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SideBurner Party

June 4th, 2006 · 3 Comments

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Giuliana, Jake, John :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Jon, Jessie, Alden :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Arun, Chris, Eric, Justin:: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Paul Baker, Matt :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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John, Adrian :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Jessica, Eric :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Mad Dog & Capri Sun :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Chris, Dylan :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Justin, Dallas :: FeedBurner SideBurner Party, West Loop, Chicago

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Eric, Laura, John, Matt, Michelle :: De Cero, West Loop, Chicago

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Jefferson Tap, West Loop, Chicago

FeedBurner has grown so much that we needed to build out more office space. Luckily, we were able to do this just down the hallway from where our current office is, in a room we’ve been referring to as “SideBurner.” Before we put any furniture in SideBurner or had anyone officially move in, we had a party to break in the space. There were 2 pony kegs of Goose Island beer, at least a case of wine, and catering from Maggiano’s. Fun time! Later some of us went by De Cero for a drink, but it was not what we were in the mood for. Plus we couldn’t all sit together, so then we went to Jefferson Tap for a tower of onion rings and a round of Fat Tire.

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Hitting Rock Bottom

June 4th, 2005 · 8 Comments

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Tarek, Kristin, Chris :: Rock Bottom Brewery, River North, Chicago

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Larry :: Rock Bottom Brewery, River North, Chicago

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Larry :: Rock Bottom Brewery, River North, Chicago

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Sharpe :: Rock Bottom Brewery, River North, Chicago

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Kristin, Chris :: Rock Bottom Brewery, River North, Chicago

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After the Sox game we decided to go out for drinks. We went back up to River North because Chris, Larry & Tarek had hotel rooms near there. At Mother Hubbards they checked everyone’s ID and Chris didn’t have his. Even though he’s well over 21 they wouldn’t let him stay.. not even when he said he’d drink plain coke. Such bullshit.

Sharpe, by far the youngest in the group (the next youngest is me and I’m almost 8 years older than him) made some mention about the fact that he’s never had a hangover.. which to all of us old-timers sounded like a challenge. We headed over to Rock Bottom because we knew we wouldn’t get carded there and started out with Irish Car Bombs*. Sharpe said he didn’t want one, but we were forcing him to drink whatever we gave him.

We decided Sharpe needed a nickname because his first name is Chris so there were 2 Chrises. I’ve called him Sharpe in these posts just to make it less confusing. This is how he got his nickname:

Sharpe: Call me Sharpey
Me: Ew
Sharpe: Some of my friends call me Sharpe-dawg, call me that.
Me: areyoufuckingkiddingme?
Larry: Let’s call him cornfed, he just moved here from Louisville.
Me: Look at him, that’s NOT cornfed!
Sharpe: I’m from Southern Indiana, there’s not corn there.
Larry: Ew, there’s NOTHING in Southern Indiana!
Sharpe: HUH? There’s muffins in Southern Indiana?
Larry: You just got your nickname, Muffin
Everyone: Muffin!!!! AHHAHHHHHAhHAHHA.
Me: Hey, Muff-Dawg!
Everyone: [calls him muffin and every derivative they can think of]

Re: the last series of thumbnails – I went to use the restroom and SOMEONE … coughMUFFINcough.. hijacked my camera and went nuts! Also, can you believe Larry sang karaoke?

* The first Irish Car Bomb I’ve ever finished!

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Sox v. Angels @ The Cell

June 3rd, 2005 · 5 Comments

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Larry, Michelle, Greg, Sharpe (pre-Muffin) :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Chris, Rachelle, Larry :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Winning Ugly Is Sweet :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Southpaw :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Larry :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago (photo by Kristin)

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Sharpe, Kristin, Tarek :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago (photo by Kristin)

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Welcome to US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Action on the Field :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Scoreboard :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Our Favorite Beer Vendor :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Larry is Flexible :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

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Homerun Fireworks :: US Cellular Field, Bridgeport, Chicago

On Wednesday night we took Chris and Tarek, who were visiting from London, and Larry, who I worked with in New York, to a White Sox game. It was my first time to The Cell.

Our favorite beer vendor had a great gimmick where he would yell Beer in a weird voice that I thought was pirate-esque. Chris thought he sounded like somebody’s drunk father and thought his beer sales technique would only be improved if he was a hot blonde-haired chick with big “knocks”.

One surprise was when the Sox made homeruns, which there were several of, fireworks were let off over the scoreboard. The Cell definately feels a lot different than Wrigley, it’s new and has newer amenities, where Wrigley is all about the nostalgia. I’m not a big baseball fan, but I think both of them are fun in their own ways.

Winning Ugly is some White Sox saying from the old days or something. I can’t remember what Greg told me. There was a stand selling sweets right at the top of our section that was called Winning Ugly is Sweet.

The Sox lost to the Angles, the Sox mascot is Southpaw, and, if you didn’t notice, Larry is very flexible.

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Surprise!

February 27th, 2005 · 2 Comments


Jen, Greg, Peter


Michelle, Jeff, Michelle, David


Michael, Abby


Richard, Paul


Cousin, Dallas


Kate, Allison


Murph, JP, Todd


Ed, Chad, Paul, Kevin, Jill, Brian


Trent, Limey


Justin


Soda & T


Ryan & friends


Peter & Norm


Abby, Amy (?), Rachelle


Dallas & Meagan


Dallas, Meagan, Ryan


Paul, Kate


Cousin, Paul, Michael


Cousin & Paul


Ryan, Rachelle, Richard


Paul, Michael, Kate


Paul & Michael


Rachelle


Michael & Kate


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Rachelle & Dallas


Dallas & Kristin


Dallas, Limey, Paul


Chad, Paul, Jen

Last night was Kristin’s surprise 30th birthday party at Ginbucks. Twenty bucks gotcha all the drinks you wanted for like 3 hours. I think every person that Kristin knows in Chicago was there.

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Saturday Night in Austin

March 13th, 2004 · 7 Comments

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Gambling at the Frog Party, Austin, TX

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Buffalo Billiards, Austin, TX

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6th Street, Austin, TX

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Outside Esther’s Follies, Austin, TX

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Capitol Building from Crowne Plaza Hotel, Austin, TX

After Kick! and after attending some panels in the afternoon, we met up with Ted and Michelle for dinner. Nick, Ted and Michelle are all here for the film festival so they were off to see a showing of Supersize Me after dinner, while Walt and I attended an Interactive party thrown by Frog Design. I wasn’t really into the party so we only stayed a while before heading back to 6th Street, having a beer, then returning to the hotel. When Nick arrived he taught us how to play Texas Hold’em and we stayed up playing with change until about 3:30 a.m.

See also:
» SXSW 2004 by Walt
» SXSW Party at Frog Design on the SXSW Official Site
» Frog Design Opening Party at SXSW 04 video on the SXSW Official Site
» at frog design party on the SXSW Moblog
» SXSW Party at Frog Design by Daily Experience
» SXSW Party at Frog Design by InkNoise
» SXSW Day 1 – Frog Party by BarFlies.net

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