Chicago, my kind of town
01.26.2003Saturday I travelled to Chicago to visit Simon and Meredith. I had a great time at their soirée. I went w/ Dan, Franta, and Lauren. We left pretty early, in order to check out Scooterworks.
We ate at Earwax Café in Wicker Park. The food was good, though the decor was a bit odd, albeit novel (it looked like a circus). We got turned around on our way to our rendezvous w/ Simon and Meredith. I'll admit this was quite frustrating for various reasons. But, we eventually made it back just fine, once we took Damen north to Fullerton.
Tonight, I'm going to a Super Bowl party (if you can believe that) hosted by Franta. It's a pirate-themed party, since both teams have pirate names. I'm mostly just interested in the commercials.
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In political news, here's an article about the possible anti-semitism of ANSWER (the group organizing most of the recent anti-war protests).
Here's an article on the systematic torture in Iraq. The article comes from Open Democracy, which is usually fairly leftist and anti-globalization.
Also, here's a second installation by Thomas Friedman on the need for caution in seeking Saddam Hussein's ouster (even though he ultimately supports it).
Finally, here's a list of websites concerning Iraq's connection to the 9/11 attacks and international terrorism.
Posted by Miguel at 05:32 PM