Immediate Attention Demanded--TS: Seattle vs San Diego vs Chicago

hahahahahaha!! Matos yr a card! That's good stuff.

but yeah, you know. i live along a pretty "well serviced" corridor, along the coast hwy 101, and i can get around as quickly on a bike as on a bus. it's something about the city planning has made buses somehow totally impractical for anybody that doesn't NEED to take the bus (i think it's the low low density or something).

so, so, so wrong.

I dunno dude, I get funny looks when I wear my White Sox hat in Greenpoint. Figured there'd be more polski love for the South Siders, but maybe not.

Go for Seattle.

and you haven't melted in that tejas sun?

My roommate has a girlfriend now, he's happy!

Exactly what I figure.

if weather is the only consideration, then surely san diego would rule no?
-- Eisbär (llamasfu...), June 21st, 2004.
Yes, but it is summer, so I wouldn't know how convenient it would be. Is there anything worth seeing other than the beaches, Balboa Park, La Jolla, and Coronado? And I will have no car so it's looking like a slimmer proposition. And I'm trying to avoid much sun, seeing as I'm escaping both Puerto Rico AND Texas.

I've always wanted to go to Seattle, but as far as amenities go, is Chicago really the better city? I know most of you are biased, so objectivity is out the window... But what makes each city so unique? Chicago seems like it would be too big to check out in less than a week, and I'm not really that familiarized with what exactly there is to see. I have a vague idea of what I would be looking for in the city, but that's it.

Milo: I don't have enough miles for LA, which was my original destination, but I haven't checked San Fran, which could prove to be a good idea. HOWEVER, it doesn't call to me the way Seattle or Chicago do...KEEP IT UP, I have to decide in an hour and 20 or I will lose my reservation.

Oh, and some of the worst traffic in the country. Nice views while you're stuck in it, though.

Oh yeah, no fresh seafood is one Chi-town's downfalls.

Milo, this one's for you, buddie!

There are, I repeat, there are, tix available for San Fran. It would cost me 55 bux and 2/3rds of my FFMs. I think it's a mighty fine deal. But *coyly*... what is there to see in San Fran that's better than Chicago or Seattle? CONVINCE ME, DAMMIT!

SF is more beautiful than Chicago or Seattle.

However. Walk south of Pioneer Square. Turn left (east) up Jackson. Walk until you reach the International District, aka Chinatown/Little Saigon. Uwajimaya (god of grocery stores) is on your right by 3 blocks. Walk up Jackson further to 12th. Find Saigon Deli, where I get a $3 lunch most days, and Seattle Deli (also Vietnamese), Pho place where you order by big pho or little pho, also the place where you get 25 dumplings for $3. (No, I have NEVER asked what's in them.) House of Hong & some other places have very good dim sum, if you have 2 hours. All this, within a few blocks. :-)

Hahaha. Honesty at long last!

Madness. I imagine you would have much more to do in Chicago, and have a hard time believing it's easier to get around Seattle than Chicago, but Seattle would seem to be the more distinctive location.

check the name:

ignoramusbär

capisce?

i really should see chicago sometime.

(the east coast cities [EVEN BOSTON] kick ALL of these cities asses!)
Well obviously. :) But my job is out here, so I have to suck it up.

If I was picking, I'd go to San Diego & sit on the beach.

HISTORY OF CASIMIR PULASKI Casimir Pulaski, the oldest son of Count Joseph Pulaski, was born in March, 1748. At the age of fifteen, he joined his father and other members of the Polish nobility in opposing the Russian and Prussian interference of Polish political affairs.

Outlawed by Russia for his actions on behalf of Polish liberty, he traveled to Paris where he met Benjamin Franklin. Franklin convinced him to support the colonies against England in the American Revolution.

Pulaski impressed with the ideals of a new nation struggling to be free, volunteered his services. Franklin wrote to George Washington describing the young Pole as an officer, renowned throughout Europe for the courage and bravery he displayed in defense of his country¹s freedom.

In 1777, Pulaski arrived in Philadelphia where he met General Washington, Commander-in -Chief of the Continental Army. Later at Brandywine, he came to the aid of Washington's forces and distinguished himself as a brilliant military tactician. For his efforts, Congress appointed him Brigadier-General in charge of Four Horse Brigades. Then again, at the battles of Germantown and Valley Forge, Pulaski's knowledge of warfare assisted Washington and his men.

Later in 1778, through Washington's intervention, Congress approved the establishment of the Cavalry and put Pulaski at its head. The Father of the American Cavalry demanded much of his men and trained them in tested cavalry tactics. He used his own personal finances, when money from Congress was scarce, in order to assure his forces of the finest equipment and personal safety.

Pulaski and his legion were then ordered to defend Little Egg Harbor in New Jersey and Minisink on the Delaware and then south to Charleston, South Carolina. However, it was at the battle of Savannah in 1779 that General Pulaski, riding forth into battle on his horse, fell to the ground mortally wounded by the blast of cannon. It is said, the General's enemies were so impressed with his courage, that they spared his life and permitted him to be carried from the battlefield. However, two days later, on October 11 Pulaski died.

used to be Chicago shut down on March 1.

do too! i know the story about the dude w/ the funny name on the mustard jar?

I AM SORRY THAT GABBNEB IS NOT THE WORLD TRAVELER THAT IS THE H-STENCIL. I AM SIMPLE MOUNTAIN MAN KNOWING ONLY MY PROVINCIAL PIKE MARKET AND ITS VAINGLORIOUS FOODSTUFFS. AND ALSO THE DINGHYS WITH THEIR HORNS OF LOUD AS THEY TRAVERSE THE SOUND, PUGET IT IS KNOWN BY. TOO THE MOUNTAIN, TAHOMA. I HAVE SEEN THE CHICAGO CITY ONLY FROM THE YEOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE OF THE 747, AND ALSO THE 757, WHICH HAS LESS THE LEG ROOM. ONE DAY I WILL CROSS THE OHIO AND REACH THE CHICAGO AND ITS TOWER OF SEARS BUT TIME UNTIL SUCH SHALL BE WITHOUT THE ROOT OF THE BURNHAM FOR SHAME.

and i've always wondered since songs about fucking, does steve albini know who he was?

i meant, does STEVE ALBINI know who pulaski was?

Can anyone tell me 'bout the Olympic Hotel, the Mosser hotel, or the Adante, or any other dumpish pads where I could crash for lil' money and not have my room broken into?

Same diff! The Garland Hotel web site hotel makes it look REAAAL GOOD and reaal cheap. I think that will probably be my pick.

i don't think you wanna be downtown-downtown. it seemed like the least interesting part of the city.