Lunch in Chicago; You're Invited

“no can do. i am in training this week.”

“Potbelly's is fine for me. Which Potbelly's? I know where the one on LaSalle and Madison is.”

“I won't be making it this time...”

“I'm gonna start a "Lunch in Piqua, Ohio. You're invited!"”

“Well, since no one has mentioned a preferred time, I'll say for me the later the better.”

“Dang it, Simer! I was hoping that you would regale us with more of your awesome stories. I want to hear the one about the flat line winds in the Boundary Waters.”

“I work thrusday >:”

“Maybe you'll have to come to "Lunch in Minneapolis" or dinner, or evening beers... or whatever Roam Around decides when he has free time.”

“hmmm maybe the end of next month the I should have another indiana hikers dinner :)

Thats how we lured wanderfool in...hehehehe....now she's trapped in the seedy mire of the backpacking world
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“What does "later" mean? 11:30, 12:30, ???”

“Sorry, I didn't want to push for an exact time...12:30 would work, 1 would be even better. But really, I can be there any time if people are restricted by their work schedules, etc.”

“Guess we're off, then?”

“I'm in if anybody else is. I can do any time, but something after noon would work best for me.

Or is ot off now?”

“sorry, no good for me. work has sucked for the past week and i almost had to cancel my trip this weekend.

sorry for the late notice.”

“I'm still in if anyone else is...”

“Hey, in the meantime check out the Birch and Sass take Chi Town by storm thread! Coming to a city near you in late February. :-)”

“Okay, I'm going to assume this ain't happening since no one's posted about it. Maybe next time.”

“Sorry. We're notorious for not finding a good time to meet. Just look at the history of this thread. We've been a laughing stock at times as we try to put lunch together.”

“I'm headed downtown to a Primal Quest finale party at 12:30 this afternoon with the Chicago Area Adventure Racing Society at a pub.

Any Chicagoans interested in joining in?”

“Group outing? Check out [url]www.christkindlmarket.com[url]

How's the weekend of 12/2 look. This is an authentic German Christmas Market including the bier, gluhwein, ornaments, stollen and all things traditional auf Duetschland.

Last year I went and it brought back fond memories of my time in Bavaria. Super good time in Daly Plaza. A stone's throw from the Metra station, Union Station an "Macy's".

Who is interested. I can set up on a trip page if you wanna.”

“Jim and I were talking about a lunch this weekend. Should be fine with me.”

“YAY!

How come my link didn't work??”

“Thanks Roam :-P”

“darn, I'll be down there for Thanksgiving week.”

“Yea, wanna have lunch graska?”

“graska, I'm up for something Thanksgiving weekend if you are in town. Saturday is best for me since it's retailing's biggest weekend. I work Friday/Sunday.”

“I love the German market. I go every year a couple times since I am often in the Daley Center. I wish I could join you all, but I probably won't be in the city until after Thanksgiving due to the huge work load I have these days in Indiana. (I'm going to Goshen tomorrow)”

“I think that lunch was T-day weekend Ruby.

I'd like to still do the German market on 12/2. Could you make it then?”

“Goshen huh, Rubes :) That's getting pretty close to us!! Let me know if you're free around lunch time....I might even buy! lol”

“I would definatly meet you guys for lunch! I'm going to be in the burbs Mon-Wed. eve, then in the city Thurs. and Fri for sure, I don't know about Sat yet.”

“not this week for me. i am stuck on a large project in the burbs working round the clock. there is NO escape.”

“Where in the burbs graska?

Jimmysan- what about the Christmas market 12-2? It'd be great to see you and meet your family there. The kids would LOVE it!”

“Riverside”

“?At a loss? I'll look it up :-)”

“Brookfield Zoo???
Next town over....”

“Sorry I missed you, UP. I had an intern with me today and we didn't take a lunch, so it wouldn't have worked anyway. We passed a Hobby Lobby on the way there, and I was wondering if that was where Mary was.

12-2 might work for me. I will know better as we get closer. There is a possibility that I will be in Indy that weekend. Jon's got drill at Stout that weekend, and if he gets a hotel with a hot tub, I just don't think I can pass that up. ;)”

“Anything itinerary that includes "Stout" and "hot-tub" should be one nobody would pass up Ruby!”

“No probs Ruby...as it ended up I wouldn't have been able to go anyway. We had a lady get hurt at work today so I didn't even get lunch till like 3 PM.

And if that Hobby Lobby was close to Goshen then that would be the one she works at :)”

“So up? Are you and Mary in for 12/2 Christmas market? I sure would love to see you both. Like a broken record ain't I?

Maybe I should set up a trip page after all. Here goes :-)”

“Unfortunately I'm gonna be at RRG that weekend and if you wanna see Mary anytime between now and Jan. I'm afraid you're gonna have to go to Hobby Lobby!! She pretty much lives there during Dec. lol”

“Oh yeah! RRG. Are you up for the Hoosier hiking trip then?

Give Mary my best, k?”

“Oh yeah I'm NOT missing that one :D

And will do :)”

“i am a maby on the hoosier hiking trip right now but i may need to think about this more seriously. i want to bring my son but he seems a little unsure about cold weather backpacking.

i'll be at the RRG marathon hike... 17 miles in the gorge. i can only think of a few things i would rather do on a weekend than this. i am really looking forward to it.

sorry i can't make lunch this week. the project i am working on this week is way too difficult.”

“Oh, I hope you and your son can make it to Hoosier!
Good luck with your project. :-)”

“thanks

i am for sure in a "downer" mood this week after three days of the high life in northern wisconsin only to be followed up by such a project this week. extreme high to extreme low in the span of a week.

how can i make a living working out of the backcountry?”

“The $1million question, I think almost everyone here is looking for that answer.”