affordable place to stay, and I still haven't discussed it with my boss: but apart from that, we're good to go.
In all seriousness: yes, we're still planning on this. We'd rather not have to drop a grand a week on accommodation, but it looks like that's what it's going to cost, one way or another.
This is available for half your trip. Walk to Wrigley Field. https://m.airbnb.com/reservations/create/3847839
That actually looks about perfect. Where can you see when it's available or not? I can't figure it out... Might be able to double up with another place either side of a trip to Colomarado.
Here's the non-mobile version:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3847839
Quote from: Eli on February 12, 2015, 08:54:32 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 12, 2015, 08:18:35 AM
Quote from: Brownie on February 12, 2015, 07:22:27 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 12, 2015, 05:36:18 AM
We're still figuring out logistics, still haven't figured out an affordable place to stay, and I still haven't discussed it with my boss: but apart from that, we're good to go.
In all seriousness: yes, we're still planning on this. We'd rather not have to drop a grand a week on accommodation, but it looks like that's what it's going to cost, one way or another.
This is available for half your trip. Walk to Wrigley Field. https://m.airbnb.com/reservations/create/3847839
That actually looks about perfect. Where can you see when it's available or not? I can't figure it out... Might be able to double up with another place either side of a trip to Colomarado.
Here's the non-mobile version:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3847839
As far as I can make out, it's available pretty much the whole of July and August. Sweet!
FLIGHTS ARE BOOKED. THIS IS HAPPENING, MY FRENTS.
We arrive on Monday 13th July and fly back on Tuesday 18th August. Five full weeks in the ISA!
We still don't have any accommodation booked and will likely be booking from week to week as we're doing at least two road trips and maybe more. So, if anybody needs their house sitting while they're away this summer, or knows of somebody who does, look no further. The flights have cost us getting on for €4k and we're getting raped on the exchange rate, so every penny we now have to spend on accommodation will be a penny we can't spend on glorious Midwestern food. Will nobody think of the BBBQ?
Also, if you'd all like to bear us in mind for your social calendar, that would be fantastic. We will turn down (almost) no invitation and will happily pay our way, be it local events, Cubs games, dinner or drinks. I know I'm a cunt, but STonk and the kids are really nice.
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 08:38:51 AM
FLIGHTS ARE BOOKED. THIS IS HAPPENING, MY FRENTS.
We arrive on Monday 13th July and fly back on Tuesday 18th August. Five full weeks in the ISA!
We still don't have any accommodation booked and will likely be booking from week to week as we're doing at least two road trips and maybe more. So, if anybody needs their house sitting while they're away this summer, or knows of somebody who does, look no further. The flights have cost us getting on for €4k and we're getting raped on the exchange rate, so every penny we now have to spend on accommodation will be a penny we can't spend on glorious Midwestern food. Will nobody think of the BBBQ?
Also, if you'd all like to bear us in mind for your social calendar, that would be fantastic. We will turn down (almost) no invitation and will happily pay our way, be it local events, Cubs games, dinner or drinks. I know I'm a cunt, but STonk and the kids are really nice.
All signs point to a family free July for this guy so you may get sick of me.
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 08:38:51 AM
FLIGHTS ARE BOOKED. THIS IS HAPPENING, MY FRENTS.
We arrive on Monday 13th July and fly back on Tuesday 18th August. Five full weeks in the ISA!
We still don't have any accommodation booked and will likely be booking from week to week as we're doing at least two road trips and maybe more. So, if anybody needs their house sitting while they're away this summer, or knows of somebody who does, look no further. The flights have cost us getting on for €4k and we're getting raped on the exchange rate, so every penny we now have to spend on accommodation will be a penny we can't spend on glorious Midwestern food. Will nobody think of the BBBQ?
Also, if you'd all like to bear us in mind for your social calendar, that would be fantastic. We will turn down (almost) no invitation and will happily pay our way, be it local events, Cubs games, dinner or drinks. I know I'm a cunt, but STonk and the kids are really nice.
Work-wise, it's literally the worst time for me, but I can at least squeeze weekends up in Chicago out of the lady.
"Hey, want to visit your 3 month old niece? I'm going to go party with an Australian, k darlin?"
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 08:38:51 AM
FLIGHTS ARE BOOKED. THIS IS HAPPENING, MY FRENTS.
We arrive on Monday 13th July and fly back on Tuesday 18th August. Five full weeks in the ISA!
We still don't have any accommodation booked and will likely be booking from week to week as we're doing at least two road trips and maybe more. So, if anybody needs their house sitting while they're away this summer, or knows of somebody who does, look no further. The flights have cost us getting on for €4k and we're getting raped on the exchange rate, so every penny we now have to spend on accommodation will be a penny we can't spend on glorious Midwestern food. Will nobody think of the BBBQ?
Also, if you'd all like to bear us in mind for your social calendar, that would be fantastic. We will turn down (almost) no invitation and will happily pay our way, be it local events, Cubs games, dinner or drinks. I know I'm a cunt, but STonk and the kids are really nice.
Since Morph has given up social media for Lent, this seems like the perfect time to plan a party at his place.
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Yes. But I'd definitely meet y'all in Des Moines for a nice Zombie Burger or something.
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
If you don't mind going a little out of the way, New Salem/Dixon Mounds/Springfield would expose the Tonklets to some cool Americana, at least lots of Lincoln stuff.
Des Moines? Omaha? The IL/IN Border??
Y'all need to stop acting like there's shit to see in the Midwest.
Just get straight to your destinations as fast as possible, Tonk.
As for rental car companies, they're basically all the same assuming you don't have a rewards system you're using.
I'd just go to Hotwire.com and shop by price.
Yea, there ain't shit to see from Chicago to Nashville. Get to Nashville and then drink to your heart's content
Quote from: Yeti on March 09, 2015, 01:20:15 PM
Yea, there ain't shit to see from Chicago to Nashville. Get to Nashville and then drink to your heart's content
Walk into a country bar, request Ray Price. Hear country rap instead.
Quote from: PenFoe on March 09, 2015, 01:09:55 PM
Y'all need to stop acting like there's shit to see in the Midwest.
Just get straight to your destinations as fast as possible, Tonk.
I'd basically agree with this, but Chicago to Denver is 14 hours. He'll need to stop somewhere. With that in mind:
Assuming you start driving at 8am...
Between Chicago and Iowa City, you can see the "World's Biggest Truckstop (http://iowa80truckstop.com/)". That's basically all there is aside from tollbooths. Get some gas and you'll be in Iowa City by 12:00.
Iowa City's got some good restaurants for lunch downtown. Atlas is good (http://www.atlasiowacity.com/) -- there's a buffalo chicken burrito that I've seriously considered driving 2-3 hours for on a few occasions. Short's is good for burgers/beer (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shorts-Burger-Shine/105224636189370). There's probably other stuff that's opened since I last lived there, but those two stick out and are still open.
Iowa City to Omaha is another 3.5 hours or so.
Between Des Moines and Omaha, it's basically just pasture/corn/soybeans with a lot of casino billboards and signs on barns that say once Jesus comes back we're all going to burn in hell for killing babies. If you miss the turn off I-80 that leads to Omaha, I guess there's this scenic reststop (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.496315,-95.866231,3a,90y,203.86h,86.76t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sJreKE5W06nAPL_-acvJgTw!2e0) that I used to stop at when driving back from college and smoke a spliff.
Stay in Omaha. Try to stay out of North Omaha. You won't get stabbed or anything, but it's kind of rough. Old Market district has shops/restaurants/white people.
Either on your way to Denver or on the way back, (and assuming your kid likes animals), budget a few hours to stop at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha (http://www.omahazoo.com/). It's one of the coolest memories I have from when I was a kid. That's basically the only thing to see. Unless, you like old arcade games/skeeball/pinball and craft beer -- then Beercade is pretty sweet (http://www.thebeercade.com/). Beercade is a good reason to go to North Omaha.
Then you've got 7-8 hours to get from Omaha to Denver and much of that's through Nebraska. Nebraska sucks.
When doing the Chicago–Denver drive alone (I-80 through Iowa and Nebraska), I would do it in a single shot. But we're talking like 15 hours including gas/piss stops—less if really hauling ass—and I'd imagine that's not practical for you.
When I'd do the drive with my mom, we'd break it into two days and spend a night in Kearney, NE (westbound) or as far east in Iowa as we could manage (eastbound). These waypoints determined more by time/distance than by the places being in any way worth visiting. Short of making a side trip to the BIG HAUS AMERICAN MUSCLE DOJO, there's nothing awaiting you in between but a bunch of fat white people and The World's Largest Truck Stop (http://iowa80truckstop.com), which has a Wendy's.
That's what I need, boys. Lovely job.
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 02:02:11 PM
That's what I need, boys. Lovely job.
Wherever you rent your car from get an IPASS transponder. Most rental companies have them available and it will save you money, time and frustration driving on the Illinois toll system.
Omaha has some great places for steak, too. And the jewelry store, Borsheims, is world famous. Can't agree enough about Henry Doorly. I used to go there every summer (Mom's from Omaha).
If you skip hitting Whitey's Ice Cream in Iowa (they are in the Quad Cities and in Iowa City), you fail at life.
They used to offer tours of Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base just outside of Omaha. They had some Titan missiles you could walk around and touch. Pretty much everything west of Lincoln and east of Denver is flat nothing. I think there was an outlet mall in North Platte.
There's a Whitey's Ice Cream in the Coralville Mall just off of I-80 right after Iowa City. Chuck is actually not wrong on this.
Quote from: SKO on March 09, 2015, 02:52:16 PM
There's a Whitey's Ice Cream in the Coralville Mall just off of I-80 right after Iowa City. Chuck is actually not wrong on this.
Whitey's is good, but there's nothing else in Coralville in terms of sites or food. Why stop out there when there's a Whitey's in downtown IC?
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Go down to Nashville via I-55 (which is kind of out of the way) so you can do Springfield, as Fork suggests. New Salem, the Abraham Lincoln home and the Abe Lincoln museum are all relatively inexpensive and Lincoln is kind of a big deal here in Illinois. From Springfield, zip across I-72 to Decatur, do not breathe through your nostrils, and go south on 57 to I-24, which will take you into Nashville.
Head back via I-65. You will be close to Mammoth Cave, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Churchill Downs, the Louisville Slugger Factory, architecturally significant Buttpuddle (Apex tour book not included), Indianapolis (the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a top notch Children's Museum), and a boring but not so bad three hours back to downtown Chicago via the smokestacks, steel mills, corn processing plants and oil refineries of GaryHammondEastChicagoWhiting. If you go east a ways from 65 on 94, you can also see the Indiana Dunes and the Michigan Shoreline. Nice beaches, plus the culturally insignificant burg of Hobart on the way. You could also continue further east on the Indiana Toll Road to South Bend and Notre Dame if that sort of thing appeals to you, but really that's way out of the way for little payback.
Another thought would be to detour yourself through Cinicnnati on the way there or back, especially because the Reds will host the Cubs July 20-22 at the Great American Ballpark. Across the river from Cincinnati is Covington, which has a modest "Germantown" (http://"http://www.mainstrasse.org") if anyone into your family is into that sort of thing. It's been years (Riverfront Stadium was visible across the river; Paul Brown Stadium and the GABP were not) but I had a good meal at a restaurant there once. From Cincy, it's about 2 hours to Indy, and another 3 to Chicago.
Speaking of trips out of town to see the Cubs, they are in Milwaukee 7/30 through 8/2.
Seriously, Tonk - don't go to any of these places they're recommending.
Just go to TJ Slaky's and get the bearded clam strips.
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Look Zombie Burger has a burger with a fried mac and cheese bun, or a burger topped with a croquette of chili, and it's got very good alcoholic milkshakes. Plus if you're coming this summer you can meet Fork's grandson. That's my final offer.
Quote from: SKO on March 09, 2015, 03:37:48 PM
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Look Zombie Burger has a burger with a fried mac and cheese bun, or a burger topped with a croquette of chili, and it's got very good alcoholic milkshakes. Plus if you're coming this summer you can meet Fork's grandson. That's my final offer.
Take an extra belt.
Quote from: PenFoe on March 09, 2015, 03:08:38 PM
Seriously, Tonk, - don't go to any of these places they're recommending. from Denver, go down I-25 and then head West on I-40. In Flagstaff, go south on I-17 and exit at Carefree Highway. Head East about 10 miles or so. Then go for a nice 5-mile run and hike, play a round of golf at Tatum Ranch and ask yourself, it not passed out from heat exhaustion or dehydration: "Won't I miss this place?" On second thought, take me with.
Quote from: Brownie on March 09, 2015, 03:53:40 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on March 09, 2015, 03:08:38 PM
Seriously, Tonk, - don't go to any of these places they're recommending. from Denver, go down I-25 and then head West on I-40. In Flagstaff, go south on I-17 and exit at Carefree Highway. Head East about 10 miles or so. Then go for a nice 5-mile run and hike, play a round of golf at Tatum Ranch and ask yourself, it not passed out from heat exhaustion or dehydration: "Won't I miss this place?" On second thought, take me with.
Whoa...whoa.
If you're gonna do it, go through 4 Corners and down through Navajo Nation.
Better drive.
Quote from: Brownie on March 09, 2015, 03:53:40 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on March 09, 2015, 03:08:38 PM
Seriously, Tonk, - don't go to any of these places they're recommending. from Denver, go down I-25 and then head West on I-40. In Flagstaff, go south on I-17 and exit at Carefree Highway. Head East about 10 miles or so. Then go for a nice 5-mile run and hike, play a round of golf at Tatum Ranch and ask yourself, it not passed out from heat exhaustion or dehydration: "Won't I miss this place?" On second thought, take me with.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HXjLBDDs6Pg/TjArnvMQCnI/AAAAAAAAAEE/NpMUaARZlx0/s1600/muttley-laugh-o.gif)
But seriously, Pen is useless.
Quote from: ChuckD on March 09, 2015, 03:04:10 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 09, 2015, 02:52:16 PM
There's a Whitey's Ice Cream in the Coralville Mall just off of I-80 right after Iowa City. Chuck is actually not wrong on this.
Whitey's is good, but there's nothing else in Coralville in terms of sites or food. Why stop out there when there's a Whitey's in downtown IC?
I've driven past the Coralville mall (exit 240?), but never been in there. Downtown IC is exactly what you'd expect. A town with 5 buildings from 1850 and 20 buildings built between 1940 and 2010. And they have a Whitey's.
(https://scontent-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1000823_10201387428031399_320408820_n.jpg?oh=cb383979dc6a76ea70723320e433c025&oe=5571A549)
* This is one in Bettendorf.
Quote from: Brownie on March 09, 2015, 03:04:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Go down to Nashville via I-55 (which is kind of out of the way) so you can do Springfield, as Fork suggests. New Salem, the Abraham Lincoln home and the Abe Lincoln museum are all relatively inexpensive and Lincoln is kind of a big deal here in Illinois. From Springfield, zip across I-72 to Decatur, do not breathe through your nostrils, and go south on 57 to I-24, which will take you into Nashville.
Head back via I-65. You will be close to Mammoth Cave, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Churchill Downs, the Louisville Slugger Factory, architecturally significant Buttpuddle (Apex tour book not included), Indianapolis (the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a top notch Children's Museum), and a boring but not so bad three hours back to downtown Chicago via the smokestacks, steel mills, corn processing plants and oil refineries of GaryHammondEastChicagoWhiting. If you go east a ways from 65 on 94, you can also see the Indiana Dunes and the Michigan Shoreline. Nice beaches, plus the culturally insignificant burg of Hobart on the way. You could also continue further east on the Indiana Toll Road to South Bend and Notre Dame if that sort of thing appeals to you, but really that's way out of the way for little payback.
Another thought would be to detour yourself through Cinicnnati on the way there or back, especially because the Reds will host the Cubs July 20-22 at the Great American Ballpark. Across the river from Cincinnati is Covington, which has a modest "Germantown" (http://"http://www.mainstrasse.org") if anyone into your family is into that sort of thing. It's been years (Riverfront Stadium was visible across the river; Paul Brown Stadium and the GABP were not) but I had a good meal at a restaurant there once. From Cincy, it's about 2 hours to Indy, and another 3 to Chicago.
Speaking of trips out of town to see the Cubs, they are in Milwaukee 7/30 through 8/2.
Well if you do Springfield, allow me to be the tour guide. I have exemptions so I can visit those places despite the children present. I have at least one great food destination in Springfield for you.
Quote from: Yeti on March 09, 2015, 07:16:18 PM
Quote from: Brownie on March 09, 2015, 03:04:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Go down to Nashville via I-55 (which is kind of out of the way) so you can do Springfield, as Fork suggests. New Salem, the Abraham Lincoln home and the Abe Lincoln museum are all relatively inexpensive and Lincoln is kind of a big deal here in Illinois. From Springfield, zip across I-72 to Decatur, do not breathe through your nostrils, and go south on 57 to I-24, which will take you into Nashville.
Head back via I-65. You will be close to Mammoth Cave, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Churchill Downs, the Louisville Slugger Factory, architecturally significant Buttpuddle (Apex tour book not included), Indianapolis (the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a top notch Children's Museum), and a boring but not so bad three hours back to downtown Chicago via the smokestacks, steel mills, corn processing plants and oil refineries of GaryHammondEastChicagoWhiting. If you go east a ways from 65 on 94, you can also see the Indiana Dunes and the Michigan Shoreline. Nice beaches, plus the culturally insignificant burg of Hobart on the way. You could also continue further east on the Indiana Toll Road to South Bend and Notre Dame if that sort of thing appeals to you, but really that's way out of the way for little payback.
Another thought would be to detour yourself through Cinicnnati on the way there or back, especially because the Reds will host the Cubs July 20-22 at the Great American Ballpark. Across the river from Cincinnati is Covington, which has a modest "Germantown" (http://"http://www.mainstrasse.org") if anyone into your family is into that sort of thing. It's been years (Riverfront Stadium was visible across the river; Paul Brown Stadium and the GABP were not) but I had a good meal at a restaurant there once. From Cincy, it's about 2 hours to Indy, and another 3 to Chicago.
Speaking of trips out of town to see the Cubs, they are in Milwaukee 7/30 through 8/2.
Well if you do Springfield, allow me to be the tour guide. I have exemptions so I can visit those places despite the children present. I have at least one great food destination in Springfield for you.
N.B. Forrest's Extra-Mild Chili and Mayonnaise Sandwich Emporium?
If you're passing Paxton on I-57, Just Hamburgers (http://www.yelp.com/biz/just-hamburgers-paxton) is pretty great. Cash only.
Quote from: Brownie on March 09, 2015, 03:53:40 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on March 09, 2015, 03:08:38 PM
Seriously, Tonk, - don't go to any of these places they're recommending. from Denver, go down I-25 and then head West on I-40. In Flagstaff, go south on I-17 and exit at Carefree Highway. Head East about 10 miles or so. Then go for a nice 5-mile run and hike, play a round of golf at Tatum Ranch and ask yourself, it not passed out from heat exhaustion or dehydration: "Won't I miss this place?" On second thought, take me with.
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Quote from: Bort on March 09, 2015, 08:34:05 PM
Quote from: Yeti on March 09, 2015, 07:16:18 PM
Quote from: Brownie on March 09, 2015, 03:04:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on March 09, 2015, 12:49:02 PM
Just because I like to plan shit up front, I have a couple of questions about the two road trips we're thinking of doing: one to Nashville and one to Colorado (assuming for a moment that Oleg is still there at the end of July).
I'm expecting to split the CO trip into two days' travelling, and on the way out we'll probably overnight in KC: Eli has promised to show us some BBBQ there. On the way back, though, it might be nice to go another way. Is the route via Omaha/Des Moines flat and boring the whole way? Or is there something worth seeing en route? Where would be good to overnight?
Secondly: Tennessee. This, we can definitely do in a day on the Interstate, I reckon: but I'm open to taking it slower if it's worth it. Is there anything to see, or is the area around the IL/IN border something that needs to be going by in a blur?
Can anybody recommend a good hire car company, by the way?
Go down to Nashville via I-55 (which is kind of out of the way) so you can do Springfield, as Fork suggests. New Salem, the Abraham Lincoln home and the Abe Lincoln museum are all relatively inexpensive and Lincoln is kind of a big deal here in Illinois. From Springfield, zip across I-72 to Decatur, do not breathe through your nostrils, and go south on 57 to I-24, which will take you into Nashville.
Head back via I-65. You will be close to Mammoth Cave, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Churchill Downs, the Louisville Slugger Factory, architecturally significant Buttpuddle (Apex tour book not included), Indianapolis (the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a top notch Children's Museum), and a boring but not so bad three hours back to downtown Chicago via the smokestacks, steel mills, corn processing plants and oil refineries of GaryHammondEastChicagoWhiting. If you go east a ways from 65 on 94, you can also see the Indiana Dunes and the Michigan Shoreline. Nice beaches, plus the culturally insignificant burg of Hobart on the way. You could also continue further east on the Indiana Toll Road to South Bend and Notre Dame if that sort of thing appeals to you, but really that's way out of the way for little payback.
Another thought would be to detour yourself through Cinicnnati on the way there or back, especially because the Reds will host the Cubs July 20-22 at the Great American Ballpark. Across the river from Cincinnati is Covington, which has a modest "Germantown" (http://"http://www.mainstrasse.org") if anyone into your family is into that sort of thing. It's been years (Riverfront Stadium was visible across the river; Paul Brown Stadium and the GABP were not) but I had a good meal at a restaurant there once. From Cincy, it's about 2 hours to Indy, and another 3 to Chicago.
Speaking of trips out of town to see the Cubs, they are in Milwaukee 7/30 through 8/2.
Well if you do Springfield, allow me to be the tour guide. I have exemptions so I can visit those places despite the children present. I have at least one great food destination in Springfield for you.
