Thanks! I work downtown everyday (I go straight home after work so that I can pick up my six year old). A lunch gathering would be best for me.
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joefromchicago
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 01:30 pm
Lunch downtown works for me as well. I need at least a day's advance notice. Otherwise I pack a lunch.
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JPB
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 02:07 pm
I'll be coming in and out of the city all week. It's possible I'll stay downtown one or two nights, haven't decided yet. Lunch is good, so is the Green Mill.
Hopefully Sublime will check in, I know he's busy during the week but maybe we could do lunch one day and Friday or Saturday evening at the Green Mill.
Smog, are you around/open at all next week? Is anyone else local or visiting?
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cicerone imposter
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 02:35 pm
J_B, I met one of the docents that does the Chicago river architectural cruise on my trip to Russia last month. Talk about six degrees of separation... She also knows Marshall, the fellow that did our bus architecural tour. Our world continues to shrink.
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JPB
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 02:58 pm
Truly, it does.
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Walter Hinteler
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 03:16 pm
J_B wrote:
Calling all Chicagoans...
I'll be spending quite a bit of me-time in the city between the 18th and the 24th. Is anyone interested in getting together for dinner or drinks or music?
If it weren't those damned 14 hours in the planes ...
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JPB
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 03:48 pm
What's 14 hours, Walter? :wink: We'll miss you.
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Walter Hinteler
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 04:04 pm
J_B wrote:
We'll miss you.
Didn't you read what I wrote in today's Tribune?
:wink:
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JPB
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 04:42 pm
I thought that was you!!! Who's that babe with you?
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Walter Hinteler
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Tue 11 Jul, 2006 10:49 pm
I'll tell the next time ...
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joefromchicago
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Wed 12 Jul, 2006 11:52 am
I am not available for lunch on July 21. Any other day looks good.
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JPB
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Wed 12 Jul, 2006 12:12 pm
Then I'm ok with the 19th, 20th, or 24th.
JW?
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wandeljw
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Wed 12 Jul, 2006 12:31 pm
J_B and joe,
I would prefer the 19th or the 20th.
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JPB
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Wed 12 Jul, 2006 01:23 pm
Let's leave it open for now. As we get closer we can decide on one or the other. I'm not sure how much advance notice joe has on his court schedule or if you get meetings, etc., jw. Either is fine with me.
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Walter Hinteler
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Fri 14 Jul, 2006 07:29 am
If you have still enough spare time, could someone please test this
(Report in today's Tribune, section 3, page 1)
Could be an additional reason ... :wink:
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wandeljw
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Fri 14 Jul, 2006 07:50 am
That looks interesting, Walter. Individually, Eli's cheesecake and Frango mints are Chicago favorites. I have never seen the two combined before.
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Walter Hinteler
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Fri 14 Jul, 2006 08:11 am
wandeljw wrote:
That looks interesting, Walter. Individually, Eli's cheesecake and Frango mints are Chicago favorites. I have never seen the two combined before.
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JPB
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Fri 14 Jul, 2006 08:22 am
Mid-August, eh? Plenty of time for you to make your travel arrangements, Walter.
Frango and Eli's are certainly hometown brands, but I have a hard time associating Macy's with Chicago. Don't get me wrong, I loved shopping Macy's when I lived in the NE, but it somehow seems not right here.
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Walter Hinteler
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Fri 14 Jul, 2006 08:34 am
Well, I bought my jeans and some other stuff at Marshall's Field - if they had been Marcy's at that time already, I would have got 11% discount (coupon from my [online] travel agency).
I'll tell the next time ...
