why come nobody didn't tell me iowa city was like a drinking mecca?

[datasuspect]

something like 50 or so bars downtown.

i think some booze tourism is in order here.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. It's a college town...

The town I live in has tons of bars...dating back to the days when Oak Park was dry.

Lots of Guinness available, as well.

:D

[datasuspect]

4. i think oak park is still dry?

or maybe not. i remember hitting spots on roosevelt in berwyn and forest park though.

madison street has some good places in forest park

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. No.

Oak Park has been wet for some time.

Yeah, Madison Street has lots of bars here.

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. I remember those days

I grew up in Oak Park.

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. I didn't know that about you.

Can you give me a general location?

I live in Forest Park now.

[Ellen Forradalom]

22. Ha! Forest Park! I KNEW IT!

My dad ran to the liquor store on Madison Ave. all the time!

I grew up at Ridgeland & Jackson. SE OP, way far from the posh part of town.

[Ellen Forradalom]

23. dbl-post

How DOES that happen?

[datasuspect]

16. i haven't been west of california since i got back

took the madison street bus west from ashland to austin last saturday and walked down harvey or lombard all the way to cermak.

the yards are so big in oak park and it seems like such a peaceful place.

it was kinda sublime, it was overcast and the air had that feel to it that i remember from my childhood.

i never feel foreign in these places.

[Froward69]

2. I would have but you didn't ask

Nor do i remember much of that couple weeks.

[datasuspect]

7. i've been to carroll iowa

must have missed iowa city.

i think we went through ames.

[Cabcere]

3. Because I didn't know.

But now that I do... *books a flight* haha. :hi: Have fun, man!

[datasuspect]

5. the last college town i did was bloomington - normal

goodness gracious.

[Cabcere]

8. Hell, I *am* in a college town

and a college student, at that...and even taking a class on alcohol and culture. :+ (Ah, the joys of being an anthro major!) ;) Still, I don't get out as much as I'd like, but we have a nice little tavern or two around here. :hi:

[datasuspect]

10. rad!

anthropology? that's fascinating. what kind of focus are you pursuing?

[Cabcere]

12. I wish I had any idea at all.

I'll be graduating in May, and right now I have no clue what I want to do with my life. :shrug: I'm majoring in general cultural anthropology, because I don't have the patience for archaeology or the scientific bent for bio-anthro, but cultural studies fascinate me. :) I'd love to do something with ethnomusicology, since music is a great passion of mine, but unfortunately there aren't too many job opportunities in that field. It is interesting, though. :hi:

[datasuspect]

17. just don't spend the most wakeful hours of your day doing things you can't stand

and you'll make it just fine.

[Cabcere]

18. Sounds like good advice to me!

:toast: Cheers, datasuspect. :hi:

[datasuspect]

19. l'chaim

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Oh Lord... Bloomington has great bars.

My nieces went to Illinois Wesleyan down there.

My younger niece got her fake ID confiscated in a bar down there when she was underage. It was given to the dean of the nursing school and she had to meet with him/her to retrieve it.

She was :blush:

Edited for stupid typo.

[datasuspect]

11. boozington - abnormal

i had a great time. maxed out my atm and the bartender let me draw out cash from a credit card.

way cool.

i got dropped off there on the way out of peoria and was supposed to take a train back to texas.

i missed that train for about two days.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. You have probably been to Bloomington more recently than I have...

My younger niece graduated in 1995. The soprano Dawn Upshaw was the commencement speaker that year.

The triplets' mother graduated in 1993. Donald Rumsfeld :puke: was the commencement speaker that year. The class had originally invited Jimmy Carter to be the commencement speaker -- and he accepted -- but the university was in the middle of a big capital campaign that year and demanded an enormous donation from Carter, which he refused.

I dozed during the speech.

[DS1]

20. There's a town in MA that supposedly has the highest bar-seat per capita in the country

It's where matcom's new job is


hmmmm

[datasuspect]

21. and they say there is no such thing as coincidences

i must listen to the bee gees epic "massachusetts" to cajole some gentle eastward stirrings.

but this town in MA must be like shangri-la

[mark414]

24. meh, still can't beat wisconsin