I'm back in Mordor on Lake Michigan for the first time since '84. Hyde Park, to be specific; the throbbing center of the O-Zone.
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24 comments:
Is there an inoculation against zombie bites? We don't want you coming back a Democrat.
May the Force be wi... wait, that's wrong.
May the elves bake you yummy cookies.
There, that's better.
Watch out for Golom and The Evil One, that they don't creep up and slip away with you!
For Goodness' sake, don't put on The Ring!
Tam,
Hope all is well up North
Keep your sting ready lest you run afoul of Shelob.
If you like books, 57th Street Books. If you love books, the Seminary Bookstore. I'm trying to think of that place on Lincoln that has dinners from all sorts of different meats (elk, bear, bison, etc.), can't come up with it now - looks like a Wisconsin cabin on the inside, too. If you brought your Trek, the Lakefront Path is right. Freaking. There. And tonight was Critical Mass. You probably have a stocked itinerary, so I won't throw out 50 Chicago suggestions.
wtf?
Rob K,
Nice reference.
The Big Bowl on (near?) Michigan has some tasty Thai and drinks.
If I ever get back to Chicago I'm gonna visit the Frank Lloyd Wright houses.
Daley, er, Sauron, has been going on about how bad guns are again.
If you feel up to it, partner and I were thinking about the Hoffman Estates Cabelas sunday PM.
Peripherally related.
Jim
So many great Restaurants in Hyde Park, #1 grab at least 3 friends, go out early for drinks, #2 switch venues for dinner, then #3 hit Trader Vic's (yeah, trendy, -but classic!) get a low lounge table by the bar, partly hidden by the palm trees, each have a Mai-Tai, then get one of those "served-in-a-trough-for-6-persons" drinks, and if you don't have the time of your life, well, don't go back to Chicago. OK, my folks were natives too, (Tinley Park & Markham)so I have go back for a good slosh now & then.
#4 Never, ever, live in Mordor.
Ruzhyo, it may be too late. I heard they did creep up and slip away with herr...herrr....herrrr....yeahh.
and ain't nothin' I can do about it.
Stay in touch, everyone. If she's captured, we gotta go in and get her out.
Notify Gandalf. He can leave Frodo behind this time, though.
I guess my only concern is if you are toting Glamdring, or should it be Hadhafang, despite those silly laws 'round Mordor?
wv: uncival. Yes, they are, in Mordor.
Notify Gandalf. He can leave Frodo behind this time, though.
Good. Can't stand that whiny little bastard. And that other guy, the one with the pots and pans hanging from his backpack...
WV=swate. Hm. "Don't get caught with a handgun in Hyde Park or the po-po will send SWATE after your shapely ass."
Your not walking are you?
The University of Chicago Divinity School Cafe: Where God drinks coffee.
My condolences. You are in the heart of uber-liberal nonsense within the heart of uber-liberal tyrannical nonsense.
I escaped from there 6 years ago - North Shore, Evanston to be precise.
Get out while you can!!
Trader Vic's
Trader Vic's closed. I drank there on the last night...
HOLY CRAP!
Trader Vic's reopened!
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