Chicago: Where have all the serial killers gone?

lolz

32. Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
took it out to deerfield because my ex had a job interview out there and was nervous and didn't want to go alone. i called in sick to work and walked around for the four hours while she was at her interview. it was about 10 degrees outside. it was my 29th birthday. she got the job.

33. Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
Yes, somewhere on the far noth side with Jesse. There was trash in the water. I haven't been since.

34. Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
We always ordered from Gordano's, the place famously characterized by Jonah as looking like it was run by rats. I don't have a favorite place in our new neighborhood yet.

35. How many places have you lived in Chicago?
Two

36. What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
I was a wee bit embarassed when Jeff's parents came to visit for the first time and someone stole his mom's wallet on the train.

37. How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
Monthly, roughly.

38. What do you like best about living here? Like least?
Best - there is always something entertaining going on, and nine times out of ten, I can walk to it. Also, public transportation.
Least - sometimes it's a little too noisy. Chicago, slow down!

EXTRA BONUS- Where's question 18?
In the gimp room.

xpost- dang.

Do you drink Chicago tap water?
(yes)

I was on my way down to ask you about this. I missed the she part, but still wondered what was up since you and Jeff were a couple on your 29th b-day as far as I know.

Here are Jeff's survey responses:

1. What's your closest CTA stop?
Addison redline el stop and #32 Broadway bus

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Trains

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
Yes

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
No, I iGo.

5. Own or rent?
rent

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Lake View East

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned,
where would you live?
I don't know, I want to live in many neighborhoods. A different one
every two years.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
No

9. Did you go to high school here?
No

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
Bloodyminded

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
Empty Bottle

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
Simon's

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
Die in office

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
No one else. Daley sucks. Sucks at a lot of things. The thing is that
he does things. He's always doing things, both good and bad. He's
Action Mayor.

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the
south-side economy?
There's kerosene around, something to do.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Yeah, when we moved here, we came all the way from NC. So I've been
from NC to 95th.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Yes

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
DePaul, currently.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
All bad.

22. Weirdest panhandler story...
None really

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the
wave of the future?
I don't really care.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Rush st maybe? I don't know. I shop at sears.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
hot dog

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
ALA

27. Kanye or Common?
neither, really

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Redline

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
No

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Sam and George's

32. Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
Yes, from downtown to ravenswood, just on a whim

33. Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
No.

34. Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
Gigio's

35. How many places have you lived in Chicago?
2

36. What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
White people

37. How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
once a month

38. What do you like best about living here? Like least?
Public transit
Proximity to suburbs, the rest of illinois, other cities, other states
and other countries. Chicago should be an island in the middle of the
ocean.

My new favorite Hannah's Bretzel Sandwich:

It's called the Sergio's special. It's got French ham, gruyere cheese, mango chutney, avocado and slightly sweet jalapeno peppers. The mellowness and creaminess of the avocado and chutney balance out the jalapeno's perfectly. A++++++++++++

I am going out with my little jailbird buddy tomorrow. I don't know that it's a date, but we are going out at 8:00 for food and a beer.

Man oh man, I wish I worked in the West Loop...

"Roast chicken, peanut butter, cilantro, and special sauce."

Sounds a lot less appetizing now, doesn't it?

(gah. especially the peanut butter.)

Also, I think I tend to get embarassed or prideful about different aspects of the city because I have to defend living so far away from the relatives.

Jenny, tell me about this Tweet Lets Eat place.

I am excited about seeing Chicago.

SARAH! We MUST go to Tweet Let's Eat. It's up north on Sheridan and Argyle/Carmen and it's a wee bit pricey and there can be a wait, so it's not an every weekend kind of place bust sister, their brunch rocks socks. Plus if there is a wait, you can sit at the bar in Big Chicks (it's owned by the Big Chicks lady and is right next door) and drink delicious free coffee (no, seriously, it's wonderful) or not free but also wonderful bloody marys. Then you eat awesome food.

I have heard such wholesale ringing endorsements of Jerry's Sandwiches that I trust their secret sauces are wonderful.

Today looks to be a busy one.

Maybe. What time and where? I have to clean the bathroom, but it's small and shouldn't take very long.

1. What's your closest CTA stop?
Paulina

2. Which do you take more often: buses or trains?
Combo

3. Have you ever walked between cars on a CTA train?
Yes

4. Do you own a car? How often do you use it?
No.

5. Own or rent?
Rent.

6. What neighborhood do you live in right now?
Roscoe Village

7. If you could live in any neighborhood, housing costs be damned,
where would you live?
Can't decide. Nice house in Oak Park? Nice house in Wilmette? Roscoe is fine for now.

8. Are you *from* Chicago?
No

9. Did you go to high school here?
No

10. What's your favorite local band? (Other than the one you're in...)
Patricia Barber

11. What's the best Chicago music venue?
HotHouse, South Union, Old Town School, Ice Fac

12. What's your favorite bar and why?
Hopleaf at 5 p.m. - good beer, good natural light, wide array of periodicals

13. Mayor Daley: Will he die in office or what?
Sure

14. Who, besides Rich, would you like to see in the mayor's office?
Albini

15. Big Box Living Wage Ordinance: Good or bad for Chicago?
Good

16. Wal-Mart: Disaster waiting to happen or good way to revitalize the
south-side economy?
$1.50 for a tube of toothpaste would be better for the health and economy of the South Side than the same tube for $3.95 at a corner store.

17. Ever been further south than 95th St.?
Been on 95th Street, in Beverly, a few times.

19. Ever been further north than Jarvis?
Sure. Mostly visiting friends who've bought their first home/condo.

20. Did you go to college in Chicago? If so, where?
No. Kind of wish I had.

21. Who is your favorite CTA busker?
Japanese lady. And 3-4 years ago I saw three amazing freestyle rappers at the Jackson stop.

22. Weirdest [non-]panhandler story...
Walking down State St. just south of Division. 1 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Guy starts to approach me; I give a gesture of "I don't have anything" - and he says "Naw, man, I'm not asking for money, I'm sellin' shit."

23. Macy's: Retail vampire sucking the life out of State St. or a the
wave of the future?
Sad.

24. What's your favorite shopping district?
Maybe Quimby's/Myopic, though I like all the mall stuff too.

25. Chicago dogs or deep dish pizza?
Both sparingly.

26. Smoking ban: Mike Ditka or the American Lung Association?
ALA

27. Kanye or Common?
I like the Kanye video where he's driving around the department store. I like the Common video where he's in outer space. I've never gotten a song by either stuck in my head. Rhymefest put out a great mixtape last year, but the great songs didn't end up on the album.

28. One place you always take first-time visitors.
Oak Park, Green Mill, out for Thai food.

29. Have you ever called your Alderperson?
No

30. Have you ever called the mayor's office?
No

31. What's your favorite place to eat breakfast?
Orange (on Printer's Row)

32. Have you ever ridden a Metra train and where to?
To Lake Forest to visit a friend at a writer's colony; to Downers Grove to interview someone for my job; to Ravinia; to Arlington Heights...

33. Have you ever been swimming at a city beach?
No.

34. Where is your favorite place to order delivery pizza of any style?
Art of Pizza

35. How many places have you lived in Chicago?
3

36. What are you most embarassed by in the city when guests visit?
My clutter

37. How often do you go to the Harrold Washington Library?
Goes in binges

38. What do you like best about living here? Like least?
Best: Culture; cultural criticism; how people who are both progessive and geniuses in their field live here (in art, food, etc.); how there are always new subcultures to discover and get immersed in.

Least: I really want some hills. And maybe a mountain or two on the horizon.