I'm outta here

[datasuspect]

yes, finally getting my reprieve from the shithole state of texas and returning to chicago tomorrow.

i am very excited about this. finally get to leave the land of the living dead.

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[RagingInMiami]

1. Sing it!

Chicago, chicago that toddling town
Chicago, chicago I’ll show you around - I love it
Bet your bottom dollar you’ll lose the blues in chicago
The town that billy’s sunday could not shut down

On state street that great street I just want to say
They do things that they don’t do on broadway - say
They have the time the time of their life
I say a man and he danced with his wife
In chicago, my home town

[datasuspect]

3. c'mon

baby don't want to go
back to that same old place
SWEET HOME CHICAGO

[RagingInMiami]

2. Dupe

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. It used to be the coolest place on the planet.

All of it. Friendly live-and-let-live people. Cool cops. Beeyoutiful women. Great food. Cheap drinkin'. I loved to go there, on tour and hated to leave.

Now? It sounds like it has become a huge insane asylum. I don't ever want to go there again.

[datasuspect]

5. that's why i stay out of the north side

[eaprez]

6. Friendly?

It may be culturally diverse but they hate each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. We do????

:shrug:

[Susang]

17. Yes, we do!

:P

[datasuspect]

21. well

i know i used to hate riding the ravenswood (that's the brown line to newbies).

TOO MANY YUPPIES!

[Susang]

26. I would kill to ride the Brown line

Just rated the best and most frequent CTA service in the city because of those damn yuppies. I live in Humboldt Park, so I get the shitty Western Avenue bus. It takes me over an hour and two buses to get to work. I'd gladly suffer the yuppies if I could get to work faster and in a less broken down manner.

[datasuspect]

27. i was born at norwegian american hospital

how's things in humboldt park?

heard it got gentrified.

[Susang]

30. The whole city's gentrified

There is no escaping Mayor Daley and his great tree planting, condominium building schemes. Unfortunately, nobody bothered to tell the drug dealers on the corner, they're still working hard to make my neighborhood the heroin capital of the midwest.

[datasuspect]

32. yeah,

north ave/the park over that way IS FUCKED UP.

i used to do volunteer work over there, never like sticking around too late.

[datasuspect]

29. also

i remember riding rush hour ravenswood trains in 94, 95 (back when they had a/b skip stops). VIRTUALLY EMPTY after the clark junction (belmont ave.).

weird.

humboldt park had a douglas park/logan square spur that was elevated at one time. there are no traces of this line anymore.

[Susang]

38. Unfortunately, not Humboldt Park

That's actually considered Logan Square. Humboldt Park pretty much ends at North Avenue. The closest el stop to me is in Wicker Park, over a mile a way. :-(

[datasuspect]

39. this was back in the 40s

there was an elevated line that had its terminus in humboldt park.

it was defunct by 1952.

i feel ya on the wicker park commute.

[greatauntoftriplets]

68. Harumph!!!!!

:P back atcha....

[NoPasaran]

13. Texas or Chicago?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

14. Texas.

Chicago, on the other hand, is the coldest place on the planet. ;-)

[mac56]

7. My kind of town

Chicago is
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of people, too
People who smile at you

And each time I roam, Chicago is
Calling me home, Chicago is
One town that won't let you down
It's my kind of town

My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of razzmatazz
And it has all that jazz

And each time I leave, Chicago is
Tuggin' my sleeve, Chicago is
The Wrigley Building, Chicago is
The Chicago Cubbies, Chicago is
One town that won't let you down
It's my kind of town

[terrya]

8. Cool!

As a Chicagoan...glad to have you back here. :-)

What part of Chicago do you want to live?

T

[datasuspect]

9. i'll be flopping around

with relatives and such . . .

couch surfing.

cannot stand one minute more in this hellhole in the armpit of texass

[Susang]

19. Does that translate to...

You don't want to tell us? :shrug:

[datasuspect]

20. nah, i 'll be semi homeless

but i don't give a fuck . . . i can at least make some shit happen

i need concrete under my feet.

i'll be couch surfing though

[Susang]

28. You still didn't tell us what part of the great Chicagoland area

You'll be staying in. But you knew that, didn't you? ;-)

[datasuspect]

31. i'll be flying around

22/damen

lawrence/western

31/lowe

gonna try and make myself sparse at a couple of place until i can get my own place.

[Susang]

45. I pass Lawrence and Western daily

I work far far north on Western Ave, between Peterson and Touhy. Unfortunately, I live near Augusta and Division. Not such a big deal in summer when I ride my scooter, but a bitch right now when I have to wait for the CTA. :-(

[datasuspect]

48. especially the western bus

i will be holding court at either the bar on leland/western or rockwell/western on thursday 6ish or 7ish.

[Susang]

57. Is one of those the Irish bar that has $1 burgers on Monday nights?

The Celtic Crown?

[datasuspect]

58. nope

leland house of liquors

across from the western avenue el stop.

[Susang]

61. I know it well

[datasuspect]

63. no shit

did you used to go there back in '03?

have i harassed you before while i was shitfaced?

[Susang]

65. Not that I'm aware of

I don't usually hit the bar, I buy my package stuff there on the way home from work. That's where I switch from bus b to bus a.

I prefer that little dump just before Fullerton that has the "Live Bands" sign. I don't know if it has a name. :shrug:

BTW, I don't think Western and Rockwell actually meet. Rockwell's a north/south street, I actually live quite near it. ;-)

[benburch]

11. Welcome back to chicago!!!

:-)

[AuntieM1957]

12. Don't Mess with Texas

Listen here, what makes you think we were all that glad to have your Yankee ass down here anyway?

Keep trash talking us and we'll pack that Crawford idiot in your luggage!

