There was discussion in the previous out of town thread about meeting up at the Sweetwater Tavern to watch a game. But they close at 10pm on Sundays, and the game will probably go til 10:30 or so, if history is anything to go by.

As an alternative, I was thinking Jake Melnick's at 41 E Superior St, really close to the Chicago Red Line stop, and all of the Michigan Ave buses. I've never been there, but they're open til 11 and seem very proud of their wings.

So who's coming? This is way more important that watching the Halsted St. Parade and freezing your ass off.

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Reporting live from the Philadelphia airport, I am happy to say that the airbrush guys at the boardwalk in Wildwood are very talented. I was actually able to email CNS's photoshop from the previous thread to the air brushers (yay smart phones!) and the results turned out great. Pictures after the jump.

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I hope the alcoholics enjoyed their cheesesteaks, so nice of our Blackhawks to win that bet for them.

Now, pointmesouth and I made a bet of our own with a couple of our friends who happen to be Flyers fans, and we'll be settling up in a couple of weeks. The obvious choice was Yuengling, but as I'm flying in and out of Philadelphia we didn't think that would work.  But we're headed down to the Jersey shore, and one thing they have an abundance of there -besides water ice and people with bad tans - are places where you can get things airbrushed on a T-Shirt.

But what to get airbrushed? And that's where you all come in. I don't know how skilled they're going to be as far as pictures, so I figure we should probably stick to a phrase.

I've got nothing. I refused to let myself consider any possibilities back when the idea was fresh and the series was ongoing, and apparently I haven't found a way to turn it back on. Buff being traded didn't help much, either.  So I need you guys to help me think of something other than I (heart) Patrick Kane.

So give me your ideas! Hoping to avoid anything completely profane (fucking weird, I know) and I actually like these two, so hopefully nothing that will get them stabbed with a broken bottle on SEPTA, but other than that, go nuts! I promise to fanshot the results.

Editor's Note: Just in case anyone hasn't seen this yet,, there is a gathering of your fellow pantsless internet friends going on tonight at the Bottom Lounge. None of the three of us will be there chaperoning, but that will probably end up improving things. Have fun, party people-- McClure

Since it seems like half of SCH bought tickets to the game on Friday, I figured we might want a consolidated thread to plan meet ups in.  One that doesn't have 700 other comments.

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So the other night Kane was all over the ice and pointmesouth or I remarked "He's everywhere! He's teleporting!" "I expect him to make BAMF! noises and see puffs of smoke."

Which has inevitably lead to us casting other Hawks as X-Men.

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