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shesus · 07-13-2010, 04:31 AM

FYI:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Walker Bros. website

Are there any Walker Bros. locations outside the suburbs of Chicago?

Walker Bros is part of The Original Pancake House franchise. Walker Bros. is only located in the Northern suburbs of Chicago, however The Original Pancake House has locations throughout the U.S. The Original Pancake House

snowy · 07-13-2010, 07:09 AM

There are even Original Pancake Houses in California. The Original Pancake House

Someone told us that we absolutely had to go there when we were in Chicago. I hated to disappoint them as we'd already been to several out here in Oregon; they are headquartered in Portland.

SecretMethod70 · 07-13-2010, 12:31 PM

Heh, learn something new every day. Didn't know Walker Bros. was started as an Original Pancake House franchise. It has a nicer atmosphere, but like I said I'm not the best person to judge breakfast fare

onodrim · 07-14-2010, 04:36 PM

The_Jazz: Sounds like Friday afternoon will just be you, smeth, and I. Still interested in getting together? We're free if you are.

I'm partial to Pegasus since I can use my member card there

, but willing to go to Athena if you prefer! We'd need to be there by 5:00 in order to get to our other event by 7:00.

The_Jazz · 07-15-2010, 08:39 AM

How about some beers around 3:30 or 4? I'm taking the train, so out by 5 works well for me. Smeth has my contact info (if he's been paying attention), so give me a call if that works.

im2smrt4u · 07-15-2010, 04:53 PM

Speaking of beer...any good places worth specifically checking out? I'd like to make it out to Goose Island's brewpub, but don't really have any other plans than that.

snowy · 07-15-2010, 05:00 PM

For West Coast style beers, and really all styles of beers, Goose Island is good. We also went to the Hopleaf in Andersonville, which if you like Belgians is a good place to go (we don't like Belgians). The Berghoff's beer is good but mild (to my West Coast palate) and the bar is beautiful--plus, Jazz has lots of cool stories to tell if you can persuade him to join you.

im2smrt4u · 07-15-2010, 05:27 PM

We both like Belgians, but we can get all the same beers here in SoCal. Goose Island doesn't make it out to SoCal much...

The_Jazz · 07-15-2010, 05:32 PM

Go to the Goose Island Brewery in Wrigleyville, then go a few blocks south and west to Cody's at Barry and Paulina. They specialize in microbrews and have a beer garden. And you can get cabs easily or walk to the El.

SecretMethod70 · 07-15-2010, 05:48 PM

Jazz: While I have your number, I didn't want to call since it's late and the spawn might be sleeping, so I'm responding here instead

Tomorrow afternoon is fine. Neither ono nor I like beer, but so long as wherever we go has other options it will be fine. If we're meeting around 3:30 or 4, we can pretty much go wherever works best. We don't need to be in the west loop until 6:30/6:45. So, do you want to meet at Athena or Pegasus, or would someplace else in a different area work better?

The_Jazz · 07-15-2010, 05:59 PM

Let's make it a gametime decision. If the weather's as bad as today, indoors may be better. Let's try to connect around lunchtime, but figure that we're headed somewhere between the river and Halsted, Jackson to Lake, although there may be other options I'm not remembering.

Starkizzer · 07-15-2010, 08:06 PM

See everyone soon!

onodrim · 07-16-2010, 07:57 AM

I knew Transformers was currently filming in Chicago, but I thought it was on a pretty small scale. Turns out they're using a large part of the city, and it's gonna definitely have an impact this weekend. So depending on if you want to check out a movie set, or if you want to avoid crowds of people and shut down roads, here's some good info to have: 'Transformers 3' filming to transform Michigan Avenue - Chicago Tribune

SecretMethod70 · 07-16-2010, 10:41 AM

It's too bad the giant transformers are all CGI and will be nowhere to be seen

im2smrt4u · 07-16-2010, 03:37 PM

We have arrived and are checked in at our hotel! We have an excellent view of a brick wall! LOL!

Starkizzer · 07-16-2010, 06:36 PM

Who cares about the view?! It is a very nice room and the only times we will be in it are to sleep and have hot hotel sex, neither of which require looking out the window.

amonkie · 07-18-2010, 08:52 AM

We hit the street closures as they were starting on Thurs night.. definitely fun to walk Michigan Ave with no cars though!

Clide · 07-20-2010, 12:51 AM

keep us posted..visited chicago 2 years ago...great town

Starkizzer · 07-21-2010, 09:35 PM

HOME!

Done and done. It was a good trip

im2smrt4u · 07-22-2010, 06:10 AM

Agreed! It was awesome! Back to work for today and then I can start going through the 1000+ pictures I took!

im2smrt4u · 07-23-2010, 04:20 PM

Okay, the first round of pics have been processed:

Chicago 2010 pictures by srroos - Photobucket

sbscout · 07-23-2010, 04:49 PM

looks like you had a grrreeeaatt time~

SecretMethod70 · 07-26-2010, 11:56 PM

Awesome... I love #72

im2smrt4u · 07-27-2010, 05:23 AM

Not the best one photographically, but I love the expression on her face! LOL!

