Entries Tagged as 'thales'

Chicagoist Alumni Reunion

October 20th, 2010 · No Comments


Sam (Former General Contributor), Chuck (Former Music Writer, Former Food/Drink Editor, Current Editor-in-Chief), Jocelyn (Former General Contributor), Margaret (Former Television Writer), Benjy (Sports, then and now!), Rachelle (Former Editor-in-Chief), Jim (Music/A&E Editor, then & now!)


Thales (Former Ask Chicagoist Writer), James (Former Copy Editor), Chuck (Former Music Writer, Former Food/Drink Editor, Current Editor-in-Chief), Matt (Former General Contributor), Olivia (Former General Contributor)


Mike (Former Political Writer), Benjy (Sports, then and now!), Justin (Former A&E/Culture Writer)

Earlier this week a bunch of Chicagoist staff from the olden days, i.e. back when I was the Editor, got together for drinks at Cole’s in Logan Square. A few people I run into every few months, but many I had not seen for a year or several years. I made everyone line up and take photos just to prove we actually did it. We were all in one room together!

It was great to catch up. Back in the day we all had such close, daily contact. It’s fun to check in with everyone and see how everything is going. I mean, many of us stay in contact online, but in-person is so different. I hope that we can make this a more regular thing, so that years and years don’t go by before I see these dear friends again!

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Chicagoist Dinner

November 12th, 2006 · No Comments

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Fajitas in a Steaming Cauldron :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

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Erin, Scott, Chuck :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

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Kevin Getting in the Way :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

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Chuck, Justin, Thales, Sean :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

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Shannon, Kevin, Joanna, Rob :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

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Andy, Laura, Scott, James, Todd :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

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Benjy & Jocelyn (Alicia, Erin, Olivia, Sarah) :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

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Erin, Olivia, Sarah :: Zapatista, South Loop, Chicago

We took the Chicagoist staff out on Friday night to Zapatista for a big, year-end, pat-on-the-back celebration. It’s great how everyone gets along so well. We all had an awesome time. The food at Zapatista was excellent (Chuck did a review here) and there was no shortage of sangria. Big thanks to Chuck for taking the lead and setting everything up. It made it easy so that all I had to do was show up with my credit card and have a good time.

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Chicagoist Staff Happy Hour @ Piece

October 29th, 2006 · 2 Comments

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Scott (Co-Editor) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Kevin (Politics) & Todd (Sports) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Todd (Sports) & Chuck (Food & Drink) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Kevin (Politics), Todd (Sports), Chuck (Food & Drink), Shannon (Weekender), Caroline (Food & Drink), Scott (Co-Editor), Timmy (Weekender), Alicia (General), Jocelyn (General), Matt (General), Erin (Alum), Thales (Ask Chicagoist), Laura (Food & Drink), Olivia (General) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Kevin (Politics) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Shannon (Weekender), Caroline (Food & Drink), Timmy (Weekender), Alicia (General), Scott (Co-Editor), Jocelyn (General), Matt (General), Erin (Alum), Thales (Ask Chicagoist) :: Piece, Wicker Park, Chicago

On Thursday night most of the Chicagoist staff met up at Piece for pizza and beers. Except I somehow managed to stick to salad and diet soda (whoo hoo for my diet!). It’s always fun to get everyone together and remind each other that we’re real people behind all the emails and forum posts and site posts. We also got to meet 6 of the 8 newest contributors, which was really cool.

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