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Forever Yogurt

October 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Remember that Cold Stone Creamery that was located across the street from my gym? Well, it closed a long time ago. Maybe a year or two? And Forever Yogurt went into the space. Seemed like a good match. People might actually go and get some frozen yogurt after the gym, but not Cold Stone ice cream! I started staring at big photos of fruit on the building while using the treadmill instead of thinking about Cold Stone. Still, I never went til I got the nudge from Groupon.

Here’s how Forever Yogurt is different from other frozen yogurt spots:

So, it’s totally self-serve. You take as much yogurt as you want and you take as much of the toppings as you want and then it just gets weighed. There are about a dozen flavors of yogurt and endless toppings. I liked it, but just like a salad bar, it’s hard to really gauge how much you have til you’re at the end weighing and paying. I’d go back, though. Unlike the Cold Stone that I tried my hardest to avoid.

My only complaint is that their logo looks like two steaming piles of poo.

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Back at Cheetah Gym

October 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

A few years ago I used to live in East Ukrainian Village and was a member of Cheetah Gym in Bucktown. I was laid off when I joined and went every day, mostly just as something to do and to get me out of the house. Later that year, when Dallas and I moved to Roscoe Village, I quit the gym. It was too far away from where we lived and where I worked. Not convenient at all.

So now I’m living in Logan Square and working in River North. Early this year, I joined Crunch Gymin River North and worked out with a great trainer there, Eric. Later on the gym declared bankruptcy, Eric left, and then the gym closed. I wanted to keep working out somewhere. Honestly, I’d sloughed off a lot at the end of the summer and needed to get back in a routine.

I decided to rejoin Cheetah in Bucktown. It’s only a block from the Blue Line, which I take to and from work every day, so I figured it’s as convenient as anything.. probably even more convenient than when I went to Crunch and had to take two buses or a bus to a train to get home. Now I could just hop off the Blue Line, work out, and hop back on for two more stops and be home. Cheetah waived my initiation fees since I was previously a member and gave me 10% off a personal training package. I’ve worked out twice there this week and have an appointment for my first training session next week. I hope this works out as well as it seems like it will!

Oh, last night when I was running on the treadmill I quickly remembered one annoyance at Cheetah:

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Staring at Cold Stone Creamery while you run on the treadmills! (This photo was taken back in 2006, but it’s all the same!)

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The Gym

January 12th, 2006 · 17 Comments

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Cheetah Gym, Wicker Park, Chicago

This week I joined a gym. It’s kind of strange, not that I’ve never been to a gym, but the paying part. I used to work out in the small fitness center in our office building here in Chicago. In New York, I didn’t really have a workout routine. In San Diego I walked and biked on the beach every day. In Wisconsin, we had a huge gym with classes and everything available to all the employees where I worked. So it’s the first time I’ve become a gym member.

The worst part of Cheetah Gym’s Wicker Park location is that the treadmills and ellipticals all face out the windows, which is great because everyone’s not staring at each other, but the bad part is that you stare at Cold Stone the entire time you’re working out. I can’t decide if this is motivating or not.

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Forest Hills, Queens

September 7th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills, Queens
Forest Hills, Queens

On Friday afternoon I arrived at LaGuardia and for the first time EVER was picked up. Every other time I’ve flown back & forth to NY I’ve taken a cab or a shuttle to/from the airport. Jess & Dave still had the car they were renting for their trip to Cape Cod earlier in the week so they were nice enough to come get me.

Friday night was low-key. We hung out in Forest Hills, where they live; ate some Indian food, which I haven’t had since moving; had some beers; and went to Cold Stone Creamery. Forest Hills is much different than the image that I had in my head. It’s completely gentrified with Sephora and Banana Republic chain stores and has a ton of little stores, restaurants, and bars. It’s really nice, but too bad it’s so far out in Queens.

On Saturday Jess and I got manicures and pedicures at one of the many nail shops in Forest Hills. Afterwards we took a walk around the neighborhood. It’s odd how just a few blocks off Austin Street, the main drag, there are cobblestone streets and tons of Tudor architecture.

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