July 2009
39 posts
wicker park lunch at a pseudotiki joint called skewers. decent mango chili chutney. - http://bkite.com/0abpD
Had dinner at Everest last night. Saw: a trio of neurotic atheist Jew psychoanalysts. It was like dining in Woody Allen’s subconscious.
Bullsh!t →
Both @pennjillette and @mrteller tweeted links to articles about organic food in preparation for their Showtime show Bullshit! on the subject airing this Thursday. Having not yet seen the show but having read the article and seen both halves of the comedy/magic duo (great entertainers; their show is a Vegas highlight) refer to the article and study as ammunition in the case against organic food, I...
Wow. Most of the time in poor or nonexistent coverage. See the E a lot more often than 3G. Evidently AT&T sucks in Chicago.
Made it through maybe 2/3 of the art institute before it closed. Some awesome stuff in there. Rothko, pollock, all my faves. Kidding.
art institute of Chicago gallery. suppose to be some good stuff in here. long line to get in just before opening… - http://bkite.com/0a4qA
Sunday dinner out. dining outside with a manhattan. watching the tourist crowds wander back to their stables as … - http://bkite.com/0a3fP
Should we go out tonight or watch true blood on hotel room hbo? We gonna need dinner.
Tiki terrace was like a Polynesian ‘medieval times’ - except the show was entertaining. The drinks were Hawaiian punch. Maybe with rum.
Chicago botanical garden - the go-to destination for Chicagoland allergy sufferers. and sniffly outoftowners too. - http://bkite.com/0a2F1
at tiki terrace with a zombie and a mai. fresh taro chips. floor show later. - Photo: http://bkite.com/0a0LN
the best western ain’t the ritz but it’s close to where there’ll be some heavy drinking. - http://bkite.com/0a0pZ
chef shangrila is a great meal at a great place. good mix of exotica and hawaiian music. - Photo: http://bkite.com/0a09y
tiki lunch at chef shangri-la with a doctor fong cocktail. it’s after noon so it’s okay. - http://bkite.com/09ZWl
at room&board. I wish I could buy one of everything. just great furniture as far as the eye can see. - http://bkite.com/09YbN
this pizza better be worth the 90 minute wait for a table. - http://bkite.com/09YkX
hanging out at navy pier. going out on the lake on the four-mast Tall Ship Windy after a cheezborger at the Bill… - http://bkite.com/09Xwf
equal parts pretension and fun house. the mca leaves much to be desired & even more to the imagination. - http://bkite.com/09XiN
late breakfast. an array of Benedicts. soon: museums and schooners. - http://bkite.com/09Xap
saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada. his hair was, well, you know… - http://bkite.com/09VHz
Five dollar… Five dollar… Five dollar Mai tais. At trader vic’s. Let the tiki begin.
checked in to the hotel. always a chore after a trip over the road or through the air. - http://bkite.com/09VrM
lots of road work on this route. alt route through small downtowns. road lunch at arbys. Chicago by 3. - http://bkite.com/09Va8
Illinois state line. mighty mississippi. Hendrix playing. no relation. - http://bkite.com/09UYG
breakfast of champions. java house. lattes and pastries. not what Vonnegut had mind. - http://bkite.com/09UNt
time to pack it in for the night. more driving tomorrow. haven’t seen 3G light up since we left kansas city. - http://bkite.com/09U3u
Des moines. my turn to drive. - http://bkite.com/09TVn
empty Iowa. supertramp on the iPod. sounds logical, right? - http://bkite.com/09TRw
horrible fast food dinner on the road. bet kerouac never had to put up with this. - http://bkite.com/09TKQ
I keep expecting my camera to have apps on it. Where’s brightkite for the canon g10? Whither WiMAX?
I have a Canon G10. It looks a little silly with a giant Speedlite 580 EX II strapped to its hotshoe.
I find it odd that people that hate Apple’s glossy screens refer to them as having “unbearable glare” and unusable in anything but darkness.
Reading The Daily WTF and feeling a little better about my own job. Next up? Maybe a perusal of fmylife.com.
Wired’s Chris Anderson (The Long Tail) wrote a book called “Free”, which is not. Uh….#moonfruit ?
The #moonfruit mbp giveaway is ending early. The end of moonfruit spam!
People Who Bought Uranium Ore Also Bought... →
Amazon has a product page for Uranium Ore. You know, in case you need some for your mad science. What’s super-awesome is the list of products that people “Ultimately buy after viewing this item”:
Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt (72%)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance — Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! (10%)
Windows Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium...
When a problem comes along, you must #moonfruit
Ardbeg 10 years old. I’ve never bought a single-malt Scotch before. Hope I picked the right one. Sposed to be one of the peatier offerings.
Is #moonfruit something to do with astrology?