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.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Jan 25, 2012 8:41:01 am PST #18310 of 30001
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.
Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2012 9:01:02 am PST #18315 of 30001
hwæt
DavidS - Jan 25, 2012 9:05:43 am PST #18316 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
An Evening With The Cast And Crew Of The Adventures Of Pete And Pete. I am so there.
So cool!
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2012 9:09:59 am PST #18317 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
seafood of any sort was completely out of the question for me (and consider the source on that one)
Hmm. I think she's still eating seafood, but I will ask my sister how she's doing.
I don't mean to sound like my sister is doing a bad job or anything. Me, I offer to shave my head if my mother's going to lose her hair to chemo. My sister is willing to make all the same dietary choices my mother does in order to make it easier for her to eat. She's 100% point guard in everything cancer-related for my mother.
I think that makes it harder, though. I mean, it's good, it's great, but it's really high stress.
Lee - Jan 25, 2012 9:14:02 am PST #18318 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hmm. I think she's still eating seafood, but I will ask my sister how she's doing.
It wouldn't surprise me if she was--it's so completely based on the person. It's much more a what's right or wrong for the person involved than what's right or wrong or typical overall. If anyone else says differently, fuck 'em.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2012 9:30:22 am PST #18319 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.