Hey there SF CLers. After repeated discussions about things remembered about your wonderful region of world, some of us Chicago-based CLers (many of us with roots, stints, or ex's in California) would like to ask a favor. Could you pick some of this stuff up for us on your way to Chicago? Chicago's cool...we love it here (except for the weather, personally speaking)...but you've got some cool shit out there. The following list is an amalgamation of different poster's requests, all rolled into one for your shopping and gathering convenience.
- In 'n Out: desires for a good double-double sparked the 'IMissCalifornia' conversation, so it's top-of-the-list. We're gonna need about...oh...25 double-doubles, a few protein style, a few veggie-style, and i'd like mine animal style. Throw in like 15 orders of fries and that should do it!
- "a bottle of Page Mill cabernet"
- "clam chowder from that place in Monterey that sells bread bowls by the Aquarium"
- "a butterscotch milkshake from Taxi's"
- "the foothills so i can go biking" (we're flexible on this one)
- "a happy hour law"
- "the swan oyster depot"
- "bag o' boldt"
- "a view"
- "the view from the Golden Gate"
- "a sunset"
- "bicycle friendliness"
- a bicycle: i hear there's a five-finger discount at Stanford University;)
- "burritos"
- "chill people" (see...we even like YOU!)
- "an indoor smoking ban!"
- "Santa Monica (yes, all of it)"
- a large dufflebag of marijuana that gives that cali body high which simply cannot be duplicated by midwest ganja.
- "an ube cake from Goldilocks or Red Ribbon"
- "an Okie dog"
- "Dave Matthews and his family...they can live in Evanston and do small venue shows downtown!"
- the smoking room on the second floor of Ruby Sky and one or two of the cooler people you find there
- Bush Man - we'll just borrow him for like two months until he's scared the living hell out of a few people at their expense.
- "some fucking style, god damn it! every guy here either has a suit on or has his shitty polo top tucked into his black or grey dress pants! in lincoln park they must hand out a token black leather coat to every dude who rents an apartment, to wear with their oh-so-flattering cargo pants. jesus...it's like an invasion of the clones!" (you might also bring this young lady a DATE)
We realize the difficulty one might have in acquiring all of our requests, but we're willing to offer someone so inclined a permanant place in our Chicago CL family.
And if you're headed our way...be sure to check the chi-open forum...
Let us know when you'll be arriving and we'll schedule a get-together to hand out the goodies!