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Happy Birthday Margaret!

July 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Karaoke Dallas
Dallas Singing “Bust a Move” :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

Karaoke Margaret
Margaret :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

Rory Lake
Rory Lake :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

Karaoke Scott
Scott Singing “Faith” :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

Karaoke Laura
Laura :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

Karaoke Evelyn
Evelyn :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

Karaoke Rachelle
Rachelle Singing “Is This Love” :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

Cupcakes
Cupcakes :: American Legion, Bucktown, Chicago

For Margaret’s birthday she and Evelyn, whose birthday is only a week or so later, rented out the basement of the American Legion Hall in Bucktown and had Rory Lake, of Karaoke Dreams, come in and had a karaoke party. Apparently the American Legion is where all the cool hipsters are hanging out these days. Dallas was psyched to go to the party. He sang 2 songs: Bust a Move and Ain’t Nothing But a G Thang. He submitted a 3rd song and we were waiting for it to come up, when surprise, surprise, my name got called. He tricked me and put my name in to sing Is This Love. I tried to protest and say I didn’t put my name in and that I didn’t know the song. All I could think of was White Snake’s song Is This Love, but it was the Bob Marley song and I was ok with that. I still didn’t really want to sing it but everyone was yelling my name and I sort of got peer pressured into it. It was ok. I needed that trick to get me to sing anything at all.

The party was a great time. Everyone was singing, the American Legion guys were funny, and it wouldn’t be Margaret’s birthday without yummy cupcakes from Alliance Bakery. Oh, also all the beer was only $2/can. That always helps.

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Chicagoist Happy Birthday Happy Hour

May 27th, 2005 · No Comments


Happy Birthday, Chicagoist


Erin


Margaret & Erin


Devyn & Party


Dave & Mark (I think)


Some nice readers we met


Scott thanking everyone for coming…


…and asking trivia questions


Winners get a Chicagoist t-shirt


Mr. X & Scott


Jen, Mr. X, Scott


Aaron


John & Eric


Margaret, Scott, Rachelle, Eric


Party on, Wayne


Party on, Garth


Ella & Sarah


Mr. X, Amy, a friend


Cutting the cake


Cake eating


Eric, Scott, Sarah


Dallas & Rachelle


Greg, Katie, Dallas


Ella & Benjy


Margaret & Scott


Amy, Shoot I Can’t Remember (too much beer!), Julene


Scott


Vouchey & Benjy


Vouchey & Benjy


From Above


More Beer, Please!


Amy is signaling Four, not sure why!


Dallas thinks he needs another drink


We’re supermodels!


Give me ANGRY!


Make love to the camera!


Blue Steel!


Vouchey & Sam

These were some of my favorite photos from Chicagoist’s First Birthday Happy Hour. It was amazing to get the Chicagoist team together with all of our readers and fans and to think that just over a year ago I’d just moved here and didn’t know anything about anything and now we’re running a successful website that’s challenging the way the local traditional media does things.

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