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[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:14am

It's called Macy's Fields now, right? Just like how in Boston it's Filmacy's.

Corine, I can not stress highly enough the need to eat a Giordano's deep dish pizza with extra cheese. Let's really give that thyroid of yours something to deal with!

A trip and yummy dinner in Greek Town is a must, as well. Let me just say, the manly men there are quite fond of the pint-sized portly pepperpots. You should do very well there. I love visiting Greek Town but at the end of my visits I'm sad that I have to leave my Greek friends behind.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:20am

How exciting! Corinne - you can even be a corespondant at IML for the Corner! What a stroke of luck.

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:22am

just watch out for steadman. word on the street is that he sometimes mistakes random people on the street for oprah and tongue kisses them! (most of them are men but you can never be too careful!)

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:31am

**wonders if that last comment was meant for me**

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:33am

I understand that the job market is very strong in Chicago and that many places are hiring right off the resume, without so much as a phone interview! It happened to a friend of mine and now he works the Bijou Theater.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:31pm

It depends what you mean by the "heart of the city". There are many wonderful neighborhoods scattered all over the city. Actually, you can see my apartment building in that picture. If you want to live in the Loop, Gold Coast, lakeside Lincoln Park, or River North, plan on $1200-1700 for a decent one-bedroom. $900-1200 for a studio. The new luxury apartments popping up around downtown will run more. A studio in a building near me starts at $1500.

That reminds me, does anyone know about that freaky older guy with one eye who walks along the river and along the Michigan bridge in those crazy suits? I mean, he obviously isn't homeless (the suits are hideous, but I doubt they are cheap), he is really insane. He leers at women all along the sidewalk and once I had to block him from this young girl he kept stalking against her objections until he was ahead of her and turned around and started coming after her. Once I interrupted his plans, whatever they were, he became distracted and started off in another direction. The guy is creepy.

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:39pm

for the record, i have two eyes. i just choose not to use both of them. and i don't walk along the river, as much as amble.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:42pm

Like anyone could see you even if you were walking along the river, especially at night.

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:43pm

is that a black joke?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:44pm

STOP WITH THE CORINE "JOKES." JUST STOP.

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:46pm

munk, seriously. speaking for myself, nothing in this thread or any other thread that i post in is with malice. i joke with others, about myself and about corine. i think you're fighting a battle (with me, anyway) that does not exist.

Updated On: 7/14/06 at 12:46 PM

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:48pm

could someone please delete the last two posts? they totally break up the flow of the thread. thanks.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:49pm

could someone please delete the last two posts? they totally break up the flow of the thread. thanks.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:50pm

I wasn't talking about you, Robbo.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 12:59pm

"There's no need to fear, Munkustrap is here!"

"Here I come to save the daaaaaaaaaay!"

Corine, what's your budget for the move?

[Corine2]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:00pm

I am not moving. The costs are the same as NYC. So, there is no reason to move.

[Craig]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:03pm

Corine. You would only move if a city was cheaper? Shouldn't it really depend on love of the city, a job, etc?

If you were to land a job of a lifetime, you wouldn't move becuase the costs are the same?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:12pm

I have to say, this is why some people in some places view certain people from New York as, well, I don't want to say the word in polite company.

"EVERYTHING has to be cheaper in other cities because other cities aren't New York!"

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:19pm

"Polite company"?

Are you new?

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:45pm

Oops - I meant to hit clear form!

Updated On: 7/14/06 at 01:45 PM

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:56pm

Dang it CoCo I was really looking forward to your one on one with O on the corner.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 5:39pm

Chicago is a most livable city- ABSOLUTELY cheaper than NYC. Check WWW.ChicagoReader.com for the best listing of apartments.

And it's cracking me up to hear how cold Chicago is when we are under a "Heat Alert:" A wacky warning they came up with after over 700 people died in the heat wave of '95. It will be over 100 with humidity in the 60-70% range this weekend. That feels exactly like a giant dog is breathing on you.

[vbplayer]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 6:39pm

I need to roll back to the Bijou Theater, I think that may be gone Namo. Not that I ever went there.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/14/06 at 10:52pm

The video distribution arm of Bijou was consumed in a fire a few years back, but last I knew the theater was still going strong. I used to love to call the recording and hear what films were playing that week: "Starting Friday, 'The Sperminator 4' and 'Butt-Pirates of the Carribean!'"