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sdbardwick
Storage is cool
God of the Dead?
Typically it is Dia de Los Muertos, i.e., day of the dead.
Newtun
Storage is nice, especially if it doesn't rotate
Dios de Los Muertos: Days of the Dead. Nov 1-2.
To celebrate, I went out to a favorite Mexican restaurant for my favorite Mexican dish, carnitas.
I told the guy "If you'll pardon my French, Feliz Dios de Los Muertos." He took my money.
To celebrate, I went out to a favorite Mexican restaurant for my favorite Mexican dish, carnitas.
I told the guy "If you'll pardon my French, Feliz Dios de Los Muertos." He took my money.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Halloween is stripper Christmas. The peak of cosplay season, plus we live along the beautiful coast of Lake Michigan for all the fall photo opportunities. I've been busy a lot this month. Ironically, Halloween itself was the only night in the past few weeks I didn't have anything scheduled. I can't say anything about Day of the Dead, but bless whomever decided that October means dressing up and wanting pictures taken in either leaves or abandoned buildings.
The National Park is currently buying up random homes that are surrounded by the Indiana Dunes, so there are a lot of hidden places along Route 12/20 that haven't been lived in or cleaned up at all but also haven't been torn down or touched in years. They're great for spooky-season needs. I always want to do more in abandoned industrial and commercial real estate but I never know how safe it will be. I've done photo shoots in the Gary Methodist Church and Horace Mann High School, both well-known for anyone involved in Urban Exploration. One of my FAVORITE shooting locations is actually an abandoned parking garage across the road from the commuter transit hub here. Anonymous concrete and hard shadows are amazingly versatile and moody.
I'm partial to tostadas, myself. We don't have much here for Asian food but we do have a variety of Latin options. It's all wonderful.
The National Park is currently buying up random homes that are surrounded by the Indiana Dunes, so there are a lot of hidden places along Route 12/20 that haven't been lived in or cleaned up at all but also haven't been torn down or touched in years. They're great for spooky-season needs. I always want to do more in abandoned industrial and commercial real estate but I never know how safe it will be. I've done photo shoots in the Gary Methodist Church and Horace Mann High School, both well-known for anyone involved in Urban Exploration. One of my FAVORITE shooting locations is actually an abandoned parking garage across the road from the commuter transit hub here. Anonymous concrete and hard shadows are amazingly versatile and moody.
I'm partial to tostadas, myself. We don't have much here for Asian food but we do have a variety of Latin options. It's all wonderful.
A lot of those foods are not very healthy. It helps to avoid the fried parts and use leaner cuts of proteins.
I know it is a stereotype that the midwest is obese and unhealthy. Is good, clean, Mexican food available where you live?
I know it is a stereotype that the midwest is obese and unhealthy. Is good, clean, Mexican food available where you live?
ddrueding
Fixture
I miss the Mexican food in California, though I think the Chinese here is a bit better. I could do with my pizza being a little less middle-eastern (all the pizza shops in town are operated by refugees from the 80s). And a good curry place would be appreciated.
In the 80s and 90s I traveled often for "business" and would try to find known foods in various countries. Italian was usually the safest because they had recognizable food that was pretty good. In some East Asian regions they had NO CLUE how to make a pizza.
French was good if you were at a fine restaurant, e.g., for a special meeting. I don't care too much for authentic Chinese food, but I like some American versions that vary all over the place.
French was good if you were at a fine restaurant, e.g., for a special meeting. I don't care too much for authentic Chinese food, but I like some American versions that vary all over the place.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
LM is talking about his time leading CIA wetwork Ops again.
I'm a big believer in getting novel cuisine when I can. Food is usually is usually a highlight of any trip to a major city. IMO, every culture on Earth has ain't kind of great food. You just have to go find it.
I'm a big believer in getting novel cuisine when I can. Food is usually is usually a highlight of any trip to a major city. IMO, every culture on Earth has ain't kind of great food. You just have to go find it.
I'm talking about restaurants in various regions. Many cuisines are awesome, but many are nauseous. You must be like that Gordon Ramsey dude that eats and cooks weird stuff in remote countries. Now I avoid the major cities except for transit points.
I don't know why those faces like gargoyles are so huge.
I don't know why those faces like gargoyles are so huge.
