tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5254694287936563897..comments2024-03-28T12:46:54.004-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: You CAN go home again, and there's fried chicken Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17904013541631661572021-06-29T20:22:31.038-05:002021-06-29T20:22:31.038-05:00Fort de Charters was a French fortFort de Charters was a French fortAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168465716998288785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45650591274828699092017-08-24T16:24:06.265-05:002017-08-24T16:24:06.265-05:00Oh yes, best fritters indeed.Oh yes, best fritters indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38549361650455892882017-08-23T23:32:23.090-05:002017-08-23T23:32:23.090-05:00Interesting. Just as well, indeed, Tony.
Thanks,...Interesting. Just as well, indeed, Tony.<br /><br />Thanks, Anonymous. Just don't get out that way very often, or I'd check it out myself. Fritters! : ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45598863973101909962017-08-23T22:51:26.291-05:002017-08-23T22:51:26.291-05:00Or maybe it was Bush Sr. on the wall.Or maybe it was Bush Sr. on the wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1637150334754749972017-08-23T22:47:21.158-05:002017-08-23T22:47:21.158-05:00Utica State Park lodge has a similar layout.Utica State Park lodge has a similar layout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43951339276085649332017-08-23T22:46:21.940-05:002017-08-23T22:46:21.940-05:00They took his photo down but there is one of G. Bu...They took his photo down but there is one of G. Bush Jr. They are cousins of Hastert, not immediate family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87591710574934100152017-08-23T14:32:55.354-05:002017-08-23T14:32:55.354-05:00I don't know if Hastert's photo is still t...I don't know if Hastert's photo is still there, but as long as you brought him up, I'll run off on that tangent with you. From 1968 to 71 I was on Lemont's wrestling team. At that time we were in the same conference as Yorkville so we went up against Hartert's team twice a year. I'm sure I was aware of him at the time, but I have no memory of that now. Just as well. Makes my skin crawl as it is.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79946076546703215942017-08-23T13:11:16.346-05:002017-08-23T13:11:16.346-05:00Both of those spots are swell by me, having been t...Both of those spots are swell by me, having been to each a number of times. I'm not boycotting, or anything, but we've not happened to make it to WFF since Dennis Hastert's scandal. And I don't want to be obnoxious, but I'm curious. Anybody know if they still display his photo, as they used to?<br /><br />We've even been to Giant City Lodge, back in the day. Not as far back as the '60s, but I do enjoy a Sunday chicken dinner! : )<br /><br />Using taxpayer money to enhance the quality of life for regular folks, instead of having one's primary focus be assuring that the wealthy keep as much as they can? Imagine! What could they have been thinking? Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72523907696038791242017-08-23T12:47:48.420-05:002017-08-23T12:47:48.420-05:00Neil - thanks for the great article. I've hike...Neil - thanks for the great article. I've hike and camped in Shawnee National Forest dozens of times over the years. It is hard to believe it's part of Illinois. I recently visited my sons, one of whom lives in Carbondale, and I was reminded how beautiful it is in that area. On the way back I visited Fort de Chartres, a Spanish fort from the 1700s. Who knew their was a European style stone fort in Illinois? I also went to Prairie du Rocher and St Genevieve in Missouri. There is a thriving wine scene in and around Shawnee National Forest as well. A final note - as I headed back along Illinois Route 3 outside of Chester (home of Popeye), Illinois, there in the road was an armadillo. In Illinois. Apparently they now thrive in Southern Illinois. No one told the armadillos that global warming is a hoax.Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1397872750999112592017-08-23T10:07:49.855-05:002017-08-23T10:07:49.855-05:00White Fence Farm is an old Route 66 restaurant nea...White Fence Farm is an old Route 66 restaurant near Lemont. I think it has a Romeoville address. Another historic Route 66 chicken joint is Del Rhea's Chicken Basket, up the road in Willowbrook. Forget about KFC, folks. The real stuff from your youth is still out there.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7043187234405979932017-08-23T09:21:05.949-05:002017-08-23T09:21:05.949-05:00Lovely place, judging by your photo. As a kid, I ...Lovely place, judging by your photo. As a kid, I remember WPA work being regarded as substandard, which I think was probably deliberate to appease the trades. In any event, it's clear that the standard for Giant City State Lodge was very high indeed -- could it be that some artists were involved?<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74424304831471137602017-08-23T09:16:21.414-05:002017-08-23T09:16:21.414-05:00White Fence Farm serves chicken family style with ...White Fence Farm serves chicken family style with all the trimmings, not far from Joliet, IL. Very homey decor. The restaurant has a museum within and barnyard animals for kids on the outside. Still going strong...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68477943135589600812017-08-23T09:06:02.751-05:002017-08-23T09:06:02.751-05:00Excellent point at the end. The WPA and the other ...Excellent point at the end. The WPA and the other New Deal programs worked, despite incessant Republican bitching. Which still hasn't stopped. What stopped, unfortunately, was our ability as a people to tune it out.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34082050365252953272017-08-23T01:05:46.486-05:002017-08-23T01:05:46.486-05:00My memory of the Carbondale area family style frie...My memory of the Carbondale area family style fried chicken dinner is different from my dear sister Edie's. I remember "Ma Hale's" place and the Google reveals it be in the town of Grand Tower. See, for example, <br /><br />http://thesouthern.com/ma-hale-s-grand-tower/image_46e45598-e2d7-5993-9a70-2fd823cf04f8.html<br /><br />https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-36278449/sleepy-town-big-reputation-for-ma-hale-s-good-morning<br /><br />But the town of Grand Tower, which dim memory suggests was mentioned somewhere by Mark Twain, and had some initials in stone left by Civil War soldiers, is struggling. See this from 2008:<br /><br />http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1816756,00.html<br /><br />Maybe Ma Hale's closed after 1968 (after which I wouldn't have been part of family trips to Carbondale) and the Sunday chicken dinner outings were to Giant City Lodge instead.<br /><br />--dgdogolacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736707776463234006noreply@blogger.com