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Chicago-GAF OT of Not the Second City, the BEST damn city.
- Thread starter ChiTownBuffalo
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ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Chicago residents -- 228 -- have been killed so far this year in the city than the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan - 144 -- over the same period.
WTF Chicago.
WTF Chicago.
Awesome Animals
Member
I'll be in town for the Aston Villa v Chicago Fire game. Can't wait, going to be awesome!
To be fair, it's probably cooler in Afghanistan.
Chicago is a dangerous, crime filled city that has a horrendous gang problem and a government that doesn't care. The public education system is in shambles, the youth get ignored, and this results.
Grimm Fandango
Member
I swear we better not have a crappy fall from this summer. It's the best season in Chicago.
reggieandTFE
Member
Agreed. There's nothing like a wearing a nice sweater and blazer in the fall.
secretanchitman
Member
weather is terrible/bi-polar. it was hot mostly today, then it rained heavily in the morning for 5 minutes, then it was hot, and now it started raining. goddamn.
Yes! My AC is broken, so these storm breezes feel amazing.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Man is it coming down hard. My window is taking a beating.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
RustyNails
Member
Hold on to your butts Chicago. It begins.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
Banned
Is Chicago gone? Any survivors here?
apocalidiot
Banned
I feel like the only time this thread is bumped is when it rains
road house
Member
Hope you guys didn't park under any trees!
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
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apocalidiot
Banned
Umbrellas are for suckers
RustyNails
Member
Well that wasn't too bad. But what do I know. I was boarded up and ready for the apocalypse.
IAmtheFMan
Member
So I didn't get a chance to do the GAF weekend meetup since I had friends from out of town in, but aside from the weather shenanigans yesterday, this was the most fun I've had at Lolla since I started going 5 years ago. I live like 4 blocks away from Grant Park so during the storm we just hiked it over there, drank some beers and waited it out. And today was gorgeous and the acts were great.
Man when I visited Chicago during that last Lolla I had no idea it was going on much less what it even was.
We stupidly got stuck in the rush to get on the trains to get out of town, we were heading toward Waukeegan and man that was scary and jailbait-ingly amusing. Late night, muddy under-age girls, dirty train, fun memories.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Damn. Megabus hit a pedestrian a block from our office. Coworker said there was a ton of blood.
That sucks hard.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Okay yeah this is a weather post but whatever. The thunder is so loud right now it's nuts.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
I thought that Bill Swerski and the Superfans Chicago accent was exaggerated and fake until I went to the Bears game last night.
Nope.
Nope.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Motherfucker I hate this time of year.
Nothing like freedom killing your eardrums repeatedly.
Awesome Animals
Member
Hey guys, any good recommendations for Record shops in the north neighborhoods? We are going to check out Bookworks, Reckless, Gramaphone, and Groovin High. Any others worth exploring?
Awesome Animals
Member
Aww man! That was the next spot on our list but we had already spent $150 on records. We will check that out the next time we go looking for records. It was a lot of fun for us because we are living in the burbs while she goes to grad school at Northwestern, but we like going through the neighborhoods trying to decide where we want to live once she graduates. We're partial to Wrigleyville, but like all the neighborhoods.
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If you like record shops (and she's in Evanston), why don't you go to where High Fidelity was filmed: Vintage Vinyl on Davis and Maple?
Then step over to Bennisons and get a Biesnitch!
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
As am I!
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Avatar quote!
Where's it at?
Restaurant Row over there on Randolph.
IAmtheFMan
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I like Kim but sometimes his desire to be creative, especially when he's doing his oft-used Latin/Korean hybridization just ends up too bizarre and without an identity and doesn't work. I'm pretty skeptical that he'll have too much that looks traditional that you'd get at San Soo Gab San on the menu at Belly Q... But I'd like to be wrong.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Yeah. But he has had hits. I admit, I kind of want posole and lime in my yukgaejang.
IAmtheFMan
Member
That actually sounds pretty good. And yeah, I like him and he definitely has some tasty stuff and I'm pretty curious about Belly Q. Ive always felt though that the Chicago press so want this guy to be a mega-international success a la David Chang when he really just kinda wants to do his own, smaller, experimental thing.
Ed Kim on the other hand... They may be onto something there.
Awesome Animals
Member
We will be spending plenty of time in Evanston, no worries.
My cousin spent her twenties there and loved it. Plus, I come we come from a greek heavy university (both GDIs though) so that won't bother us, and we are big Cubs fans.