Yes, but I'm not ticklish. And I bruise like a peach. I move for a nice little bar I know in Naperville. No smoking, great food, cheap ass beer (PBR). And I know the owner.

I'm in the city, in that scary area known as Wrigleyville! Every summer hordes of Cub fans descend on my neighborhood and steal all the parking spots!

Wanderer, what's the name of the place in Naperville?

Oh hey. I exist too.

I'm in the West Loop. I vote everyone comes to a place I can walk to.

I second the "after the holidays" sentiment.

Arlington's not *that* far north, Wanderer. I'm from Palatine, and my folks now live between Barrington and Crystal Lake.

I'm going to guess that Sir Rockford used to live even farther north than that.

What kind of place are we looking to go to?

Ah, see, when I see "Rockford" I think of Rockford, IL.

Ah, Indy. I'll think of something positive to say about it eventually. (It smells better than the pig farms you pass on the way down to it? I harbor no resentment against my ex-girlfriend from there?)

Oddly enough Rockford just happens to be my first name. Actually once you get outside of the Chicagoland area Illinois and Indiana are pretty much interchangeable, aside from the Indianapolis area.

And to be fair, the pig farms smell better then Gary, IN.

None of us work in Ogilvie, do we?

Got some CS_Office stuff going down. I think it's ending though.

Haha, cs_office was the office map on Counter-Strike. Ogilvie Transportation Center is the Metra station for the northwest (some west and north) trains. Some people just call it the "Northwestern Station."

There was some guy who ran into the building, went up to the 38th floor (the Citigroup Building sits on top of Ogilvie), and shot a few people. Apparently the intended victim was a lawyer.

Let the jokes commence... I guess.

I live in Naperville. Some place off of major highways would probably be good. I-88 and I-355? Pehaps somewhere near the Yorktown mall? There's a ton of restaurants and malls around that area. Maybe the Portillos? You can drink there.

How has nobody suggested Dave and Busters or Gameworks yet?

Yeah, Gameworks is kinda old and busted now, but if you're talking bebidas con juegos, D&B in Addison or in the city proper would be the way to go.

Also, hi. I'm in Oak Park.

There's an Irish pub I know on Ogden, just a mile or two from the I-88 I-355 intersection that I used to frequent, near Ogden and Finley. I want to say Sullivan's? I'm driving past it today. I'll get the adress.

All I've got to say is that I have seen some heavy drinking and gaming at both D&Bs and Gameworks. If Gameworks is still doing their ladies nights, those were pretty fun. If you're willing to do the party game thing and can load the slots with you and your friends you can generally get somebody drinking and everybody gaming all night for free from prizes.

You know, having people take a train to Naperville might not be a bad idea so they don't have to drive home. The nice thing about Naperville is that the train station is within 2-3 blocks of the downtown. Quiggly's is a nice irish pub in Naperville, just east of Washington.