{"id":2425,"date":"2007-09-21T21:10:31","date_gmt":"2007-09-22T02:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2007-09-21T21:10:31","modified_gmt":"2007-09-22T02:10:31","slug":"the-iphone-pays-off-big-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2425","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone Pays off (big time)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/img_0122.jpg\" title=\"Cubs Win!  Cubs Win!\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/img_0122.jpg\" alt=\"Cubs Win!  Cubs Win!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This evening <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagometsfan.com\" title=\"Chicago Mets Fan\">Julie<\/a> and I headed to catch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkmets.com\" title=\"MLB:  New York Mets.\">Mets<\/a> game at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merkleschicago.com\/\" title=\"Merkle's Bar &amp; Grill\">Merkle&#8217;s<\/a> with the hope that a lame live band wound not be playing.\u00a0 Of course this wasn&#8217;t the case so we had to try plan B.\u00a0 On the way to Merkle&#8217;s we passed the above seen on Addison.\u00a0 I guess there was a <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagocubs.com\" title=\"MLB:  Chicago Cubs.\">Cubs<\/a> game this afternoon, if this girl was conscious she could probably tell me all about.\u00a0 I must say the most amusing part is that she&#8217;s only wearing socks in a puddle of vomit.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Classy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/img_0123.jpg\" title=\"Cosby Sweater Party\u2026\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/img_0123.jpg\" alt=\"Cosby Sweater Party\u2026\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/img_0126.jpg\" title=\"Michael Jackson Glove.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/img_0126.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jackson Glove.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To avoid the post game rush\/debauchery we headed to the <a href=\"http:\/\/thevillagetap.com\/\" title=\"The Village Tap.\">Village Tap<\/a> in Roscoe Village.\u00a0 Neither of us have been there so it was worth a shot.\u00a0 Besides the douchebag next to our table playing the golden teen like bowling game the place was pretty cool.\u00a0 On our way out we stumbled upon a thrift store which I haven&#8217;t been to in way too many years.\u00a0 The smell was dead on and with the recent talk of reviving the <a href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=756\" title=\"Black Hand Productions:  Annual Cosby Sweater.\">Annual Cosby Sweater Party<\/a> I thought it my duty to check things out.\u00a0 That&#8217;s is how I got to the next two photographs.\u00a0 I bought the sweater above which I must say had the stench of 1983 all over it.<\/p>\n<p>The best part of my night had to be when we left the thrift store and I looked down on the sidewalk and what did my eyes see&#8230; 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