Chicago MMXII

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.

Those are good ideas. I will run these by my dining companion and hopefully she'll just pick one. Actually, Peruvian sounds kind of amazing.

Fat Rice has soft-opened for dinner ...

http://www.eatfatrice.com/index2.php#slide-main

now that i think about it, you guys go to a lot of restaurants!

Of the ones I named, the only one I haven't been to is Telegraph, but I've heard good things (including from Kr and my bro).

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Sorry. I was listening to Promise Ring on the way to work and now I'm in a good mood but I CANNOT GET THE SONG OUT OF MY HEAD.

township has pretty good food too

hey so i already managed to accidentally drain the battery in our new car. do any of you with cars want to swing by this evening or tomorrow and give us a jump? i will owe you a beer. but i can also try to snag a stranger for a jump if no one is available.

if you don't get anyone to do it by 5 or so, lemme know and i'll stop by!

thanks dude!

no prob, just txt or call or w/e -- i'll be downtown but could easily be over by 6, i think i have cables too?

yeah we probably won't be home until 6ish anyways so that's cool. i have cables if you don't.

there was a guy on the el this morning working out an intricate design with a gouge on a piece of wood that was approximately 3 feet by 2 feet

that sounds sexy

he was an older gentleman with a scraggly beard

I've heard Telegraph is overpriced. Haven't been to any of the BYOBs mentioned, but I'd also add Boiler Room and Letizia's Fiore to the list.

omg wait a second was marty willson-piper on your train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgRE8fXMUg&feature=related

Telegraph can get pricey, especially w drinks. the one time I was there I paid $$ and left hungry.

It's cool. We're going to Duke of Perth. hahaha

I told Jeff this in an email but I am going to tell you all because it is a good snapshot of my how this day is going:

I'm eating at my desk while working and I stuck my pen in my mouth instead of my fork.

Then I rocked out to a Widespread Panic song on XRT. Hurry, Beer O'Clock.

I'm doing private-room karaoke tonight. Pumped.

The next time I do karaoke, I am going to sing Possum Kingdom. Don't let me forget.

I'm going to While Foods to drink Bourbon County Stout.

Not Biurbin Ciunty Stiut?

U cray cray.

GUYS. My birthday is Thanksgiving. I'm going to be 40. Be nice to me.

Happy early bday. You're a cutie pie.

I'll be in NC on your bday. Do you want me to do anything there in honor of it? Maybe tickle my mom?

Just... Just love your family Jesse. Love them and hold them tight.

is there a way for us to celebrate your birthday with you?

Maybe after the fact. My parents are in town for a week and we're having Thanksgiving dinner at Longman and Eagle. I'm kind of ambivalent about the whole thing aside from occasional neurotic episodes about turning the-big-four-oh.

shit like this doesn't help! Or the tendency of people to use "40 year old woman" as shorthand for someone boring and uncool. (Someone said to me the other day that salsa dancing is for college kids and 40-year old women, which 1) what's wrong with salsa dancing?* and 2) fuck you!)

*Of course I'd say that, being less than a week away from being a 40-year-old woman.

Ha turning 40 means unapologetically putting ice in my wine and saying to hell with consistent hyphenation!

Oh booberry, it pains me to see you so uncharacteristically affected by this bday. Your reaction is totally valid and all that, I just normally think of you as someone who deals w/ age and such w/ equanimity & a fuck the haters attitude. Because that's the case, I just want to tell you to think about what carl agatha who was not turning 40 would tell another woman who was not looking forward to turning 40 and I'm certain her counsel would be 1000% OTM. Plus, to the extent that 40 means anything at all, you're going to be a cool 40 b/c of who you are and your experiences and b/c you will make it so.

People regularly ordered those Over The Hill things when I was a florist. Enough so that I just remembered that "OTH" was a common abbreviation.

Another thing was dead-flower arrangements (wilted flowers, roses painted black) w/ OTH mylar balloons, and a couple half-floating black balloons. Gosh, people at the office really got a ~kick~ out of those!!! lololak;ds;lajds barf

je55e otm

also (Someone said to me the other day that salsa dancing is for college kids and 40-year old women, which 1) what's wrong with salsa dancing?* and 2) fuck you!)

whoever said that can eat a huge culturally insensitive piece of shit

also i can't believe your parents will be here for a whole week
mine have visited for a grand total of 2.5 days in as many years

Carl if all the 40 year old people were as cool as you the world would be a 1000% better place.

being 40 isn't going to transport you to a field of GREAT GRAINS cereal or into a vat of yogurt and don't let anyone tell you it will

o man I love Great Grains cereal -- haven't had it in years!

look how freaking happy these great grains eaters are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyhqAlfKG4o

This is a very long parent visit, but it gets us out if Christmas traveling so I'm good with it.

Cinnamon Life 4eva.

Also thanks. Y'all are great. :)

My take re why people seem to get lamer w/ age:
- age brings about certain changes, including reduced energy, as well as increased experience, knowledge, and (accompanying) confidence;

- humans of any age can be pretty self-satisfied and boring, and we seek the path of least resistance;

- a person who is self-satisfied and boring and who seeks the path of least resistance will react to reduced energy and increased experience/confidence by forgoing the effort it takes to be curious and open to changes, both internal and external.

As kids, we learn that Adulthood is a destination, and grown-ups know what's what, and that notion can get carried into adulthood. A person can start to feel like they've reached their destination and they can finally be done with the chores of growing and learning. Scoring experience and wisdom can affirm a person's resistance to using their waning energy to keep growing, which can create a feedback loop that spins them to lameness (stagnation, stodginess, complacence, Republicanism, incuriosity, corniness, intolerance, inflexibility, etc.)

I get more awesome every year. Watch out when I'm 80.

young people suck. old people suck. if we kill off both young and old alike the world will be a better place.

As kids, we learn that Adulthood is a destination, and grown-ups know what's what, and that notion can get carried into adulthood. A person can start to feel like they've reached their destination and they can finally be done with the chores of growing and learning. Scoring experience and wisdom can affirm a person's resistance to using their waning energy to keep growing, which can create a feedback loop that spins them to lameness (stagnation, stodginess, complacence, Republicanism, incuriosity, corniness, intolerance, inflexibility, etc.)

That is really insightful!

Thanks. I had been thinking two things about that post: 1. that I should have added that I think you're probably one of the people who will put forth the effort to not suck and 2. was that an obnoxious, early-L-Jagger-like post?

it able to be comprehended by a non-britisher, so no

it's.

So a guy was stabbed in the head at Mich & Delaware at the lights parade.

holy shit, what?