N.B. Forrest's Extra-Mild Chili and Mayonnaise Sandwich Emporium?
Something about them having a play pen. [/effort]
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
Well, we get massive influx of Asians to the Lincoln shit. You can do that stuff during a day. It might be worth it to stay here on that night and continue to Nashville from here (5.5 hours IIRC).
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
Do field trips count? I mean the Lincoln House/Library and New Salem are a yearly destination for most central/southern Illinois school kids. Other than that? No.
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 08:11:18 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
Do field trips count? I mean the Lincoln House/Library and New Salem are a yearly destination for most central/southern Illinois school kids. Other than that? No.
You're all wrong!
http://www.visitspringfieldillinois.com/
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
Abraham Lincoln was dying to go there.
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
A tourist destination? No. God no.
The closest I came was a senior year day field trip in high school, and then, about 12 or so years ago, on my way back from a work call in St. Louis, I stopped in Springfield for lunch, and toured the Capitol. But I was just passing through so my act of tourism did not itself represent any sort of a
destination.
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
Quote from: Yeti on March 10, 2015, 07:42:47 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
Well, we get massive influx of Asians to the Lincoln shit.
Hey, where did Pex go?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Seriously. For fucks sake, how old are you people?
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
I honestly don't think there's a single tourist site in the state of Iowa worth a damn. I mean Adventureland is a half-decent amusement park if your dad's too cheap or unwilling to make the drive to a Six Flags. There's some museums and stuff that are enough to entertain us provincials but I doubt anyone from fucking Europe could give a shit about seeing OOH BUILDINGS THAT ARE HUNNERT YEARS OLD in Iowa City. So stop for a bite to eat, let us laugh at your funny accent, and then get the hell out of our red state, Euro boy.
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
The state fair is not until August 12, so alas, probably too late for you.
If Lincoln interests you at all, it's worth the stop. If not, stay on I-57 and the drive the flat, open prairie the length of the state. Or go through Indiana and have lunch in Seymour. They have a nice Burger King and a top-notch Arby's there, I hear.
Quote from: Brownie on March 10, 2015, 10:25:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 06:25:56 AM
I do wonder whether anybody has ever taken in Springfield, IL, as a tourist destination. I mean... anybody.
EVER.
The state fair is not until August 12, so alas, probably too late for you.
If Lincoln interests you at all, it's worth the stop. If not, stay on I-57 and the drive the flat, open prairie the length of the state. Or go through Indiana and have lunch in Seymour. They have a nice Burger King and a top-notch Arby's there, I hear.
This (http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/locations) might also be useful.
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 10:18:05 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
I honestly don't think there's a single tourist site in the state of Iowa worth a damn. I mean Adventureland is a half-decent amusement park if your dad's too cheap or unwilling to make the drive to a Six Flags. There's some museums and stuff that are enough to entertain us provincials but I doubt anyone from fucking Europe could give a shit about seeing OOH BUILDINGS THAT ARE HUNNERT YEARS OLD in Iowa City. So stop for a bite to eat, let us laugh at your funny accent the gussets of the local totty moisten at your "funny" accent, and then get the hell out of our red state, Euro boy.
Fixed that for you.
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Yeah. As someone who has driven all of the way from Davenport, IA to Minot, ND or from Cedar Falls, IA to the Black Hills of South Dakota there's rarely anything in Iowa/Nebraska/Minnesota actually worth seeing, but I can't imagine kids sitting tightly while you try and plow through 15 hour stretches of nothing without stopping for the few mediocre life rafts you might find.
Also I don't know what your plan for entertaining kids in said car is but if it relies on wi-fi or 3G/4G data at all I'd come up with something not reliant on picking up a signal.
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
God I hope none of that post is a euphemism.
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
But
I'm useless.
Quote from: PenFoe on March 10, 2015, 01:00:09 PM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
But I'm useless.
Tonk is primarily looking for advice on what to do in the Midwest. Your advice has been "the Midwest sucks." That doesn't seem particularly helpful to me.
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 01:12:56 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on March 10, 2015, 01:00:09 PM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
But I'm useless.
Tonk is primarily looking for advice on what to do in the Midwest. Your advice has been "the Midwest sucks." That doesn't seem particularly helpful to me.
His question was "should I stop at any of these places?" not "which one of these places is worth stopping at?"
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
In that case, we're going for breaded steak sandwiches and not taking CT.
Quote from: Bort on March 10, 2015, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
God I hope none of that post is a euphemism.
Euphemism for "squeal like a pig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxUbv90lLI)"?
(NSFW)
Quote from: PANK! on March 10, 2015, 02:02:37 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 10, 2015, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
God I hope none of that post is a euphemism.
Euphemism for "squeal like a pig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxUbv90lLI)"?
(NSFW)
None of it is a euphemism. My dad just has a really nice 28 foot long pontoon boat and spends the summer getting extremely wasted and cruising it up and down the Mississippi. It's a great deal of 'Merica style fun, if that's what you're after.
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 02:32:01 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 10, 2015, 02:02:37 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 10, 2015, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
God I hope none of that post is a euphemism.
Euphemism for "squeal like a pig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxUbv90lLI)"?
(NSFW)
None of it is a euphemism. My dad just has a really nice 28 foot long pontoon boat and spends the summer getting extremely wasted and cruising it up and down the Mississippi. It's a great deal of 'Merica style fun, if that's what you're after.
Tonk--be sure to read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" on your flight over, which will prepare you when you take your family onto SKO's drunken dad's pontoon boat on the Mighty Mississippi.
Quote from: PANK! on March 10, 2015, 02:38:29 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 02:32:01 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 10, 2015, 02:02:37 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 10, 2015, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
God I hope none of that post is a euphemism.
Euphemism for "squeal like a pig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxUbv90lLI)"?
(NSFW)
None of it is a euphemism. My dad just has a really nice 28 foot long pontoon boat and spends the summer getting extremely wasted and cruising it up and down the Mississippi. It's a great deal of 'Merica style fun, if that's what you're after.
Tonk--be sure to read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" on your flight over, which will prepare you when you take your family onto SKO's drunken dad's pontoon boat on the Mighty Mississippi.
All joking aside, it does actually sound like fung, mang.
By the way, does anybody have any fences they need whitewashing?
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
I'd make the drive the drive east for this. Fucking seriously.
I'll even paint a chicken coup for the privilege.
Quote from: Oleg on March 10, 2015, 04:06:54 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
I'd make the drive the drive east for this. Fucking seriously.
I'll even paint a chicken coup for the privilege.
I for one welcome our new chicken overlords.
Quote from: PANK! on March 10, 2015, 02:02:37 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 10, 2015, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
God I hope none of that post is a euphemism.
Euphemism for "squeal like a pig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxUbv90lLI)"?
(NSFW)
Can't help you about the Midwest (although I have seen Butter Cow at the Iowa state fair and say that is worth it if you were around), but can help with Chicago. All you folks need to come to my place, we have a 10 year old, a play room a dog, a grill for proper sausage cooking (RIP Hot Dougs) and a 4 block walk to Wrigley
Also a tip about car rental-- the chains get a bit problematic if you rent for more than 28 days, so you may want to plan around that (you probably don't want a car when you are in Chicago anyway). National is my preferred brand (you can pick out your own car), but any of the majors will do.
Quote from: thehawk on March 10, 2015, 04:53:27 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 10, 2015, 02:02:37 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 10, 2015, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 10, 2015, 11:18:06 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 10, 2015, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 10, 2015, 09:57:24 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 10, 2015, 09:52:09 AM
Far be it from me to agree with TDubbs, but...
Quote from: TDubbsi mean seriously, tonk is coming over from europe. he doesn't need to stop in iowa or southern illinois with his family to see a fucking ice cream shop
Hey no one said he had to do anything. I certainly wouldn't recommend Iowa as a tourist destination for anyone. But if he's driving 80 and needs to stop in the state of Iowa for food, there are places more delicious than others.
As a veteran of the stretch of 80 that runs from Chicago to its easternmost point, I can attest to the value of finding something other than Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat.
Yeah, I think we're all just giving tips on how to best manage the relative boringness that stretches between actual cities in the Midwest*. None of us assume Tonk's going to come back from the trip thinking Coralville is a more fair city than London. But there's plenty of Americana to be seen and (to me, in my dumb/earnest opinion) that's very much a part of what America actually is.
* Also, I'm sure Tonk has a good idea of the sheer enormity of America, but he may not fully grasp it until he's actually road tripping. The Chicago-Denver drive is roughly the same length as driving Den Haag to Rome, and that only covers a little over 1/3 of the U.S.
Eli's about nailed it, here. I've never been to Navy Pier, or up the Hancock, or Lincoln Park Zoo - or even the Bundy fountain - because basically, I'm not interested in seeing sights. Much of my time in Chicago is spent trawling from one burger bar to the next, or watching baseball in bars, or drinking with you lot, and that's no accident. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to go to Mike's family's golf tournament and then back to his Uncle's house for a cook-out. Everybody else there had a really good time, but I was in heaven: it was a little slice of actual American life and I loved the fucking shit out of it.
It's the reason I have spent half my life outside the UK and it's the reason I'm coming to the States with my family this summer: I'm interested in contemporary culture, and contemporary people, and contemporary food and drink, and having a great fucking contemporary time. I'm sure there are plenty of little slices of American life to be found in Iowa, and Southern Illinois, and even Indiana (okay, maybe not Indiana). That golf thing was in DeKalb, for fuck sake, and the funny thing is, you're just as likely to find these little pockets of authenticity when you're not looking for them, and certainly way more likely to find them away from tourist hot-spots or "interesting" things to see.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. In summary, then... erm... 'Murica?
Well if that's the case I'm sure I could convince Pa to fire up the pontoon boat and take you cruising the Mississippi.
God I hope none of that post is a euphemism.
Euphemism for "squeal like a pig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxUbv90lLI)"?
(NSFW)
Can't help you about the Midwest (although I have seen Butter Cow at the Iowa state fair and say that is worth it if you were around), but can help with Chicago. All you folks need to come to my place, we have a 10 year old, a play room a dog, a grill for proper sausage cooking (RIP Hot Dougs) and a 4 block walk to Wrigley
Also a tip about car rental-- the chains get a bit problematic if you rent for more than 28 days, so you may want to plan around that (you probably don't want a car when you are in Chicago anyway). National is my preferred brand (you can pick out your own car), but any of the majors will do.
You, my old son, are very, very much on.
yeah, if you feel like making the trek to Evanston, I can save you some dough on dinner one night too. No yard, dog or kids, but 2 cats and a deck up on the roof. I manage to not fuck up ribs, and LFork makes one helluva pecan pie.
Quote from: Fork on March 11, 2015, 09:03:19 AM
yeah, if you feel like making the trek to Evanston, I can save you some dough on dinner one night too. No yard, dog or kids, but 2 cats and a deck up on the roof. I manage to not fuck up ribs, and LFork makes one helluva pecan pie.
My (now) 9 year old daughter still remembers "Frank and Laurie's Park" so I suspect the kids can burn off some energy on the playground just a little behind your house.
Quote from: PANK! on March 11, 2015, 09:06:34 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 11, 2015, 09:03:19 AM
yeah, if you feel like making the trek to Evanston, I can save you some dough on dinner one night too. No yard, dog or kids, but 2 cats and a deck up on the roof. I manage to not fuck up ribs, and LFork makes one helluva pecan pie.
My (now) 9 year old daughter still remembers "Frank and Laurie's Park" so I suspect the kids can burn off some energy on the playground just a little behind your house.
HA! That's right, my older 2 kids still occasionally talk about that day they met your daughter and played on that playground.
Quote from: CT III on March 11, 2015, 11:11:49 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 11, 2015, 09:06:34 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 11, 2015, 09:03:19 AM
yeah, if you feel like making the trek to Evanston, I can save you some dough on dinner one night too. No yard, dog or kids, but 2 cats and a deck up on the roof. I manage to not fuck up ribs, and LFork makes one helluva pecan pie.
My (now) 9 year old daughter still remembers "Frank and Laurie's Park" so I suspect the kids can burn off some energy on the playground just a little behind your house.
HA! That's right, my older 2 kids still occasionally talk about that day they met your daughter and played on that playground.
And the odd man with the helmet?
Quote from: Fork on March 11, 2015, 01:02:57 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 11, 2015, 11:11:49 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 11, 2015, 09:06:34 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 11, 2015, 09:03:19 AM
yeah, if you feel like making the trek to Evanston, I can save you some dough on dinner one night too. No yard, dog or kids, but 2 cats and a deck up on the roof. I manage to not fuck up ribs, and LFork makes one helluva pecan pie.
My (now) 9 year old daughter still remembers "Frank and Laurie's Park" so I suspect the kids can burn off some energy on the playground just a little behind your house.
HA! That's right, my older 2 kids still occasionally talk about that day they met your daughter and played on that playground.
And the odd man with the helmet?
I hadn't realized she left quite the impression. That was what--4 years ago?
You sure it wasn't the odd man in the helmet they remember?
Quote from: PANK! on March 11, 2015, 01:28:28 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 11, 2015, 01:02:57 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 11, 2015, 11:11:49 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 11, 2015, 09:06:34 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 11, 2015, 09:03:19 AM
yeah, if you feel like making the trek to Evanston, I can save you some dough on dinner one night too. No yard, dog or kids, but 2 cats and a deck up on the roof. I manage to not fuck up ribs, and LFork makes one helluva pecan pie.
My (now) 9 year old daughter still remembers "Frank and Laurie's Park" so I suspect the kids can burn off some energy on the playground just a little behind your house.
HA! That's right, my older 2 kids still occasionally talk about that day they met your daughter and played on that playground.
And the odd man with the helmet?
I hadn't realized she left quite the impression. That was what--4 years ago?
You sure it wasn't the odd man in the helmet they remember?
When you've lived your whole life with me, everyone else is bound to make an impression.
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's
greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
If a link to the scene of poor Ole' Ned Beatty getting plummaged by one of your ancestors doesn't make you laugh then I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 09:11:48 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
If a link to the scene of poor Ole' Ned Beatty getting plummaged by one of your ancestors doesn't make you laugh then I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
Is this a new word or are you trying to say that Colonel Jebediah SKOtles attached colorful feathers to Ned Beatty?
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 09:11:48 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
If a link to the scene of poor Ole' Ned Beatty getting plummaged by one of your ancestors doesn't make you laugh then I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
Has anyone here ever actually seen Deliverance? It takes place in Georgia, you dopes.
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2015, 09:58:24 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 09:11:48 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
If a link to the scene of poor Ole' Ned Beatty getting plummaged by one of your ancestors doesn't make you laugh then I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
Is this a new word or are you trying to say that Colonel Jebediah SKOtles attached colorful feathers to Ned Beatty?
Oops. I guess I used the wrong word there....though that scene is not too far removed from the disturbing "chicken fucking" scene in John Waters' "Pink Flamingos" come to think of it.
Quote from: CT III on March 12, 2015, 10:01:34 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 09:11:48 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
If a link to the scene of poor Ole' Ned Beatty getting plummaged by one of your ancestors doesn't make you laugh then I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
Has anyone here ever actually seen Deliverance? It takes place in Georgia, you dopes.
I had a high school teacher who grew up downstate (Marion) who used to like to say that geographically you can go much further South than where he grew up but not so much culturally.
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 10:04:29 AM
Quote from: CT III on March 12, 2015, 10:01:34 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 09:11:48 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
If a link to the scene of poor Ole' Ned Beatty getting plummaged by one of your ancestors doesn't make you laugh then I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
Has anyone here ever actually seen Deliverance? It takes place in Georgia, you dopes.
I had a high school teacher who grew up downstate (Marion) who used to like to say that geographically you can go much further South than where he grew up but not so much culturally.
Given how things turned out I'd not put much faith in anyone who had a part in your education.
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 10:07:16 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 10:04:29 AM
Quote from: CT III on March 12, 2015, 10:01:34 AM
Quote from: PANK! on March 12, 2015, 09:11:48 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
If a link to the scene of poor Ole' Ned Beatty getting plummaged by one of your ancestors doesn't make you laugh then I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
Has anyone here ever actually seen Deliverance? It takes place in Georgia, you dopes.
I had a high school teacher who grew up downstate (Marion) who used to like to say that geographically you can go much further South than where he grew up but not so much culturally.
Given how things turned out I'd not put much faith in anyone who had a part in your education.
ZING!
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
Wait, there's prizes?
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 11:43:20 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
Wait, there's prizes?
You get 3rd prize
Quote from: Yeti on March 12, 2015, 12:48:36 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 11:43:20 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
Wait, there's prizes?
You get 3rd prize
The award for second place is in the ladies' room.
Quote from: Yeti on March 12, 2015, 12:48:36 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 11:43:20 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
Wait, there's prizes?
You get 3rd prize
(https://nickbentleygames.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/steak-knives.jpg)
Third prize is you're fired.
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 01:20:10 PM
Quote from: Yeti on March 12, 2015, 12:48:36 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 11:43:20 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: Fork on March 12, 2015, 08:51:38 AM
Quote from: SKO on March 12, 2015, 08:42:37 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Eli raises a good point. Are fireworks also legal in your pot/prostitution/universal healthcare legalizing socialist hellhole of a country? If not, stop and buy some. You'd be amazed at the caliber of explosives you can get for just $25, and they'll throw in all of the firecrackers you could ever want for free half of the time.
You hilljacks are going to have Tonk in jorts telling people they have purty mouths before he leaves, aren't you?
Does the 5th person to make a deliverance joke in this thread get a prize or something? Or just the first one to actually be funny.
Wait, there's prizes?
You get 3rd prize
The award for second place is in the ladies' room.
(http://i.imgur.com/eGgXsf5.jpg)
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Through the miracle of forward planning, I can already tell you that we will probably be in KC on the night of the 27th July. It might be a night either way, but I doubt it. So, you know... if you'd like to put that in your diary, we'll see you then.
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 02:38:08 PM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Through the miracle of forward planning, I can already tell you that we will probably be in KC on the night of the 27th July. It might be a night either way, but I doubt it. So, you know... if you'd like to put that in your diary, we'll see you then.
On the calendar. Or diary, which I just now learned through context clues means calendar.
Quote from: Eli on March 13, 2015, 08:34:36 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 02:38:08 PM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Through the miracle of forward planning, I can already tell you that we will probably be in KC on the night of the 27th July. It might be a night either way, but I doubt it. So, you know... if you'd like to put that in your diary, we'll see you then.
On the calendar. Or diary, which I just now learned through context clues means calendar.
The Calendar Of Anne Frank would have sold fewer copies.
Quote from: SKO on March 13, 2015, 08:45:24 AM
Quote from: Eli on March 13, 2015, 08:34:36 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 02:38:08 PM
Quote from: Eli on March 12, 2015, 08:28:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 12, 2015, 03:46:23 AM
It occurred to me that it was probably easier, and would save a day's travelling, to do a three-legged roadtrip from Chicago - Menver - Nashville - Chicago. So I factored that into the plans and, just for giggles, had a quick look at the Nashville Sounds' schedule in the last week of July, which is when we'd be there. Turns out, they're playing Iowa that week. You fucking beauty.
Everything's coming up Tonk, bitches.
That actually would work well -- your trip from Chicago to Denver would be a bit quicker going through Iowa/Nebraska, and then your KC stop (hi!) would just be directly along 70 on the way to Nashville.
You can also marvel at the number of porn/fireworks billboards on I-70 in the middle of Missouri. Then you can stop in St. Louis for the world's greatest Italian food and St. Louis style pizza/BBQ/waffle cones.
Through the miracle of forward planning, I can already tell you that we will probably be in KC on the night of the 27th July. It might be a night either way, but I doubt it. So, you know... if you'd like to put that in your diary, we'll see you then.
On the calendar. Or diary, which I just now learned through context clues means calendar.
The Calendar Of Anne Frank would have sold fewer copies.
1945 would've been
really dark for the first few months, but the rest of it would've been a light, quick read.
(http://www.fishtank.org.uk/humour/pictures/General/Anne%20Franks%20Diary.jpg)
At first after I said that I was afraid I was going to Hell but at least now I know I have company.
Quote from: SKO on March 13, 2015, 10:51:29 AM
At first after I said that I was afraid I was going to Hell but at least now I know I have company.
We're all going to Hell, which is just going to be a huge Cheesecake Factory.
Quote from: Tonker on March 13, 2015, 10:49:10 AM
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Too soon.
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
The park and beach at Sheridan and Clark just south of the Northwestern campus were always nice too, if you're making a trip up to Evanston. I'd walk along the lakefill path east of the lagoon too. It's been years since I was there, though, so I wish I could help with info on the new rental spot.
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
It's not exactly a great "walking-around-with-your-family-from-out-of-town" area. If you're walking to/from the Howard St. El stop you'll want to do so during reasonable hours and not stop and make a lot of chit chat along the way. Same goes for the Metra stop. Also, I used to take my daughter to Touhy Beach and can attest to the fact that it's not exactly Shangri-La; bit of a mixed bag there. I can promise you you'd be one of the few vacationing Europeans vacationing up there. You may be a little more comfortable regularly setting up shop on the beaches around, say, Pratt and anything south from there but thn that might rule out a reasonable walk from Touhy and Ridge. You can stop by Thrill's Magic Bachelor Pad though!
Not trying to rain on your joyful positive, but I'm not certain if be doing you any favors if I didn't at least provide you a fair and honest portrayal of that area. Yes I know that area well (and let me add that I'm glad I no longer live there with my family).
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 06:15:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
It's not exactly a great "walking-around-with-your-family-from-out-of-town" area. If you're walking to/from the Howard St. El stop you'll want to do so during reasonable hours and not stop and make a lot of chit chat along the way. Same goes for the Metra stop. Also, I used to take my daughter to Touhy Beach and can attest to the fact that it's not exactly Shangri-La; bit of a mixed bag there. I can promise you you'd be one of the few vacationing Europeans vacationing up there. You may be a little more comfortable regularly setting up shop on the beaches around, say, Pratt and anything south from there but thn that might rule out a reasonable walk from Touhy and Ridge. You can stop by Thrill's Magic Bachelor Pad though!
