House of the rising Moonglum

There have been a bunch of posts that I have wanted to make in the past couple weeks, but work has been doing me in so in the words of Short Round: no time for posts, Dr. Jones!

*ahem*

In any case, I am forcing myself to take a few minutes of peace and quiet, so I will not a few items.

P&S Restaurant, corner of Touhy and Western. Awesome food, awesome people. I love people watching, and this seems to be a place where everyone knows everyone, so it is really fun.

Ben Tre, Vietnamese corner of Kedzie and Touhy. Good, cheap food, nice decor. It’s no New Saigon, but if you don’t want Tony giving you his latest spiel, this is a good alternative. Also they are planning on starting up delivery soon. Most importantly, makes me feel like I am home again.

Buying a car. I’d like a Versa, Fit or Yaris but none of the dealers will even let me see one. The Yaris was last on my list, but after dealing with the Honda and Nissan people, the good people at Grossinger made me feel a lot better about the Yaris. And they let me drive a Scion xA which is very similar. It looks like there is no way I am going to be able to get one of those any time in the near future, so no I have backed out to a used Golf (maybe a rabbit, but that is a bit out of my price range), Vibe (Matrix) or even Impreza. Thoughts?

We must also keep in our prayers the young victims of one of the worst fires in Chicago in decades. Of course the local blogs all got their say in, some with eloquent words and reporting and some with evocative pictures. Of course everyone pointed out a number of places to send donations, but there was also plenty of finger pointing. I’ve been called a wussy liberal before, but it just seems to me like decorum calls for a certain amount of time, before the rhetoric kicks in. For now, we just do what we can to help and hold the families in our thoughts and prayers.