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yes there is, jen was a docent at the flw home & studio when we first met. it's pretty interesting it's a guided tour of the flw homes around his home and studio on chicago ave. depending on the guide it can be pretty informative. i'd recommend going in the spring, as walking for 30-45 minutes in the cold can be pretty brutal plus if there's snow on the ground you won't get to see some of the details of the houses.

once a year there's a fundraiser for the flw home & studio where the owners of the houses will let the tour come INTO the house so you can see the interior details but that's big $$$ (relatively) and i've never gone.

but the tour is fun, if the weather is crappy you can always take the tour of the home and studio, it's interesting, indoors, and gives you some insight into flw.

xpost to john.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm thinking about doing this THING where I obsess about one topic for an entire month and do as much as I can to drown myself in information about that subject.

Sounds like you already have a hobby right there.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Opium
Communes
Stem cell research
Tuberculosis
Lady scientists
Greenland

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

You can't even go INSIDE the houses on the tour? That's bullshit. I could drive around the outside of 'em myself.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link

The history of indoor plumbing
Rats and their habits
Gypsies and their lifetstyle
Sudan
Alexander Graham Bell
Prehistoric man

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

yes but you wouldn't know the stories behind the houses. would you know which was the house where he met his mistress? and that she left her husband and he left his wife and kids and ran off together? or which houses got him fired from the employ of louis sullivan because he was doing side work when he still owed sullivan money (they are now known as "the bootleg houses")? or which houses were built before his trip to japan and which were post?

xpost to laurel.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Sarah's first project: Learn everything you can about the former owners of the now defunct K3mp M1ll Records.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Btw, has anyone read The Omnivore's Dilemma? It's the next book club book (not my pick).

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I could look all of those things up on the internet, or in books about FLW of which there are more than a few. But okay, to get the info pre-compiled for you I guess the exterior tour's all right.

Jordan, no, but it's on my reading list.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Those homes are privately owned, but the house/studio is more of a museum.

I know, Jordan. I meant I'm thinking of doing that as my new hobby.

Thanks for the ideas, Amanda! I like the Opium suggestion especially because I was fascinated by the Opium dens during my Colette obsession.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

luckily i used to live with someone who gave the tour so i got the info gratis anyway. though we did pay for the tour when her parents came to town once.

whenever our folks would visit we'd treat them like we were baby sitting 4 year olds, walk them until they're exhausted, feed them constantly, and take lots of naps.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

xxpost Ooh! I've been meaning to read that! Michael Pollan is awesome.

Interview with him here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5336252

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, NYT review

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Second project: Uncover my address in Truckee, CA in early 1995.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Ha ha, Jenny.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

One idea I had was Orchids. I've always liked them, but know nothing about them. Plus, my curriculum could include reading the Orchid Thief, which I've been meaning to do.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe I should only study subjects that begin with the letter O, just to be as weird as possible.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Oreos
Orange Juice (the band)
Orangutans
Opthamology
Orang Juice (the juice)
Orenthal James Simpson
Origami
Orchards, Apple
Orchards, Pear
Optical Illusions
Original Sin

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I could study O magazine!

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Origam is a good one, making little weird things out of band flyers is always a good party trick.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

You forgot orgasms.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

no, i just exercised that solitary grain of decorum i have.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Good thing I'm around, then!

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

It was too much to hope for that Otto and Kenan could be exercising decorum at the same exact time, I know. (XP)

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Did I tell you guys about my family drama a while back? My frenchie sis posted some nude pix online and emailed all the relatives to check them out. WELL.. not quite... She posted a link to her husband's photography site which included topless pix of her at the beach, which is apparently no biggie in Le France. Anyway, my mom saw them and flipped out, naturally. That was a while ago. My dad never reacted because he don't know nuffin' bout no internets and never followed the links.

