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AUSTIN, TEXAS.

To my knowledge we didn't have a world-renowned live music scene until the Austin Chamber of Commerce declared it the live music capital of the world. Most popular local acts are people that never made it anywhere. Except for that dude that plays slide guitar on letterman sometimes. I don't think Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughn are from Austin. And I know for a fact Lyle Lovett isn't. He's from Longview or something.

If you're from Westlake you're wealthy. If you're from Sunset Valley or Cedar Park (north and south) you're middle-class suburbanites and if you're from the East Side you're probably poor. If you're from Hyde Park you're upper-middle-class former hippies.

The most intense high school football rivalry in Austin is between John H. Reagan and Lyndon B. Johnson. Both are on the east side and it takes no less than five minutes to travel between the two. Frequently after games there is a confrontation between "thugs" from both high schools in the Randall's grocery store parking lot across the high way from the stadum (which is across the street from Reagan). APD always has large numbers in the area after the game because of this.


The Green and White Grocery was a family owned store on the East Side that used to be known for it's tamales until one of the sons inherited it and turned it into a Karate stuido.

To rejuvinate the prodominantly black, and prodominantly poor/lower middle class east side, the powers that be lured Tracor and Motorola to build plants on that side of town. Of course it didn't work, people just drive from Westlake to the East Side and get out before some darkie steals their automobile (The local news once reported that one precaution you, the viewer, can take to avoid having your car stolen was to not leave it parked in parking lots east of I-35. This is how prejudiced Austin is).

Traffic is horriffic downtown during rush hour. Bumper to bumper traffic for miles on IH-35. This is because the City Council refused to consider plans for a highway around the city, mostly because the money in westlake didn't want another highway "scarring" the hill country.

Barton Springs is the city's most popular pool (second only to Deep Eddy, an olympic sized pool in central austin). It's a natural spring. It's also known for the Barton Springs Salamander, a creature so precious there's yearly controversy over its well being in a public pool. This is how stupid Austin really is.

The Texas Longhorn football team might as well be a professional squad the way Austinites make such a fuss over them. Westlake High School football (where Drew Brees played) might as well be a college team the fuss that is made over them.

After any longhorn athletic team wins a game, the clock tower's top is spotlighted in orange.

"The Drag" is

There are "Drag Rats" who are primarily UT dropouts who decided to wing it and just be homeless and live on "The Drag", a part of Guadalupe Street that borders the UT campus where there's lots of shops, clubs, bars, and coffee houses. There's also a Church of Scientology. Most of these so called drag rats are neo-hippies and many sport dreadlocks and rasta hats. This is how stupid Austin is.

If you want to make a joke like a native Austinite, take any Polak joke you know and replace "Polak" with "Aggie".

Tamale House on East 51st and Airport is awesome.

[shaniqua]

Originally posted by eye-am



would you happen to know if any smoke friendly cafes have opened up in TO.. i heard there was one but i have no clue where or anything. i think it would be fun to smoke in an establishment while you sip drinks..

you can smoke in all the bars in toronto.

not sure about cafés. for example, future's and shakespeare's have patios in the summer that are cigarette-friendly.

[eye-am]

Originally posted by shaunna


you can smoke in all the bars in toronto.

not sure about cafés. for example, future's and shakespeare's have patios in the summer that are cigarette-friendly.

i mean amsterdamn type cafes.. i heard there was one that opened in toronto right after the new possession law

[shaniqua]

Originally posted by eye-am





i mean amsterdamn type cafes.. i heard there was one that opened in toronto right after the new possession law

i haven't heard of any. i'll check my sources.

[eye-am]

Originally posted by shaunna


i haven't heard of any. i'll check my sources.

can i just say thank you and you are very helpfull..

Every "gang member" in Austin is a Blood, as far as I could tell. Instead of fighting between rival gangs, they fight between rival zip codes. They're only dangerous because they're so fucking stupid.

[Ihaman]

im going to do albuquerque, even though i don't live there anymore

Hidden Park: How they hid a fucking park in the middle of a city, i don't know...but they did a wonderful job, and it's a beautiful park. no directions to it are posted anywhere, it actually has a name other than "hidden park" but that's what the people in the city refer to it as, people are very careful who they give directions to, and if you don't have directions to it, there's NO WAY IN HELL you're going to find it.

