Have your time change and beer, too

Apparently when Gov. Daniels was pushing through his agenda to move Indiana to Daylight Savings Time, no one realized that changing the clocks would cause bars to lose one whole hour of business. Time changes Sunday morning from 2am to 3am. Since this is Final Four weekend, many bars balked at losing that hour.
Earlier in [...]

Tax Subsidized Public Drunkenness

The Final Four is this weekend, which means I should avoid downtown unless I want to see crowds and drunks. I've grown up seeing Hudnut's vision of a sports-based economy come to fruition in Indianapolis, and I'm not impressed. One only has to travel downtown during a sports event or to Speedway during one of [...]

Live Music and Good Food

Mel and I went to Sir Walter's in Beech Grove Saturday night for a few drinks and to observe our fellow southsiders in their natural habitat. The chicken fingers were pedestrian, but the portabella fries were very tasty. The place was really smoky, which I don't remember from previous visits. The southside hoochie mamas were [...]

Spending Dollars on the South Side

Tonight we're going to a movie at the indie theatre Key Cinemas. We've been going there once a week for the past several weeks. We used to go to the Kerasotes at Southern Plaza, but I really enjoy going to Key Cinemas. If you like indie films, you should definitely check it out. Mel's all [...]

The Buck Stops Here

Last night Mel and I bought groceries at Buck’s, our local IGA store. Located at Troy and Meridian, Buck’s is well known on the south side for its meat counter, which is well stocked with decent cuts of meat at reasonable prices. The store is less than a mile from our house. We were there [...]

Boycott the North Side

That’s it! I’m so done with traveling to the north side for everything from coffee to movies. From now on, I do everything south of Washington street. If I can’t find the services I need on the south side, then I don’t need those services. Period.

Everything’s a Hassle

Mel took my car to work yesterday because her car was on E. She returned home from her daily trek to Fishers and tells me, nonchalantly, “The light’s on on your gas guage.” I bet it is. On our way to Target on US 31, Mel suggested we go down National and stop at the [...]

Ripped Off

We stayed at the Westin Downtown Friday night and were overcharged by almost $50. I called today to ask them to itemize the charges for me. At first, the gal in Accounting told me the room rate was $214 + $32.10 in tax + $25 valet, no total. Oh, plus $35.97 for breakfast at Shula’s [...]

Inhumane Treatment at Good Dog Hotel & Spa

Mel and I left Rosie at Good Dog Hotel and Spa at 5345 N Winthrop in Broad Ripple for kenneling and day care Friday and Saturday. Rosie is a 50-pound Lab mix. She’s very active and strong, and she hasn’t had any formal obedience training yet. Mel shared all this information with Good Dog when [...]

Blogs All Around

For the past few weeks I started realizing how bored I am with the blogs and Web sites I visit. The content is really boring. So, instead of checking the same lame old sites everyday, I’ve decided to start branching out.
Here are a few of the new sites I’ve started visited:

Technorati’s Blog
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Mini Microsoft
The Huffington Post

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