Details on Chicago DU Gathering -- 7 p.m. Tuesday (or when you get there)

[prolesunited]

Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap
1172 E. 55th St.

Here's the details on the place:

Woodlawn Tap is a scruffy place, and has been since it opened more than 50 years ago. It attracts a diverse clientele -- artists, business people, students from the University of Chicago, construction workers, booksellers and Nobel Prize winners. Regular patrons have included anthropologist Margaret Mead and writers Saul Bellow and Dylan Thomas. Alongside the bottles of scotch and gin there's an encyclopedia and the complete works of William Shakespeare.

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/search/29377,0,21295...

Please note:
CASH ONLY


So far we have (at least tentatively committed):
Myself & Blue-Jay
RationalRose
XNASA
Susang & mkuhl
terrya
antiwarwarrior
steviet_2003
Robbien
forradalom

Anyone else is welcome. Let me know if you need a cell phone number.

[Gato Moteado]

1. drink an old style for me

i'd be there if i could

[prolesunited]

4. Sorry, I've been busy

I'll reply to your note as soon as I get a chance. :-)

[terrya]

2. It would be cool if we could watch the debate there.

Probably won't be able to, though.

See you there. :-)

[ewagner]

3. Set a bottle

on the counter for all DUers who couldn't make it......

and, yes PICS are requested.

[never cry wolf]

5. It is not looking good for me

Swamped here at work and behind on a project.

Sorry guys, next time I hope!

[prolesunited]

6. Sorry to hear that

Next time then

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Sorry I Can't Make It

Good crowd gonna be there, huh? Me, i'll be eating alone in my room in the Philly area. (Everyone sobs appropriately!)

But, don't let that stop you from having a good time. (Yeah, like it would.)

Have fun everyone. No, really!
The Professor

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. Wish I could be there....but cannot....

Please have a drink in my honor. Or is it dishonor?

[prolesunited]

9. Sorry you can't make it

You were on her list of people she wanted to meet

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. I'd like to meet her, too....

as well as see the rest of you again.

Weeknights are bad, especially tomorrow. Please give Rose my best!

[St. Jarvitude]

10. I'd make it but they don't let me in bars

Seeing as how I look just a wee bit under 21 :)

[nickgutierrez]

11. I've never been stopped

I'm a few weeks short of 21 myself, and... um... look the part. I don't think it'll be a problem. :)

[St. Jarvitude]

12. Well, I'm a few years short of 21

It worked in Europe - considering that the law there isn't enforced at all - but I doubt it will work here. It hasn't in the past x(

[prolesunited]

14. See everyone tonight!

:bounce:

[Blue-Jay]

15. Afternoon kick!

See everyone there in a little while.

Dude: Enough with the fucking spamming of the lounge, OK?

[prolesunited]

16. Hey, did you look up the directions yet?

Did you want to drive? I'm overdue on an oil change?

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Is everyone still passed out from last night's booze fest?

How did it go???? Who was there?

Details, please, for those of us who were unable to attend....

[nickgutierrez]

18. I'm conscious, at any rate

It went well. We watched Edwards win the debate, and had a freeper encounter on the way out. :thumbsup:

[XNASA]

21. You did? There was a freeper on 55th Street??

How odd. What did he or she have to say? We're they drunk??

[nickgutierrez]

22. Right after you left

This guy came stumbling out, talking to BlueJay about Ohio, and let slip that he's a conservative. It lasted about half an hour, with him complaining about the liberal media covering up the 'fact' that we've found WMDs in Turkey and Syria, Saddam's ties to 9/11, and other such nonsense.

[XNASA]

23. In Turkey? Turkey?

Why would he care if our friends the Turks had WMD??? If they have them, I'm sure they're just holding them for us.

Sheesh.

I love it when repugs bring up the fact that Iraq had many UN violations and that's enough to invade them. Hell....nobody has more UN violations than our friends the Turks....guess who's #2???

[XNASA]

19. We had a great time.

RationalRose, prolesunited, BlueJay, Susang, mkuhl, antiwarwarrior, my old pal Kevin, myself.....let's see....I'm missing someone....(on edit, it was Robbien)

Anyway...we settled into the backroom at Jimmy's on 55th and Woodlawn. The room was filled with mostly U of C students and everyone watched the debate. We all had a good laugh at some of the CC gaffes. The room was decidedly pro-Edwards.

Had a few beers and a couple of laughs. It was great.

Rose is a charming and engaging person. We exchanged a couple of observations about Cambridge as I once lived there, many years ago.

The party broke up around 11. I really love that neighborhood. I need to spend more time in Hyde Park methinks.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. Thanks, guys!

I was starting to worry what had happened....thinking of calling Cook County Jail (just joking!)

But :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: and you never quite know where it might lead.