Bank Of New Mexico building(tallest building in albuquerque): yes, there's a look out balcony at the top, not even the locals seem to know this....and it isn't as cool as the peak.

Bill Gates he used to live here.

Rainbow Tribe They seem to be the only major manufacturer/distributor of LSD right now.

pot is legal it dosent say so in the books, but our last governer decreed that "we have more important things to worry about" and started having the law enforcement enforce laws that actually "protect and serve", which basically says if you light up a jay in front of a cop, he'll tell you to "move it elsewhere"...it's oh so good.

Boycott walgreens they tore down a bunch of local businesses to make way for a super walgreens right next to a ma and pa pharmacy...nobody likes walgreens.

[Oblivious]

kankakee was rated worst place to live by the places rated almanac. http://www.wisdomportal.com/Books/BestPlacesToLive.html
david letterman sent our city two gazebos because of this. he was trying to help us beautify the city and attract tourists. :erm

kankakee dumps raw sewage into it's river when we have excessive amounts of rainfall. not even the locals know that and i only have knowledge of it because my roomie works for the city's water treatment facility. they dumped poopoo into the river a few times this past week.

michael clarke duncan went to college here.
http://www.dunas.com/entertainers/mi...arkduncan2.jpg

[shaniqua]

looks like i'll be taking a walk through kensington on tuesday!

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Pubdate: Thu, 26 Jun 2003
Source: NOW Magazine (Canada)
Copyright: 2003 NOW Communications Inc.
Contact: letters@nowtoronto.com
Website: http://www.nowtoronto.com/
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Author: Steven Davey

BUZZ CAFE

Kensington's Hot Box a Haven for Potheads

High noon, kensington market, slightly buzzed. I'm chilling in the
overgrown courtyard of Hot Box Cafe, Toronto's first - and so far only
- cannabis cafe. Not that you can buy the stuff here. But you can
munch hemp muffins and slurp herbal tea while firing up the chronic on
a patio whose tables have more ashtrays than any others in town.
Around them, mismatched kitchen chairs and packing crates add to the
low-key decor. A friendly sign by the entrance to this grotty backyard
grotto requests, "No dealers, please."

Of course, the first person I recognize is my connection. The rest are
an assortment of leftover Rochdale stoners, a 50-something couple and
their grown-up cool kids, some arty types with unusual hair, and a
gang of private school choir boys still in uniform. To an endless loop
of Bob Marley, all smoke grass openly. Or as openly as one can in a
walled garden far from the street. But it's legal. Sorta....

At Gastown joints like Blunt Brothers and Amsterdam Cafe in Vancouver,
marijuana has been on the menu for a while now. Hell, even Saint John,
New Brunswick, has a smokin' teahouse. But Hot Box Cafe is Toronto's
first dope-cool diner - or at least the first to admit it. And Hot
Box, an unlicensed-for-alcohol coffeehouse, is not breaking any laws,
codes or regulations. Not so far, at least - Bob help them when the
smoking-bylaw zealots find out!

I finish my chocolate chip hemp cookie and wander indoors to find
co-owner Abi Roach behind a counter stacked with rolling papers.

"I'm not making a big political statement," says Roach, who also
co-owns Roach-O-Rama, the adjacent head shop. "I believe in
normalization - no protesting, no big waves. I want smoking pot to be
a normal, everyday, out-in-the-open thing. Just like gay people, pot
smokers need to come out of the closet. There's so much social stigma,
but there's nothing to be afraid of. I just want to do my thing, you
know what I mean?"

Sorry, I drifted off. Have the cops been by?

"They've come in to say hello, and that's about it," the appropriately
named Roach replies. "They know us pretty well and know we're not
trying to cause any problems. So they're pretty cool about the whole
thing."

So, cool, the police appear not to care. Later, Sergeant Ian Nichol of
14 Division says, "The fact that no one here has heard of the place
shows it's not a hot-button issue. Until there's some legal direction,
it's a wait-and-see situation."

After a few hits from a bong on Hot Box's patio, I leisurely float
back to the market's chaotic Saturday-afternoon street scene. Though
intoxicating scents of patties, pupusas and empanadas tempt, it's
nearby Chocolate Addict that fixes my sugar jones: rich wasabi
truffles, toffee-flavoured Ultra Swirl ice cream and chocolate bath
salts. Nothing satisfies the post-joint munchies like a chocolate pizza.
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My aunts on my dad's side live in Kankakee. In fact, my dad and all his brothers and sisters were born there. They lived in Gilman for some reason.

