- Airborne works pretty well.
- Chicago can still kick my immune system's ass.
- No matter how light it feels in the store, the 12" PowerBook morphs into an Acme anvil after two hours on your back.
- If you live in the Midwest, you resign yourself to a winter of frozen ears or Hat Head.
- Call me "pointy".
- Regardless of your will to pass him by, Manny, the shoeshine guy from Atlanta's, is stronger.
- It'll cost you $8 per person, standing up.
- Not including tip.
- If I had to move back, I'd want to live in Wicker Park.
- I probably couldn't afford it anymore.
- The best espresso in Chicago, oddly enough, may well be at the venerable Miller's Pub in the Loop.
- The chicken Kalamata at Athenian Room is still the greatest entrée in all the land.
- Especially after five single malt pours at Duke of Perth.
- Great friends are not location-specific.
- No matter how many exposés they run on the filth that lives in a hotel bedspread, I'm still going to contribute to it.
- For better or worse, Dell'Alpe has cornered the giardiniera market.
- I really do miss public transportation.
- I really do love L.A.
- Everyone loves The BF.
- Break your shoes in first.
xxx c