Oak Park was stricter than Ontario--you had to be a sit-down restaurant to be able to serve booze. The strip of bars along Madison Avenue in Forest Park reminds me of nothing more than the strip along Wells Street in Milwaukee near the Marquette campus when I was in college.
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
Kathy A - Sep 12, 2007 12:26:09 pm PDT #75 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Allyson - Sep 12, 2007 12:27:56 pm PDT #76 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Had to go to Hollywood Bowl with clients and then drive back to Pasadena and home again.
Barely functioning. I really wanted to make latkes tonight, but I don't see it happening.
Daisy Jane - Sep 12, 2007 12:28:14 pm PDT #77 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
There's a place near my cousin's in N.O. where it doesn't even really have to be a bar to sell you a drink. They have kind of a walk up vestibule.
Handy for when the kid is asleep and there's nothing in the house.
ETA: It occurs to me, looking at that, that I should specify that near=next door.
tommyrot - Sep 12, 2007 12:30:21 pm PDT #78 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kathy A - Sep 12, 2007 12:30:32 pm PDT #79 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My sister loved the walk-in stores with rows of booze-dispensing vending machines on Bourbon Street. When she was down there with Mom about 15 years ago, Mom was on the verge of passing out due to her intake, but Kris was still looking for another drink, so she left Mom propped up on a lightpole and went to a vending machine for another margarita.
sarameg - Sep 12, 2007 12:32:00 pm PDT #80 of 10001
That sounds like when my college instituted a "non-salty snack" rule for on-campus parties.
Huh?
bon bon - Sep 12, 2007 12:32:29 pm PDT #81 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That sounds like when my college instituted a "non-salty snack" rule for on-campus parties. WTF, dudes. I went to at least one party that had an open box of pasta on a table with the chips and whatnot.
WHAT? Is it you can't serve salty snacks, or you must serve one non-salty snack? Also, WTF?
I need to get motivated to call this potential wedding planner. I hate calling strangers!! I should elope to avoid that.
flea - Sep 12, 2007 12:35:35 pm PDT #82 of 10001
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Gosh I really want some potato chips now. Luckily pizza is already on the way!
Jesse - Sep 12, 2007 12:35:53 pm PDT #83 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's a hilarious article about it on-line: [link] I'm guessing the policy didn't last long, since the article is from when I was in college. I think the notion was that chips just make you thirstier.
tommyrot - Sep 12, 2007 12:37:58 pm PDT #84 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is awesome:
Montreal artist Cesar Saez is making a giant, helium filled banana that he intends to launch in Texas, sending it 20-30 miles up. The title of the project is "Geostationary Banana Over Texas."
The cool thing about the Geostationary Banana is it's a dirigible!