[datasuspect]

15. fuck texas

right in the poopshoot.

backwards ass state.

[Xipe Totec]

54. Where I come from, everyone north of the Rio Gran' is a Yankee

:evilgrin:

[Megahurtz]

16. Congratulations leaving Tex-ASS!

:)

[datasuspect]

18. thanks

i feel like i am getting out of prison

[ikojo]

23. You are getting out of prison

a fundamentalist prison.

[datasuspect]

25. i gotta tell ya

they throw you in jail for PRACTICALLY ANYTHING AROUND HERE IN TEXASS.

plus you MUST have a car.

glad to leave.

[rbnyc]

22. Have a great trip!

:hi:

How long will you be there?

[datasuspect]

24. for awhile

gotta get my shit together.

a lot of fortuitous shit has happened lately ($$$$$$$$) so THAT won't be a problem.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

33. Congrats on that! I lived in Chicago area for a long time... still get

down there a lot. We all have to arrange a Chicago DU meetup soon.

[datasuspect]

34. you can always find me

wherever they have cheap beer on tap.

i'll be the thug-looking guy who looks like a yuppie cop.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

35. Ever get to Kingston Mines? I could live there....

good times.

[datasuspect]

36. nah, but

i go to the joint around the corner north on halsted and right on wrightwood (burwood tap).

cool joint in the daytime.

there's blues joint on clark by the river (near downtown) that is really awesome.

sometimes i go down by 41st/prairie with the german immigrants to hear REAL delta blues

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

40. Blue Chicago has 2 locations on Clark... got booted from there.

never been to the other, I'll have to check it out. Kingston Mines has Linsey Alexander every Sat night... Hoochie Man. I seriously enjoy those guys. And $1.50 shot specials?? Puuuleeeze. Open til 5AM?? And a $5 cab ride to my sisters. I'm in.

[datasuspect]

42. $1.50 SHOTS

ho-lee sheeeeeeit.

i'm there homey.

it's on like donkey kong.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

46. Last time it was Kamikazes (sp?)

good good times. I'd share details, but my MOM is a DU'er :scared:

[datasuspect]

47. dunno about the kamikazes

gimme some rotgut bourbon thowed right into a glass of beer.

rocket fuel. SLURP SLURP>

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

49. Jager-bombers are typically like fuel for me.... eeesh.

[datasuspect]

52. thow one a dem into a pint of guiness

times about 7 and i will hang on yyour every woid.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

55. heh, you're drunk

:crazy:

[datasuspect]

56. errrrr i plead the fifth

[Susang]

41. Hello? We do them ALL THE TIME!

I can't believe you haven't seen the threads, we post them both in the Lounge and in the Illinois forum. We just had one about a week and a half ago when Ms. Fudge Stripe Cookays came to visit our fair city. We met at Moody's and stayed for about four hours (much to the waitress's chagrin).

So get your butt back here and join us! :P

[datasuspect]

43. do you guys have any discretion vis a vis "venue?"

i can heartily suggest some really good dives.

[Susang]

50. We have to compromise somewhat

As DUers come in many ages, shapes and sizes, and have many different ideas about what makes a good bar. Until last year, I used to be in the business (bar biz, that is), so I've been relatively successful in suggesting places that meet with approval from all sides. Of course, suggestions are always welcome.

Though, I must warn you, many popular dives have bit the dust in the past few years. Even Tuman's has gentrified and now serves food. :scared: Daley's been playing hardball with the liquor licenses of certain establishments.

[datasuspect]

53. go west, go south, youung werther!

yup.

[Susang]

60. Not that young

And I'm quite west, thank you. Any further west and they'll be selling crack out of my garage (if they aren't already, I haven't been home for hours).

Enjoy those dives while you can. They're getting fewer and fewer and if Daley gets his wish, will disappear within the next decade. Even the Old Town Alehouse charges $5.00 for a beer to now. Zack's was bulldozed two years ago. Tuman's was sold and got a facelift.

At least you can still get $1.50 PBRs at Cal's (for now, anyway).

[datasuspect]

64. i can always go south

in the gang-infested hoods.

they still have bars INSIDE the block.

42/rockwell

47/campbell

places like that . . .

[RandomKoolzip]

67. Next time there's a Chitown meetup, perhaps you guys ought to

consider going to The Hopleaf in Andersonville, the restauant I work at. You can all say hi and see me in my natural setting, and our food's pretty good. Beer's expensive, though.

Just a suggestion....

"Rock over London
Rock on Chicago
Mitsubishi: the word is getting around"

-Wesley Willis

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

44. I was REAL green then and all freaked about election. I will definitely

make the next. And I will keep an eye on IL forum, too. Thanks :hi:

[Susang]

62. Cool

We'll still be here. Drinking, as usual, no doubt. ;-)

[Skittles]

37. I did the Texas to Chicago escape twice this year

it's good to get out of Texas

[Xipe Totec]

51. I escaped 6 years ago

Now I feel survivor's remorse.

I left a lot of nice people stranded there. :cry:

[liberalhistorian]

59. Good for you!

I think I'd rather kill myself than live in Occupied Texas (absolutely no offense meant to those DUers who are suffering in Texas right now!). I haven't been to Chicago in a long time, but I'm sure it's still a great city. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it very much lived up to its nickname, the Windy City!

[democracy eh]

66. Why do former Chicagoans love Chicago so much?

borderline smug. Must be a pretty cool place

[Catherine Vincent]

69. Yeah, Texas sucks.

But it's home.:-)

[Dear Maggie]

70. What are the 7 Wonders of the World?

http://www.valdezlink.com/7wonders.htm



Thanks to Joy for sharing the 7 wonders!

turn the sound on ...


What were you doing in TX?

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