Not trying to rain on your joyful positive, but I'm not certain if be doing you any favors if I didn't at least provide you a fair and honest portrayal of that area. Yes I know that area well (and let me add that I'm glad I no longer live there with my family).
Hmm. Okay, thanks buddy. Perhaps I need to rethink.
I should point out that I actively shy away from touristy places: I have no wish to stay in sterile comfort and would much rather get out and about and experience a little bit - in as much as it's possible in only a few weeks - of real American life. Those of you with whom I have spent some time will know that I have no interest in Navy Pier or Michigan Avenue and would much rather be at Cody's, say, or in DeKalb. As long as the area isn't actually really dangerous - and I'm guessing it's not exactly South Side-esque - then I'm very happy for both me and the family to experience a bit of local culture and colour.
Additionally, we're really only looking at it as a jumping-off point for getting downtown and to the beach. I wouldn't envisage spending any significant time in the area except overnight.
Bearing all that in mind, would you still warn me off?
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 07:25:31 AM
I should point out that I actively shy away from touristy places: I have no wish to stay in sterile comfort and would much rather get out and about and experience a little bit - in as much as it's possible in only a few weeks - of real American life. Those of you with whom I have spent some time will know that I have no interest in Navy Pier or Michigan Avenue and would much rather be at Cody's, say, or in DeKalb. As long as the area isn't actually really dangerous - and I'm guessing it's not exactly South Side-esque - then I'm very happy for both me and the family to experience a bit of local culture and colour.
Additionally, we're really only looking at it as a jumping-off point for getting downtown and to the beach. I wouldn't envisage spending any significant time in the area except overnight.
Bearing all that in mind, would you still warn me off?
Okay, first of all, about Navy Pier. Look--I get that you thrive more on the hidden gems and under-the radar spots that you have the benefit of indulging in by virtue of knowing people who live here (similarly I appreciated having family in Ireland growing up for the same reason--whenever we visited we got the insider's look and the experience is not the same for folks who don't have contacts on the ground etc.)...HOWEVER this sort of paint-by-numbers slagging that Navy Pier gets in particular is rather tired, in my opinion. Sure, if you go there to eat and buy bullshit, overpriced trinkets than you deserve whatever scorn is heaped on you. But at the same time, it costs nothing to visit, and you get a mile walk out on to the lake before reaching the end, whereupon you can turn around and take in a nice ole' view of the skyline that bolsters Chicago's reputation as the birthplace of modern architecture while being surrounded by beautiful Lake Michigan water on 3 sides. Since you'll have your kids it'll give them a good chance to run around and burn off energy (like I said, it don't cost nothin'). Sure, there may be a handful of fat annoying touristy folks getting in your way, and though it's free you'll still probably get suckered into throwing down some cash for the ferris wheel (but again--you at least get some cool looks of the city) and possibly an overpriced beer (again, to sip a cold one with that view is not something you'll hate) but if you're going to be here 30 days, and you're actually going out of your way to avoid Navy Pier because it's not a cool place to go is kind of going out of your way to be a hipster douche. You're with your family--don't be that guy.*
So to staying in north Rogers Park. Again, don't let me discourage you; if you feel strongly about seeing this location as a jumping off and return point to your day, that's fine. But you're staying for 30 days and I'm just suggesting that toward the end of those 30 days you'll have grown weary of parading through the route of crazy, addicted and vagrant folks (oftentimes all 3 in the same person) on the way to the train station. I mean, I did it for over 5 years but I wasn't on holiday. On the other hand, I'm sure you'll get more than a couple stories out of the experience that you can live off of for a while so knock yourself out.
*I'm not saying you need to go to Navy Pier--there are, after all, many spots wherein you can get a great view of the skyline for free (the bend around the Field Museum and Adler Planeterium jumps to mind), I'm just saying if you happen to be in the neighborhood and have some time to kill, there are worse things you can do with it.
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 06:53:19 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 06:15:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
It's not exactly a great "walking-around-with-your-family-from-out-of-town" area. If you're walking to/from the Howard St. El stop you'll want to do so during reasonable hours and not stop and make a lot of chit chat along the way. Same goes for the Metra stop. Also, I used to take my daughter to Touhy Beach and can attest to the fact that it's not exactly Shangri-La; bit of a mixed bag there. I can promise you you'd be one of the few vacationing Europeans vacationing up there. You may be a little more comfortable regularly setting up shop on the beaches around, say, Pratt and anything south from there but thn that might rule out a reasonable walk from Touhy and Ridge. You can stop by Thrill's Magic Bachelor Pad though!
Not trying to rain on your joyful positive, but I'm not certain if be doing you any favors if I didn't at least provide you a fair and honest portrayal of that area. Yes I know that area well (and let me add that I'm glad I no longer live there with my family).
Hmm. Okay, thanks buddy. Perhaps I need to rethink.
What Huey is saying is that the area around the Howard red line is fucking bad. You will get mugged and beaten.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 02:19:46 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
The park and beach at Sheridan and Clark just south of the Northwestern campus were always nice too, if you're making a trip up to Evanston. I'd walk along the lakefill path east of the lagoon too. It's been years since I was there, though, so I wish I could help with info on the new rental spot.
Bear in mind, Chicago beaches are free, and taking wife & Tonklets to an Evanston beach would cost a small fortune. Although if you were going to do it more than twice getting Evanston beach passes would be a worthwhile investment.
The neighborhood isn't great. But that's the tradeoff...you're not going to get bang for your buck in Lincoln Park.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 08:33:11 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 02:19:46 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
The park and beach at Sheridan and Clark just south of the Northwestern campus were always nice too, if you're making a trip up to Evanston. I'd walk along the lakefill path east of the lagoon too. It's been years since I was there, though, so I wish I could help with info on the new rental spot.
Bear in mind, Chicago beaches are free, and taking wife & Tonklets to an Evanston beach would cost a small fortune. Although if you were going to do it more than twice getting Evanston beach passes would be a worthwhile investment.
The neighborhood isn't great. But that's the tradeoff...you're not going to get bang for your buck in Lincoln Park.
Yeah, if you're okay being 10 miles or so from downtown but want to be along the lake, you might try taking a closer just a couple miles north in Evanston (in spite of Fork's presence). Evanston has all of the same topographical and transport-access features of Rogers Park without all of the riff-raff. (well, Evanston has riff-raff but not necessarily along the lake...nice little downtown area of their own, too).
Quote from: Slaky on May 26, 2015, 08:32:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 06:53:19 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 06:15:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
It's not exactly a great "walking-around-with-your-family-from-out-of-town" area. If you're walking to/from the Howard St. El stop you'll want to do so during reasonable hours and not stop and make a lot of chit chat along the way. Same goes for the Metra stop. Also, I used to take my daughter to Touhy Beach and can attest to the fact that it's not exactly Shangri-La; bit of a mixed bag there. I can promise you you'd be one of the few vacationing Europeans vacationing up there. You may be a little more comfortable regularly setting up shop on the beaches around, say, Pratt and anything south from there but thn that might rule out a reasonable walk from Touhy and Ridge. You can stop by Thrill's Magic Bachelor Pad though!
Not trying to rain on your joyful positive, but I'm not certain if be doing you any favors if I didn't at least provide you a fair and honest portrayal of that area. Yes I know that area well (and let me add that I'm glad I no longer live there with my family).
Hmm. Okay, thanks buddy. Perhaps I need to rethink.
What Huey is saying is that the area around the Howard red line is fucking bad. You will get mugged and beaten.
I didn't want to be rude, but yeah.
Gonna sign my family up for Pank O'Hue's Walking Tour of Chicago because I think it sounds like a grand time.
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 08:45:05 AM
Quote from: Slaky on May 26, 2015, 08:32:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 06:53:19 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 06:15:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
It's not exactly a great "walking-around-with-your-family-from-out-of-town" area. If you're walking to/from the Howard St. El stop you'll want to do so during reasonable hours and not stop and make a lot of chit chat along the way. Same goes for the Metra stop. Also, I used to take my daughter to Touhy Beach and can attest to the fact that it's not exactly Shangri-La; bit of a mixed bag there. I can promise you you'd be one of the few vacationing Europeans vacationing up there. You may be a little more comfortable regularly setting up shop on the beaches around, say, Pratt and anything south from there but thn that might rule out a reasonable walk from Touhy and Ridge. You can stop by Thrill's Magic Bachelor Pad though!
Not trying to rain on your joyful positive, but I'm not certain if be doing you any favors if I didn't at least provide you a fair and honest portrayal of that area. Yes I know that area well (and let me add that I'm glad I no longer live there with my family).
Hmm. Okay, thanks buddy. Perhaps I need to rethink.
What Huey is saying is that the area around the Howard red line is fucking bad. You will get mugged and beaten.
I didn't want to be rude, but yeah.
The area around Howard street is a bit iffy at best. My general guideline is anything in Chicago North to Montrose or Evanston north of South blvd (but I am old, soft etc.)
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 08:24:05 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 07:25:31 AM
I should point out that I actively shy away from touristy places: I have no wish to stay in sterile comfort and would much rather get out and about and experience a little bit - in as much as it's possible in only a few weeks - of real American life. Those of you with whom I have spent some time will know that I have no interest in Navy Pier or Michigan Avenue and would much rather be at Cody's, say, or in DeKalb. As long as the area isn't actually really dangerous - and I'm guessing it's not exactly South Side-esque - then I'm very happy for both me and the family to experience a bit of local culture and colour.
Additionally, we're really only looking at it as a jumping-off point for getting downtown and to the beach. I wouldn't envisage spending any significant time in the area except overnight.
Bearing all that in mind, would you still warn me off?
Okay, first of all, about Navy Pier. Look--I get that you thrive more on the hidden gems and under-the radar spots that you have the benefit of indulging in by virtue of knowing people who live here (similarly I appreciated having family in Ireland growing up for the same reason--whenever we visited we got the insider's look and the experience is not the same for folks who don't have contacts on the ground etc.)...HOWEVER this sort of paint-by-numbers slagging that Navy Pier gets in particular is rather tired, in my opinion. Sure, if you go there to eat and buy bullshit, overpriced trinkets than you deserve whatever scorn is heaped on you. But at the same time, it costs nothing to visit, and you get a mile walk out on to the lake before reaching the end, whereupon you can turn around and take in a nice ole' view of the skyline that bolsters Chicago's reputation as the birthplace of modern architecture while being surrounded by beautiful Lake Michigan water on 3 sides. Since you'll have your kids it'll give them a good chance to run around and burn off energy (like I said, it don't cost nothin'). Sure, there may be a handful of fat annoying touristy folks getting in your way, and though it's free you'll still probably get suckered into throwing down some cash for the ferris wheel (but again--you at least get some cool looks of the city) and possibly an overpriced beer (again, to sip a cold one with that view is not something you'll hate) but if you're going to be here 30 days, and you're actually going out of your way to avoid Navy Pier because it's not a cool place to go is kind of going out of your way to be a hipster douche. You're with your family--don't be that guy.*
So to staying in north Rogers Park. Again, don't let me discourage you; if you feel strongly about seeing this location as a jumping off and return point to your day, that's fine. But you're staying for 30 days and I'm just suggesting that toward the end of those 30 days you'll have grown weary of parading through the route of crazy, addicted and vagrant folks (oftentimes all 3 in the same person) on the way to the train station. I mean, I did it for over 5 years but I wasn't on holiday. On the other hand, I'm sure you'll get more than a couple stories out of the experience that you can live off of for a while so knock yourself out.
*I'm not saying you need to go to Navy Pier--there are, after all, many spots wherein you can get a great view of the skyline for free (the bend around the Field Museum and Adler Planeterium jumps to mind), I'm just saying if you happen to be in the neighborhood and have some time to kill, there are worse things you can do with it.
Have a cup of coffee and a deep breath, old buddy. I've been to Navy Pier (the first time I was in Chicago) and it was fine. You're absolutely right about the walk and the view. What I should have perhaps said was "the grockle shops that are on Navy Pier", but I was just using it as lazy shorthand for the kind of stuff that tourists do because they don't have any better ideas. I know you know what I mean. Anyway, your advice is much appreciated: that apartment is out.
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:28:47 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to find a place there.
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 09:34:15 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:28:47 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to did a place there.
Aha, you were just too slow. I will indeed try to did a place there. It's more expensive but looks really, really nice.
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:36:16 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 09:34:15 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:28:47 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to did a place there.
Aha, you were just too slow. I will indeed try to did a place there. It's more expensive but looks really, really nice.
Humboldt is nice, but not anywhere really near public transportation to get to places. Logan is the suburbs, but if you're near one of the two train stops, it's a short blue line ride down to the city, and close to the highway. Plus a ton of places to eat and drink that are all legit and even some kid friendly stuff from what I hear. There was even a breakdancing-fight thing going on in the circle yesterday afternoon that was fascinating to make fun of as we walked by.
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:36:16 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 09:34:15 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:28:47 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to did a place there.
Aha, you were just too slow. I will indeed try to did a place there. It's more expensive but looks really, really nice.
Anderso
nville also offers you decent proximity to North Ave beach.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:44:55 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:36:16 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 09:34:15 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:28:47 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to did a place there.
Aha, you were just too slow. I will indeed try to did a place there. It's more expensive but looks really, really nice.
Andersonville also offers you decent proximity to North Ave beach.
Also the neighborhood of hopleaf (one of the best beer bars in town) and a bunch of great restaurants, I second the positive on Andersonville.
Quote from: thehawk on May 26, 2015, 10:11:41 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:44:55 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:36:16 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 09:34:15 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 09:28:47 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to did a place there.
Aha, you were just too slow. I will indeed try to did a place there. It's more expensive but looks really, really nice.
Andersonville also offers you decent proximity to North Ave beach.
Also the neighborhood of hopleaf (one of the best beer bars in town) and a bunch of great restaurants, I second the positive on Andersonville.
THI
http://www.yelp.com/biz/takos-koreanos-chicago-4
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Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to did a place there.
Aha, you were just too slow. I will indeed try to did a place there. It's more expensive but looks really, really nice.
Andersonville also offers you decent proximity to North Ave beach.
Also the neighborhood of hopleaf (one of the best beer bars in town) and a bunch of great restaurants, I second the positive on Andersonville.
Yep. Lotsa good restaurants. "L" access. Lake access. Hopleaf is very good. George's Ice Cream and Sweets. Good call.
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Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 09:26:43 AM
Anyway, what about Humboldt Park (right on the edge of the park, round Kedzie and North)? Or Logan Square/Bucktown (California and Fullerton)? Andersonville (Ashland and Foster)?
Don't think you could go wrong with any of those.
Depends on where in Logan Square. It's gentrified in parts but still has plenty of pockets. This is more true for Humboldt Park which is much improved since the 1970's and 1980's but can still be a little dodgy for out-of-town folk.
Andersoville, on the other hand, would be ideal. I'd try to did a place there.
Aha, you were just too slow. I will indeed try to did a place there. It's more expensive but looks really, really nice.
Andersonville also offers you decent proximity to North Ave beach.
Also the neighborhood of hopleaf (one of the best beer bars in town) and a bunch of great restaurants, I second the positive on Andersonville.
Yep. Lotsa good restaurants. "L" access. Lake access. Hopleaf is very good. George's Ice Cream and Sweets. Good call.
Wow: have I finally found something on which all of Desipio can agree? Andersonville is booked from 2nd to the 18th August...
Will probably go with Humboldt Park/Wicker Park/Logan Square for the first week, pre-road trip.
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
Might be the first time I've said this, but: Listen to Dubbs.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
My only phone is paid for completely by my employer. I could just use it and see if anybody complains (my guess is, they wouldn't) but I'd rather keep it above board. In any event, it means I can't make a deal with my carrier, because I don't own the contract.
How prevalent is free wifi access? Because if there's enough of that around, I might not need to use much data.
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Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
The park and beach at Sheridan and Clark just south of the Northwestern campus were always nice too, if you're making a trip up to Evanston. I'd walk along the lakefill path east of the lagoon too. It's been years since I was there, though, so I wish I could help with info on the new rental spot.
Bear in mind, Chicago beaches are free, and taking wife & Tonklets to an Evanston beach would cost a small fortune. Although if you were going to do it more than twice getting Evanston beach passes would be a worthwhile investment.
The neighborhood isn't great. But that's the tradeoff...you're not going to get bang for your buck in Lincoln Park.
I never paid a dime to use the beach and there weren't any gates. Are there beach cops?
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 12:00:35 PM
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Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
My only phone is paid for completely by my employer. I could just use it and see if anybody complains (my guess is, they wouldn't) but I'd rather keep it above board. In any event, it means I can't make a deal with my carrier, because I don't own the contract.
How prevalent is free wifi access? Because if there's enough of that around, I might not need to use much data.
There's plenty of free wifi or places you can pay for WiFi, but if you're in the car for days on end, you might want to have access to something.
There are
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 01:04:23 PM
There are
Might want to print this post out for reference as you roam these streets, Tonk.
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Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 12:00:35 PM
Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
My only phone is paid for completely by my employer. I could just use it and see if anybody complains (my guess is, they wouldn't) but I'd rather keep it above board. In any event, it means I can't make a deal with my carrier, because I don't own the contract.
How prevalent is free wifi access? Because if there's enough of that around, I might not need to use much data.
There's plenty of free wifi or places you can pay for WiFi, but if you're in the car for days on end, you might want to have access to something.
DPD, know before you go. (http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Coffee+%26+Tea&find_loc=Andersonville%2C+Chicago%2C+IL&ns=1#find_desc=free+wifi&start=0&attrs=WiFi.free)
Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
Unlimited? Fuck you, man. I paid $20 for 100MB of data that was going to be my GPS shit.... 15 minutes into driving, I used like 11MB
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Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 01:04:23 PM
There are
Might want to print this post out for reference as you roam these streets, Tonk.
Sterling's heating up. I LOLed.
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Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
Unlimited? Fuck you, man. I paid $20 for 100MB of data that was going to be my GPS shit.... 15 minutes into driving, I used like 11MB
Maybe it was capped but I never came close to any limit. I mostly just used it to pull up maps, but we were only walking or taking a metro so it didn't use much data.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 01:06:15 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on May 26, 2015, 12:56:04 PM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 12:00:35 PM
Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
My only phone is paid for completely by my employer. I could just use it and see if anybody complains (my guess is, they wouldn't) but I'd rather keep it above board. In any event, it means I can't make a deal with my carrier, because I don't own the contract.
How prevalent is free wifi access? Because if there's enough of that around, I might not need to use much data.
There's plenty of free wifi or places you can pay for WiFi, but if you're in the car for days on end, you might want to have access to something.
DPD, know before you go. (http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Coffee+%26+Tea&find_loc=Andersonville%2C+Chicago%2C+IL&ns=1#find_desc=free+wifi&start=0&attrs=WiFi.free)
Can you just throw a Sim card into your existing phone?-- if so http://www.bestbuy.com/site/mobile-phone-accessories/sim-cards/pcmcat265100050014.c?id=pcmcat265100050014
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 12:53:10 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 08:33:11 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 02:19:46 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
The park and beach at Sheridan and Clark just south of the Northwestern campus were always nice too, if you're making a trip up to Evanston. I'd walk along the lakefill path east of the lagoon too. It's been years since I was there, though, so I wish I could help with info on the new rental spot.
Bear in mind, Chicago beaches are free, and taking wife & Tonklets to an Evanston beach would cost a small fortune. Although if you were going to do it more than twice getting Evanston beach passes would be a worthwhile investment.
The neighborhood isn't great. But that's the tradeoff...you're not going to get bang for your buck in Lincoln Park.
I never paid a dime to use the beach and there weren't any gates. Are there beach cops?
There's fencing by each beach and some lifeguards checking passes/taking money.
Quote from: Yeti on May 26, 2015, 01:12:40 PM
Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
Unlimited? Fuck you, man. I paid $20 for 100MB of data that was going to be my GPS shit.... 15 minutes into driving, I used like 11MB
For future reference, you can cache Google maps and then just use the GPS to find your way around for nothing...
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Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 12:53:10 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on May 26, 2015, 08:33:11 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 02:19:46 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
The park and beach at Sheridan and Clark just south of the Northwestern campus were always nice too, if you're making a trip up to Evanston. I'd walk along the lakefill path east of the lagoon too. It's been years since I was there, though, so I wish I could help with info on the new rental spot.
Bear in mind, Chicago beaches are free, and taking wife & Tonklets to an Evanston beach would cost a small fortune. Although if you were going to do it more than twice getting Evanston beach passes would be a worthwhile investment.
The neighborhood isn't great. But that's the tradeoff...you're not going to get bang for your buck in Lincoln Park.
I never paid a dime to use the beach and there weren't any gates. Are there beach cops?
There's fencing by each beach and some lifeguards checking passes/taking money.
Making people pay to use a public beach is very Evanston. I had no idea.
Quote from: thehawk on May 26, 2015, 03:03:14 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 26, 2015, 01:06:15 PM
Quote from: PenFoe on May 26, 2015, 12:56:04 PM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 12:00:35 PM
Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
My only phone is paid for completely by my employer. I could just use it and see if anybody complains (my guess is, they wouldn't) but I'd rather keep it above board. In any event, it means I can't make a deal with my carrier, because I don't own the contract.
How prevalent is free wifi access? Because if there's enough of that around, I might not need to use much data.
There's plenty of free wifi or places you can pay for WiFi, but if you're in the car for days on end, you might want to have access to something.