[Oblivious]

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros
My aunts on my dad's side live in Kankakee. In fact, my dad and all his brothers and sisters were born there. They lived in Gilman for some reason.

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have you ever been here?

[Eve]

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros
AUSTIN, TEXAS.

The most intense high school football rivalry in Austin is between John H. Reagan and Lyndon B. Johnson.

According to Sports Illustrated, the rivalry between my old high school (webster groves h.s.) and kirkwood h.s. (the neighboring town) is the longest-running rivalry west of the mississippi. it's this big turkey day game every year and you get this big ass bell if you win.

anyway.
in st. louis, you don't live in a certain town or city. when someone asks where you live, you reply with "North County, South County, South City, or West County."
No one cares what college you went to. Everyone wants to know what high school you went to (even if you're 50).
Frozen custard is really popular here, there are lines out to the street at Ted Drewe's even in the winter time.

Originally posted by Oblivious


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have you ever been here?

Two or three times. My aunt lives near the river in that subdivision with all the Frank Lloyd Wright homes. I've been to the mall.

I remember when Dave gave Kankakee the Twin Gazebos. That was funny shit.

[Oblivious]

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros


My aunt lives near the river in that subdivision with all the Frank Lloyd Wright homes.

that's where my brother lives. the historic district.

[aldango]

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Barton Springs is the city's most popular pool (second only to Deep Eddy, an olympic sized pool in central austin).

My sister works at Deep Eddy!

Or at least I think she does.

[Why Am I So Ugly?]

Originally posted by Eve


in st. louis, you don't live in a certain town or city. when someone asks where you live, you reply with "North County, South County, South City, or West County."

and some people still dont know which county they live in
no one says south city by the way. its just "the city"

[Eve]

well the people i know that live there (all 3 of 'em) say south city. but i think one of 'em told me she says that b/c otherwise people think it's like downtown.

[twice]

chicago-

gramaphone records- is the place to get any sort of vinyl electronica or hip hop.

chicago diner- (3411 N Halsted) caters to vegan, macrobiotic, and other special diets. (IE: buckwheat pancakes, scrambled tofu delux with cornbread and salsa)

armageddon- (711 W Belmont) has all the goth and industrial music you want.

the quaker goes deaf-(1937 W North ave) indie record store...has the most obscure shit you can't find anywhere else.

pick me up's- 24 hour coffeeshop on belmont...hipster oriented but generally an awesome place to chill if you have nothing else to do. kind of pricey but the servings are huge and delicious.

atotonilco's- best fucking tacos in the city. on 26th st- couple blocks east of pulaski. the freshest liquados i've ever tasted.

north ave. beach- best place to smoke up without dealing with crowds and police. best time to go is after 11pm.

you can actually get around without a car. buses generally lag, but the trains are reliable when it's not thunderstorming.

there is ALWAYS construction on any highway within the city limits. traffic is unavoidable anywhere you go around rush hour. that should say hours.

on that note: if you're driving down lake shore drive, be sure to slow down on the turn. police (people refer to policemen as "po-po" and "five-o" btw) love to catch people speeding there.

the street parking signs are insane. it'll say "no parking from m-w 9am-4pm and 6pm-8pm without permit 34435 when the snow is less than 2 feet high and the wind is blowing at 6 mph in the sw direction between june and september". i exaggerate, but the parking signs are ridiculous once you get into the downtown or northern side areas of chicago.

ford city mall is the shittiest mall in chicago. if you have the money, driving out to shaumburg (woodfield mall) is well worth the time.

peter francis jerayse (dude is always on local television in commercials for bankruptsy help) was arrested not too long ago for assaulting a bellboy in a hotel on michigan ave. thought you chicagoans would care.

celebrities are always spotted on the gold coast. most famous chicago actors (ie:david schwimer, oprah, billy c, john cusak) work out at the East Bank Club- near the merchandise mart.

the chicago river is dyed green on St. Patrick's day- and it stays that way for the rest of the fucking year.

if you're not in a poor neighborhood, there is a starbucks on every corner.