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Post by teekoh on Nov 1, 2017 14:27:42 GMT -6
Sincere thanks everybody. That's a huge help and a lot of these places sound awesome.
A bunch of them are names that I'm a fan of or recognize from the beer scene here and we're really excited to check out the physical spaces.
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Post by Broc1123 on Nov 1, 2017 14:36:58 GMT -6
We have a Jolly Pumpkin here now so I didn't include it. Up that way though, Short's is whatever but I've heard the food is great. I did not know that! That's cool. |
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Post by alady on Nov 1, 2017 14:45:04 GMT -6
It's in Hyde Park. We went last week before the Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile thing. Probably the best option in the area for Rockefeller Chapel shows, though I bet the Promontory has better cocktails. The pizza was legit.
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Post by alady on Nov 1, 2017 14:45:53 GMT -6
Related/unrelated has anyone been to Sicily?
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Post by teekoh on Nov 1, 2017 14:49:32 GMT -6
The cocktails at Promontory are really good.
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Post by alady on Nov 1, 2017 14:57:37 GMT -6
Dang.
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Post by llamaoftime on Nov 9, 2017 7:59:17 GMT -6
I'm contemplating a weekend getaway before the end of the year and I just pulled an $80 roundtrip southwest flight to Chicago and I'm really really thinking about it
how cold is it beginning of December its probably real cold isn't it
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 8:01:48 GMT -6
the deep freeze doesnt hit until january.
november and december it'll bounce between 30 and 50 and mostly just rain.
edit: tho mookie's right, last year was kinda backwards and we had a really mild january/february.
so who fucking knows. #chinesehoax
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Post by mookie on Nov 9, 2017 8:02:45 GMT -6
I'm contemplating a weekend getaway before the end of the year and I just pulled an $80 roundtrip southwest flight to Chicago and I'm really really thinking about it how cold is it beginning of December its probably real cold isn't it I think the last two years we had our coldest snap in December, and January and Feb were surprisingly decent. So you may not be in luck. Actually, last year we had one of the worst cold fronts in a while, it was below zero here when I flew to DFN, and that was the front that crept all the way down to Houston in the middle of RTJ's set... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 8:05:05 GMT -6
Midwest in winter - it's not really all that predictable.
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Post by llamaoftime on Nov 9, 2017 8:11:56 GMT -6
dates I'm looking at are Dec 2nd and 3rd so being first part of month might help
That'd only be a day there but that cuts down a night of hotel stay/imposing on someone, and I'd be getting in at like 9 AM Saturday and leaving at 8 PM Sunday. $80 isn't really much to spend at all for a full day and a half in Chicago
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 8:15:38 GMT -6
It's not like you're going to Chicago in December for the beautiful weather, so I'd just cave and get the tickets. Use the potentially bad weather as an excuse to eat more great food or something.
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Post by neader on Nov 9, 2017 8:19:39 GMT -6
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Post by llamaoftime on Nov 9, 2017 8:23:24 GMT -6
I just clicked the flexible dates button on the homepage for southwest, put in December. I'm not sure why the deal on that page is so much more expensive
I'm also searching in Incognito mode sometimes that helps because flight prices are weird
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Post by claypoolfan on Nov 9, 2017 8:34:52 GMT -6
RTJ/Queens is that Saturday night if you're trying to get spicy.
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Post by llamaoftime on Nov 9, 2017 8:42:10 GMT -6
RTJ/Queens is that Saturday night if you're trying to get spicy. I saw that
Pretty expensive but also that's a super fun bill and QOTSA seems to be avoiding Texas so if I don't end up with other plans I may be there
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Post by borracho on Nov 9, 2017 9:18:02 GMT -6
RTJ/Queens is that Saturday night if you're trying to get spicy. I saw that
Pretty expensive but also that's a super fun bill and QOTSA seems to be avoiding Texas so if I don't end up with other plans I may be there
QOTSA 4/24 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN360 AMPHITHEATER 4/25 IRVING, TX THE PAVILLION AT THE IRVING MUSIC FACTORY |
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Post by llamaoftime on Nov 9, 2017 10:02:54 GMT -6
I saw that
Pretty expensive but also that's a super fun bill and QOTSA seems to be avoiding Texas so if I don't end up with other plans I may be there
QOTSA 4/24 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN360 AMPHITHEATER 4/25 IRVING, TX THE PAVILLION AT THE IRVING MUSIC FACTORY oh yeah I forgot they did announce some dates
but skipping Houston and doing Austin/dallas on weeknights so that's a no go
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Post by borracho on Nov 9, 2017 10:35:48 GMT -6
QOTSA 4/24 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN360 AMPHITHEATER 4/25 IRVING, TX THE PAVILLION AT THE IRVING MUSIC FACTORY oh yeah I forgot they did announce some dates
but skipping Houston and doing Austin/dallas on weeknights so that's a no go
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Post by Broc1123 on Nov 9, 2017 14:37:50 GMT -6
Yeah, those Queens dates suck for us Houstonians.
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Post by claypoolfan on Nov 10, 2017 8:29:52 GMT -6
LA for four days next week. It's my first time. Any must-dos in the Santa Monica area? My nights will be pretty well dictated by my group but I could get out on my own during the day probably.
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Post by mookie on Nov 10, 2017 8:42:14 GMT -6
You'll obviously be right by Santa Monica pier, which is one of the cooler things there. You can do the Hollywood walk of fame touristy stuff, but you'll probably get tired of that pretty quickly. The Griffith Observatory is worth the drive and walk up the hill though.
Edit: Venice beach is like a mile away from Santa Monica pier too. Wasn't really into that though.
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Post by andrewvb on Nov 10, 2017 8:45:27 GMT -6
abbot kinney is over there in venice with trendy food type places and stuff. could go there and venice beach for a morning/afternoon.
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Post by teekoh on Nov 15, 2017 9:58:16 GMT -6
Thanks again everybody for your MI recommendations. I'll do a little rundown of what we did a little later, but we had a great time.
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Post by alady on Nov 15, 2017 13:30:33 GMT -6
How awful is Ryanair?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 13:39:27 GMT -6
hard to complain for the price. like, it's mediocre bucket seats and you get advertisements the whole flight (both on intercom and by attendants) and you have to pay for any drink or snack and you probably still only get 1 carry on bag. but i mean for ~$20 to go between major european cities...i was fine with it. just put in your headphones and take a nap or read. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 13:41:31 GMT -6
Only advice I've ever received related to RyanAir is to make sure it's a short flight. It's not equipped for normal size human beings.
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Post by tacosaregood on Nov 15, 2017 13:44:23 GMT -6
I've flown Ryanair a few times and had pretty fine experiences. All of them were under 2.5 hours I think. Much better than Spirit, Frontier, etc, but you still feel like you're on a budget airline. How long of a flight is it?
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Post by alady on Nov 15, 2017 20:29:28 GMT -6
I think like 2 hours. Just trying to cobble together an interesting layover.
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Post by ten15 on Nov 16, 2017 19:11:54 GMT -6
I’m always delayed when coming home from Toronto. Fucking Canada
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