DPD, know before you go. (http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Coffee+%26+Tea&find_loc=Andersonville%2C+Chicago%2C+IL&ns=1#find_desc=free+wifi&start=0&attrs=WiFi.free)
Can you just throw a Sim card into your existing phone?-- if so http://www.bestbuy.com/site/mobile-phone-accessories/sim-cards/pcmcat265100050014.c?id=pcmcat265100050014
I'm pretty sure my phone is locked, but I'm also pretty sure that I can get it unlocked without too much hassle or expense... something to look in to.
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Nah. While you are here, just get some interviews lined up. Get a job and just don't go back. Cheap!
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:09:56 PM
Quote from: Yeti on May 26, 2015, 01:12:40 PM
Quote from: Eli on May 26, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:41:04 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on May 26, 2015, 11:06:22 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?
do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.
On the subject of which, what about phones? I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data? I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.
Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.
Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.
Unlimited? Fuck you, man. I paid $20 for 100MB of data that was going to be my GPS shit.... 15 minutes into driving, I used like 11MB
For future reference, you can cache Google maps and then just use the GPS to find your way around for nothing...
Yea, I guess I didn't really expect to burn through it that fast. Irregardless, it was fun to map out my drive during breakfast and reference a random piece of paper saying "R600 to R604 to R600 (Ballinspittle) etc" whilst driving on the wrong side of the road.
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
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20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
Any topics you plan to address with Governor Ricketts?
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Spent many a summer in my mom's home town of Omaha. Some great steak joints. I'll get you some names.
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
I recommend taking an early morning stroll or two in the quietude of Winnemac Park to clear your head. There's even a couple of baseball fields where you can practice Dexter Fowler slides.
Quote from: R-V on June 01, 2015, 09:37:51 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
I recommend taking an early morning stroll or two in the quietude of Winnemac Park to clear your head. There's even a couple of baseball fields where you can practice Dexter Fowler slides.
That is a beautiful park. Back when I was actually in moderate shape in 2002-2005, I probably jogged through that park 300 times.
Should that second sentence've been in the humblebrag thread?
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same
Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
Sorry, mate. I didn't realise how much it was upsetting you. I'll call Nick, and we'll stop doing it.
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on June 01, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.
Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?
Quote from: Eli on June 01, 2015, 12:51:22 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on June 01, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.
Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?
Forget it, Eli. It's ForkTown.
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 01:31:18 PM
Quote from: Eli on June 01, 2015, 12:51:22 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on June 01, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.
Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?
Forget it, Eli. It's ForkTown.
Sorry, I should have realized a pun involving Aspen had too much nuance.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on June 01, 2015, 01:35:14 PM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 01:31:18 PM
Quote from: Eli on June 01, 2015, 12:51:22 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on June 01, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.
Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?
Forget it, Eli. It's ForkTown.
Sorry, I should have realized a pun involving Aspen had too much nuance.
The French are assholes.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on June 01, 2015, 01:35:14 PM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 01:31:18 PM
Quote from: Eli on June 01, 2015, 12:51:22 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on June 01, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:37:53 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: PANK! on June 01, 2015, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 10:18:16 AM
Quote from: CBStew on June 01, 2015, 09:50:45 AM
Quote from: Tonker on June 01, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.
Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?
Forget it, Eli. It's ForkTown.
Sorry, I should have realized a pun involving Aspen had too much nuance.
My God, that's rich coming from the man for whom comedic nuance means a hat filled with crème pâtissière rather than custard.
By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
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Okay, accommodation all booked up. For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:
13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (https://goo.gl/maps/NGytL) (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (https://goo.gl/maps/o2Fof) (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/VlNhQ) (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.
Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park. If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.
Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?
I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver (http://nl.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=menver) is a thing.
I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity. Huh.
You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device#Repetition)". In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER. You can't pin nothing on me.
Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women. I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities). I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage. The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.
In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate. I just don't get it.
We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.
Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?
Forget it, Eli. It's ForkTown.
Sorry, I should have realized a pun involving Aspen had too much nuance.
My God, that's rich coming from the man for whom comedic nuance means a hat filled with crème pâtissière rather than custard.
Well, yeah. All those accents class it way the fuck up.
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Quote from: Tonker on June 02, 2015, 07:32:23 AM
By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I think I have one in my garage. I'll check tonight. It's one of those backless boosters, not a full car seat.
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I think I have one in my garage. I'll check tonight. It's one of those backless boosters, not a full car seat.
Yup, that's what I need. Cheers, Ace.
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" who become to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
Your unintentionally hilarious "advice" sort of came off as a married Chad who buys his baby boosters from Sky Mall but will "slum" it and suggest someone merely go to Amazon to save a few hundred bucks, yes. You can hide behind "clumsy dad' all you want but until you move out to the suburbs full stop you really don't get that privilege, Chad.
Quote from: Tonker on June 02, 2015, 07:32:23 AM
By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
Think we have one or two in the garage as well. Will check with Ms.Hawk
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" who become to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
Your unintentionally hilarious "advice" sort of came off as a married Chad who buys his baby boosters from Sky Mall but will "slum" it and suggest someone merely go to Amazon to save a few hundred bucks, yes. You can hide behind "clumsy dad' all you want but until you move out to the suburbs full stop you really don't get that privilege, Chad.
I just want to make sure I have this stereotype correct because it's a good one - if you are a dad who does not live in a suburb you are a Chad who buys a bunch of stuff from SkyMall?
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" who become to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
Your unintentionally hilarious "advice" sort of came off as a married Chad who buys his baby boosters from Sky Mall but will "slum" it and suggest someone merely go to Amazon to save a few hundred bucks, yes. You can hide behind "clumsy dad' all you want but until you move out to the suburbs full stop you really don't get that privilege, Chad.
I just want to make sure I have this stereotype correct because it's a good one - if you are a dad who does not live in a suburb you are a Chad who buys a bunch of stuff from SkyMall?
No idea. But whatever it is, you're nailing it.
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" who become to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
Your unintentionally hilarious "advice" sort of came off as a married Chad who buys his baby boosters from Sky Mall but will "slum" it and suggest someone merely go to Amazon to save a few hundred bucks, yes. You can hide behind "clumsy dad' all you want but until you move out to the suburbs full stop you really don't get that privilege, Chad.
I just want to make sure I have this stereotype correct because it's a good one - if you are a dad who does not live in a suburb you are a Chad who buys a bunch of stuff from SkyMall?
No idea. But whatever it is, you're nailing it.
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" who become to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
Your unintentionally hilarious "advice" sort of came off as a married Chad who buys his baby boosters from Sky Mall but will "slum" it and suggest someone merely go to Amazon to save a few hundred bucks, yes. You can hide behind "clumsy dad' all you want but until you move out to the suburbs full stop you really don't get that privilege, Chad.
All right, who told Huey he could create his own stereotypes again?
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By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" who become to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
Your unintentionally hilarious "advice" sort of came off as a married Chad who buys his baby boosters from Sky Mall but will "slum" it and suggest someone merely go to Amazon to save a few hundred bucks, yes. You can hide behind "clumsy dad' all you want but until you move out to the suburbs full stop you really don't get that privilege, Chad.
All right, who told Huey he could create his own stereotypes again?
You flatter me, but RV did all of the heavy lifting here.
*sits back, puts feet on desk*
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Quote from: Tonker on June 02, 2015, 07:32:23 AM
By the way, does anybody have an old car booster seat (or even two) lying around that I could borrow for a couple of weeks, or buy off you? I'd need them for the road trip (07/20 - 08/03). I got a really, really good deal with National car rental but they want an arm and a leg to rent something that probably only costs twenty-five bucks brand new. We could bring 'em with us, but I'd rather not.
I don't have a spare one, but it might be cheapest to just buy from Amazon and have it shipped to Chicago when you arrive.
Cheaper than borrowing one from one of the many breederfriends that Tonk has across the pond?
Great advice--I'm sure Tonk has never heard of Ama. Zon? It's kind of the reason he threw that out there, Chad.
Tonk--I think we've got an extra one too. Would be the same as Chuck's--simple booster, no back.
That's quite an expansive definition of Chad. Are we expanding it from "bros who wear tanktops in the bleachers while crushing some macrobrews" who become to include "unhelpful dads who make dumb suggestions?"
Your unintentionally hilarious "advice" sort of came off as a married Chad who buys his baby boosters from Sky Mall but will "slum" it and suggest someone merely go to Amazon to save a few hundred bucks, yes. You can hide behind "clumsy dad' all you want but until you move out to the suburbs full stop you really don't get that privilege, Chad.
All right, who told Huey he could create his own stereotypes again?
You flatter me, but RV did all of the heavy lifting here.
*sits back, puts feet on desk*
I'll give you plebes a few days to enjoy your little jokes before I buy this godforsaken site on SkyMall and shut the damn thing down.
Okay, next up: CTA passes. I can pick up seven-day passes at O'Hare for $28 a pop, but I can't figure out whether I need them for the kids or not. There's something on the CTA site about a reduced fare for kids but it looks like you either have to pre-order a reduced-fare permit, or buy a reduced-fare ticket every time you want to travel, or maybe even both. Is there an easy way of travelling with kids on the El and buses, or should I just get four CTA passes and be done with it?
EDIT: looks like kids under 7 ride free with a paying adult, anyway, and ATonk doesn't turn 7 until our last week in town anyway. Even after her birthday, I presume they don't actually require proof, as long as you can feasibly claim that your child is still 6... right?
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Okay, next up: CTA passes. I can pick up seven-day passes at O'Hare for $28 a pop, but I can't figure out whether I need them for the kids or not. There's something on the CTA site about a reduced fare for kids but it looks like you either have to pre-order a reduced-fare permit, or buy a reduced-fare ticket every time you want to travel, or maybe even both. Is there an easy way of travelling with kids on the El and buses, or should I just get four CTA passes and be done with it?
EDIT: looks like kids under 7 ride free with a paying adult, anyway, and ATonk doesn't turn 7 until our last week in town anyway. Even after her birthday, I presume they don't actually require proof, as long as you can feasibly claim that your child is still 6... right?
UberX
Quote from: Tonker on June 03, 2015, 04:06:11 AM
Okay, next up: CTA passes. I can pick up seven-day passes at O'Hare for $28 a pop, but I can't figure out whether I need them for the kids or not. There's something on the CTA site about a reduced fare for kids but it looks like you either have to pre-order a reduced-fare permit, or buy a reduced-fare ticket every time you want to travel, or maybe even both. Is there an easy way of travelling with kids on the El and buses, or should I just get four CTA passes and be done with it?
EDIT: looks like kids under 7 ride free with a paying adult, anyway, and ATonk doesn't turn 7 until our last week in town anyway. Even after her birthday, I presume they don't actually require proof, as long as you can feasibly claim that your child is still 6... right?
No one checks, if the lil tonks can walk under the turnstile, it should be fine.
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
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T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
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T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
I do have an Amex, but it's a European one (natch) so I'll bet it's not included. I'll call them tomorrow to find out.
In the meantime, I'm trying to sort out a pay-as-you go call-and-data micro SIM for my unlocked Galaxy S3 which I can just plug in, charge online and start using. Can I figure that out? Can I fuck. It's not until you try to do this sort of thing that you figure out how fucking different in a thousand tiny little ways our cultures are.
Can I just walk into a Best Buy and fucking buy one and charge it there and then? Because at this rate, that might actually be my easiest option, unless somebody can break it down into middle-aged European idiot-sized chunks for me. Jesus, I don't half feel old, right now.
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Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
I do have an Amex, but it's a European one (natch) so I'll bet it's not included. I'll call them tomorrow to find out.
In the meantime, I'm trying to sort out a pay-as-you go call-and-data micro SIM for my unlocked Galaxy S3 which I can just plug in, charge online and start using. Can I figure that out? Can I fuck. It's not until you try to do this sort of thing that you figure out how fucking different in a thousand tiny little ways our cultures are.
Can I just walk into a Best Buy and fucking buy one and charge it there and then? Because at this rate, that might actually be my easiest option, unless somebody can break it down into middle-aged European idiot-sized chunks for me. Jesus, I don't half feel old, right now.
This (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414494,00.asp) is a few years old, but maybe it's still relevant:
QuoteThe Best Plan for Short Visits: Ready SIM's $25 7-day card
Ready SIM (http://www.readysim.com/) specializes in anonymous, self-activating SIM cards and offers 3-, 7-, 14-, and 30-day options. Its $25 card includes unlimited talk, text, and 500MB of data—perfect for a visitor who's constantly reloading Google Maps on a smartphone. A 14-day version, with 1GB data, costs $35.
Looks like they're available on Amazon if that's your kind of thing. Maybe check the reviews?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AB3UOV6/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687542&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00AB3QVOU&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0QZVDNX43YXSYRFRHBNJ
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 05:10:56 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
I do have an Amex, but it's a European one (natch) so I'll bet it's not included. I'll call them tomorrow to find out.
In the meantime, I'm trying to sort out a pay-as-you go call-and-data micro SIM for my unlocked Galaxy S3 which I can just plug in, charge online and start using. Can I figure that out? Can I fuck. It's not until you try to do this sort of thing that you figure out how fucking different in a thousand tiny little ways our cultures are.
Can I just walk into a Best Buy and fucking buy one and charge it there and then? Because at this rate, that might actually be my easiest option, unless somebody can break it down into middle-aged European idiot-sized chunks for me. Jesus, I don't half feel old, right now.
This (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414494,00.asp) is a few years old, but maybe it's still relevant:
QuoteThe Best Plan for Short Visits: Ready SIM's $25 7-day card
Ready SIM (http://www.readysim.com/) specializes in anonymous, self-activating SIM cards and offers 3-, 7-, 14-, and 30-day options. Its $25 card includes unlimited talk, text, and 500MB of data—perfect for a visitor who's constantly reloading Google Maps on a smartphone. A 14-day version, with 1GB data, costs $35.
Looks like they're available on Amazon if that's your kind of thing. Maybe check the reviews?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AB3UOV6/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687542&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00AB3QVOU&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0QZVDNX43YXSYRFRHBNJ
That would appear to exactly what I need. Job's a good'un - cheers, Ace.
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
Quote from: Oleg on July 02, 2015, 06:45:29 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
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Quote from: Oleg on July 02, 2015, 06:45:29 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
In as much as you actually care about how things work in Australia, which you don't: hire cars here come with insurance, so nobody has or needs it included in their own car insurance or credit card contracts. I'm not hugely optimistic about having a back door to this one, but do hold out a sliver of hope for Amex, you know... being 'Murican, and all.
EDIT: Okay, I spoke to Amex and they said "Aha ha ha, fuck off". So then I spoke to National and they'll provide me with bumper-to-bumper cover for $13.50 a day, which isn't as bad as I thought. So unless anybody has a better idea, that's what I'll do.
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
EDIT: Okay, I spoke to Amex and they said "Aha ha ha, fuck off". So then I spoke to National and they'll provide me with bumper-to-bumper cover for $13.50 a day, which isn't as bad as I thought. So unless anybody has a better idea, that's what I'll do.
I usually end up getting the insurance when renting, just for the peace of mind. It's probably your best option, even if it's a bit of an annoying expense. The last thing you want is some sort of Bart vs. Australia international crisis over car rental damages.
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
Quote from: Oleg on July 02, 2015, 06:45:29 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
In as much as you actually care about how things work in Australia, which you don't: hire cars here come with insurance, so nobody has or needs it included in their own car insurance or credit card contracts. I'm not hugely optimistic about having a back door to this one, but do hold out a sliver of hope for Amex, you know... being 'Murican, and all.
EDIT: Okay, I spoke to Amex and they said "Aha ha ha, fuck off". So then I spoke to National and they'll provide me with bumper-to-bumper cover for $13.50 a day, which isn't as bad as I thought. So unless anybody has a better idea, that's what I'll do.
You do realize you're going to have to learn how to drive on the correct side of the road.
Quote from: flannj on July 03, 2015, 11:01:42 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
Quote from: Oleg on July 02, 2015, 06:45:29 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
In as much as you actually care about how things work in Australia, which you don't: hire cars here come with insurance, so nobody has or needs it included in their own car insurance or credit card contracts. I'm not hugely optimistic about having a back door to this one, but do hold out a sliver of hope for Amex, you know... being 'Murican, and all.
EDIT: Okay, I spoke to Amex and they said "Aha ha ha, fuck off". So then I spoke to National and they'll provide me with bumper-to-bumper cover for $13.50 a day, which isn't as bad as I thought. So unless anybody has a better idea, that's what I'll do.
You do realize you're going to have to learn how to drive on the correct side of the road.
Aha, no, I won't: here in Australia we drive on the same side as you do. No doubt you Yanks have found some way to make it more fucking complicated than necessary, though.
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 11:09:54 AM
Quote from: flannj on July 03, 2015, 11:01:42 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
Quote from: Oleg on July 02, 2015, 06:45:29 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
In as much as you actually care about how things work in Australia, which you don't: hire cars here come with insurance, so nobody has or needs it included in their own car insurance or credit card contracts. I'm not hugely optimistic about having a back door to this one, but do hold out a sliver of hope for Amex, you know... being 'Murican, and all.
EDIT: Okay, I spoke to Amex and they said "Aha ha ha, fuck off". So then I spoke to National and they'll provide me with bumper-to-bumper cover for $13.50 a day, which isn't as bad as I thought. So unless anybody has a better idea, that's what I'll do.
You do realize you're going to have to learn how to drive on the correct side of the road.
Aha, no, I won't: here in Australia we drive on the same side as you do. No doubt you Yanks have found some way to make it more fucking complicated than necessary, though.
A little known exception to the rule in most Eastern and Mid-western states: When simultaneously arriving at an intersection you yield to the car on your right unless you are driving a grey car and the car on your right is white, blue, or red, and the name of the month has no letter "r" in it.
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Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 11:09:54 AM
Quote from: flannj on July 03, 2015, 11:01:42 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
Quote from: Oleg on July 02, 2015, 06:45:29 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
In as much as you actually care about how things work in Australia, which you don't: hire cars here come with insurance, so nobody has or needs it included in their own car insurance or credit card contracts. I'm not hugely optimistic about having a back door to this one, but do hold out a sliver of hope for Amex, you know... being 'Murican, and all.
EDIT: Okay, I spoke to Amex and they said "Aha ha ha, fuck off". So then I spoke to National and they'll provide me with bumper-to-bumper cover for $13.50 a day, which isn't as bad as I thought. So unless anybody has a better idea, that's what I'll do.
You do realize you're going to have to learn how to drive on the correct side of the road.
Aha, no, I won't: here in Australia we drive on the same side as you do. No doubt you Yanks have found some way to make it more fucking complicated than necessary, though.
A little known exception to the rule in most Eastern and Mid-western states: When simultaneously arriving at an intersection you yield to the car on your right unless you are driving a grey car and the car on your right is white, blue, or red, and the name of the month has no letter "r" in it.
Except in any county with a "U" in the name.
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 11:09:54 AM
Quote from: flannj on July 03, 2015, 11:01:42 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 03, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
Quote from: Oleg on July 02, 2015, 06:45:29 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 02, 2015, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 02, 2015, 04:40:13 PM
T minus eleven days, and here's a question for you: for our two-week road trip, I have rented a car with National Car Rental in the Loop. The details they have sent me with my confirmation are scant but I can't see any reference to insurance. In Europe, when you rent a car, comprehensive insurance is included in the price you pay, albeit normally with a pretty high excess, so that if the car gets nicked or written off, you're on the hook for (say) five hundred, but the rest of it is the car company's problem. If you want to take out extra insurance to cover the excess, you can do that do but you don't have to, and are legally covered regardless.
I'm guessing that the price I have agreed with National in the US probably doesn't include any insurance, but does anybody know what their standard practice is? And if that standard practice is no insurance, does anybody have a recommendation for how I should cover myself? Take their insurance? Organise my own? Would the insurance be taken care of if I pay for the rental on a credit card (Chuck), maybe?
Insurance isn't typically included from my experience. It's usually sold as an extra.
Any chance you have an American Express card? If you use that to pay for the rental it's possible insurance will be included. I have two cards with them and both provide complimentary rental car insurance.
The rental will come with liability insurance. Getting insurance from the rental company will run around $19 per day or so (that's what it is for Enterprise and National and Enterprise are owned by the same company). For two weeks, that isn't cheap. You'll be far better off checking with AMEX. In any case, be prepared, in the case of an accident, to cover the deductible plus the daily rental cost of the car while it's in the shop.
I'm assuming that you have car insurance in Australia. You may also want to check with your agent to see if they offer car rental insurance (my company does and I have it automatically) but, obviously, I have no idea how these things work in Tazmania, where you live.
Just don't fucking crash your car.
In as much as you actually care about how things work in Australia, which you don't: hire cars here come with insurance, so nobody has or needs it included in their own car insurance or credit card contracts. I'm not hugely optimistic about having a back door to this one, but do hold out a sliver of hope for Amex, you know... being 'Murican, and all.
EDIT: Okay, I spoke to Amex and they said "Aha ha ha, fuck off". So then I spoke to National and they'll provide me with bumper-to-bumper cover for $13.50 a day, which isn't as bad as I thought. So unless anybody has a better idea, that's what I'll do.
You do realize you're going to have to learn how to drive on the correct side of the road.
Aha, no, I won't: here in Australia we drive on the same side as you do. No doubt you Yanks have found some way to make it more fucking complicated than necessary, though.
There are very few roundabouts. And in the few cities where they've tried to adopt them, nobody knows how to use them.
Okay, so we've pretty much got everything sorted: accommodation, money, SIM cards, CTA passes, hire car, car seats, taxi from the airport. We arrive Monday afternoon and will be in town for a week before leaving on our road trip. If you're around in Chicago next week and would like to meet up for lunch or something, let me know.
EDIT: also, if anybody has four tickets for the Giants series (6-9 August) that they don't want, let me know. Otherwise, I'll walk up and see what I get.
EDIT EDIT: Stubhub has four tickets for the Friday day game, Upper Box infield, row 1 (seats which I love) for $225 all in. Unless anybody has a better idea, I'll just do that.
