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[Hecubus]

Why does no one want to come to Chicago Why DON'T I live in Australia?! They have rodini, and I'm hungry...

I like your accents, so it crosses my mind.  If Hecubus will free me from the trappings of carrying her shopping bags and eating pizza, while having DVDs hawked at me, I will pop over.

Oh, I suppose we could do a veritble food tour of North America! We'll have to do the barbecue comparison tour (North Carolina v. Memphis v. Texas v. Kansas City), we'll go up to Montreal for crepes and poutine, Maine for lobster, Baltimore for crabs, Vancouver for salmon, then down to Mexico for REAL enchilladas. We can then do a pizza comparison, bouncing between Chicago and NY, oh, and then we have to go to the Bayou for gumbo and andouille. Meanwhile, we'll hit diners along the highways for probably some amazing pancakes, burgers, and club sandwiches.

And then I'll roll your American-fattened body back on the plane.

[disgruntledmuse]

Don't forget to hit the San Francisco Bay Area!  It's not only beautiful, the food is wonderful, and the people are funky (in a good way). 

Also, the American mid-west isn't so boring.  The middle of the country has some of the most amazing scenery.  If you've never been to see the Grand Tetons, you're really missing something.  It was the first time I saw something that seemed the very definition of the word "awesome."

[calalily]

I'll lie. I'll say I'm going to Chicago with my Economics class to learn about the economic system in America. I'll forge some papers, rack up some money and fly over there with some friends and take some happy snaps to PROVE it was for school.

So nyah

That rodini, obtained through lies and deceit, will be like ashes in your mouth. 

Oh, I suppose we could do a veritble food tour of North America! We'll have to do the barbecue comparison tour (North Carolina v. Memphis v. Texas v. Kansas City), we'll go up to Montreal for crepes and poutine, Maine for lobster, Baltimore for crabs, Vancouver for salmon, then down to Mexico for REAL enchilladas. We can then do a pizza comparison, bouncing between Chicago and NY, oh, and then we have to go to the Bayou for gumbo and andouille. Meanwhile, we'll hit diners along the highways for probably some amazing pancakes, burgers, and club sandwiches.

And then I'll roll your American-fattened body back on the plane.

Coolington and spawn are going to pack their bags when they hear of the gourmet delights you have planned - they will probably be asking "When can we go see Hecubus, and have this feast you promised us?" Evil! Evil!  All mentions of possibilities and options, thoughts and dreams to the spawn invariably become "promises" within the passage of a week. 

Don't forget to hit the San Francisco Bay Area!  It's not only beautiful, the food is wonderful, and the people are funky (in a good way). 

I'd be there for the Arts and Crafts Movement houses, and for the trams.  I am sure that if I offered to take Hecubus over to see some Arts and Crafts Movement houses, she'd come, regardless of the foodstuffs available. 

[Hecubus]

I would.

BTW: I never think of the Grand Tetons and anything in the broad region of the Rockies as 'midwest'. For me, that's the great expanse of wasteland plains from the Dakotas through Nebraska, Kansas, and down into the northern parts of Texas. I spent a week there one afternoon. In contrast, I saw 'awesome' on I-70, from Denver to the middle of Nevada. Absolutely stunning!

The bay area has good food, but I have never found them to have a 'specialty', the way other regions do. Of course, I'm happy to be proven wrong. In person, of course.

BTW: Cala, regarding the promise of a North American food tour, I'm game if you are. Just let me get through this next back surgery, m'kay? 

[Zazazu]

Why does no one want to come to Chicago Why DON'T I live in Australia?! They have rodini, and I'm hungry...

But yeah, Chicago's a decent city. It's really nice downtown, and you can come see this fabled "bean" which is just a bean shaped piece of glass that makes you hot if you go within 50 feet of it on a sunny day. It's cool underneath it, but if you look up, it starts messin with your perception. As someone who needs to get her eyes checked, that's NOT the best feeling in the world. Made me dizzy and want to vomit. So I got ice cream...

OMG you traitor! Resist the tourist brigade! Resist, I tell you!

Blues Fest '00, I had some pad thai, two beers, a stuffed apple cinnamon pretzel, some tempura, and an elephant ear with moose tracks. I puked all over Grant Park. Anyways, I'm very anti tourist activities. I've seen the bean, but only because my parents wanted to when they were visiting. I basically deny its existence at all other times despite the fact that I work less than a mile away. My only exception is summer festivals. Periodically, I take a summer and try to go to a festival every weekend. I was planning on doing it this summer, but my one best friend is getting married and too many weekends are taken up by wedding stuff.

[Amazone]

And i was eating youghurt when i read kariminger had to puke   

[Rebbie]

The bay area has good food, but I have never found them to have a 'specialty', the way other regions do.

Sourdough bread? It's a specialty. And damn tasty, too.

[Paden]

I have specialties all of my own: cinnamon rolls so good that you won't need sex for a month or two, lasagna so good that you won't want sex for about three to four months and a roast ham that would make you go off sex for a year. Perfect for those who are doing the chaste lifestyle and a hazard for those who likes their bedtime entertainment! The triple-threat chocolate chip cookies can be dangerous, too... And you people wonder why I'm chubby...

[Hecubus]

The bay area has good food, but I have never found them to have a 'specialty', the way other regions do.

Sourdough bread? It's a specialty. And damn tasty, too.

That comes from SanFran? My recipes are all Shaker.

[karu]

And you people wonder why I'm chubby...

because you need more sex?   

[Paden]

And you people wonder why I'm chubby...

because you need more sex?   

  Nah, I get plenty of that, but I do like to cook and eat. Sadly, it's been some time since I could do any baking due to illness, but I'll get back into it as I continue to improve. Meh.

[Rebbie]

The bay area has good food, but I have never found them to have a 'specialty', the way other regions do.

Sourdough bread? It's a specialty. And damn tasty, too.

That comes from SanFran? My recipes are all Shaker.

Well, no. It didn't originate in SanFran, but it's something that they do very well. Ever heard of Boudin sourdough? It's very yummy.

[Hecubus]

I haven't heard of it - send me some?  Just kidding - but you know what I think of when I think Food and San Francisco? Rice-A-Roni. Sorry, but that's your legacy. Thanks, Madion Avenue! 

[deelink]

Maybe I didn't eat the fabled rodini's because they tasted like garlic cheesy pull aparts to me :/
I blame my group, they kept pushing me to buy something because we had to go... curses on them! Maybe I pointed at the pullaparts instead of the rodini's
But they looked SO SIMILAR.
*sits and frowns* You didn't go and replace them all did you Cal? You feverish crazy rodini nutbag?

[mando]

I think it's provinces.

yup.  towns and provinces.

Hey! We have cities, too! As a matter of fact I live in one . I know that Canada has a (an undeserved, I must say!) reputation for being provincial, but it's not so provincial that we don't have enough people to make major cities .

I admit my response is very late. Come on, I was at work!