Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
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Parking in Calgary
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. I’ve been busy, sure, but it’s mostly just laziness.
I recently moved from Chicago, IL, USA to Calgary, AB, Canada. Jury’s still out on whether or not trading the El for the C-Train, pizza and hot dogs for Vietnamese subs, or the lake for the mountains (which [...] -
I-GO Car Sharing
One of the things that I love about living in a city is that I can walk everywhere. Walk to the grocery store, walk to a restaurant, walk to work, walk wherever. During the summer, when it’s nice to run outside, I’m even able to integrate such errands into my runs, choosing a location suitably far [...]
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Barack in the (Power)Hizzouse
My girlfriend and I were coming back from the grocery store yesterday at around 10 pm and saw quite a frenzy of cop cars and people on where Clinton, Milwaukee and Fulton streets intersect (we live about a quarter block form there). We asked someone what was going on and she said that Barack Obama [...]
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The Incredible Price-Shifting Squagel, Part III
Well, it’s been a couple of weeks now, and I have yet to receive either a response from Poppy (name changed!) to my last email, or the gift certificates that he promised to send. I sent this email a week or so ago, and still …. nothing.
Hi Poppy -
I look forward to receiving the gift [...] -
The Incredible Price-Shifting Squagel, Part II
So I received a [very prompt!] message today from a regional manager at Cosi in response to my earlier request for clarification about bagel prices:
Re: About our menu
Dear Mr. Greenblatt,
I apologize for the confusion and inconsistency you are experiencing regarding the price or our square bagels or squagels. I have researched the pricing and believe [...] -
Cosi Cafe & The Incredible Price-Shifting Squagel
I’m a pretty frequent customer of the Cosi in my building, and most mornings on the way in to work, I pick up a buttered bagel with coffee, and the price is consistently inconsistent. As I’m pretty sure bagel prices do not fluctuate with the price of a barrel of gas, I’m at a loss [...]
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Join the Soda Club USA
I spent the summer of of 2007 living with my girlfriend in Germany, where, like other parts of Europe, fizzy water is the norm. In fact, the town we were in (Aachen) had its own springs, and the bottled water we preferred to drink was bottled right there in Aachen, was super-inexpensive, and delivered to [...]
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Fourth of Suck
Navy Pier ruined my Fourth of July, and I’ll never forgive them for it.
According to the Things to Do – Fireworks page, and the Navy Pier Fireworks event detail page the fireworks were supposed to start at 9:30pm. But, frantically run/walking towards Navy Pier at about 9:30, Elaine and I couldn’t help but notice droves of people [...] -
GMaps Pedometer: Great (free) tool for tracking runs
I’ve been using a great site called Gmaps Pedometer in order to track the distance of my runs. It’s built on the Google Maps API so it will work anywhere you can run … or swim (not accounting for island-, pirate-, shark-, garbage patch-, or current-related diversions, it’s approximately 3262.9843 miles from Montauk to Lisbon!).
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Trader Joe’s Vegetable Masala Burger (Yum!)
Had the opportunity to pick up a box of these from my local Trader Joe’s this past weekend. Was quite glad I did.
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect – I’ve had mixed success with other non-meat-based burgers in the past, but given my faith in the Trader Joe’s brand, I thought I’d give it [...]