07-13-2010, 07:09 AM	#82 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	There are even Original Pancake Houses in California. The Original Pancake House Someone told us that we absolutely had to go there when we were in Chicago. I hated to disappoint them as we'd already been to several out here in Oregon; they are headquartered in Portland. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

07-13-2010, 12:31 PM	#83 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Heh, learn something new every day. Didn't know Walker Bros. was started as an Original Pancake House franchise. It has a nicer atmosphere, but like I said I'm not the best person to judge breakfast fare __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-14-2010, 04:36 PM	#84 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	The_Jazz: Sounds like Friday afternoon will just be you, smeth, and I. Still interested in getting together? We're free if you are. I'm partial to Pegasus since I can use my member card there , but willing to go to Athena if you prefer! We'd need to be there by 5:00 in order to get to our other event by 7:00. __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

07-15-2010, 08:39 AM	#85 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	How about some beers around 3:30 or 4? I'm taking the train, so out by 5 works well for me. Smeth has my contact info (if he's been paying attention), so give me a call if that works. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

07-15-2010, 04:53 PM	#86 (permalink)
im2smrt4u Beer Aficionado Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Speaking of beer...any good places worth specifically checking out? I'd like to make it out to Goose Island's brewpub, but don't really have any other plans than that. __________________ Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder

07-15-2010, 05:00 PM	#87 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	For West Coast style beers, and really all styles of beers, Goose Island is good. We also went to the Hopleaf in Andersonville, which if you like Belgians is a good place to go (we don't like Belgians). The Berghoff's beer is good but mild (to my West Coast palate) and the bar is beautiful--plus, Jazz has lots of cool stories to tell if you can persuade him to join you. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

07-15-2010, 05:27 PM	#88 (permalink)
im2smrt4u Beer Aficionado Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA	We both like Belgians, but we can get all the same beers here in SoCal. Goose Island doesn't make it out to SoCal much... __________________ Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder

07-15-2010, 05:32 PM	#89 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Go to the Goose Island Brewery in Wrigleyville, then go a few blocks south and west to Cody's at Barry and Paulina. They specialize in microbrews and have a beer garden. And you can get cabs easily or walk to the El. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

07-15-2010, 05:48 PM	#90 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Jazz: While I have your number, I didn't want to call since it's late and the spawn might be sleeping, so I'm responding here instead Tomorrow afternoon is fine. Neither ono nor I like beer, but so long as wherever we go has other options it will be fine. If we're meeting around 3:30 or 4, we can pretty much go wherever works best. We don't need to be in the west loop until 6:30/6:45. So, do you want to meet at Athena or Pegasus, or would someplace else in a different area work better? __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-15-2010, 05:59 PM	#91 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Let's make it a gametime decision. If the weather's as bad as today, indoors may be better. Let's try to connect around lunchtime, but figure that we're headed somewhere between the river and Halsted, Jackson to Lake, although there may be other options I'm not remembering. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

07-15-2010, 08:06 PM	#92 (permalink)
Starkizzer Hi floor! Make me a samwich. Location: Ontario (in the stray cat complex)	See everyone soon! __________________ Frivolity, at the edge of a Moral Swamp, hears Hymn-Singing in the Distance and dons the Galoshes of Remorse. ~Edward Gorey

07-16-2010, 07:57 AM	#93 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	I knew Transformers was currently filming in Chicago, but I thought it was on a pretty small scale. Turns out they're using a large part of the city, and it's gonna definitely have an impact this weekend. So depending on if you want to check out a movie set, or if you want to avoid crowds of people and shut down roads, here's some good info to have: 'Transformers 3' filming to transform Michigan Avenue - Chicago Tribune __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

07-16-2010, 10:41 AM	#94 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	It's too bad the giant transformers are all CGI and will be nowhere to be seen __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-16-2010, 03:37 PM	#95 (permalink)
im2smrt4u Beer Aficionado Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA	We have arrived and are checked in at our hotel! We have an excellent view of a brick wall! LOL! __________________ Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder

07-16-2010, 06:36 PM	#96 (permalink)
Starkizzer Hi floor! Make me a samwich. Location: Ontario (in the stray cat complex)	Who cares about the view?! It is a very nice room and the only times we will be in it are to sleep and have hot hotel sex, neither of which require looking out the window. __________________ Frivolity, at the edge of a Moral Swamp, hears Hymn-Singing in the Distance and dons the Galoshes of Remorse. ~Edward Gorey

07-18-2010, 08:52 AM	#97 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	We hit the street closures as they were starting on Thurs night.. definitely fun to walk Michigan Ave with no cars though! __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

07-23-2010, 04:49 PM	#102 (permalink)
sbscout Disorganized Location: back home again...	looks like you had a grrreeeaatt time~ __________________ Always question authority... it'll keep the bastards on their toes!

07-20-2010, 12:51 AM	#98 (permalink)
Clide Upright	keep us posted..visited chicago 2 years ago...great town

07-21-2010, 09:35 PM	#99 (permalink)
Starkizzer Hi floor! Make me a samwich. Location: Ontario (in the stray cat complex)	HOME! Done and done. It was a good trip __________________ Frivolity, at the edge of a Moral Swamp, hears Hymn-Singing in the Distance and dons the Galoshes of Remorse. ~Edward Gorey

07-22-2010, 06:10 AM	#100 (permalink)
im2smrt4u Beer Aficionado Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Agreed! It was awesome! Back to work for today and then I can start going through the 1000+ pictures I took! __________________ Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder

07-23-2010, 04:20 PM	#101 (permalink)
im2smrt4u Beer Aficionado Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Okay, the first round of pics have been processed: Chicago 2010 pictures by srroos - Photobucket __________________ Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder

07-26-2010, 11:56 PM	#103 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Awesome... I love #72 __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-27-2010, 05:23 AM	#104 (permalink)
im2smrt4u Beer Aficionado Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Not the best one photographically, but I love the expression on her face! LOL! __________________ Starkizzer Fan Club - President & Founder