Chicago: The Eponymous Thread

Good wine.

App: [shit ton of] fire-roasted prince edward island mussels
warm harissa butter 9.0
These were spicy and just plain amazing.

for entree I had pan-roasted skate wing with some kind of polenta and chick pea cake with yellow tomato chutney.

The atmosphere is perfect. We talked to the owner (Just yesterday I met the guy who married him and his wife--he was just hired at my work) who said he cleans the cleans the place himself. It is 8 years old and looks very fresh and up-to-date.

On Sundays they have belly dancers, all you can drink wine, and all you can eat appetizers for $25.

After the restaurant we went to Bin 36 (where the bartenders apparently remember me since we drank a lot of different wines and sherry and were charged for 1 glass!)

Finally a good date. Oh, and he invited me to Mexico on his free flight thing with United!

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/giuliani_to_run_for_president_of_9

But did you put a flute up ... ah, never mind.

It was good, although it was beset with some weird technical problems -- like three separate people's cords came unloose for some reason. But it was a sold-out crowd, and people seemed to like it, and I think we had good energy.

The e-mail from MP this morning about how he's worried about draw ("I know the show sold out, but some of you brought only one person" -- when do I EVER bring more than a couple people, besides those that are already friends with others in the band and thus presumably don't count?) made me an angry monkey, though.

Which restaurant did you go to, Jesse?

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"Has our ability to get our friends/family out diminished that much? Since this was Megan's last show, I thought for sure that people would be spreading the word and getting people to come out. There was a day when each band member was bringing out five to ten people. And if that's simply not possible any more, then ok, I guess we'll have to face up to and deal with that reality. But I suspect that it was due to a lack of effort this time - ya know, phone calls, e-mails, etc."

Uh ... I love Megan and everything, but why would my personal friends (who don't know Megan) care about her last show? When they come, it's to see the band in general and me in particular. Doesn't make sense.

I don't think there was ever a day when each band member was bringing out five to ten people as a RULE. But especially not a weeknight when it's $10 and the show is a guaranteed sell-out. If it's a weekend, if the tickets were cheaper, if it's a show where we know we need to draw 100+ for the club to be happy and therefore go out of our way to tell people about it, then yeah, maybe. ARGH.

He's never kept a diary, because according to him, he's never had a single thought that he doesn't feel comfortable sharing with other people. It's easier to just talk it out.

you're in a band with louis jagger?

2x. There are friend's bands that I genuinely enjoy going out to see, and there are others that I would never go to if they weren't my friends.

That Guiliani for President of 9/11 article is hilarious.

Also, the new new ILX isn't dumb. Stop fearing change, you buncha panty waists.

Like Windows Vista.

xp then turn images on! Adapt or die, people!