Anyway, all the relatives were together at Thanksgiving and one of my superconservative uncles took my dad on a private walk to discuss his daughter's evildoings. So, that's how my dad found out! And it looks like it's going to be getting ugly.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link

This family gossip brought to you by the letter O.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

lol

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

i love, honor, and respect my parents and everything but i also have no problem with telling them to fuck right off when need be. just because you are someone's son or daughter doesn't mean you aren't an adult capable of making your own decisions.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

link plz

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm held responsible for Nick using the phrase "Saturdays are for fuckin' and feedin'" in Summertime, but other than that my record has been pretty squeaky clean the last year or so... as far as my dad knows. BWAH HA HA HA!

I got over being a disappointment to my relatives back when I was 12 and they announced that, no matter what I chose to do with my life, I would be going to hell regardless since my parents got divorced.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

B-b-but going topless on the beach in France where it's culturally acceptable is a total Our Bodies, Ourselves thing to do! Tell you're mom that she's clearly just very comfortable in her body, thanks to her feminist upbringing.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Where should I eat lunch, Chicago? And who in the loop is unbusy at noon and wants to eat lunch with me?

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks Sarah and Kevin!

Second project: Uncover my address in Truckee, CA in early 1995.

You lived in Truckee? Isn't this the city that always has the lowest temperature in the U.S.?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link

You want to eat delicious udon noodles from Tokyo Lunchbox. I do too, but I have crockpot curry to eat.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link

This family gossip brought to you by the letter O.

http://media.bestprices.com/content/isbn/86/0929654986.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh shit *I* want to eat udon noodles!

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

"Saturdays are for fuckin' and feedin'"

I've never noticed this line!

As long as Matt's mom is alive, there will be no swearing in C4n4st4 songs.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link

John: I dunno. It was pretty cold when I lived there, but I try not to think about it. Miserable, shithole of a town.

Amanda: Hmm... maybe. But it's right by work and I'm at school and if I go eat there, odds are good I'll skip my last class. And I probably shouldn't.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Miserable, shithole of a town.

Did you spend a lot of time in Reno and Tahoe?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Truckee! That's where I played that wedding over the summer, and rode around in the back of a pickup truck drinking and singing gospel songs.

Reno seemed pretty depressing, except for the taco stand we stopped at.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Tahoe is pretty. Reno is... also miserable. But it's a lot easier to find a $5 blackjack table than in Vegas.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

John, I think you and your weird feet should try a pair of these Dansko clogs. They are expensive, but footprints.com sells them and you can wear them around for two months and then send them back if you don't like them anymore. I'd go to a regular store to find your size, though, since Danes do some wacky sizing (these are a 42N and I usually wear a 40 regular).

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

...is a total Our Bodies, Ourselves thing to do...
I totally tried that. My mom's confused though. Half the time she's a woman's libber and the other half she's telling us we all better settle down soon before it's too late. Anyway, she sees this move as pornographic and unfeminist. She even said her big fear is that my sister would be STALKED and RAPED because of the photos. I mean, they are so tame they wouldn't appear in playboy. That said, I still wouldn't feel right posting a link to them.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

(xp) Okay!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I was just being a perv. I do not really want to see your sister's tah tahs.

She even said her big fear is that my sister would be STALKED and RAPED because of the photos.

haha That's great.

The internet is a system of tubes, you know, just big enough for a rapist to crawl through.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Odds on my plane being delayed and/or cancelled seem to be rising. Stupid weather.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost Also, she thinks any day now she'll stumble across a site with porno films starring my sister. This makes me wonder if she's actively searching for them, just to prove a point.

― Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

The hysteria about porn and rape is a bit much, but I can tell you all honestly that I would not want topless photos of myself posted on the internet. That's the same as if they were on the wall of a far-off closet. They might not be in Newsweek or Playboy, but they are still accessible. No thanks. It's alright if they're floating around in a drawer somewhere, but I would rather keep my boobings under wraps as far as the general public is concerned.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link

John, do you have a link to any kind of huge list of 2006 records?

I don't know if I'm going to be able to write a top 10 list for that local blog this year. I guess I didn't hear that much, and some stuff that would be on my list would only be there for a few tracks (Ghostface, Roots, Jay-Z).

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link

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