On Friday night Dallas and I went out to The Long Room for Trent’s birthday. We had a fun time drinking from their extensive beer list and visiting with friends, but it made me nostalgic for the T&A parties we used to have. Our friend Allison was born on the same day of the same year as Trent and they used to have combined “T&A” parties. Here’s 2006, here’s 2007. Then Allison moved to San Francisco and that was the end of that!
Walking over to The Long Room from the train, I passed by Diner Grill. If you know any of my friends then you will be shocked to hear that I have never been here. Especially if you know that Dallas used to live only a few blocks away. Actually, Jen and Jill have somehow never been to Diner Grill either. We had a pact to go on Jill’s birthday in 2008, but then there was a fire and they were closed for a while. The night of Trent’s birthday Ed was pressuring Jen and I to go, but we have a pact with Jill and couldn’t leave her out. Someday I’ll go there. And I’ll order the famous slinger!
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Last night Dallas and I went to see Tributosaurus play at Martyrs’ with about 15 of our friends. This was my view (on the right). Mostly Christmas decorations with the band in the background! HA.
Tributosaurus plays at Martyrs’ the first Wednesday of every month and they assume the identity of a new band every month. Dallas has seen them play as Hall & Oates. A bunch of our friends went to see them when they were Michael Jackson. Next month they’re doing Prince. Last night they were Tom Petty. I can’t say I’m a big Tom Petty fan, but there were a lot of songs that I knew. Also cool last night was that Liz’s brother Greg was in town from LA and sat in and played with the band. He killed on guitar!
I had fun last night, but I’d love to go back and see Tributosaurus again when they play as an artist I love.
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About a month ago I noticed I was getting referrals to my site from Glenn’s Diner. Glenn’s is a restaurant I really enjoy, but I didn’t know why I’d be getting hits from their site. Futher investigation revealled that I’m listed on their brag page, along with Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Check, Please! and Chicago Magazine, to name a few. Flattering… now I need to figure out how to work this into a comp meal! 
Kidding!
If you haven’t been to Glenn’s, you should go. It’s a great casual seafood restaurant located at the Montrose Brown Line station. Every day they have 16 different kinds of seafood that are flown in fresh daily and they are always priced under $20. Dallas and I have recommended Glenn’s to everyone we know and have been there several times. Here are a few of our visits:
- When Cinnamon and Erin and I went for all-you-can-eat king crab legs (Tuesdays for $33.95)
- With Dallas, Jill, Brian and Kristin
- When Rob was in town to do the sailing Race to Mackinac with Killian we went along with Dallas, Liz and Christina
Dallas and I just watched the clip from when Glenn’s Diner was featured on Diners Drive-Ins, & Dives. Guy spent a lot of time with Executive Chef David Najman in the clip. When I met Cinnamon and Erin for dinner at Glenn’s I was really early so I sat at the bar and had a glass of wine. It was a bit of a wait to place my drink order because the restaurant was slammed. The guy that ended up serving me was Chef Najman. We chatted for quite some time. When Cinnamon and Erin arrived he got each of them a glass of wine as well. In the end we had to wait a little bit, not too long, for a table, and so Chef Najman didn’t charge us for our drinks. Totally unnecessary, but it was a nice touch. He also stopped by our table a couple times to make sure everything was good later on. So, as you can see, not only does Glenn’s have great food, but great service from the top down as well.
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