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The limitations of food I can get locally are pretty frustrating. In the Gary area, we basically have Mexican, Pizza (locally, not even good pizza. Pequod's or Nancy's might only be an 75 minutes of Chicago driving away but that's still an undertaking) and GFS-grade Chinese buffets. There are of course steakhouses and Greek diners as well, but AFAIK we have one Vietnamese place, one Lebanese restaurant, one place that's Castilian-Spanish and a couple Indian restaurants and Sushi places within 20 miles of where I live. This is particularly frustrating because I know my neighbors are often West African, South American and Caribbean immigrants who have amazing cuisines of their own.
I can and do try to visit unique places when I can. I love Egyptian and Ethiopian food when I can get then and Korean food might be my all-time favorite. I've taken weekend trips to places like Denver and NOLA specifically just because I knew I'd get a couple great meals out of it.
Anthony Bourdain was the "try something everywhere and drink where the locals do" guy. Gordon Ramsey is the man who yells at chefs. They're both iconic chefs.
If I had the budget to take long trips to SE Asia I'd go in a heartbeat. My best friend and I have been trying to pull off a trip to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos for years now but the pandemic cancelled our original reservations and these days she has a white collar job and 10 entire vacation days to use over the course of a year. Maybe when I turn 50 we'll finally get away with it.
I can and do try to visit unique places when I can. I love Egyptian and Ethiopian food when I can get then and Korean food might be my all-time favorite. I've taken weekend trips to places like Denver and NOLA specifically just because I knew I'd get a couple great meals out of it.
Anthony Bourdain was the "try something everywhere and drink where the locals do" guy. Gordon Ramsey is the man who yells at chefs. They're both iconic chefs.
If I had the budget to take long trips to SE Asia I'd go in a heartbeat. My best friend and I have been trying to pull off a trip to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos for years now but the pandemic cancelled our original reservations and these days she has a white collar job and 10 entire vacation days to use over the course of a year. Maybe when I turn 50 we'll finally get away with it.
ddrueding
Fixture
I do like eating the local cuisine when I travel. Danish traditional foods are called "Gammel Dansk mal", literally translated to "Old Danish food". The traditional foods are called "old" because they aren't eaten regularly by normal Danes. Both because they aren't healthy and are inconvenient.
The ones I can get on board with most are Smørrebrød, basically an open-faced sandwich, and Rødgrød med fløde: A dessert made from berries cooked into a pudding-like consistency and served with cream.
The most frustrating thing is their insistence on using utensils for everything. They'll take an otherwise amazing hamburger and douse it in sauce. I believe this is just to make sure I don't try to eat it like an American. Personal sized pizzas also are served unsliced but with a fork and knife.
The ones I can get on board with most are Smørrebrød, basically an open-faced sandwich, and Rødgrød med fløde: A dessert made from berries cooked into a pudding-like consistency and served with cream.
The most frustrating thing is their insistence on using utensils for everything. They'll take an otherwise amazing hamburger and douse it in sauce. I believe this is just to make sure I don't try to eat it like an American. Personal sized pizzas also are served unsliced but with a fork and knife.
I found the guy with mental and addiction that killed himself. Is that him? It's not clear how many Michelin Tires he had compared to the blond guy with hair like a Gumby.
Be careful with eating foods in areas without good sanitation. Parasites are possible and can remain undiagnosed for long periods. Take whatever other travel precautions (vaccines and/or prophylactics, anti-biotonics in case of infections) are advisable for the region. I think you should take a shorter trip first to see how you like it.
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sedrosken
Florida Man
If eating pizza with my hands makes me a Neanderthal then so be it.
I'm not a New Yorker, that's for sure.
That is a street scene so perfectly fine.Is that due to your damaged hand?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
The truth is that any pizza is going to be a good pizza. Even deeply shitty pizza is good pizza. Like Pizza Hut is absolute garbage but sometimes it hits. I usually like tavern style better than deep dish (and people do pick that up and eat it) but it turns into a case of which component of the dish you want to put forward or most want to taste. The minute somebody tells me there's only one right sort of crust or even sauce for a pizza, they're already wrong.
I had a Japanese-style pizza while I was in NYC. It had scallops, sliced hard boiled egg, corn and mayo on it. It was delicious.
I had a Japanese-style pizza while I was in NYC. It had scallops, sliced hard boiled egg, corn and mayo on it. It was delicious.
jtr1962
Storage? I am Storage!
This is the real NYC way to have a slice of pizza:
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I have dozens of pictures of my partner leaving offerings at the Roscoe Village Rat Hole. Which was probably actually a squirrel. She was a big believer in leaving stuff for it. Usually at least a shooter (tiny bottle of booze). Sometimes food. Often whatever change she had in her pocketbook.