Quote from: Tonker on July 09, 2015, 02:43:23 AM
Okay, so we've pretty much got everything sorted: accommodation, money, SIM cards, CTA passes, hire car, car seats, taxi from the airport. We arrive Monday afternoon and will be in town for a week before leaving on our road trip. If you're around in Chicago next week and would like to meet up for lunch or something, let me know.
EDIT: also, if anybody has four tickets for the Giants series (6-9 August) that they don't want, let me know. Otherwise, I'll walk up and see what I get.
EDIT EDIT: Stubhub has four tickets for the Friday day game, Upper Box infield, row 1 (seats which I love) for $225 all in. Unless anybody has a better idea, I'll just do that.
Sweet deal on the tix.
I'm in town all next week but my schedule is fucking retarded until about Thursday or Friday. Would love to hang out and meet the fam. Will bring my bird.
A fucking tornado watch? You've got to be fucking kidding me.
Quote from: Tonker on July 13, 2015, 09:11:37 PM
A fucking tornado watch? You've got to be fucking kidding me.
Tornado watch? Yawn. if you hear the air raid sirens, you can panic.
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 06:15:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
It's not exactly a great "walking-around-with-your-family-from-out-of-town" area. If you're walking to/from the Howard St. El stop you'll want to do so during reasonable hours and not stop and make a lot of chit chat along the way. Same goes for the Metra stop. Also, I used to take my daughter to Touhy Beach and can attest to the fact that it's not exactly Shangri-La; bit of a mixed bag there. I can promise you you'd be one of the few vacationing Europeans vacationing up there. You may be a little more comfortable regularly setting up shop on the beaches around, say, Pratt and anything south from there but thn that might rule out a reasonable walk from Touhy and Ridge. You can stop by Thrill's Magic Bachelor Pad though!
Not trying to rain on your joyful positive, but I'm not certain if be doing you any favors if I didn't at least provide you a fair and honest portrayal of that area. Yes I know that area well (and let me add that I'm glad I no longer live there with my family).
Hi.
Also... Yeah. If I didn't live up here, I probably wouldn't live up here. Or something.
But this appears to have been all sorted out months ago. As you were, everyone!
Quote from: CT III on June 02, 2015, 01:38:52 PM
All right, who told Huey he could create his own stereotypes again?
Mostly I blame myself.
Quote from: Tonker on July 13, 2015, 09:11:37 PM
A fucking tornado watch? You've got to be fucking kidding me.
pffftttt... call me when your house gets hit by lightning.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on July 13, 2015, 10:02:24 PM
Quote from: PANK! on May 26, 2015, 06:15:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tonker on May 26, 2015, 01:32:04 AM
Okay chaps, we were looking at an Airbnb apartment in Boystown but it's now booked out, so I've found what appears to be quite a nice place up North, where you get a lot more bang for your buck, space-wise (this place is around 900 sq ft). It appears to be about halfway between Wrigley and Northwestern, somewhere around W Touhy and N Ridge. Seems like a decent - if quiet - area, and it's pretty close to Howard El and Rogers Park Metra (should we ever want to head North). It's also close to the beach, which is important for us.
What do you reckon? Fork, Huey, I'm looking at you guys because I think this is (was) your neck of the woods, no?
DPD: just realised that this place is round the corner from Candelite. All a y'all better have a good fucking reason why I shouldn't stay here.
It's not exactly a great "walking-around-with-your-family-from-out-of-town" area. If you're walking to/from the Howard St. El stop you'll want to do so during reasonable hours and not stop and make a lot of chit chat along the way. Same goes for the Metra stop. Also, I used to take my daughter to Touhy Beach and can attest to the fact that it's not exactly Shangri-La; bit of a mixed bag there. I can promise you you'd be one of the few vacationing Europeans vacationing up there. You may be a little more comfortable regularly setting up shop on the beaches around, say, Pratt and anything south from there but thn that might rule out a reasonable walk from Touhy and Ridge. You can stop by Thrill's Magic Bachelor Pad though!
Not trying to rain on your joyful positive, but I'm not certain if be doing you any favors if I didn't at least provide you a fair and honest portrayal of that area. Yes I know that area well (and let me add that I'm glad I no longer live there with my family).
Hi.
Also... Yeah. If I didn't live up here, I probably wouldn't live up here. Or something.
But this appears to have been all sorted out months ago. As you were, everyone!
Hi Paul. And shut up.
where were you are you okay type three periods if you're in trouble
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
How the hell did you pay for anything?
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Just follow the smell of Axe Body Spray and Red Bull.
Is there some sort of hangfest planned that people can go to this week to see Tonk and meet his people?
Quote from: InternetApex on July 14, 2015, 01:45:31 PM
Is there some sort of hangfest planned that people can go to this week to see Tonk and meet his people?
There should be
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
Quote from: Yeti on July 14, 2015, 01:48:14 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on July 14, 2015, 01:45:31 PM
Is there some sort of hangfest planned that people can go to this week to see Tonk and meet his people?
There should be
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on July 14, 2015, 12:40:07 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
How the hell did you pay for anything?
Bartered: I now only have one child. The home-made guacamole was worth it, though.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
Quote from: Tony on July 14, 2015, 03:25:24 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 03:33:17 PM
Quote from: Tony on July 14, 2015, 03:25:24 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
I call bullshit.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
Getting wasted and eating pizza at Boiler Room is a good thing to do.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 03:33:17 PM
Quote from: Tony on July 14, 2015, 03:25:24 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
Parsons is a good idea.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 03:33:17 PM
Quote from: Tony on July 14, 2015, 03:25:24 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
CHALLEGE: ACCEPTED!
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 14, 2015, 04:35:57 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 03:33:17 PM
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Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 02:03:44 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 01:22:15 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 12:33:49 PM
Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
CHALLEGE: ACCEPTED!
I have no idea what Parsons is, but I'll be very happy to eat all their chicken. We leave for Menver on Monday morning, so we're here until then and other than Saturday morning, have no concrete plans.
HTonk and I took our mitts and wandered over to Humboldt Park this afternoon to play some catch. There were a couple of Puerto Rican guys there with their kids and they shouted us over to join in, so my son and I shagged flies in the sunshine. It was one the greatest things I ever did in my life.
TPD
Went out with Chuck, PChuck and the younger Murtons tonight for dinner at a Cuban place on Armitage (Cuban sandwich very nice), and then to Margie's for sundaes and shakes (and lots and lots of fudge) afterwards. The entire Chuck family - including real-life Chuck himself - is just an absolute delight, it's a privilege to spend time with them all, and we had a really, really great evening. How can Internet Chuck be such a contrary bell-end?
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 08:21:17 PM
TPD
Went out with Chuck, PChuck and the younger Murtons tonight for dinner at a Cuban place on Armitage (Cuban sandwich very nice), and then to Margie's for sundaes and shakes (and lots and lots of fudge) afterwards. The entire Chuck family - including real-life Chuck himself - is just an absolute delight, it's a privilege to spend time with them all, and we had a really, really great evening. How can Internet Chuck be such a contrary bell-end?
Weird isn't it?
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
This morning? Like before bars/restaurants are open? It's nice out you could sit on the rooftop of Rock Bottom and have lunch before the work crowd gets there. If you're by the river, they're almost done over here with the riverfront walkway thing, so that's kind of cool now. You can probably see a body floating around if you look thru the murkiness.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 15, 2015, 07:43:59 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
This morning? Like before bars/restaurants are open? It's nice out you could sit on the rooftop of Rock Bottom and have lunch before the work crowd gets there. If you're by the river, they're almost done over here with the riverfront walkway thing, so that's kind of cool now. You can probably see a body floating around if you look thru the murkiness.
I can't wait until you have your kid. Your world will be turned upside down.
Tonk--I'd suggest walking them over to Millenium Park, not even two blacks east of State Street between Lake and Jackson or thereabouts. Don't cost nothin' and you may well be able to stretch your time to an hour or even an hour-and-a-half just walking around. Also what Dubbs said about the Riverwalk, which is kind of in the other direction north but if your woman be shoppin' for like 3 hours you can do both.
DPD. Speaking of the river, I'm also assuming an architectural cruise on the Chicago River is already on your agenda during your stay. If not, it should be.
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 07:59:16 AM
DPD. Speaking of the river, I'm also assuming an architectural cruise on the Chicago River is already on your agenda during your stay. If not, it should be.
Going with Bill and TJ + families on Saturday morning. Very much looking forward to that.
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
If her shopping takes her up Michigan (better stores, so I'm guessing it will), there's an interactive Chicago Sports Museum next to Harry Caray's in Water Tower Place that they'd enjoy.
Or you can take them to the Blackhawks store over on Michigan & Wacker, they've got some stuff over there too for kids, I think.
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 07:56:16 AM
not even two blacks east of State Street between Lake and Jackson or thereabouts.
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Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 07:56:16 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 15, 2015, 07:43:59 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
This morning? Like before bars/restaurants are open? It's nice out you could sit on the rooftop of Rock Bottom and have lunch before the work crowd gets there. If you're by the river, they're almost done over here with the riverfront walkway thing, so that's kind of cool now. You can probably see a body floating around if you look thru the murkiness.
I can't wait until you have your kid. Your world will be turned upside down.
Tonk--I'd suggest walking them over to Millenium Park, not even two blacks east of State Street between Lake and Jackson or thereabouts. Don't cost nothin' and you may well be able to stretch your time to an hour or even an hour-and-a-half just walking around. Also what Dubbs said about the Riverwalk, which is kind of in the other direction north but if your woman be shoppin' for like 3 hours you can do both.
Dubbs may have underestimated what it takes to amuse a child, but the lunch tip sounds good. Millennium Park seems like the answer to my prayers, indeed, although I probably should have been able to come up with that idea myself by this point in my Chicago-visiting career. Thanks, Mike.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 15, 2015, 08:07:42 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
If her shopping takes her up Michigan (better stores, so I'm guessing it will), there's an interactive Chicago Sports Museum next to Harry Caray's in Water Tower Place that they'd enjoy.
Or you can take them to the Blackhawks store over on Michigan & Wacker, they've got some stuff over there too for kids, I think.
I wouldn't shop on Michigan if it were the last Magnificent Mile on Earth. What do you think I am, a tourist?
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 08:22:21 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 15, 2015, 08:07:42 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
If her shopping takes her up Michigan (better stores, so I'm guessing it will), there's an interactive Chicago Sports Museum next to Harry Caray's in Water Tower Place that they'd enjoy.
Or you can take them to the Blackhawks store over on Michigan & Wacker, they've got some stuff over there too for kids, I think.
I wouldn't shop on Michigan if it were the last Magnificent Mile on Earth. What do you think I am, a tourist?
If you're looking for some non-touristy area to shop (well your "wife") I've been told recently that the North Ave/Sheffield area has some good stuff. They've really rebuilt the whole surrounding area and it's nice too. There are a bunch of lunch spots, including the recently opened Dinosaur BBQ. We ate there the other day and it was pretty good. Plus there is at least one park nearby for the kids to play.
Or you could take that 606 to Damen, walk south and there are a bunch of new places on Damen to shop at for her. Plus the parks at the stops on the 606. Plus Big Star to eat at. And Dove's.
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 08:20:54 AM
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 07:56:16 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 15, 2015, 07:43:59 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
This morning? Like before bars/restaurants are open? It's nice out you could sit on the rooftop of Rock Bottom and have lunch before the work crowd gets there. If you're by the river, they're almost done over here with the riverfront walkway thing, so that's kind of cool now. You can probably see a body floating around if you look thru the murkiness.
I can't wait until you have your kid. Your world will be turned upside down.
Tonk--I'd suggest walking them over to Millenium Park, not even two blacks east of State Street between Lake and Jackson or thereabouts. Don't cost nothin' and you may well be able to stretch your time to an hour or even an hour-and-a-half just walking around. Also what Dubbs said about the Riverwalk, which is kind of in the other direction north but if your woman be shoppin' for like 3 hours you can do both.
Dubbs may have underestimated what it takes to amuse a child, but the lunch tip sounds good. Millennium Park seems like the answer to my prayers, indeed, although I probably should have been able to come up with that idea myself by this point in my Chicago-visiting career. Thanks, Mike.
I'm not sure how Huey passes himself off as a local guy when he doesn't know that Millennium Park is between Randolph and Monroe, not Lake and Jackson.
Anyway, since you're with the kids, keep going east of Millennium Park and cross Columbus Drive using either the BP (ugh) Bridge on the south side or via upper Randolph Street on the north end. This will land you in Maggie Daley Park which has all kinds of crazy crap geared towards children.
Also, if your kids want a quick tour of soul-crushing corporate America, let me know and I'll put your names in at the security desk of the Aon Center. Some say the building is still haunted by the ghost of RV...
Quote from: CT III on July 15, 2015, 09:18:11 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 08:20:54 AM
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 07:56:16 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 15, 2015, 07:43:59 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
This morning? Like before bars/restaurants are open? It's nice out you could sit on the rooftop of Rock Bottom and have lunch before the work crowd gets there. If you're by the river, they're almost done over here with the riverfront walkway thing, so that's kind of cool now. You can probably see a body floating around if you look thru the murkiness.
I can't wait until you have your kid. Your world will be turned upside down.
Tonk--I'd suggest walking them over to Millenium Park, not even two blacks east of State Street between Lake and Jackson or thereabouts. Don't cost nothin' and you may well be able to stretch your time to an hour or even an hour-and-a-half just walking around. Also what Dubbs said about the Riverwalk, which is kind of in the other direction north but if your woman be shoppin' for like 3 hours you can do both.
Dubbs may have underestimated what it takes to amuse a child, but the lunch tip sounds good. Millennium Park seems like the answer to my prayers, indeed, although I probably should have been able to come up with that idea myself by this point in my Chicago-visiting career. Thanks, Mike.
I'm not sure how Huey passes himself off as a local guy when he doesn't know that Millennium Park is between Randolph and Monroe, not Lake and Jackson.
I included a caveat that I was being approximate.
Quote from: Tonker on July 14, 2015, 08:09:24 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 14, 2015, 04:35:57 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 14, 2015, 03:33:17 PM
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Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
CHALLEGE: ACCEPTED!
I have no idea what Parsons is, but I'll be very happy to eat all their chicken. We leave for Menver on Monday morning, so we're here until then and other than Saturday morning, have no concrete plans.
Hey Logan Square people, or anyone willing to come to Logan Square... how about Saturday late afternoon/early evening for Parsons? There's a big open patio so it could work for a large gathering of Desipiots.
And CT is right... Maggie Daley park is supposed to be great. Definitely do that with the kids.
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 09:36:09 AM
Quote from: CT III on July 15, 2015, 09:18:11 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 08:20:54 AM
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 07:56:16 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 15, 2015, 07:43:59 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
This morning? Like before bars/restaurants are open? It's nice out you could sit on the rooftop of Rock Bottom and have lunch before the work crowd gets there. If you're by the river, they're almost done over here with the riverfront walkway thing, so that's kind of cool now. You can probably see a body floating around if you look thru the murkiness.
I can't wait until you have your kid. Your world will be turned upside down.
Tonk--I'd suggest walking them over to Millenium Park, not even two blacks east of State Street between Lake and Jackson or thereabouts. Don't cost nothin' and you may well be able to stretch your time to an hour or even an hour-and-a-half just walking around. Also what Dubbs said about the Riverwalk, which is kind of in the other direction north but if your woman be shoppin' for like 3 hours you can do both.
Dubbs may have underestimated what it takes to amuse a child, but the lunch tip sounds good. Millennium Park seems like the answer to my prayers, indeed, although I probably should have been able to come up with that idea myself by this point in my Chicago-visiting career. Thanks, Mike.
I'm not sure how Huey passes himself off as a local guy when he doesn't know that Millennium Park is between Randolph and Monroe, not Lake and Jackson.
I included a caveat that I was being approximate.
A CHICAGO GUY would never use a caveat like that. At least not one who I'm sure has at some point bragged about his savant-like ability to navigate the city thanks to its excellent grid system.
Quote from: CT III on July 15, 2015, 09:44:45 AM
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 09:36:09 AM
Quote from: CT III on July 15, 2015, 09:18:11 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 08:20:54 AM
Quote from: PANK! on July 15, 2015, 07:56:16 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 15, 2015, 07:43:59 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:36:58 AM
Okay, guys: we're going shopping on State Street this morning and bearing in mind that it may take STonk a little longer than the rest of us to locate what she's looking for (women need more than shirseys, it turns out), is there something around there where I can take the kids for an hour to amuse them?
This morning? Like before bars/restaurants are open? It's nice out you could sit on the rooftop of Rock Bottom and have lunch before the work crowd gets there. If you're by the river, they're almost done over here with the riverfront walkway thing, so that's kind of cool now. You can probably see a body floating around if you look thru the murkiness.
I can't wait until you have your kid. Your world will be turned upside down.
Tonk--I'd suggest walking them over to Millenium Park, not even two blacks east of State Street between Lake and Jackson or thereabouts. Don't cost nothin' and you may well be able to stretch your time to an hour or even an hour-and-a-half just walking around. Also what Dubbs said about the Riverwalk, which is kind of in the other direction north but if your woman be shoppin' for like 3 hours you can do both.
Dubbs may have underestimated what it takes to amuse a child, but the lunch tip sounds good. Millennium Park seems like the answer to my prayers, indeed, although I probably should have been able to come up with that idea myself by this point in my Chicago-visiting career. Thanks, Mike.
I'm not sure how Huey passes himself off as a local guy when he doesn't know that Millennium Park is between Randolph and Monroe, not Lake and Jackson.
I included a caveat that I was being approximate.
A CHICAGO GUY would never use a caveat like that. At least not one who I'm sure has at some point bragged about his savant-like ability to navigate the city thanks to its excellent grid system.
I've long held the belief that my internal savant magnetism gets scrambled as soon as I traverse east of Michigan. The "east side" of Chicago is a nightmarish hellscape which I have never pretended to have committed to memory. I have driven on endless loops through those awful streets like Stetson and St. Claire and the like and the experience only further alienates me. I stand by my caveat.
I'd suggest the Art Institute, but that may be pricey and not to everyone's taste. The Lego Store is fun for all.
Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:06:29 AM
I'd suggest the Art Institute, but that may be pricey and not to everyone's taste. The Lego Store is fun for all.
Well and given that Tonk's stated goal is to try and find purely "american" things to do, I doubt he's interested in looking at a lot of art from Europe. I do love the Art Institute, though.
Quote from: SKO on July 15, 2015, 11:08:12 AM
Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:06:29 AM
I'd suggest the Art Institute, but that may be pricey and not to everyone's taste. The Lego Store is fun for all.
Well and given that Tonk's stated goal is to try and find purely "american" things to do, I doubt he's interest in looking at a lot of art from Europe. I do love the Art Institute, though.
Across Michigan Ave. from the Art Institute is the old Public Library Building. It is worth a trip to just climb the marble staircase to see the magnificent stained glass skylight.
Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:10:20 AM
Quote from: SKO on July 15, 2015, 11:08:12 AM
Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:06:29 AM
I'd suggest the Art Institute, but that may be pricey and not to everyone's taste. The Lego Store is fun for all.
Well and given that Tonk's stated goal is to try and find purely "american" things to do, I doubt he's interest in looking at a lot of art from Europe. I do love the Art Institute, though.
Across Michigan Ave. from the Art Institute is the old Public Library Building. It is worth a trip to just climb the marble staircase to see the magnificent stained glass skylight.
Thank you Stew, for reminding me to take advantage of being downtown every day. I walk past (or in bad weather, scuttle beneath it in the tunnels like a CHUD) the Public Library building on a daily basis but have never ventured inside.
Quote from: Tony on July 15, 2015, 09:39:51 AM
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 14, 2015, 04:35:57 PM
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Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
CHALLEGE: ACCEPTED!
I have no idea what Parsons is, but I'll be very happy to eat all their chicken. We leave for Menver on Monday morning, so we're here until then and other than Saturday morning, have no concrete plans.
Hey Logan Square people, or anyone willing to come to Logan Square... how about Saturday late afternoon/early evening for Parsons? There's a big open patio so it could work for a large gathering of Desipiots.
And CT is right... Maggie Daley park is supposed to be great. Definitely do that with the kids.
Maybe too late here, but I can vouch for Maggie Daley Park. Not sure how old your kids are Tonk (or what units of measurement they have in Australia to describe their age), but I've got a 2 and a 4 year old and they fucking love that place.
Quote from: CT III on July 15, 2015, 11:16:48 AM
Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:10:20 AM
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Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:06:29 AM
I'd suggest the Art Institute, but that may be pricey and not to everyone's taste. The Lego Store is fun for all.
Well and given that Tonk's stated goal is to try and find purely "american" things to do, I doubt he's interest in looking at a lot of art from Europe. I do love the Art Institute, though.
Across Michigan Ave. from the Art Institute is the old Public Library Building. It is worth a trip to just climb the marble staircase to see the magnificent stained glass skylight.
Thank you Stew, for reminding me to take advantage of being downtown every day. I walk past (or in bad weather, scuttle beneath it in the tunnels like a CHUD) the Public Library building on a daily basis but have never ventured inside.
The Rookery is closer to my office. I always take a couple minutes to walk inside and look at the atrium when I'm over there.
Quote from: SKO on July 15, 2015, 11:08:12 AM
Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:06:29 AM
I'd suggest the Art Institute, but that may be pricey and not to everyone's taste. The Lego Store is fun for all.
Well and given that Tonk's stated goal is to try and find purely "american" things to do, I doubt he's interested in looking at a lot of art from Europe. I do love the Art Institute, though.
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Quote from: Tony on July 15, 2015, 12:55:14 PM
Quote from: SKO on July 15, 2015, 11:08:12 AM
Quote from: CBStew on July 15, 2015, 11:06:29 AM
I'd suggest the Art Institute, but that may be pricey and not to everyone's taste. The Lego Store is fun for all.
