Comments on: Stuff I can comment on because I have a blog but is otherwise unremarkable.

By: UMRBlog

UMRBlog — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:42:00 +0000

If they didn't want customers of means who can buy their stuff to come, they wouldn't have opened a store.

Clear your conscience. You're recycling, reducing your carbon footprint and probably slowing down vietnamese child labor abuses.

Continued Success. Good Stuff.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:24:00 +0000

Recently we had dinner at the neighbors and our hosts served Grand Marnier over vanilla ice cream. Yum!

By: brunettechicagogal

brunettechicagogal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:14:00 +0000

RE: your last question — urban folk do that all the time. The euphemism we use is “consignment shopping.” Besides, the proceeds of your purchase go toward the needy, so you’re making a charitable contribution and adding to your wardrobe.

By: nancy

nancy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:58:00 +0000

Russ

Thanks for the tip about S.A. Octoberfest. I agree, the Summer Ale is my favorite too.

By: russ

russ — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:20:00 +0000

They still have the Octoberfest in the cooler at Friar Tuck’s. Unless, I got the last 6.

I still think the Summer Ale is the best.

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:03:00 +0000

I dunno bout the govt cheese but I do know that just about every t-shirt I own that didnt come from the IL state fair came from Goodwill or the Salvation Army.

I try to check out the shirt rack about everytime I’m home. Nothing like getting a vintage ’80s Bears shirt for 2 dollars when it’d cost $40 in New York’s vintage stores for ironic hipsters.

By: Foster Brooks

Foster Brooks — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:47:00 +0000

Alcohol and ice cream?

Might be a bit confusing when you order the ripple.

By: BlogFreeSpringfield

BlogFreeSpringfield — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:37:00 +0000

Nancy,

I agree with you on the Sam Adams seasonals, Oktoberfest is a much better brew than the winter concoction. I still think that the Boston Ale is their best, but that's hard to find on tap in these parts.

Tessie did rake it in after losing two teeth on Friday. After losing the first one, she called me at work and asked me to call grandpa so he could mail her a dollar. I told her that would be a bit forward. Fortunately for her, we ended up seeing grandpa and Uncle Tom at Cracker Barrel on Sunday morning and they both saved the cost of a stamp by paying her off in person.

Dan

By: nancy

nancy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:10:00 +0000

Dan

You should have gone for the shirt!!!There's no shame in that game.

I found it funny and a little bit ironic (in an Alanis Morrisette kind of way,... as in not really ironic), that after having managed to keep my big trap shut throughout the whole "Where should we eat" post, as Rock Rob and I were walking in to D'Arcy's, I wondered aloud where you and yours had ended up. Oh! Right there!

Ours was a good meal as well, although I was disappointed that they have already discontinued Sam Adams Octoberfest (yum, and a nice follow up to Summer Ale) with its Winter Lager (gag!). Rob traded me his Harp which was much better.

Did the tooth fairy show up for Tessie?

By: Henny Penny

Henny Penny — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:12:00 +0000

In Normal, Emack & Bolio’s is connected to the NV Ultralounge and you can order ice cream in the bar and drinks in the ice cream parlor. Especially nice after a trip the to Discovery CHildren’s Museum half a block west.