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Chicago-GAF OT of Not the Second City, the BEST damn city.
- Thread starter ChiTownBuffalo
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Not to mention all our friends are asking "whats your address bro, I'm going to find your house in Watch Dogs!". No you won't.
The apparent mountain range visible a few miles away from the city in the game is hilarious.
Thug Waffle
Member
Heard about this... not even once.
Krauser Kat
Member
World Naked Bike Ride day on saturday was amazing and lots of fun.
IAmtheFMan
Member
I had a Wonut today.
Kinda overrated. :/
Kinda overrated. :/
You ask me, the war's been won over at Doughnut Vault. The Doughnut Day line was fucking ridiculous.
Yeah, I was down there for the first half. We left because we could barely sea, so we headed to plymouth (i think) which had rooftop bar. It's near Harold Washington libray (state and van buran).
Besides the stupid teens it was a great second half to watch, even if we lost
Krauser Kat
Member
Karyns on Green has the best Vegan donuts in town. Fritz and Do-Rite be damned.
not anymore.
IAmtheFMan
Member
I went to my friend's wedding today at Rosemont...which coincidentally happend during the Midwest Anime Convention. It was really surreal seeing a gigantic Indian wedding with the groom's procession coming in on a white porsche (the substitute for the horse I guess) while cosplayers were walking past it.
It's all a part of the plan.
HerbertFish
Member
Too expensive for the offering :/
IAmtheFMan
Member
Yeah, Saturday and Sunday.
kitchenmotors
Banned
He hasn't been around for over a year. He got called out for some bullshit during the Boston Marathon bomber thread and left right after, never to return.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=50737
I remember we tried to do a meetup with him and he flaked. Mess.
Figured I would post here instead of starting another lazy travel thread: I'm going to be staying in Wicker Park the 11th-14th and it'll be my first time in Chicago. I can do as I please during the day so I'm looking for suggestions as time is limited. Seems like I could spend a day downtown taking pics of the scenery and seeing tourist stuff...is riding the train around the loop worth it? What are the must-sees in your opinion? Any amazing restaurants in WP for the evenings?
Wicker Park/Bucktown/Humboldt/Uktraine area has a massive amount of food options.
I will give you a few different options:
Lockdown: Fancy burgers that are equal to Kuma's (The head chef of Kumas left to make Lockdown) - Western/Augusta
Rangoli - Highest rated Indian food on Yelp for the Chicago area. Out of this world good. - North and Western
Bullhead Cantina - Really good artisan tacos with great drink prices - Humboldt Park
chicagocubsfan
Member
Anybody going to Comic Con this year? This is the first time I'm going.
IAmtheFMan
Member
We had a semi-successful one a few years ago; it was only like 5 people though.
Awesome Animals
Member
If we are talking meet-up, where are people at and what are some ideas? I know the obvious ones are Headquarters or Emporium. I'd totally be down on a weekend I'm actually in town.
Did a mini-bar crawl last night with a buddy who's moving back to Florida (sigh). We wanted to stick close to his house, so it's all Bucktown area spots:
- Burke's Web
- Corner Bar
- Quencher's
- Map Room
- Gallery Cabaret
We all finished it easily enough. This list is easily dwarfed by our Fall Crawl last year where we did nine bars and were also doing shots at every other bar:
- Two-Way Lounge
- Cole's
- Boiler Room
- El Nueva Naranjo
- Green Eye
- Floyd's
- Map Room
- The Charleston
- Gallery Cabaret
That next morning was... hard. Today was totally preferable haha.
- Burke's Web
- Corner Bar
- Quencher's
- Map Room
- Gallery Cabaret
We all finished it easily enough. This list is easily dwarfed by our Fall Crawl last year where we did nine bars and were also doing shots at every other bar:
- Two-Way Lounge
- Cole's
- Boiler Room
- El Nueva Naranjo
- Green Eye
- Floyd's
- Map Room
- The Charleston
- Gallery Cabaret
That next morning was... hard. Today was totally preferable haha.
Hopefully you guys didn't melt today. I think today will be the fourth of fifth time I've used my AC all summer. Oh, and because I love to be the bearer of bad news, this winter could be another doozy.
Grain of salt, though! Apparently those same people predicted a mild winter for last year, so who the fuck really knows?
Grain of salt, though! Apparently those same people predicted a mild winter for last year, so who the fuck really knows?
Thug Waffle
Member
all the side streets still seem to have them on the north end, though.
eh, chicago gonna chicago
djcatskratch
Member
This has been making the rounds, really funny stuff:
http://wgntv.com/2014/08/22/skycam9-flies-over-house-with-statue-of-the-hulk-during-flood-coverage/
http://wgntv.com/2014/08/22/skycam9-flies-over-house-with-statue-of-the-hulk-during-flood-coverage/
IAmtheFMan
Member
This is a few days old now but:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/ominous-tweet-connects-isis-threat-in-chicago/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/ominous-tweet-connects-isis-threat-in-chicago/
chicagocubsfan
Member
Welp just got stuck on that CTA derailment that is sure to be on the news today. Also got interviewed by CBS on the matter lol.
Yikes! How long were you held up? Blue was extremely backed up this morning. Went express from Western to C&L
chicagocubsfan
Member
Over an hour. A wheel came off and sparks were flying everywhere just lucky no one got hurt.
They had to cut the train in half to move it.
HammerOfThor
Member
You guys hear about the machete attack on the Brown Line at the Kedzie(I think?) stop?
Scary shit, I used to take Kimball to Washington/Wells and back when I went to Northeastern and worked on 25 E Washington. WTF is wrong with kids these days.
Scary shit, I used to take Kimball to Washington/Wells and back when I went to Northeastern and worked on 25 E Washington. WTF is wrong with kids these days.