Well and given that Tonk's stated goal is to try and find purely "american" things to do, I doubt he's interested in looking at a lot of art from Europe. I do love the Art Institute, though.
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Yes I'm aware there's some good 'Merican stuff in there, just saying that Tonk said before museums and tourist-y things weren't really what he was after. He wanted real 'Merica, and as that includes rabid anti-intellectualism, no museums!
Of you're going to be in Chicago on a Sunday morning, the House of Blues Gospel Brunch is pretty cool. Here praise for the Lord while engaging in gluttony and sloth, at least.
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
I can't see any reason why we won't be there.
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Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
CHALLEGE: ACCEPTED!
I have no idea what Parsons is, but I'll be very happy to eat all their chicken. We leave for Menver on Monday morning, so we're here until then and other than Saturday morning, have no concrete plans.
Hey Logan Square people, or anyone willing to come to Logan Square... how about Saturday late afternoon/early evening for Parsons? There's a big open patio so it could work for a large gathering of Desipiots.
And CT is right... Maggie Daley park is supposed to be great. Definitely do that with the kids.
Maybe too late here, but I can vouch for Maggie Daley Park. Not sure how old your kids are Tonk (or what units of measurement they have in Australia to describe their age), but I've got a 2 and a 4 year old and they fucking love that place.
Something I've noticed about being in Chicago with the family is that strangers talk to you even more than they do if you're on your own - they hear STonk talking to the kids in German, or me talking to them in my extra-plummy, only-while-I'm-in-Chicago English, and take it as their cue to steam in and engage us in conversation / invite us to join in with what they're doing / give us stuff. I love this about the Midwest. Anyway, we've had more than one of those aforementioned strangers recommend Maggie Daley Park to us today, so we'll definitely be giving it a burn tomorrow or Friday.
Quote from: Tonker on July 15, 2015, 07:11:45 PM
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Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
CHALLEGE: ACCEPTED!
I have no idea what Parsons is, but I'll be very happy to eat all their chicken. We leave for Menver on Monday morning, so we're here until then and other than Saturday morning, have no concrete plans.
Hey Logan Square people, or anyone willing to come to Logan Square... how about Saturday late afternoon/early evening for Parsons? There's a big open patio so it could work for a large gathering of Desipiots.
And CT is right... Maggie Daley park is supposed to be great. Definitely do that with the kids.
Maybe too late here, but I can vouch for Maggie Daley Park. Not sure how old your kids are Tonk (or what units of measurement they have in Australia to describe their age), but I've got a 2 and a 4 year old and they fucking love that place.
Something I've noticed about being in Chicago with the family is that strangers talk to you even more than they do if you're on your own - they hear STonk talking to the kids in German, or me talking to them in my extra-plummy, only-while-I'm-in-Chicago English, and take it as their cue to steam in and engage us in conversation / invite us to join in with what they're doing / give us stuff. I love this about the Midwest. Anyway, we've had more than one of those aforementioned strangers recommend Maggie Daley Park to us today, so we'll definitely be giving it a burn tomorrow or Friday.
My wife's family felt the same way. They can't believe how nice people are here. Total strangers will compliment something they're wearing and it blows them away every time.
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Took an UberX car (excellent, fast, cheap service: good shout, Dubbs) up to Logan Square this morning for breakfast - ATonk nearly shit herself with happiness when they brought her pancakes - and then walked back to the apartment via the park. I guess it was nothing special really, but we ended up talking to all sorts of people on the way, checked out the 606, and then visited the big Puerto Rican supermarket on North and California and it was a really, really nice morning. It was also really, really fucking long morning, having been up at 0530 with the jetlag. At one point I asked STonk what time she thought it was and she replied "I don't know... about one?". It was quarter past ten.
Shoulda come by the house as long as you were down the street
Where do you live, dude?
Logan Square. Logan and California. The northern suburbs. I can barely see the skyline from the rooftop, so I know I'm still in the city. Watch TV dude.
We walked right through that junction this morning. I was amazed to see that you have Starbucks in America, too.
If a Logan Square meetup is planned with the Dubbs and Tonker families, let me know. The Butthead clan would like to get in on that if possible. My boy has never met anyone from Australia. This will be a good learning experience for him.
TDubbs' wife is very nice. I'm sure your family will enjoy her company. She might even be nice enough to offset TDubbs being there.
How long are you staying in the area? Thru the weekend? Want to do a Parsons night one of these days? Huge outdoor area and so much fried chicken that even Tonker, Fork, and SKO together couldn't eat all of it.
CHALLEGE: ACCEPTED!
I have no idea what Parsons is, but I'll be very happy to eat all their chicken. We leave for Menver on Monday morning, so we're here until then and other than Saturday morning, have no concrete plans.
Hey Logan Square people, or anyone willing to come to Logan Square... how about Saturday late afternoon/early evening for Parsons? There's a big open patio so it could work for a large gathering of Desipiots.
And CT is right... Maggie Daley park is supposed to be great. Definitely do that with the kids.
Maybe too late here, but I can vouch for Maggie Daley Park. Not sure how old your kids are Tonk (or what units of measurement they have in Australia to describe their age), but I've got a 2 and a 4 year old and they fucking love that place.
Something I've noticed about being in Chicago with the family is that strangers talk to you even more than they do if you're on your own - they hear STonk talking to the kids in German, or me talking to them in my extra-plummy, only-while-I'm-in-Chicago English, and take it as their cue to steam in and engage us in conversation / invite us to join in with what they're doing / give us stuff. I love this about the Midwest. Anyway, we've had more than one of those aforementioned strangers recommend Maggie Daley Park to us today, so we'll definitely be giving it a burn tomorrow or Friday.
My wife's family felt the same way. They can't believe how nice people are here. Total strangers will compliment something they're wearing and it blows them away every time.
You fuckers stand out with your silly talk and we're sure you're lost.
We figure you're from Milwaukee.
Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on July 16, 2015, 07:12:31 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Well it looked nice and sunny out, but like all of us hard working Americans, I was inside my office working. Not on a multi-continent excursion like you and your Australian koala cubs
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I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Well it looked nice and sunny out, but like all of us hard working Americans, I was inside my office working. Not on a multi-continent excursion like you and your Australian koala cubs
Iowa is on a different continent, now?
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Late afternoon works best for me and Mrs. Butthead. Maybe around 4 or 5. Maybe earlier, depending on how much work gets done in the next couple days.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Late afternoon works best for me and Mrs. Butthead. Maybe around 4 or 5. Maybe earlier, depending on how much work gets done in the next couple days.
Anytime works but 4 p.m. sounds tits.
Quote from: Tonker on July 16, 2015, 07:42:03 AM
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
Quote from: Oleg on July 16, 2015, 09:26:00 AM
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
If Tonk wants the best Mexican food in Rockford, I've heard the Taco Bell is a crowd favorite.
Tonk is probably just sitting in Duke of Perth saying it's not authentic Scottish.
Either that, or loading up on the all-you-can-eat fish & chips they have a couple nights a week.
I have a 'Murican phone number, now:
312 975 0035
... so that's probably easiest way to get hold of me from now on. I have Whatsapp and have a data package so I can pick up FB messenger messages, too. If you'd like to drop me a line with your current cell number, that would be simply super.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 16, 2015, 02:37:45 PM
Tonk is probably just sitting in Duke of Perth saying it's not authentic Scottish.
Either that, or loading up on the all-you-can-eat fish & chips they have a couple nights a week.
I wasn't, but give me about half an hour.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
Quote from: Tony on July 16, 2015, 02:45:11 PM
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
That's a bingo.
Quote from: Tonker on July 16, 2015, 02:43:46 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 16, 2015, 02:37:45 PM
Tonk is probably just sitting in Duke of Perth saying it's not authentic Scottish.
Either that, or loading up on the all-you-can-eat fish & chips they have a couple nights a week.
I wasn't, but give me about half an hour.
Go tomorrow for the Tonkful of Fish. (Wed & Fri) - looks like you might be able to get a drink in there too.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
Honestly, it was fine. Geographically speaking, it was pretty much exactly where I needed to be that lunchtime, and they had ridiculously good value kids' meals. The beer was genuinely pretty good, too.
I'm missing the point, though, aren't I?
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I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
Honestly, it was fine. Geographically speaking, it was pretty much exactly where I needed to be that lunchtime, and they had ridiculously good value kids' meals. The beer was genuinely pretty good, too.
I'm missing the point, though, aren't I?
I dunno, I'm conflicted. While I enjoy TDubbs getting dogpiled, I also feel everyone being so quick to display their sophistication (ugh...a
chain restaurant...how gross and uncool!) to be some rather annoyingly heavy-handed hipsterism.
You're on vacation, go wherever the hell you want, I won't judge.
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I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
Honestly, it was fine. Geographically speaking, it was pretty much exactly where I needed to be that lunchtime, and they had ridiculously good value kids' meals. The beer was genuinely pretty good, too.
I'm missing the point, though, aren't I?
I dunno, I'm conflicted. While I enjoy TDubbs getting dogpiled, I also feel everyone being so quick to display their sophistication (ugh...a chain restaurant...how gross and uncool!) to be some rather annoyingly heavy-handed hipsterism.
You're on vacation, go wherever the hell you want, I won't judge.
The suburbs have changed you, man.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
Honestly, it was fine. Geographically speaking, it was pretty much exactly where I needed to be that lunchtime, and they had ridiculously good value kids' meals. The beer was genuinely pretty good, too.
I'm missing the point, though, aren't I?
I dunno, I'm conflicted. While I enjoy TDubbs getting dogpiled, I also feel everyone being so quick to display their sophistication (ugh...a chain restaurant...how gross and uncool!) to be some rather annoyingly heavy-handed hipsterism.
You're on vacation, go wherever the hell you want, I won't judge.
Seems like a good opportunity for you to put ketchup on a hot dog.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
Honestly, it was fine. Geographically speaking, it was pretty much exactly where I needed to be that lunchtime, and they had ridiculously good value kids' meals. The beer was genuinely pretty good, too.
I'm missing the point, though, aren't I?
I dunno, I'm conflicted. While I enjoy TDubbs getting dogpiled, I also feel everyone being so quick to display their sophistication (ugh...a chain restaurant...how gross and uncool!) to be some rather annoyingly heavy-handed hipsterism.
You're on vacation, go wherever the hell you want, I won't judge.
Seems like a good opportunity for you to put ketchup on a hot dog.
Fight me.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
Honestly, it was fine. Geographically speaking, it was pretty much exactly where I needed to be that lunchtime, and they had ridiculously good value kids' meals. The beer was genuinely pretty good, too.
I'm missing the point, though, aren't I?
I dunno, I'm conflicted. While I enjoy TDubbs getting dogpiled, I also feel everyone being so quick to display their sophistication (ugh...a chain restaurant...how gross and uncool!) to be some rather annoyingly heavy-handed hipsterism.
You're on vacation, go wherever the hell you want, I won't judge.
I don't even know what this place is anymore.
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Quote from: InternetApex on July 15, 2015, 05:34:09 PM
I'm in for Parsons Saturday.
Saturday Parsons Yes.
RT if you're down with me.
Even if Pex is there, I'd go. What time were we thinking? I probably can't go between the hours of 11-2 or so, but after that I'm down to clown for a little bit at least.
We're going to do the boat tour and, I'd guess, lunch with Bill and TJ, so we probably won't be able to get until mid-afternoon.
Went to that Rock Bottom place yesterday, as you suggested. On a hot day it would have been bliss, but it was actually a little cool up there, especially in the shade. Food and beer were pretty good, though, and not unreasonably priced.
Wait...somehow I missed this. Someone suggested you go to Rock Bottom? You know we have one of those in Denver. It's not even in Denver. It's in a fucking suburb of Denver. Jesus. What's happened to this board?
There's one in Iowa, too. Way to find some hidden jewels for Tonk to visit, people. Has he ever been to Applebee's?
They also have them in Omaha and Nashville, so maybe Tonk can just tour them all and let us know which locations are best.
I guess you guys missed the episode of House Hunters where TDubbs moved to the suburbs.
Ah, well if Tonk gets homesick then TDubbs can direct him to the nearest Outback Steakhouse I guess.
Look, I've never heard of the dump. I'll go wherever Butthead tells me to go.
Blame TDubbs for the bad Rock Bottom suggestion. I'll take credit for his good Parsons suggestion though.
I was lost. Somebody told him to go to Rock Bottom and I figured it must be something different than what they have in Indy. Nope. Very mediocre but I used to go there to watch basketball games sometimes.
So Parsons is not a chain? And we're going there Saturday at 4 p.m. to listen to TDubbs talk? Ok!
Honestly, it was fine. Geographically speaking, it was pretty much exactly where I needed to be that lunchtime, and they had ridiculously good value kids' meals. The beer was genuinely pretty good, too.
I'm missing the point, though, aren't I?
I dunno, I'm conflicted. While I enjoy TDubbs getting dogpiled, I also feel everyone being so quick to display their sophistication (ugh...a chain restaurant...how gross and uncool!) to be some rather annoyingly heavy-handed hipsterism.
You're on vacation, go wherever the hell you want, I won't judge.
I don't even know what this place is anymore.
I fucking laughed all the way down this page. I went to Rock Bottom in Indy like last year. It was right where I needed to be that lunchtime. Fuck it.
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
Quote from: flannj on July 17, 2015, 08:08:23 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
This. There's a Market Creations over there that would give you cheap. Provide your own cheerfulness. Or you could hit Mariano's (grocery store) and they can whip up something for you so you can improvise a little picnic.
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Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
Agreed, though I do like being able out on as many pickles and honking onion slices (sorry, TEC) on the burger as I desire. It won't kill you and you can mark it off your bucket list. If you go, though, you have to at least get a double cheeseburger as a regular party's like 1/10th of a millimeter after being cooked.
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Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
Agreed, though I do like being able out on as many pickles and honking onion slices (sorry, TEC) on the burger as I desire. It won't kill you and you can mark it off your bucket list. If you go, though, you have to at least get a double cheeseburger as a regular party's like 1/10th of a millimeter after being cooked.
I can tell you're able out on a lot of pickles.
Also Tonk--be sure to dress as lightly as possible this weekend. It's going to be as hot as a witch's asshole.
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Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
Agreed, though I do like being able to put on as many pickles and honking onion slices (sorry, TEC) on the burger as I desire. It won't kill you and you can mark it off your bucket list. If you go, though, you have to at least get a double cheeseburger as a regular party's like 1/10th of a millimeter after being cooked.
I can tell you're able out on a lot of pickles.
Indeed
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Quote from: flannj on July 17, 2015, 08:08:23 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
Agreed, though I do like being able out on as many pickles and honking onion slices (sorry, TEC) on the burger as I desire. It won't kill you and you can mark it off your bucket list. If you go, though, you have to at least get a double cheeseburger as a regular party's like 1/10th of a millimeter after being cooked.
I see you avoided typos by turning on AutoPANK.
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Quote from: flannj on July 17, 2015, 08:08:23 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
This. There's a Market Creations over there that would give you cheap. Provide your own cheerfulness. Or you could hit Mariano's (grocery store) and they can whip up something for you so you can improvise a little picnic.
Yeah if you're looking for something that's (a) cheap and (b) easily walkable from Maggie Daley, hit up Mariano's. They've got a ton of prepared foods - sandwiches, pizza, even sushi and chicken fingers & mac & cheese for the kids. Also a huge salad bar if you haven't had your first proper shit yet. They also sell individual beers on the lower level and have plenty of indoor/outdoor seating, or like Fork said you can head back over to the park for a picnic.
Or if you're looking to sit down somewhere - Wildberry Cafe (http://www.wildberrycafe.com/) is about as cheap as you're going to get a sit down meal in this part of town. Plentiful portions for a large adult Aussie such as yourself and a huge breakfast & lunch menu. Only catch here is I don't think they serve alcohol.
Final option if you're into fish and your definition of cheap is different than mine is Brown Bag Seafood (http://www.brownbagseafood.com/eat). Pricey but very good. I do believe they have booze here but not 100% sure on that.
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Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 08:02:56 AM
Okay, guys: today we're going to the Maggie Daley. Where are we having lunch? Cheap and cheerful is good.
I was thinking of taking the kids down to the Billy Goat because it's an experience down there, but honestly, as I recall, the burgers were not great. Am I misremembering?
the food sucks
Agreed, though I do like being able out on as many pickles and honking onion slices (sorry, TEC) on the burger as I desire. It won't kill you and you can mark it off your bucket list. If you go, though, you have to at least get a double cheeseburger as a regular party's like 1/10th of a millimeter after being cooked.
I see you avoided typos by turning on AutoPANK.
Yes, autocorrect, which is why it doesn't seem as flagrantly retarded as my usual PANKISMS
Mariano's sounds perfect: we can have a bit of a pique-nique, as the French say. Cheers, boys: see you tomorrow, those of you who are coming to Parsons at 1600.
Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 09:16:35 AM
Mariano's sounds perfect: we can have a bit of a pique-nique, as the French say. Cheers, boys: see you tomorrow, those of you who are coming to Parsons at 1600.
GONNA CHICKENEN!!!
So, Maggie Daley park was way, way, WAY too fucking hot: lots of concrete underfoot and nowhere near enough shade made it hotter than Huey's rage down there. We checked out Millennium park on the way there, though, and there was all sorts of stuff going on, including an orchestra rehearsing on the stage there so we sat and listened to them for a while, which was très civilised. After that we walked over to the lake and ate snow cones under a tree, tried to walk to the Pier but gave up in the heat and just headed back to Mariano's which was fucking fantastic by the way. What a great place. Their terrace is lovely but the garden on the lower level is a blissful oasis in the heart of downtown, just gorgeous. Then back to Humboldt Park for HTonk and ATonk to play with all the little brown children at the splash pad. Lovely job.
Quote from: Tonker on July 17, 2015, 06:29:07 PM
So, Maggie Daley park was way, way, WAY too fucking hot: lots of concrete underfoot and nowhere near enough shade made it hotter than Huey's rage down there. We checked out Millennium park on the way there, though, and there was all sorts of stuff going on, including an orchestra rehearsing on the stage there so we sat and listened to them for a while, which was très civilised. After that we walked over to the lake and ate snow cones under a tree, tried to walk to the Pier but gave up in the heat and just headed back to Mariano's which was fucking fantastic by the way. What a great place. Their terrace is lovely but the garden on the lower level is a blissful oasis in the heart of downtown, just gorgeous. Then back to Humboldt Park for HTonk and ATonk to play with all the little brown children at the splash pad. Lovely job.
I used to eat lunch there all the time when I was gainfully employed. Which feels like a fever dream now.
Going to be a little late: probably more like five o'clock. See you there.
Quote from: Tonker on July 18, 2015, 03:04:01 PM
Going to be a little late: probably more like five o'clock. See you there.
That's probably fine, because it's pouring. And the whole point of choosing Parsons is to enjoy the patio. There isn't much inside seating. So... anyone have any suggestions? Apex... TDubbs... are you even seeing this, or are you on your way there?
Quote from: Tony on July 18, 2015, 03:31:14 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 18, 2015, 03:04:01 PM
Going to be a little late: probably more like five o'clock. See you there.
That's probably fine, because it's pouring. And the whole point of choosing Parsons is to enjoy the patio. There isn't much inside seating. So... anyone have any suggestions? Apex... TDubbs... are you even seeing this, or are you on your way there?
I was there with you. I had belches last night that were better than fried chicken I've eaten in the last 12 months. That place is the fucking truth. Not cheap. You can get twice as much bird of this quality for the same price down in Buttpuddle. But if I'm going to pay $62 for chicken and beer it better not suck. This stuff was choice.
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
We'd be interested, but we're driving up the weekend after so I don't know if we'll want to go up 2 weekends in a row.
As an aside, Tonk, what are the plans for the 14th-16th?
Quote from: Yeti on July 20, 2015, 08:18:33 AM
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
We'd be interested, but we're driving up the weekend after so I don't know if we'll want to go up 2 weekends in a row.
As an aside, Tonk, what are the plans for the 14th-16th?
Nothing at the moment, dude. Are you thinking of coming up?
Quote from: Yeti on July 20, 2015, 08:18:33 AM
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
We'd be interested, but we're driving up the weekend after so I don't know if we'll want to go up 2 weekends in a row.
As an aside, Tonk, what are the plans for the 14th-16th?
Cookout at Morph's!
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with
proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
I was getting ready to say again that the Cubs really didn't seem to like you being stateside, but then Kris Bryant hit that amazing walkoff homer and thankfully rendered it all moot. So, even better -- a great night all around.
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Fuck off, I was nice as hell to you last time you were here, considering how much I hate Australians.
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
I had to wash my clothes three times just to get your Australian stink off them.
Quote from: Bort on July 28, 2015, 09:53:07 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Fuck off, I was nice as hell to you last time you were here, considering how much I hate Australians. everyone
be honest'd
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Geez, I was gonna offer to smoke a brisket when you came back through Chicago, but you can always go back to Tornado Alley.
He's not saying you guys aren't nice, just that I'm particularly awesome.
Quote from: Eli on July 28, 2015, 11:29:38 AM
He's not saying you guys aren't nice, just that I'm particularly awesome.
I stand by my offense-taking.
Quote from: Oleg on July 28, 2015, 11:50:25 AM
Quote from: Eli on July 28, 2015, 11:29:38 AM
He's not saying you guys aren't nice, just that I'm particularly awesome.
I stand by my offense-taking.
I mean, they may be nicer than a horrible cunt like me but nobody is nicer than JPex. I call bullshit on that.
Quote from: Oleg on July 28, 2015, 11:50:25 AM
Quote from: Eli on July 28, 2015, 11:29:38 AM
He's not saying you guys aren't nice, just that I'm particularly awesome.
I stand by my offense-taking.
I hope it's as hilarious as when you stood by Dave Otto.
