Chicago MMXII

As much as I live technology, none of this really excites me. I just want more frequent service and better coverage of the city.

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guys i have a REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION: can you think of anywhere in the loop i might be able to buy bulgar? they don't have any at city target. only idea i have is that health food store on wells.

btw trader joe's considers bulgar a winter seasonal item

Trader Joe's seasonal designations bug me. Like the absence of baking powder year-round, as if people only bake in the winter.

Never been in there and they don't appear to have a website to check, but maybe that Kramer's Health Food place on Wabash near Adams?

oh that's the place i meant above, i said wells instead of wabash. thanks.

gotcha.

I have been I there and they do have some food items so maybe. You could call them and find out. Unless you take a train to Whole Foods (Roosevelt or Chicago red lines) that's probably your best bet.

cool well i'll check kramer's after i go to the library to pick up the new david byrne book that finally arrived on hold for me

Middle eastern mkt has bulgur

Hey guess what?!

http://i.imgur.com/hIo5B.png?1

This may be the year I buy heated pants.

the first apartment I had in Chicago is for rent: http://classifieds.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ViewAd?oid=oid%3A4081614

Apparently the low might be 26 degrees on Tuesday. That's actually cold.

Yeah, but it's going to be 60 this weekend. That's not cold.

you guys this is awesome
white/light playing maggot brain (live @ whistler)
why can't that place not be a zillion miles away from where i live?

oops http://soundcloud.com/jeremylemos/white-light-plays-maggot-brain

has anyone here ever done out-of-state interlibrary loan? is it a hassle? expensive?

i dunno but i have to mail packages to japan and poland and i can't say i'm looking forward to it

i posted that maggot brain thing on the soundcloud thread but i don't think anyone actually uses that thread.

kramer's is kind of cool, they have a lofted cafe area in the past where you can buy vegetarian sandwiches and salads and soups, might go back there for lunch sometime. also i bought vegan jerky which was pretty gross.

also the library didn't have my hold book despite sending me an email saying they had my hold book. second time this year that's happened.

they did have bulgur at kramer's but it took a while to find

they have a lofted cafe area in the past
time travel cafe loft super cool!

ha ha oops

i thought that would be a cool cafe
no oops

When I worked at Jackson/Michigan in 2004-05, I ate lunch at Kramer's all the time.

BEFORE IT WAS COOL

I used to buy toothpaste at Kramer's when I was in law school, then they opened a Whole Foods by our apartment and I bought toothpaste there, but now that I worker much closer to Kramer's than I live near Whole Foods, I will probably buy toothpaste there again.

worker much closer
liver much farer

they have a lofted cafe area in the past

I'm going back to early 2005, get some lunch, and tell myself to study harder in criminal law and property class.

iO moves to North/Clybourn area:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-1110-halpern-move-io-20121109,0,287403.story

what's up

we bought a new (used) car this weekend. it's exciting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F33TWZJ5Ic

what kind of wheelz

honda fit, kind of inbetween hatchback and wagon. feels way bigger inside than it looks from the outside. mainly just crazy driving a car that isn't 17 years old and that has a stereo.

Fit is go.

kinda wish I had a fit instead of a yaris, but the grass is always greener etc.

Wish I'd known about the Tame Impala show tonight before it sold out -- I bet they'd be great live.

I would have totally gone were I not already spending my stay-up-late chits on Aimee Mann/Ted Leo and the dBs.

So close

http://i.imgur.com/VmMWSl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/yj814l.jpg

hilarious pic of a Fire player + a good-looking zucchini bread recipe: http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-hibernation-with-bread-20121108,0,2789250.photo

I just got a long and kind of hilarious list of continuing ed classes at the school where I teach that need adjunct instructors so if anybody is interested in teaching something, let me know and I'll forward it to you. Highlights include web development, various languages, money management, career-specific things.

If anyone is wondering how to get around the paywall at the tribune site, install the Readability extension. Load the page and Read Now from the Readability menu. It will pull the whole text.

aw fuck no

http://chicagoist.com/2012/11/15/controversial_defeat_jihad_ads_appe.php

http://www.change.org/petitions/chicago-transit-authority-take-down-anti-muslim-advertisements-on-your-buses?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=858882

oh that's linked in the article. sorry.

Heyyyyy is there a good place to eat new Rev Brew that isn't Rev Brew? I made plans to meet a colleague there tonight but they are having a beer event and that sounds like it would be terrible.

There's some decent BYOB places in the general vicinity:

4 Suyos (Peruvian; 2727 W. Fullerton)
Chilapan (Mexican; 2459 W. Armitage)
90 Miles (Cuban; 2540 W. Armitage)

Also, since Rev is just a couple of blocks away from the heart of Logan Square, there's always the usual suspects there: Lula, Longman & Eagle, Telegraph, etc.