Here's all you need to know about my mid-week journey to Chicago for business. On the one night I was there, we ate dinner at Olive Garden. Seriously. I flew to Chicago and ate at Olive Garden. Yeah. Business travel sucks balls. Don't let anyone tell you differently. And nothing against Olive Garden -- the meal was tasty enough -- but the last time I went to one had to be at least 15 years ago, with my parents, and there's probably half a dozen of them within 20 miles of where I'm sitting right now. So I didn't really need to fly to Chicago to eat at one. Or the Panera where we ate lunch. Both days. Seriously. Now, admittedly, we were in Downer's Grove, not Chicago (about a 20 minute drive from O'Hare, 30 minutes from the city proper), but we could have driven in to see the city if we wanted to. Unfortunately, I didn't even have a car and was forced to go wherever the team of engineers from my company chose to eat... which was Olive Garden. Joy. We didn't even have to go to some nice Chicago steakhouse -- Guy Fieri's profiled at least a dozen Chicago restaurants on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. But no, Olive Garden was the choice. If I'd had my own car, I would have certainly left them to their own devices and gone into the city, but alas, I caved and spent the night watching The Office re-runs on TBS inside my hotel room. Woo hoo! Windy City! Of course it was freezing and raining the whole night there anyway, so maybe it was all for the best. At least they had Sam's White Ale on tap. Believe me, I needed them.
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Posted by: Boss | April 23, 2009 at 04:12 PM
I don't mean to take pleasure in your pain Bill, but that is pretty funny stuff.
Hey, when you get a chance check out me and my buddies' new sports blog www.cjwilsonisadouche.com. It's mostly about CJ Wilson (the Texas Rangers' worst pitcher and that is saying a lot) and the Texas Rangers. After years of losing we just can't take it anymore!
Posted by: Kelly | April 23, 2009 at 06:04 PM
Nice. I have a friend who is a Rangers fan. I'll make sure he checks out the site.
Posted by: Bill | April 24, 2009 at 08:37 AM
Olive Garden rules.
Posted by: LegFuJohnson | April 24, 2009 at 09:02 AM
Hopefully you saw some of the Olive Garden girls that made Playboy: http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/11/playboy-to-olive-garden-show-me-ya-breadsticks/
Posted by: Kelly | April 24, 2009 at 01:11 PM