The LPCS Executive Committee began the Sheffield Garden Walk in true Lincoln Park fashion by fueling up at CBA for a busy day of Trixie hunting, Chad networking and, of course, Blue Moon drinking. A round of Xandu on wheat bailey washed down by B-Relaxed Jackfruit with vitamin B Vitamin water. After CBA we stopped at Starbucks to get a round of iced grande sugar free vanilla non-fat lattes.

Our consultant Trixie took us to the “West Armitage” shops such as Out of the West, Rugby, and Barker & Mewosky, just to name a few. After a quick visit to the West shops, we headed East while Trixie shopped in Lush, Kiehls, Active Endavors, Paul Frank, American Apparel, United Colors of Beneton. On the North Aldo, Metropark, Club Monaco and of curse Barneys Coop. We then stopped at the Starbucks at Webster and Halsted for another round of iced grande sugar free vanilla non-fat lattes since we had worked though the previous round.

We walked down Dayton and viewed the Garden Walk houses.  Post-mating Trixies had moved beyond battling for top status with expensive purses and were now instead dukeing it out with extravagant gardens.  Her husband, likely by this age a partner at the firm, can do nothing but sit back and fund the whole experience while relaxing with another beer.

Next on the list were lunch, dinner and beer at Minnie’s on Halsted. After four hours of gluttony, watching the sun set, making friends with our server and getting a free round of beer and shots, we were ready to hit Kelly’s Pub.

The LPCS Executive Committee whole heartily endorses Kelly’s Pub. During the Garden Walk, they setup a large outside tent under the ‘El’ tracks, which provides for a wonderful Chicago experience. We marked our territory by taking control of a table. As the El cars passed overhead, our beeramid grew. By the end of the night it was five tiers high, until a drunk Trixie’s huge bag toppled our monument to debauchery.    

Make your own dude complete with Miller Lite, Labrador and gym shorts.

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With beams of natural light coming in from your bedroom window and the foul hangover dry mouth taste starting to get stronger in your mouth, you rollover and head to the bathroom. Depending on how much alcohol was consumed the night before, this journey could be a simple urination or a time to puke.  As memories of bars, bottles, shots and hotties start to become more focused and defined in your memory, the timeline of the night comes into focus.

Hopefully your stomach is still functioning normally so it’s time to focus on how to tackle that horrible splitting headache.

Here are LP Chad’s top recommendations for taking care of that horrible hangover.

1. Healthy/Greasy Food

On Saturday and Sunday mornings, until the late afternoon, Chicago Bagel Authority (CBA) is packed with LP moms who bring in their children with sport edition strollers to get them a bagel and OJ. Despite the large amount of babyness in CBA, it is an excellent cure for a hangover. Lpchad endorses the Mr. Turkey on wheat no tomato or the Smitty’s Nook.

2. Brunch with Optional Drinks

Call up your Chads that were with you at the bars last night and have brunch at Tilli’s. During the winter months get a seat next to the fire. During warmer weather, get a seat outside on the patio in the sun; this will allow you to recap the night while wearing a backwards baseball cap and talk about how hot Jenny looked last night (be careful with this topic because she may have gone home with one of your bros a few weeks ago).

If you have the stomach for it, order a mimosa or a bloody marry.

Since Trixies also like Tilli’s and congregate here in gaggles during brunch time, this will give you a good chance to see that hottie from last night sober in the daylight. If you recognize a face and remember getting a number from a specific gal, send a simple text message such as “how are you feeling”, “last night was fun” or “go Cubs”. After sending the text message, watch and see if the girl in question picks up her mobile and types a reply. This will help you identify and see if she is worthy of further attention.

3. Convience Store Trip 

Drink the largest bottle of Gatorade from 7-11 as fast as you can, sit back in your couch and pull up some shows on the DVR. There is nothing more relaxing than a few episodes of The Simpsons as you wallow in the headache from last night’s festivities.

I did the unthinkable; I have left Chase and switched to Citibank. Why leave the bank? I wanted more return on my liquid capital. Citibank is offering 4.5% APY on e-Savings accounts.

Today at the Armitage Brown Line stop workers were handing out a bunch of flyers about alternative bus service that will help during the impending three track disaster. The CTA is stating that travel times are expected to double which got me thinking about the economic comparison between taking a taxi or the Brown Line to the loop.

This graph compares how much you lose based on your hourly pay at the firm with travel times of 20, 30 and a horrible 40 minutes if the CTA performs that poorly when the three track system is implemented.

Depending on how much you make per hour, it may be worthwhile to take a cab to work. The shaded portion refects that one should take the Brown Line to the loop.

I have talked to a few Chads and the going rate for a cab to LaSalle and Adams is around $15 during rush periods and $20 in gridlock (including tip). Remember that indivuidal results may vary depending in the location within the Village.