The hole is gone now. Apparently, they're going to make a real monument out of it somewhere in the neighborhood, as well they should.
I get to wear my "Big Sexy Voter" sticker today.
Indiana changed our voting laws to make lines look artificially longer. We had seven voting stations instead of the usual ~30 at my polling place and only people who are actively voting were allowed in the gymnasium where I vote. It really did take about five times as long as normal to cast a ballot and the line was well out the door before I left this morning. I'm sure this was done as a form of voter suppression; the state will be able to close polls at 6 (eastern, naturally) and say that there were only X people voting without giving any heed to anyone waiting outside the polling place. Sucks to be you if you had to deal with public transit or work a little late on central time (like, hey, two of the reliably blue counties up by Chicago).
The hole is gone now. Apparently, they're going to make a real monument out of it somewhere in the neighborhood, as well they should.
I get to wear my "Big Sexy Voter" sticker today.
Indiana changed our voting laws to make lines look artificially longer. We had seven voting stations instead of the usual ~30 at my polling place and only people who are actively voting were allowed in the gymnasium where I vote. It really did take about five times as long as normal to cast a ballot and the line was well out the door before I left this morning. I'm sure this was done as a form of voter suppression; the state will be able to close polls at 6 (eastern, naturally) and say that there were only X people voting without giving any heed to anyone waiting outside the polling place. Sucks to be you if you had to deal with public transit or work a little late on central time (like, hey, two of the reliably blue counties up by Chicago).
I cannot view the U-Tubes, but that rat-hole is rather weird. It looks like all sorts of materials including illegal ones were being stored there, so it's a good idea they removed it. Maybe it belongs in a museum or simular rather than a public street.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
We just want our rat hole back. It was there for actual decades before anyone did anything about it, and it was well known enough to be a joke around Chicago for at least the last five years or so.
Estradiol isn't illegal. It's a controlled substance in about the same way as a common antibiotic and nothing particularly bad will happen if you take it when it isn't prescribed to you unless you keep doing it over and over for a long time. There are plenty of reasons women need it for hormone replacement but it's also commonly available as a street drug for people who don't want to go through formal gender confirmation processes, which often involve months or years of arguing with a psychiatrist.
Something I have learned about because of my side hustle is that Chicago is the end of a pipeline that originates in the south, moves to New Orleans and then up north. Trans or Pretrans persons go to NOLA or Atlanta as places that are relatively hospitable to the queer-of-gender and then travel north to Chicago (because the city offers easy access to affirming medical care and, you know, human rights) when spots open up in the various programs that allow for low cost treatment. Official affirming care is often adversarial since many providers want to involve multiple specialists including mental health practitioners, who generally are asked to keep people from making changes to their bodies, although this is finally starting to change. Because of this, hormone treatments of all sorts are often sold outside prescription drug systems. All you really need it to make it is someone with a .edu email address and a shipping address at a university or hospital to order the basic substances involved, plus a couple thousand bucks worth of materials and some basic chemistry gear.
Estradiol isn't illegal. It's a controlled substance in about the same way as a common antibiotic and nothing particularly bad will happen if you take it when it isn't prescribed to you unless you keep doing it over and over for a long time. There are plenty of reasons women need it for hormone replacement but it's also commonly available as a street drug for people who don't want to go through formal gender confirmation processes, which often involve months or years of arguing with a psychiatrist.
Something I have learned about because of my side hustle is that Chicago is the end of a pipeline that originates in the south, moves to New Orleans and then up north. Trans or Pretrans persons go to NOLA or Atlanta as places that are relatively hospitable to the queer-of-gender and then travel north to Chicago (because the city offers easy access to affirming medical care and, you know, human rights) when spots open up in the various programs that allow for low cost treatment. Official affirming care is often adversarial since many providers want to involve multiple specialists including mental health practitioners, who generally are asked to keep people from making changes to their bodies, although this is finally starting to change. Because of this, hormone treatments of all sorts are often sold outside prescription drug systems. All you really need it to make it is someone with a .edu email address and a shipping address at a university or hospital to order the basic substances involved, plus a couple thousand bucks worth of materials and some basic chemistry gear.
You are probably familiar with 21CFR 1306 and your state's pharmacy laws, and I'm not talking about a scheduled substance. If anyone picks it up then that's not OK as it was not prescribed to them. There are also possibly local laws about attractive nuisances that would fall under.
sedrosken
Florida Man
I was in at my precinct not long after they opened up, around 7:30. I stopped in and voted before I went the rest of the way to the job site I was needed at this morning. No line to speak of.