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Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?
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There's a really great restaurant in Chicago called the Purple Pig.
My favorite places to eat in Chicago:
- breakfast: Griddle 24
- before a ballgame: The Billy Goat Tavern
(I can get a triple cheeseburger, a grilled cheese sandwich, and two beers, all for just $20. At the game, that'll buy you maybe a hot dog and a beer!)
- pizza: Lou Malnati's
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Good choices - especially Lou Malnati's. Great pie.
It never occurred to me that actual chickens could get chicken pox; this is a horrible thought.
No, I looked it up; apparently they can't.
I never hope to see one.
Maybe they get human pox?
Well. I think it's safe to say that if you're a chicken you can't win.
I hope I get better weather this year when I go to Chicago. Last time, it wasn't too good. Had two games postponed due to rain, although I did get two doubleheaders out of it!
And I don't know what the hell I was thinking, but I actually went up in the Sears Tower one day even though it was pouring rain. When I got to the observation deck I couldn't see anything. And I mean that literally. The fog was absolute - just this featurless white void outside the windows. Looked like I was in the Matrix!
That said, I have a question to any White Sox fans that might be reading this...I went to two Sox games last time I was in the city (one of the aforementioned doubleheaders) and it was dull as dishwater. There was hardly anyone in the stands, and most of the ones who were, hardly made any noise. I think I might have fallen asleep once. It's not always like that, is it?
I only say this because Wrigley Field is always jumping. Even when the Cubs are in the tank, it's always a fun time at the park, the neighborhood around Wrigley is alive and active (the Sox stadium, OTOH, has nothing around it, except parking lots) and the fans are always loud. I was so disappointed by the Sox ballpark (which has just about the dumbest name I have ever seen - "Guaranteed Rate Field"?
) that I'm not even going there this time. Just going to see Cubs games.Am I being unreasonable? Did I just pick a bad day to go?
I hope I get better weather this year when I go to Chicago. Last time, it wasn't too good. Had two games postponed due to rain, although I did get two doubleheaders out of it!
And I don't know what the hell I was thinking, but I actually went up in the Sears Tower one day even though it was pouring rain. When I got to the observation deck I couldn't see anything. And I mean that literally. The fog was absolute - just this featurless white void outside the windows. Looked like I was in the Matrix!
That said, I have a question to any White Sox fans that might be reading this...I went to two Sox games last time I was in the city (one of the aforementioned doubleheaders) and it was dull as dishwater. There was hardly anyone in the stands, and most of the ones who were, hardly made any noise. I think I might have fallen asleep once. It's not always like that, is it?
I only say this because Wrigley Field is always jumping. Even when the Cubs are in the tank, it's always a fun time at the park, the neighborhood around Wrigley is alive and active (the Sox stadium, OTOH, has nothing around it, except parking lots) and the fans are always loud. I was so disappointed by the Sox ballpark (which has just about the dumbest name I have ever seen - "Guaranteed Rate Field"?
Am I being unreasonable? Did I just pick a bad day to go?
To be honest, I think the triple cheeseburger sounds more appealing, but then again, I'm not American nor have I ever been to baseball, or ever likely to.
Guaranteed Rate Field sounds like they sold their soul for sponsorship naming rights.
Happens here as well for football (soccer) stadiums.
This is the first time in a very, very long time that I have not watched the Academy Awards. I just have no interest in it. The only nominated movie I saw is "1917." I loved it and thought it was great but since I haven't seen any of the others, I don't really care. I'll just read about what happened at the Oscars later on.
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