March 04, 2006

A few observations from Chicago


  • Chicago's commuter train (Metra) still has old-fashioned ticket booths (cash only) and no ticket machines. Wow.

  • Marnie & I stopped by The Berghoff for a beer, only to find that it has closed down. No one tells me anything.

  • We bought a camera here yesterday. Dammit, this is going to be the last one we ever need to buy. At least until our next trip. I'm on my Blackberry and can't post pictures right now, but we spent awhile yesterday testing it out in Millennium Park.

  • Three of the hottest selling cell phones are the Razr, the Rokr and the Slvr. Evidently, people love to talk on high-tech phones so much that they have no time left to spell out whole words. (This has nothing to do with Chicago, except that we've walked by about 10 million billboards for the Slvr.)
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    5 comments:

    hbinc said...

    There was a big story in the NYTimes in December about the closing of The Berghoff.

    March 04, 2006
    instant_ethos said...

    I thght the namz of the fonz wer spelt that way cuz sum1 wuz typng thm on a tiny cell fone keybrd.

    March 04, 2006
    waldorf1222 said...

    Greetings fellow Berghoff lover!

    There is a link to this post at The Berghoff Memorial Blog. If you would like it removed, please let me know.

    The Berghoff Memorial Blog is a place to share stories and memories of this beloved eatery. The Berghoff may be gone, but it will never be forgotten.

    Cheers and auf wiedersehen.

    http://berghoffmemorial.blogspot.com/

    March 04, 2006
    Stephen V Funk said...

    sorry, logged in wrong up there. here's my Blogger ID link too.

    cheers again
    The Berghoff Memorial Blog guy

    March 04, 2006
    Tom said...

    NPR did a story in December as well. Seems like everybody was trying to let you know.

    March 06, 2006

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