Hello everyone- hmm where to begin? Well, I'm Anne..better known on here as "Keysie" and I'm guest-blogging for HD since dude cant get off his lazy bones and download a program so he can upload his blogs..ahem. but i digress. A little about me:
I was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After graduating college, I decided a warmer climate was in order and so my roommate, her boyfriend and I packed up all our things and moved to Charleston, South Carolina. Our lease was for 9 months and by the end of said lease I was so ready to leave. Don't get me wrong, Charleston is a beautiful place and I had some awesome times (the sunsets are STUNNING) but...I really missed the seasons, specifically spring and fall but.... I even missed snow! (not mention my roommates turned out to be assholes) So come April I packed up my stuff once again and moved to Chicago. Both my brothers already lived there and my parents were safely 3 hours away (far enough not to come over everyday, yet close enough for visits- you get the idea). I'm going into my fifth year here now- locals tell me that if you survive five years then Chicago is now your "hometown" but I still hold strong to my Michigan roots. Ya'll? it's beautiful there. If you've never been, please visit sometime, oh and *disclaimer*- have someone who knows the area give you a tour/plan your trip. Because there are some ugly parts (*cough* Detroit! *cough*)..so now that I got the basics done..moving on :)
(my friend Cathy told me the above paragraph was boring but I ignored her so, sorry.)
I met Dynamo through my first "adult job", he being my tech support contact out of headquarters in NY and I being the administrative assistant and only person with any computer skillz (um the bar wasn't set too high). We didn't get much work done, in fact when I broke our phones he laughed hysterically instead of helping me but even now I chuckle because it was pretty damn funny...ah to be the fly on the wall while I ran around red faced and panicked because the phone lines wouldn't stop ringing! good stuff. Dynamo and I have been friends pretty much ever since then. In fact, I went to NY last year for the first time and dude showed me around. Here are a few things I noticed, while comparing Chicago to NY...
1) I was WAY overwhelmed by how much there was to see and do..but I shouldn't be shocked since, like I said, I've lived in Chicago for five years and am JUST now starting to feel like I know my way around the neighborhoods, how to show someone from out of town a good time and also have my own regular spots *insert Cheers theme here* BUT I was also shocked at how MUCH is packed into such a small area. When HD visited me, he mentioned how spread out Chicago is and I mean, I always thought it was over-packed. But this was before MY visit out there, now I see what he means.
2) Chicago should really learn from NY's example because, in my humble opinion, the subway system there? way better. I think I may have exclaimed "ooo shiny" when I saw your plastic seats. I know I know- whats the big deal Anne? well, let me tell you. Here? we have this cheap carpet on our subway seats...and if you've ever sat on a wet one...you know where I'm going with this. It makes NO sense..NONE! So when Chicago decided to redesign their subway cars AFTER NY's I thought "yay!"...imagine my shock when I saw those effing carpeted seats ONCE AGAIN. I don't get it- I mean, how do they clean those seats (oh right..they don't *raises eyebrows*). Also, we totally failed on the bench seats like you guys have too. The point of those is to give people more room to sit, plus help avoid bags getting slapped in your face but did Chicago's public transpo recognize this? nope. They instead put a bar every two seats, limiting capacity. These new subway cars have been removed from tracks for faulty brakes so perhaps they'll redesign but I'm not holding my breath.
3) I'll probably regret admitting this but NY? has better pizza...However (looks at HD) that's because you canNOT compare deep dish pizza to NY style. It's a totally different species of pizza, people. Enough said.
I'll leave it at that for now. Nice to meet all of you :)
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