January 26, 2006

i’m taking a trip

Yesterday, in a moment of desperation over the cold here in Chicago, I sent the following e-mail out to a few of my closest friends scattered about the country:

Friends,
I need to get the fuck out of Chicago for some sunshine for a few days in February. I’ve got a free ticket on southwest (WN for you Jason). Who wants me for a long weekend??

The responses were great and the bargaining is still happening. Here’s what I heard back:

From Married Well -

Would love to see you, but I’m afraid the weather here (NYC) in Feb. won’t be much different than what you are experiencing at home.

Hope to see you soon, though.

From the Republican -

Me, me, me….Pancho Villa and IN and Out are minutes away from my place!!!! (San Francisc0)

From The Little Brown One -

I have a 4 day weekend 2/17 to 2/20 and I live exactly 1.3 miles
from In-n-Out :) (Los Angeles The Valley)

From Jason -

Sad to say that the new In-n-out is still 15 minutes away, a vast improvement over the 45 minute commute to the other one.

However…

We can walk across the park to Portlands and have a big juicy cheeseburger and fries served to order by the new beefy, somewhat bear-like bartender with the protruding cranial ridge.

And do I have some sun for you. (Phoenix)

and again from the Little Brown One -

I have a big bottle of Vicodin and have learned how to make
Cosmo’s…so basically, I don’t really care if you don’t come to
LA, I won’t remember it

So far Jason has the best offer. You all know how i love a bear-like bartender with a protruding cranial ridge… I’ll let you know how this progresses.