It was an outstanding weather day in Chicago Sunday and even Saturday was great for January. All of the snow is gone now and that's great in my book. Two more days closer to Spring!!
One of the things I wanted to do this weekend was to go to Hot Doug's Hotdogs with MWrigley (as recommended by el supremo during a visit with stef). They are only open Monday-Saturday from 10:30ish until 4ish, so we chose Saturday to go for lunch. Unfortunately, EVERYONE else decided to do the same thing. The place isn't big to begin with and on top of it there were about 40 people lined up down the block just to get in. Now, it was nice out, but I'm not waiting in line to get a freakin' hotdog. MWrigley wasn't feeling well anyway, so we bailed and went to option B for lunch.
Tough weekend for all my Steelers brethren. They were the only team in the playoffs that I wanted to cheer for so I'm not sure what I'll do now. Maybe I'll cheer for the Patriots or.......good Lord....the Packers. The Steelers lost after their QB, Roethlisberger, ran the ball on 3rd and 6 with 2:36 left instead of throwing or giving the ball to a real running back. I blame the offensive coordinator for being too conservative with the game on the line. The other key play was a "phantom" holding call on an offensive lineman, though the announcers and yours truly couldn't find the actual infraction even after watching the tape twice. On the play, the Steelers converted a 2 point conversion which was nullified. On the next play, they threw incomplete. They lost 31-29.
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LOVE Hot Doug's!! We go there with Bill and Carolyn (who are expecting twins). I even have a Hot Doug's shirt from a B-Day Party that we attended there and it reads "There are no two finer words in the English Language than "encased meats," my friend."
it's difficult to get there when there isn't a line around the block - all workaday folks can only go on Saturdays so they all bombard the place. Sort of like shopping ANYWHERE in the Netherlands.
Yes joe, Hot Dougs pretty much has a line around the block at all times. I recommend either trying to go during the week or if you must on a weekend close to the time they open for a chance at not having to wait in the cold for too long.
OK, I think we need to put a weekday visit to Hot Dougs on our trip plan for Monday lunch.
Also how do the Redskins manage to go from 0-13 in the first half, to 14-13 in fourth quarter, and then manage to lose 35-14!
Hot Doug's during the week it is then!
I watched that game el supremo. The skins were down 13-0 at the start of the 4th quarter! Then Collins starting throwing the ball everywhere. An interception on defense and two plays later it's 14-13. Seattle answered, picked a ball off and ran it in for a TD and that was it. You could feel the skins wilt. They returned another pick for a TD too.
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