Chicago DUers Oct. 5 meetup: Where and what time?

[prolesunited]

Original thread here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1752355

RationalRose is staying in the Hyde Park area, so two suggestions were
The Cove on 55th or Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap

I've never been to either. Any other ideas and what time would work for everyone?

[prolesunited]

1. So, did everyone

change their minds?

[Gato Moteado]

2. you know i'd be there.....

....if i could.

[prolesunited]

13. Well, let me know

next time you're back in town and we'll plan a party for you. :hi:

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. Dang, I wish you were having a weekend gathering-

This way Mrs. Beast and I could come in from Ohio.

[Blue-Jay]

4. Be patient, Beastie.

You and Mrs Beastie are invited to the next weekend Chicago gathering. Should be in a few months.

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Alright!

Thanks for the heads-up.

[terrya]

6. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm going to pass. I get up hideously early...

to go to work. 4AM. I'd be a basket case at work the next day.

Sorry...I wish I could be there.

But I WILL be there at the next DU get together. :-)

[Blue-Jay]

7. Bullshit.

Show up early, and leave early.

[terrya]

8. Ok.

That makes such glaringly good sense.

Just let me know when.

[Blue-Jay]

9. hahaha!

You're so goddamn EASY!

[terrya]

12. I'm not touching that with a ten foot pole!

:-)

I'll be there. Either of the places will be fine. I don't know that much about the Hyde Park area.

[XNASA]

10. Hmm..that's a Tuesday.

I usually reserve Tuesday evenings for my butt facial appointment.

I suppose I could make it, though I've never been to either place.

[prolesunited]

11. I bet if you asked nicely

Blue-Jay would give you a a butt facial. :P

So, what time works for you?

[XNASA]

15. 8?

:shrug:

[prolesunited]

17. I was thinking 7

but you could come at 8. Terrya has to get up really early the next day. ;-)

[XNASA]

20. Since I'm always fashionably late anyway.......

7 sounds perfect.

[Blue-Jay]

22. Bring more veggies from the garden!

That way, you won't have to eat them.

[prolesunited]

26. Mmm...

Veggies from the garden. :-)

I definitely will be planting one next year. I really missed it. Perhaps someone can help me with it. ;-)

[Blue-Jay]

18. WTF is a "butt facial"?

and why does it sound so appealing?

Rob?

[XNASA]

19. It's like a facial.....no, not 'that' kind of facial......

Like a spa facial, but for your butt. Why it isn't called a buttial, or an assial, I don't know.....

[Skittles]

14. I just got back from Chicago

visiting family in Vernon Hills. For those of you who don't know, Skittles is a native Illinoisian (Rantoul). It was so nice to get a break from Bush-worshiping country.

[Blue-Jay]

16. Rantoul?!?!

No wonder you joined the USAF. They closed Chanute when I was in grad school at ISU.

[Skittles]

25. LOL

I was born on Chanute Air Force Base. :D

[GOPisEvil]

29. I lived at Chanute in the '70s.

Don't shoot him, Chanute him! :D

[terrya]

21. Rantoul...not that far from where I was born. A Decaturite here.

I was born in the former "Soybean Capital of the World". :-)

I remember going to Chanute for the air show every year.

[Blue-Jay]

23. I used to go to the Book Barn in Decatur.

That was the only reason to waste gas to go there.

[terrya]

24. No...there's really not much reason to go to Decatur.

Unless you want to see Archer Daniels Midland in all its glory.

[prolesunited]

27. So, where are we meeting?

I've never been to either place.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

28. Thanks!

I may bring my aunt along-she is a STAUNCH Democrat too! :D

[GOPisEvil]

30. Wahhhhhhh....it's been almost 2 years since my visit up there.

I need to go back! (I know, I keep saying that. I just need to make plans and go!)

[Susang]

31. Hi guys!

Better late than never, right?

Don't know that I can make it (I've had to work very late the last couple of weeks), but my strong suggestion would be for Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap over The Cove. My sister (who works at U of C) mentioned to me, that The Cove is really packed with college students on Tuesdays because of some pitcher beer special.

Just my two cents. :-)

Hope I can make it!

[nickgutierrez]

32. Either of those is about a five minute walk for me

I think I'll be able to make it. :)

[prolesunited]

33. OK, sounds like we have a plan!

7 p.m. (or thereabout) at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap

Here's the details on the place:
1172 E. 55th St.

Woodlawn Tap is a scruffy place, and has been since it opened more than 50 years ago. It attracts a diverse clientele -- artists, business people, students from the University of Chicago, construction workers, booksellers and Nobel Prize winners. Regular patrons have included anthropologist Margaret Mead and writers Saul Bellow and Dylan Thomas. Alongside the bottles of scotch and gin there's an encyclopedia and the complete works of William Shakespeare.

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/search/29377,0,2129557.venue

Please note:
CASH ONLY

So who do we have again so far?

[terrya]

34. I'm there. I hope it isn't too far from the Blue Line stop.

I don't know that much about the Hyde Park area.

But I'll be there. Sounds like fun. :-)

[prolesunited]

35. Not sure, but it's right by the UofC

Click on the metromix link above for a map.

Transportation
CTA bus (55-Garfield) Metra train (55th Street Station)

See you Tuesday! :hi:

[XNASA]

37. Not near the Blue Line.

Not really near any CTA trains.

Best to take the Metra Electric line to 55th and walk west a few blocks. You catch that at Randolph and Michigan.

[Susang]

36. I'll do my best

You know me. ;-)

[Robbien]

38. Thanks for the heads up. This sounds good

If all works out well, I can make it.

Great, a DU meetup!