or people watching, if that's your thing
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
also hella nursing homes
and a frank lloyd wright house!
I said almost the exact thing LL did so, yeah. The one thing I said that she didn't is that Big Chick's is 8 stops south of Jarvis, and many of those are close together so it's a quick ride.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
20 min max, cheap cab too
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
Mostly I've learned lately that north side is LL territory, step off if you don't respect
― mh, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
far northother chilxors hold down the near north and north-west territories
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
how many people visit or live in chicago and never see this mural? http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/6913233760_cc3a214851.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5071/6913235804_6418a21c3e.jpg
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
Jarvis is about 6 blocks from another good gay bar, The Glenwood, which is at Morse. (probably good, i've only been there once, but it had a definite Big Chicks kind of easy-going vibe)
A, is that mural near Morse?
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
no, it's by the lake -- they redo it every year and this year's theme was "dreams", hence michael steele and his one giant eye urging us to "have a dream" it's right by where we're going to picnic on sat if the rain holds off!
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
I remember seeing paintings the last time I was there.
― Jeff, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
On July 19th, 2009.
http://www.runningahead.com/logs/fa1b77092a6c411d9cf176c5b405142e/workouts/74201314af734bbeb2981d61654fd807/map
― Jeff, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
they change every year, but there's always a mural there
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
also not esp my thing, but RP is home to the Leather Archives.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, there's that museum over by the produce market!
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
Rogers Park is awesome and I wish it were convenient for me to live there or in Edgewater.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
I was really misled by RP, as it's a lot less segregated than the rest of the city!
― mh, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
So is Edgewater.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
I hung out in Rogers Park a fair amount a decade ago, when I lived in Andersonville/Edgewater and worked in Evanston. I don't get there as often these days, but because I've never lived south of Irving Park in the past 11 years -- and also because I have a car -- it's never seemed crazy far away to me.
Actually, that reminds me, there's a bar I've been wanting to check out at Clark and Devon: Norse Bar. (Speaking of leather, I think it must be across the street from Touche.)
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
devon hardware is across from touche -- there are a few new places on the other side of devon though?
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I guess it is.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Norse Bar, eh? Is there a Norwegian aspect to it?
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
Yelp pictures show they have TVs hanging over all the tables. I really hate that. I am not opposed to TVs in bars (although I do like when bars don't have TVs) but having one hanging there in your face is unpleasant. It's like those dumb TVs in the back of taxis.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
Wait not all of them. Just over the tables in the back, and then over the bar. Nevermind.
The barbecue place on Lincoln that I can never remember the name of has TVs at all the tables. And the server we had didn't know how to turn it off.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Barn & Company.
― Jeff, Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Doesn't look Norwegian, which is not a deal breaker for me but would likely make R irrationally angry & refuse to go there.
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
I get it confused with Barrelhouse Flat. Flats. Whatever. I know BhF is the cocktail bar on Lincoln, but when I try to think of Barn & Company, all I can think of is the other name.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Dan let me know when you want to go and I'll get there first and put tiny Norwegian flags on all the tables.
If they carry Haandbryggeriet it's on, though.
xps :)
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
Or Nøgne ø I suppose.
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Not at all. I read an interview with the dudes who own it, and they admitted the name was basically arbitrary.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
I'm interested in it b/c it's supposed to be a low-key neighborhoodie place that a) has moderately priced good beer and b) games of both the board and video variety.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Come on, Dan, let's get 'em
http://wordspy.com/graphics/torch-and-pitchfork.jpg
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
I'm genetically Orcadian/Norwegian so I feel comfortable joining R's pitchfork brigade.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
But I'd like to stop in for a few beers before we burn it down.
I'm American, I will try all the bars.
― Jeff, Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'll go anywhere within walking distance.
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
At dinner tonight I told R about Norse Bar and my assessment and she was more amiable to the concept than I had imagined. She liked the idea of little Norwegian flags put up everywhere ahead of time, though.
― Silky Slim (dan m), Friday, 4 May 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
btw we went to Little Bucharest which was very good, if slightly slow/awkward service
It's hailing.
#HAIL #WhatTheHail #Hailpocalypse2012
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 4 May 2012 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
the hail's getting pretty intense. exciting.
― deploying a sewer otter unit (askance johnson), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
Courtney and I went there w/ a Groupon and it was good, but yeh, the service was odd. I can't remember all the details at the moment, but one thing that stood out was that the manager was manically attentive and amidst his words of thanks and goodwill, he said "I love you."
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
it was intense! super loud on the roof of the school.
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
(the hail, not the manager of this restaurant)
argh it was hailing right against my west windows. yeah, intense.
― JuliaA, Friday, 4 May 2012 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
It's too hot.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
It was hailing so hard we couldn't hear the TV.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
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LOL
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
In case you missed it on FB, there was an incident tonight. While Courtney she was walking by the Walgreen's by her house, someone threw a travel coffee mug at her and hit her in the leg.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
It hurt!
I have another youswoop for little Bucharest - I loved the food there but it was very slow. I want the owner to pour a shout in my mouth, like I read about on yelp, and then happened to k8e.
― courtnoodle, Friday, 4 May 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link