Quote from: Yeti on July 28, 2015, 10:42:20 AM
Quote from: Bort on July 28, 2015, 09:53:07 AM
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Fuck off, I was nice as hell to you last time you were here, considering how much I hate Australians. everyone
be honest'd
Fair point. I did almost edit my original post to say "foreigners."
Quote from: InternetApex on July 28, 2015, 12:14:25 PM
Quote from: Oleg on July 28, 2015, 11:50:25 AM
Quote from: Eli on July 28, 2015, 11:29:38 AM
He's not saying you guys aren't nice, just that I'm particularly awesome.
I stand by my offense-taking.
I mean, they may be nicer than a horrible cunt like me but nobody is nicer than JPex. I call bullshit on that.
I should have explicitly exlcuded partners. JPex, AButthead, PChuck, LFork and JTJ are all beautiful human beings who should know way better than to hang around with a bunch of miserable cunts like y'all.
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Top hole, power bottom.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on July 31, 2015, 08:47:42 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Top hole, power bottom.
You show up for this?
Quote from: flannj on July 31, 2015, 08:54:58 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on July 31, 2015, 08:47:42 PM
Quote from: Tonker on July 27, 2015, 10:54:44 PM
Quote from: Shooter on July 27, 2015, 08:26:46 PM
I'm not necessarily blaming him, but prior to Tonker bringing his brood to the US, the Cubs had gone roughly 7,910 without getting no-hit. Since their arrival, they've been no-hit in 10% of their games.
Sorry, everybody.
In more cheerful news, I today became the first Desipiot to meet Eli and JEli, who are both, I can report, way, WAY fucking nicer than the rest of youse cunts. We had a very, very pleasant evening with proper barbecue and some delicious Kansas beer, and I sweated an embarrassing amount and they didn't say anything. Top hole.
Top hole, power bottom.
You show up for this?
Don't act surprised.
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Pex already took care of Steve Garvey for you.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 03, 2015, 11:36:24 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Pex already took care of Steve Garvey for you.
He won't be bothering anyone in there for a long, long time.
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Good shout, boys: the kids nearly shat themselves with happiness at the whole Sluggers upstairs experience, not hurt by the fact that we had the place to ourselves. They want to go every day.
And while we're on the subject of Sluggers, I am a fucking beast. I will send that "medium baseball" junk that you're throwing right back through your motherfucking face and out the other side.
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Good shout, boys: the kids nearly shat themselves with happiness at the whole Sluggers upstairs experience, not hurt by the fact that we had the place to ourselves. They want to go every day.
And while we're on the subject of Sluggers, I am a fucking beast. I will send that "medium baseball" junk that you're throwing right back through your motherfucking face and out the other side.
While doing a drag into a step over?
Quote from: flannj on August 03, 2015, 09:19:17 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Good shout, boys: the kids nearly shat themselves with happiness at the whole Sluggers upstairs experience, not hurt by the fact that we had the place to ourselves. They want to go every day.
And while we're on the subject of Sluggers, I am a fucking beast. I will send that "medium baseball" junk that you're throwing right back through your motherfucking face and out the other side.
While doing a drag into a step over?
I have no idea what that means, but I'm so fucking good at hitting a baseball I'm going to say "yes" to whatever it is.
If anybody is going to the Brewers day game (August 13th) and has a couple of spare tickets, by the way, let me know. HTonk and I will probably walk up anyway but it would be nicer to go with some of youse cunts if we could.
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 09:40:55 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 03, 2015, 09:19:17 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Good shout, boys: the kids nearly shat themselves with happiness at the whole Sluggers upstairs experience, not hurt by the fact that we had the place to ourselves. They want to go every day.
And while we're on the subject of Sluggers, I am a fucking beast. I will send that "medium baseball" junk that you're throwing right back through your motherfucking face and out the other side.
While doing a drag into a step over?
I have no idea what that means, but I'm so fucking good at hitting a baseball I'm going to say "yes" to whatever it is.
You'd think a Kiwi would know these things. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RVmp9TtEg4)
Especially since your favorite Real Madrid player is notorious for the move.
Quote from: flannj on August 03, 2015, 10:03:07 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 09:40:55 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 03, 2015, 09:19:17 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Good shout, boys: the kids nearly shat themselves with happiness at the whole Sluggers upstairs experience, not hurt by the fact that we had the place to ourselves. They want to go every day.
And while we're on the subject of Sluggers, I am a fucking beast. I will send that "medium baseball" junk that you're throwing right back through your motherfucking face and out the other side.
While doing a drag into a step over?
I have no idea what that means, but I'm so fucking good at hitting a baseball I'm going to say "yes" to whatever it is.
You'd think a Kiwi would know these things. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RVmp9TtEg4)
Especially since your favorite Real Madrid player is notorious for the move.
Right. Okay, I do know what that is. Honestly, though, of all the things you
could have been talking about, there, football was low on my list of expectations.
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 09:44:02 PM
If anybody is going to the Brewers day game (August 13th) and has a couple of spare tickets, by the way, let me know. HTonk and I will probably walk up anyway but it would be nicer to go with some of youse cunts if we could.
Bumped because this is now at the bottom of the previous page, where no bugger will see it.
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 10:20:33 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 03, 2015, 10:03:07 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 09:40:55 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 03, 2015, 09:19:17 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Good shout, boys: the kids nearly shat themselves with happiness at the whole Sluggers upstairs experience, not hurt by the fact that we had the place to ourselves. They want to go every day.
And while we're on the subject of Sluggers, I am a fucking beast. I will send that "medium baseball" junk that you're throwing right back through your motherfucking face and out the other side.
While doing a drag into a step over?
I have no idea what that means, but I'm so fucking good at hitting a baseball I'm going to say "yes" to whatever it is.
You'd think a Kiwi would know these things. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RVmp9TtEg4)
Especially since your favorite Real Madrid player is notorious for the move.
Right. Okay, I do know what that is. Honestly, though, of all the things you could have been talking about, there, football was low on my list of expectations.
Not everything in life is a euphemism.
Except maybe here.
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 09:44:02 PM
If anybody is going to the Brewers day game (August 13th) and has a couple of spare tickets, by the way, let me know. HTonk and I will probably walk up anyway but it would be nicer to go with some of youse cunts if we could.
Careful, Tonk. You'd better hope Ned Yost doesn't learn of this uppity attitude and have you thrown at in order to enforce the Unwritten Rules of the Game.
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on August 03, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 03, 2015, 11:08:46 AM
Anybody know anywhere in the city with batting cages/pitching machines? What's the deal with Sluggers? Their website is fucking useless.
With the Cubs out of town Sluggers is a winner for your kids. They have cages upstairs, softball and baseball, fast and slow. They have other games like ski ball and pop-a-shot (||) plus pinball etc. When I was a kid, my parents took me there before games and I don't think I ever had more fun prior to pubescence, when I discovered a better pop-a-shot game in my own bathroom.
Don't know their hours but if you go there late afternoonish, you should be all good.
On game days: Choad Central. Beware.
Good shout, boys: the kids nearly shat themselves with happiness at the whole Sluggers upstairs experience, not hurt by the fact that we had the place to ourselves. They want to go every day.
And while we're on the subject of Sluggers, I am a fucking beast. I will send that "medium baseball" junk that you're throwing right back through your motherfucking face and out the other side.
If the kids enjoyed it, try out the Bunny Hutch on Lincoln Ave. batting cages, mini golf and hot dogs.
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
Is this a thing that is happening? The Tonkfest at Hawkquarters?
Quote from: Tony on August 05, 2015, 09:44:08 AM
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
Is this a thing that is happening? The Tonkfest at Hawkquarters?
This is a thing that is happening (so far the family of the hour and Chuck and gang are confirmed).
Getting together for a post-game get together at my place (please message me for address-I am about a 10-15 minute walk from the park (near Belmont el).)) guessing that will be around 6 ish . Figured it will be dogs and beer or something like that with a later trek to Scooters. All welcome but please message me so I and MsHawk have an idea of how many we will have.
Anybody fancy dropping into, say, Simon's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/simons-tavern-chicago) for a swift half and a Cubs game one evening?
Quote from: Tonker on August 05, 2015, 11:47:55 AM
Anybody fancy dropping into, say, Simon's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/simons-tavern-chicago) for a swift half and a Cubs game one evening?
Booze, cruise, tunes.
Quote from: Tonker on August 05, 2015, 11:47:55 AM
Anybody fancy dropping into, say, Simon's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/simons-tavern-chicago) for a swift half and a Cubs game one evening?
One block north, same side of the street. George's Sweet Shop (http://www.georgesicecreamandsweets.com/). Owned by my old 6th grade science teacher.
One half block south, same side of the street. Hopleaf (https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/232348/5154d798-7ee3-4356-9dbe-86a0ab1b8ade/Hopleaf_DraftMenu_Aug%201.pdf). About 100 different kids of beers.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on August 05, 2015, 04:01:49 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 05, 2015, 11:47:55 AM
Anybody fancy dropping into, say, Simon's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/simons-tavern-chicago) for a swift half and a Cubs game one evening?
One block north, same side of the street. George's Sweet Shop (http://www.georgesicecreamandsweets.com/). Owned by my old 6th grade science teacher.
One half block south, same side of the street. Hopleaf (https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/232348/5154d798-7ee3-4356-9dbe-86a0ab1b8ade/Hopleaf_DraftMenu_Aug%201.pdf). About 100 different kids of beers.
Up the street is Big Jones, damn good Southern cuisine.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 05, 2015, 05:18:24 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on August 05, 2015, 04:01:49 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 05, 2015, 11:47:55 AM
Anybody fancy dropping into, say, Simon's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/simons-tavern-chicago) for a swift half and a Cubs game one evening?
One block north, same side of the street. George's Sweet Shop (http://www.georgesicecreamandsweets.com/). Owned by my old 6th grade science teacher.
One half block south, same side of the street. Hopleaf (https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/232348/5154d798-7ee3-4356-9dbe-86a0ab1b8ade/Hopleaf_DraftMenu_Aug%201.pdf). About 100 different kids of beers.
Up the street is Big Jones, damn good Southern cuisine.
There's a Huey Hot Dogs just west of Clark on Balmoral.
You can bet your sweet ass that they don't put ketchup on the dog.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on August 05, 2015, 04:01:49 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 05, 2015, 11:47:55 AM
Anybody fancy dropping into, say, Simon's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/simons-tavern-chicago) for a swift half and a Cubs game one evening?
One block north, same side of the street. George's Sweet Shop (http://www.georgesicecreamandsweets.com/). Owned by my old 6th grade science teacher.
One half block south, same side of the street. Hopleaf (https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/232348/5154d798-7ee3-4356-9dbe-86a0ab1b8ade/Hopleaf_DraftMenu_Aug%201.pdf). About 100 different kids of beers.
Hopleaf's closer to me, but doesn't have screens, which is why I suggested Simon's.
Anybody know when Chicago-area kids go back to school? Little bastards are clogging everything up for me and my adorable Tonklets.
Quote from: Tonker on August 06, 2015, 10:07:12 AM
Anybody know when Chicago-area kids go back to school? Little bastards are clogging everything up for me and my adorable Tonklets.
September
Quote from: Tonker on August 06, 2015, 10:07:12 AM
Anybody know when Chicago-area kids go back to school? Little bastards are clogging everything up for me and my adorable Tonklets.
Day after Labo(u)r Day, Sept. 8*.
* Barring any labo(u)r dispute.
Well, that's fucking shit. I'm going back to Tennessee: the kids there started school again yesterday.
Quote from: Tonker on August 06, 2015, 10:07:12 AM
Anybody know when Chicago-area kids go back to school? Little bastards are clogging everything up for me and my adorable Tonklets.
Much later than everyone else--after Labor Day, generally. Only kids in the sticks have started school already.
Quote from: thehawk on August 05, 2015, 10:01:49 AM
Quote from: Tony on August 05, 2015, 09:44:08 AM
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
Is this a thing that is happening? The Tonkfest at Hawkquarters?
This is a thing that is happening (so far the family of the hour and Chuck and gang are confirmed).
Getting together for a post-game get together at my place (please message me for address-I am about a 10-15 minute walk from the park (near Belmont el).)) guessing that will be around 6 ish . Figured it will be dogs and beer or something like that with a later trek to Scooters. All welcome but please message me so I and MsHawk have an idea of how many we will have.
I'll let you know tonight... sorry for the late notice.
Quote from: Tony on August 06, 2015, 12:57:51 PM
Quote from: thehawk on August 05, 2015, 10:01:49 AM
Quote from: Tony on August 05, 2015, 09:44:08 AM
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
Is this a thing that is happening? The Tonkfest at Hawkquarters?
This is a thing that is happening (so far the family of the hour and Chuck and gang are confirmed).
Getting together for a post-game get together at my place (please message me for address-I am about a 10-15 minute walk from the park (near Belmont el).)) guessing that will be around 6 ish . Figured it will be dogs and beer or something like that with a later trek to Scooters. All welcome but please message me so I and MsHawk have an idea of how many we will have.
I'll let you know tonight... sorry for the late notice.
Late notice is fine, we have plenty of beer/wine/malort/capri suns
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
You can bring in anything. My Bacci-in-a-fanny-pack thing was a meme generated by RV, as he has his own concierge within the ballpark and prefers to pay ballpark prices. No, I flaunted that slice as I walked in.
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Crackerjack is terrible and completely unsuitable for human consumption, although not a bad insulation substitute in a pinch.
Quote from: CT III on August 07, 2015, 12:33:38 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Crackerjack is terrible and completely unsuitable for human consumption, although not a bad insulation substitute in a pinch.
Yes. Buy a bag of peanuts from one of the brothers outside of the park. Cheaper on the outside and all that. One 5 dollar bag should be more than sufficient for the brood.
Quote from: CT III on August 07, 2015, 12:33:38 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Crackerjack is terrible and completely unsuitable for human consumption, although not a bad insulation substitute in a pinch.
Crunch 'n Munch 4 lyfe. Fiddle Faddle is alright, too.
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
Quote from: thehawk on August 06, 2015, 06:18:44 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 06, 2015, 12:57:51 PM
Quote from: thehawk on August 05, 2015, 10:01:49 AM
Quote from: Tony on August 05, 2015, 09:44:08 AM
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
Is this a thing that is happening? The Tonkfest at Hawkquarters?
This is a thing that is happening (so far the family of the hour and Chuck and gang are confirmed).
Getting together for a post-game get together at my place (please message me for address-I am about a 10-15 minute walk from the park (near Belmont el).)) guessing that will be around 6 ish . Figured it will be dogs and beer or something like that with a later trek to Scooters. All welcome but please message me so I and MsHawk have an idea of how many we will have.
I'll let you know tonight... sorry for the late notice.
Late notice is fine, we have plenty of beer/wine/malort/capri suns
It looks like we're in... I'll dm you for the details.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
Quote from: PANK! on August 07, 2015, 12:32:38 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
You can bring in anything. My Bacci-in-a-fanny-pack thing was a meme generated by RV, as he has his own concierge within the ballpark and prefers to pay ballpark prices. No, I flaunted that slice as I walked in.
Ballpark food? Bah. I use Amazon's one-hour delivery service to have my beluga caviar delivered straight to my first row seats.
Quote from: R-V on August 07, 2015, 01:18:18 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 07, 2015, 12:32:38 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
You can bring in anything. My Bacci-in-a-fanny-pack thing was a meme generated by RV, as he has his own concierge within the ballpark and prefers to pay ballpark prices. No, I flaunted that slice as I walked in.
Ballpark food? Bah. I use Amazon's one-hour delivery service to have my beluga caviar delivered straight to my first row seats.
I approve of this post. Own your meme, brother.
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
They use Bort's recipe.
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 01:07:23 PM
Quote from: thehawk on August 06, 2015, 06:18:44 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 06, 2015, 12:57:51 PM
Quote from: thehawk on August 05, 2015, 10:01:49 AM
Quote from: Tony on August 05, 2015, 09:44:08 AM
Quote from: thehawk on July 19, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
So now its is time for Tonkoon Vacation part 2, electric boogaloo....
While showing Chinatown off to the lovely Thomas family, we figured out that both of us have tickets to the Friday August 7th 3:05 game with the Giants (PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS). Thinking a post game event at my house would be fun. I am within walking distance of the park and we can have some food and drink and generally hang out. Let me know if anyone would be interested....
Is this a thing that is happening? The Tonkfest at Hawkquarters?
This is a thing that is happening (so far the family of the hour and Chuck and gang are confirmed).
Getting together for a post-game get together at my place (please message me for address-I am about a 10-15 minute walk from the park (near Belmont el).)) guessing that will be around 6 ish . Figured it will be dogs and beer or something like that with a later trek to Scooters. All welcome but please message me so I and MsHawk have an idea of how many we will have.
I'll let you know tonight... sorry for the late notice.
Late notice is fine, we have plenty of beer/wine/malort/capri suns
It looks like we're in... I'll dm you for the details.
Terrific, anyone else who wishes to join in just e-mail me at barryfischer at yahoo dot com for the address.
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
Pretty sure Tonk is from Mexico
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 02:18:14 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
Pretty sure Tonk is from Mexico
Tonk's Austrian ancestors came over to fight for Emperor Maximilian.
Quote from: R-V on August 07, 2015, 01:18:18 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 07, 2015, 12:32:38 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
You can bring in anything. My Bacci-in-a-fanny-pack thing was a meme generated by RV, as he has his own concierge within the ballpark and prefers to pay ballpark prices. No, I flaunted that slice as I walked in.
Ballpark food? Bah. I use Amazon's one-hour delivery service to have my beluga caviar delivered straight to my first row seats.
Via gold-plated drone, as if there's any other way.
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
But burritos are a Bay Area invention. We probably shouldn't even be talking about eating them with the Giants in town. Might as well be putting ketchup on a hot dog.
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 02:47:47 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
But burritos are a Bay Area invention. We probably shouldn't even be talking about eating them with the Giants in town. Might as well be putting ketchup on a hot dog.
...........
*hopes Tony and Tonk don't remember what I had at Flub a Dub Chubs how many ever years ago
Quote from: Yeti on August 07, 2015, 02:53:54 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 02:47:47 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
But burritos are a Bay Area invention. We probably shouldn't even be talking about eating them with the Giants in town. Might as well be putting ketchup on a hot dog.
...........
*hopes Tony and Tonk don't remember what I had at Flub a Dub Chubs how many ever years ago
Did you have a burger with a hot dog on it?
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 03:44:00 PM
Quote from: Yeti on August 07, 2015, 02:53:54 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 02:47:47 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
But burritos are a Bay Area invention. We probably shouldn't even be talking about eating them with the Giants in town. Might as well be putting ketchup on a hot dog.
...........
*hopes Tony and Tonk don't remember what I had at Flub a Dub Chubs how many ever years ago
Did you have a burger with a hot dog on it?
I remember the lady behind the counter scoffing. I'm a child
Quote from: Yeti on August 07, 2015, 04:36:05 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 03:44:00 PM
Quote from: Yeti on August 07, 2015, 02:53:54 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 02:47:47 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
But burritos are a Bay Area invention. We probably shouldn't even be talking about eating them with the Giants in town. Might as well be putting ketchup on a hot dog.
...........
*hopes Tony and Tonk don't remember what I had at Flub a Dub Chubs how many ever years ago
Did you have a burger with a hot dog on it?
I remember the lady behind the counter scoffing. I'm a child
If only RV possessed a similar capacity for shame...
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
Actual Mexicans put cilantro in fucking
everything. If I'm eating Mexican food, there had better be cilantro involved.
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 03:44:00 PM
Quote from: Yeti on August 07, 2015, 02:53:54 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 02:47:47 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
But burritos are a Bay Area invention. We probably shouldn't even be talking about eating them with the Giants in town. Might as well be putting ketchup on a hot dog.
...........
*hopes Tony and Tonk don't remember what I had at Flub a Dub Chubs how many ever years ago
Did you have a burger with a hot dog on it?
I had a burger with a hot dog on it - it's Flub-a-dub-chub's thing - but I can't for the life of me remember what Yeti had, so he lives to fight another day.
Quote from: PANK! on August 07, 2015, 04:37:03 PM
Quote from: Yeti on August 07, 2015, 04:36:05 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 03:44:00 PM
Quote from: Yeti on August 07, 2015, 02:53:54 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 07, 2015, 02:47:47 PM
Quote from: SKO on August 07, 2015, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 07, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 01:16:07 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 12:06:27 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 07, 2015, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 07, 2015, 11:56:04 AM
I know you can take (plastic-) bottled water into Wrigley, and not booze, but what about food? If I take a bag of Crackerjack with me, will they take it off me? What about sandwiches? I know Huey crams Bacci slices into his fanny pack, but I don't know whether he's doing that legally, or sneaking into the ballpark hoping that the pepperoni-sniffer dogs are at another gate that day.
Pretty sure you can get a bologna sandwich in.
Thanks for your help.
Seriously, score burritos from the place just east of the el and take those in. You will be crowned as a hero.
We've discussed this. They don't use cilantro in their burritos. What the actual fuck?
I like cilantro and understand there are many who don't but how is cilantro a burrito deal breaker?
I like cilantro as well and would ask for it to be added were it an option but I would in no way expect it to be a default topping on a burrito. We all live closer to Mexico than Tonk does so his opinion is clearly invalid.
But burritos are a Bay Area invention. We probably shouldn't even be talking about eating them with the Giants in town. Might as well be putting ketchup on a hot dog.
...........
*hopes Tony and Tonk don't remember what I had at Flub a Dub Chubs how many ever years ago
Did you have a burger with a hot dog on it?
I remember the lady behind the counter scoffing. I'm a child
If only RV possessed a similar capacity for shame...
I only feel ketchup-related shame on behalf of the restaurants that don't carry Trader Joe's catsup.
I just bought, on Stubhub, four tickets together in section 116, row 5... for $56. That's $56 all in, not each. All the other tickets in that section are going for ninety-odd each.
QuoteMilwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
Wed, 08/12/2015, 7:05 p.m. CDT
(Event time subject to change - Check local listings)
Infield Field Box 116 | 4 tickets
Row 5 | Seats will be together
Order total: $56.12 USD
What the hell? Does bought on Stubhub
mean bought, or can the seller welch? This seems way, way too good to be true.
EDIT: I now have the tickets. They're real, right? Jesus Christ.
Quote from: Tonker on August 08, 2015, 10:31:55 AM
I just bought, on Stubhub, four tickets together in section 116, row 5... for $56. That's $56 all in, not each. All the other tickets in that section are going for ninety-odd each.
QuoteMilwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
Wed, 08/12/2015, 7:05 p.m. CDT
(Event time subject to change - Check local listings)
Infield Field Box 116 | 4 tickets
Row 5 | Seats will be together
Order total: $56.12 USD
What the hell? Does bought on Stubhub mean bought, or can the seller welch? This seems way, way too good to be true.
EDIT: I now have the tickets. They're real, right? Jesus Christ.
I'm guessing someone clicked a wrong button. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Enjoy the game!
So... did you have any fun tonight?
Quote from: flannj on August 12, 2015, 10:04:15 PM
So... did you have any fun tonight?
Tonker is clearly good luck and is not allowed to go back to Australia.
Quote from: Tony on August 12, 2015, 10:21:57 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 12, 2015, 10:04:15 PM
So... did you have any fun tonight?
Tonker is clearly good luck and is not allowed to go back to Australia.
I'd gladly put him and his brood up for awhile.
May have to break into the emergency stockpile of Vegemite though
Quote from: flannj on August 12, 2015, 10:04:15 PM
So... did you have any fun tonight?
Meh. It was okay, I guess.
Actually, I was sitting next to two old Chicago girls, both retired and with nothing better to do than use their full season tickets. They were an absolute blast. Bruce Miles is a really, really fucking nice bloke, too, you won't be surprised to hear.
Quote from: flannj on August 12, 2015, 10:27:14 PM
Quote from: Tony on August 12, 2015, 10:21:57 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 12, 2015, 10:04:15 PM
So... did you have any fun tonight?
Tonker is clearly good luck and is not allowed to go back to Australia.
I'd gladly put him and his brood up for awhile.
May have to break into the emergency stockpile of Vegemite though
I'd gladly welcome the Tonks, if only because I'd probably enjoy an endless supply of LFork's pecan pie.
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Sausages inside the ballpark are very good. It should be a heavy Cubs crowd, but the Sox lifers will be in force, trying to shit-stir. You should be able to handle them, and I'm not sure what the average Ligue would do with the Tonks.
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:44:53 AM
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and
then it will start to get dodgy.
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:44:53 AM
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
You'll be fine. It's going to be a nice afternoon.
The food is so much better than Wrigley.
And despite all the shit we give them the stadium is pretty nice.
What I have always liked are the acoustics and the mezzanine.
Take the Red Line and enjoy.
Seriously go for it.
Quote from: PANK! on August 14, 2015, 11:58:07 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:44:53 AM
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:44:53 AM
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Make sure you guys are up to date on your shots.
Quote from: flannj on August 14, 2015, 12:01:23 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:44:53 AM
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
You'll be fine. It's going to be a nice afternoon.
The food is so much better than Wrigley.
And despite all the shit we give them the stadium is pretty nice.
What I have always liked are the acoustics and the mezzanine.
Take the Red Line and enjoy.
Seriously go for it.
Yea, I went with my Aunt around the 4th of July. She got us 6th row behind Visitor dugout and I enjoyed it. Food was good. People weren't any more weird/ugly/fucked up more than any other park I've been to. And yea, like Flannj said, the walk to and from the redline seems like it's nothing to worry about.
Unfortunately, while I was pontificating, those seats went. Bollocks. Back to Stubhub.
Quote from: flannj on August 14, 2015, 12:05:26 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 14, 2015, 11:58:07 AM
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Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
Make sure Snork feels the heat from his firebarn, which is still there just in case the Cubs sign him at some future juncture.
Quote from: PANK! on August 14, 2015, 12:15:05 PM
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Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
The 14 year old girl response makes me feel like I've chapped Huey's ass a bit by disagreeing with his south side knowledge credentials.
Kind of makes my day.
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Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
The 14 year old girl response makes me feel like I've chapped Huey's ass a bit by disagreeing with his south side knowledge credentials.
Kind of makes my day.
I don't pretend to know the south side, I have no credentials; was thinking more about the obnoxiousness that one would find on an El platform after 7 PM but upon second thought I don't think it'd be any less obnoxious right after the game.
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Quote from: flannj on August 14, 2015, 12:05:26 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 14, 2015, 11:58:07 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:44:53 AM
Quote from: thehawk on August 14, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
The 14 year old girl response makes me feel like I've chapped Huey's ass a bit by disagreeing with his south side knowledge credentials.
Kind of makes my day.
Chapping Huey's ass ain't much of an achievement. There are literally thousands of ways to do it, most of which are as simple as drawing breath.
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Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
The 14 year old girl response makes me feel like I've chapped Huey's ass a bit by disagreeing with his south side knowledge credentials.
Kind of makes my day.
I don't pretend to know the south side, I have no credentials; was thinking more about the obnoxiousness that one would find on an El platform after 7 PM but upon second thought I don't think it'd be any less obnoxious right after the game.
If you're down in that neck of the woods anyway, walk up Shields to 26th St. after the game, hang a right, and get a breaded steak sandwich at Ricobene's.
Afterward it's a short waddle over to Cermak & State to get on the red line.
You're welcome.
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Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
The 14 year old girl response makes me feel like I've chapped Huey's ass a bit by disagreeing with his south side knowledge credentials.
Kind of makes my day.
I don't pretend to know the south side, I have no credentials; was thinking more about the obnoxiousness that one would find on an El platform after 7 PM but upon second thought I don't think it'd be any less obnoxious right after the game.
If you're down in that neck of the woods anyway, walk up Shields to 26th St. after the game, hang a right, and get a breaded steak sandwich at Ricobene's.
Afterward it's a short waddle over to Cermak & State to get on the red line.
You're welcome.
Dammit. A moment of silence for all the Ricobene's locations that used to be in the Loop.
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Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
The 14 year old girl response makes me feel like I've chapped Huey's ass a bit by disagreeing with his south side knowledge credentials.
Kind of makes my day.
Chapping Huey's ass ain't much of an achievement. There are literally thousands of ways to do it, most of which are as simple as drawing breath.
So true.
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Thinking about heading down to Comiskular this afternoon. Anything I need to know?
Redline to Sox-35th. The Cuban sandwich stand is pretty good. Lots of places for the kids to play, including misters /shower. Upper level isn't as bad as it used to be, but I would suggest 100 level seats.
Hmm... I had a feeling that might be the case. There are four tickets right behind home, ninth row of the upper deck, only $33 each (which is definitely under par) but I don't want to take the kids up there if it's going to be dodgy. I think we'll be priced out of the 100-level, though.
Day game--you'll be fine. Just get the hell out of there afterwards as it'll be after 6 PM and then it will start to get dodgy.
I don't know if I agree with this. Especially if all they do is walk back and forth to the redline.
It's not like you are heading back to your parked car in Canaryville.
Fine.
Either way, go for it, Tonk.
The 14 year old girl response makes me feel like I've chapped Huey's ass a bit by disagreeing with his south side knowledge credentials.
Kind of makes my day.
I don't pretend to know the south side, I have no credentials; was thinking more about the obnoxiousness that one would find on an El platform after 7 PM but upon second thought I don't think it'd be any less obnoxious right after the game.
If you're down in that neck of the woods anyway, walk up Shields to 26th St. after the game, hang a right, and get a breaded steak sandwich at Ricobene's.
Afterward it's a short waddle over to Cermak & State to get on the red line.
You're welcome.
Dammit. A moment of silence for all the Ricobene's locations that used to be in the Loop.
Making me drool.
Another alternative...
Freddie's
701 West 31st street
http://freddieson31st.com/
The kids will love the Italian Ice.
The grilled chicken sangwich with provolone and hot giardiniera is killer.
(only took me 5 attempts to post this correctly)I give up
Tomorrow, go to the beach and get bombed.
Air show!
When I said dodgy I did not mean 'you're taking your life in your hands'. More like 'its like sitting on a ski jump slope and you'll feel a bit queasy'. But the other thing is the food is better downstairs and they don't let on the 100 level if you have 300 level seats (at least they didn't used to).
Top tips as to where to watch the Air show from? We have two beaches near us: Foster and Montrose. Will we see much from there?
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 01:49:53 PM
Top tips as to where to watch the Air show from? We have two beaches near us: Foster and Montrose. Will we see much from there?
Show center is North Avenue. Anything from Belmont down is great. North of that gets a bit far for the smaller planes.
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 01:49:53 PM
Top tips as to where to watch the Air show from? We have two beaches near us: Foster and Montrose. Will we see much from there?
This is America. Watch it on your tiny smartphone screen as you record a video that your family will never see or remember.
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 01:49:53 PM
Top tips as to where to watch the Air show from? We have two beaches near us: Foster and Montrose. Will we see much from there?
Montrose is closer but I'm gonna let somebody else weigh in on this.
Most of the smaller events occur in front of North ave. beach.
The Blue Angels kick ass... 'MURICA!
But it's going to be packed wherever you go.
EDIT: What Chuck said
Air show? Buzz-cut Alabamians spewing colored smoke from their whizz jets to the strains of "Rock You Like a Hurricane"? What kind of country-fried rube is still impressed by that?
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 01:49:53 PM
Top tips as to where to watch the Air show from? We have two beaches near us: Foster and Montrose. Will we see much from there?
Best spot, in terms of view and crowds (to me, anyway) is the little sliver of a park that exists to the north of the Drake Hotel. It never gets very crowded and you get to see all the awesomeness there.
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Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 01:49:53 PM
Top tips as to where to watch the Air show from? We have two beaches near us: Foster and Montrose. Will we see much from there?
Best spot, in terms of view and crowds (to me, anyway) is the little sliver of a park that exists to the north of the Drake Hotel. It never gets very crowded and you get to see all the awesomeness there.
And you can think to yourself, "Hey, this is where Bort took his wedding photos."
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
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who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...
Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 04:07:40 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
Nope.
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 04:07:40 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
Tonk, what's your review of U.S. Commiskular?
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Tonk, what's your review of U.S. Commiskular?
On the telly, it looked fine.
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
I could do Ann Sather. It's certainly closer to me. I was just thinking of something near Willis Tower.
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 04:07:40 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
I could do Ann Sather. It's certainly closer to me. I was just thinking of something near Willis Tower.
Wishbone would suit us from that point of view. We can't be sure what time we're goiing to be away from the Skydeck. We're planning to be there at 0830 for its opening at 0900 and should hopefully be done before 1100 at the latest, hopefully earlier. We're then dependent on public transport or Uber to get us where we're going, so Ann Sather is not so handy - plus, STonk had eggs benedict there the other day and it was pisspoor.
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 15, 2015, 09:52:27 AM
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 04:07:40 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
I could do Ann Sather. It's certainly closer to me. I was just thinking of something near Willis Tower.
Wishbone would suit us from that point of view. We can't be sure what time we're goiing to be away from the Skydeck. We're planning to be there at 0830 for its opening at 0900 and should hopefully be done before 1100 at the latest, hopefully earlier. We're then dependent on public transport or Uber to get us where we're going, so Ann Sather is not so handy - plus, STonk had eggs benedict there the other day and it was pisspoor.
I'm going to go ahead and say that's a plan. And JYeti and I should plan on being there around 11?
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 15, 2015, 09:52:27 AM
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 04:07:40 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
I could do Ann Sather. It's certainly closer to me. I was just thinking of something near Willis Tower.
Wishbone would suit us from that point of view. We can't be sure what time we're goiing to be away from the Skydeck. We're planning to be there at 0830 for its opening at 0900 and should hopefully be done before 1100 at the latest, hopefully earlier. We're then dependent on public transport or Uber to get us where we're going, so Ann Sather is not so handy - plus, STonk had eggs benedict there the other day and it was pisspoor.
I'm going to go ahead and say that's a plan. And JYeti and I should plan on being there around 11?
If you want to be safe, say 1130.
Quote from: Tonker on August 15, 2015, 07:46:54 PM
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Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 15, 2015, 09:52:27 AM
Quote from: Yeti on August 14, 2015, 09:09:14 PM
Quote from: flannj on August 14, 2015, 05:02:17 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 04:36:41 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 14, 2015, 04:07:40 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 14, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
I could do Ann Sather. It's certainly closer to me. I was just thinking of something near Willis Tower.
Wishbone would suit us from that point of view. We can't be sure what time we're goiing to be away from the Skydeck. We're planning to be there at 0830 for its opening at 0900 and should hopefully be done before 1100 at the latest, hopefully earlier. We're then dependent on public transport or Uber to get us where we're going, so Ann Sather is not so handy - plus, STonk had eggs benedict there the other day and it was pisspoor.
I'm going to go ahead and say that's a plan. And JYeti and I should plan on being there around 11?
If you want to be safe, say 1130.
OK. Sounds good. And if Fork, Flannj, anyone else... come.
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who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
I could do Ann Sather. It's certainly closer to me. I was just thinking of something near Willis Tower.
Wishbone would suit us from that point of view. We can't be sure what time we're goiing to be away from the Skydeck. We're planning to be there at 0830 for its opening at 0900 and should hopefully be done before 1100 at the latest, hopefully earlier. We're then dependent on public transport or Uber to get us where we're going, so Ann Sather is not so handy - plus, STonk had eggs benedict there the other day and it was pisspoor.
I'm going to go ahead and say that's a plan. And JYeti and I should plan on being there around 11?
If you want to be safe, say 1130.
OK. Sounds good. And if Fork, Flannj, anyone else... come.
MsHawk and myself may join, but might be a couple of minutes late.
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who's up for Brunch on Sunday?
Tonk told me he's going to hit Skydeck early - you want to eat before or after?
There are certainly options - I mean, there's always Lou Mitchell's.
We're going to be at the Skydeck for opening time, so we should be done by mid-morning. Yeti's in town with his missus, and last I heard, Oleg was planning to be in Chicago, too.
I can be anywhere by around 11:30. Who knows a good brunch place around Greektown?
Not brunch but breakfast...Little Goat (http://littlegoatchicago.com/) 820 West Randolph.
Adding:
Wishbone ? Not sure I've never been. http://www.wishbonechicago.com/ (http://www.wishbonechicago.com/)
Meli (Dearborn or Halsted) http://www.melicafe.com/index (http://www.melicafe.com/index)
But if you don't mind hopping into a cab and heading up to Ukranian Village this where Mrs. flannj and I make our way to on a Sunday morning in the city.
Old Oak Tap: http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/ (http://www.theoldoaktap.com/brunch/)
Adding one more that flannj the III just passed along: Eleven City Diner http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home (http://www.11.elevencitydiner.com/home) This website may give you epilepsy.
Tonk had offhand mentioned Ann Sather but I'm down for whatever.
I could do Ann Sather. It's certainly closer to me. I was just thinking of something near Willis Tower.
Wishbone would suit us from that point of view. We can't be sure what time we're goiing to be away from the Skydeck. We're planning to be there at 0830 for its opening at 0900 and should hopefully be done before 1100 at the latest, hopefully earlier. We're then dependent on public transport or Uber to get us where we're going, so Ann Sather is not so handy - plus, STonk had eggs benedict there the other day and it was pisspoor.
I'm going to go ahead and say that's a plan. And JYeti and I should plan on being there around 11?
If you want to be safe, say 1130.
OK. Sounds good. And if Fork, Flannj, anyone else... come.
MsHawk and myself may join, but might be a couple of minutes late.
With MHawk? HTonk and ATonk would love to see him again. Hell, I'd love to see him again: the World's most chilled-out kid.
DPD: we're talking about Wishbone in the Loop, right?
Quote from: Tonker on August 15, 2015, 09:56:04 PM
DPD: we're talking about Wishbone in the Loop, right?
For you, yeah. Yetti can go to the one in Lakeview.
Seriously, it's West Loop. We'll be there around 11:30.
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on August 15, 2015, 10:19:14 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 15, 2015, 09:56:04 PM
DPD: we're talking about Wishbone in the Loop, right?
For you, yeah. Yetti can go to the one in Lakeview.
Seriously, it's West Loop. We'll be there around 11:30.
Yea. I'll go to Lakeview. Wife will go to Loop
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
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Don't know if anybody had recommended MSI or if you found it on yourself but it is truly a gem--best museum in Chicago. Nice work.
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
So, same time again next summer? I have at least 11 more barbecue places you need to try.
*glares balefully at the stupid toddler that kept me from coming out to pretty much everything*
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
Looking forward to the day when we can see STonk and the Tonklets again.
And you, too. Or not. We're good either way.
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
+1. My wife, who was not sure if she could come due to being extremely hungover, was really glad to have come with me. She thought the Tonklets and STonk were fantastic...
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And that's it
So how did that car seat from Amazon work out?
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
I was on my WALKMAN. Seriously, the only person who may have laughed more than you about was me. For a second I was wondering if you took the 3 card monte discussion Fork and I had at Wishbone to heart and was having the kids do a bit of grifting to help pay for the trip.
Glad you all had a great time and make sure Htonk knows he will be hearing from HawkJr soon.
I wish I could have gotten together with the Tonks more than the once. You're Desipio's de Toqueville. Safe travels back to Europe, until you immigrate here for good.
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
This is pretty great to hear, and even though I have much less history with you than most here I'm really glad you've enjoyed it so much. Just my blind, unquestioning patriotism. It sounds like you planned it perfectly and everything went as you'd hoped, and to top it off the Cubs are actually good now. (A little West Coast next time, perhaps. AT&T Park is perfect and SF MoMA should reopen in their new building by then, just to name two. Plus, you get Stew.)
What was your favorite ice cream shop in rural Buttpuddle, Iowa, though?
Quote from: Sterling Archer on August 18, 2015, 01:37:42 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
This is pretty great to hear, and even though I have much less history with you than most here I'm really glad you've enjoyed it so much. Just my blind, unquestioning patriotism. It sounds like you planned it perfectly and everything went as you'd hoped, and to top it off the Cubs are actually good now. (A little West Coast next time, perhaps. AT&T Park is perfect and SF MoMA should reopen in their new building by then, just to name two. Plus, you get Stew.)
What was your favorite ice cream shop in rural Buttpuddle, Iowa, though?
Hey, the man actually went to Whitey's and I expect he gave it a stellar review, so back off.
Quote from: SKO on August 18, 2015, 01:41:43 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on August 18, 2015, 01:37:42 PM
Quote from: Tonker on August 17, 2015, 09:31:18 PM
So, here we are. After a day at the Museum of Science and Industry* and dinner at Hot G Dogs (again), we're about done. Five weeks almost exactly since we arrived in Humboldt Park, we're packing up to head home tomorrow.
I said before the trip began that I was looking to try to experience a few weeks life as an American, to see a little bit of America as you guys see it, and I really think we managed that. Yes, we did some touristy stuff along the way - nothing that didn't turn out to be really fucking cool, by the way - but five weeks was enough to really settle down, take our time, figure out how things work and, in the best possible way, not be tourists. We even spent a couple of days doing not very much at all, which only served as yin to the busy days' yang - we never once felt like we were wasting time or not getting the most from our trip. As holidays go, this one has been very much a game changer, and anybody who's been kind enough to meet up with us over our time here won't be surprised to hear that we have all completely fallen head-over-heels in love with American life and are very, very sad to be going back to the Netherlands tomorrow.
Without wishing to get all serious on Desipio of all places, I'd just like to thank you all for contributing in ways small or large to our holiday. It's no exaggeration to say that we couldn't have done it without your help, advice and pro tips. If nothing else, you should know that you have collectively had a significant hand in creating an experience that my children have absolutely adored, and will never, ever forget.
You guys are all right.
* I know I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A MUSEUM. There must be at least a thousand things to do and the place is absolutely crawling with really, really cool and knowledgeable staff whose only wish is to make sure you have a good time. If you have kids, or are one yourself, and you haven't been there yet, you're a cunt.
P.S. We bumped into Hawk on the El this morning. We saw him get on, but he didn't see us, so we sent the kids down the carriage to say hello. The look of confusion, slowly turning to panic, on his face as he found himself unexpectedly surrounded by Tonklets with no grown-up Tonk in sight, was something to behold. I'm ashamed to say, I laughed long and hard before making myself known to the poor bugger.
This is pretty great to hear, and even though I have much less history with you than most here I'm really glad you've enjoyed it so much. Just my blind, unquestioning patriotism. It sounds like you planned it perfectly and everything went as you'd hoped, and to top it off the Cubs are actually good now. (A little West Coast next time, perhaps. AT&T Park is perfect and SF MoMA should reopen in their new building by then, just to name two. Plus, you get Stew.)
What was your favorite ice cream shop in rural Buttpuddle, Iowa, though?
Hey, the man actually went to Whitey's and I expect he gave it a stellar review, so back off.
I did indeed. We stopped in Iowa City specifically to visit Whitey's, and their ice cream was fucking delicious. While we're on the subject of Iowa, though:
(http://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7eb5410fec592cdca9d4d604bd31dfe23fe6ddd2/0_0_2512_3780/master/2512.jpg?w=700&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=2d307870d38914cb7b643537ed97478f)
Is that RedBeard?
well, as long as you agree the Whitey's was great.
Fuck you for posting that thing
Quote from: Slaky on August 19, 2015, 12:21:21 PM
Fuck you for posting that thing
At first I thought that it was my high school yearbook picture. (Except that it is in color, which hadn't been invented when I was in high school.)
Cubs have given up 25 runs since Tonks left the continent.
COME BACK!!!