I really did. And now my un-originality has been exposed by the fact that I recycled a joke from years ago. Sigh...

The buttons aren't as great as I remember (at all), but here they are...



If I get hit with a stroke of creativity, I'll probably make better ones.

I know! I wanna...

That ought to be early enough that I can get anywhere y'all decide to go.

So do we have a body count or a destination?

But let's pass on Shitty O'Kays...

So far I know it's me, you , josh, matt, stacey and well umm...that might be it unless Ryan comes too.

As for location, I don't care as long as they sell food I can eat. I'm rather out of the loop on restaurants these days, hell I forgot what was out your way so you and Matt decide.

i'll be there, too.

z's going as well.

just out of curiosity, can people smoke in chicago restaurants at all anymore?

Nope.

Which frankly, I'm rather happy about at the moment(this is coming from someone who quit in July).

yeah, i'll be around.

pstpxsplzthx

i don't think you fellas could handle being the mattress.... we'd have our ways with y'all.

Ain't no denying the truth.

If I do come, this is what I will bring to the table:

Just as I suspected.

I might be around...I have an eye exam that evening, but I'll see what I can do.

so did we decide on a place? i'm fine with it being at 6. as long as i can actually eat there, i have no problem with the where.

It looks like I'm possibly tied up at 6.

Regardless, how about Phoenix in Chinatown? That's close to the preggers lady, easier drive for Matt, and anyone else can take the redline to the chinatown stop and hoof it for 30 seconds.

Haha. I don't do the ess thing, but I do jokingly refer to the owner as Old Man ______.

Old Man Wendy.
Old Man Safeway.
Old Man Staples.

death by happy.

Damn! this sounds like fun! Have a good time Stace and gang!

So shitballs....

I wound up being taken to chicago this weekend, all surprise-like. For m'birthday. By th'wife. Twas awesome.

We stayed at a B+B in Bucktown, which was cool. Ate at some fondue place, which was delicious, if perhaps 70's-ish (I associate fondue with 1978). Then today we went to the Field Museum, which was good but not as holyshit good as I expected. $16 for parking??? Fuuuuuck you, I'll park over on line Mich Ave and walk, thanks.

I had thoughts of "damn, I wonder about SP-visiting-Chicago or Phil-always-wants-me-to-visit-and-shit-here-I-am etc, but it was a very nice Private Time weekend. I had nobody's cell numbers anyway.

I'm drunk, by the way. So yeah, Chicago ain't so bad as I reckoned.

did you see that pompeii exhibit at the field museum? i think i'll go to that when my dad visits next month. oh, and do you remember the name of the fondue place? i've been looking for a good one.

I opted for the chinese dinosaurs, which sorta blew. The fondue place (which was recommended and good) was called Geja's. Pricey, but nice. Underground, crowded, etc. Excellent servers.

Damn, Geja's is good, save that for special occasions for sure.

Armitage just east of Lincoln on the north hand side.

Next time boy, get a friend to drive you (sure I'd help out) so you don't have to get hit like that for parking, or hit that public transportation, it's mad easy.

www.transitchicago.com

come on down again sometime.

So did we decide on a joint to chow at? I'm going to see if i can push my rehearsal back, right now it's at 6.

Umm I'm up for anything, and close is good. So we just need to hear from the rest of em.

while this may not come as a surprise to many, I cannot make it. we have our final meeting w/ our wedding photographer, and it's at 6:30 tomorrow p.m.. I wouldn't think that it would last long, but I really don't know for sure.