7.21.2006

The what? This is Chicago we're talking about? Hog butcher to the world?

Let's not kid ourselves. Even with faster travel times to the Loop and more frequent service, the new CTA Pink Line isn't a reinvention of the wheel. It's a rerouting of existing Green and Blue Line stations, disguised in a color that resembles Pepto Bismol.

Get in the Pink: A new CTA line offers 6 stops to explore | Chicago Tribune

A pink subway? Oh, come on. And what about these 6 stops to explore? I bet they're beauties, huh?

Sandwich maker Jacqueline LeFlore tells me I have a choice of three meats and two cheeses. I pick prosciutto, capicola and chicken, with Swiss and colby jack cheese--she gives a funny look and suggests Genoa salami over chicken, and provolone over Swiss. This is going gangbusters so far.

Then she introduces the bread--the CTA gals weren't kidding. It's 2 feet long and could pass for a Scud missile. LeFlore begins cutting the meats until it's piled into a stack 6 inches high. She carefully assembles this monstrosity, adding mayo, onions, lettuce, tomato, pickles and an oil dressing, wraps it in foil, into a paper sleeve and then a plastic bag.

Oh. Well then. That's better. Not so bad after all.

And sort of explains the Pepto Bismol too.

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4 comments:

...e... said...

a fellow art teacher gulliblista is offered a chicago apartment for $350/mo, sight unseen. how do i convince her that it really needs to be seen?

Ted Compton said...

might start here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/renting/

$1350, I might believe. but $350? no way.

...e... said...

which is why she wants to grab it while it's there. can't seem to grasp the basic concept of to good to be true.

Ted Compton said...

well it will be instructional, taking the apartment. she will certainly grasp it then.