Grand Luxe is a chain -- sister to Cheesecake Factory.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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Jesse - Jan 25, 2012 8:27:12 am PST #18305 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sue - Jan 25, 2012 8:27:16 am PST #18306 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Thanks for the suggestions, guys!
Jesse - Jan 25, 2012 8:29:45 am PST #18307 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(And I didn't mean that to sound negative -- for one reason or another, I almost always end up at Cheesecake Factory when I'm out of town, even though there is one across the street from my house I never go to!)
Sue - Jan 25, 2012 8:35:00 am PST #18308 of 30001
hip deep in pie
God, now I really want Mexican food.
Connie Neil - Jan 25, 2012 8:35:49 am PST #18309 of 30001
brillig
I was also told to steer away from foods I liked/my regular diet because there was a pretty good chance that I would develop bad associations with at least some of the food I was eating during chemo.
I hadn't thought of that angle of things, that they want you to still like your favorite foods when all is said and done.
meara - Jan 25, 2012 8:41:01 am PST #18310 of 30001
Jesse, I hear ya. Sometimes when traveling I try to get food I can't at home or go to local awesome restaurants...but half the time I end up at chains because it's easier and I know what I'll get.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 25, 2012 8:42:55 am PST #18311 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
May I also recommend the Grand Lux restaurant. It is a little chain restauranty, but the portions are HUGE and whenever I go to Chicago, I feel like I have let go of all of my cash and the GL is decent food and doesn't make me feel like I have to take out a second loan to leave the city.
My cousin once ate a brownie nearly the size of her head at that place! After a full lunch!
Sue, I'd also recommend The Gage on Michigan Avenue, which has the best burgers I've ever tasted and is within walking distance of the Art Institute.
Jesse - Jan 25, 2012 8:43:26 am PST #18312 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's also good for a group, including vegetarians, which a lot of restaurants that don't have a magazine-sized menu and platter-sized entrees aren't.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 25, 2012 8:47:43 am PST #18313 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
shrift - Jan 25, 2012 8:54:11 am PST #18314 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
California or Arkansas? (I know the likely answer, but a guy can hope.)
California, where the Mother Ship lives.