Dos Gringo’s – I hate that place. The food is terrible. The hipsters are terrible and the fact that they call themselves gringo’s is lame. Calling MtP a “pueblo in the city” is fine, calling your restaurant “dos gringo’s” in a latino-centric neighborhood is not inventive and just plain silly. How about changing the name and theme of the place away from the current name and that doesn’t attract more hipsters and yuppies. They screwed up my bagel and coffee, and i’m still pissed at them. A bagel and coffee, seriously?

Rave: Apparently Moroni Brothers delivers to Park View. I know what I’m having for dinner tonight!

Rant: Why was there a trail of opened condoms on the sidewalk?

Rave: At least they are using them!!!

I could not care less about the name Dos Gringos. in fact I think the Name is the best part about it. I only mind that the food blows. Yet with all of 3 worth while establishements on MTP Street they always seem to be doing a lot of business. go fingure.

Happy Birthday Herb!!!

Rave: I am no longer unemployed! And making more money than I was at my old job, woo hoo!

Rave: Saw Twelfth Night at the Shakespeare Theater, it was great. Unfortunately it was the closing weekend.

Rant: Four and a half more days until the long weekend!

Rave: I’m meeting Mo Willems today!

No ranting necessary, today is happy.

Rant: I miss the mailboxes near Grant Circle too. I believe the USPS removed them to discourage aliens from taking them and performing noxious experiments on them in their flying saucers. It couldn’t have been for any other reason since several hundred people used them to send mail on a regular basis and the USPS would never, ever do something as confoundingly STUPID as to remove a mailbox that is well used.

Rave: I figured out how to make a “exploding” pie chart with the powerpoint chart-helper-doomahitcher this PM — but Microsoft still stinks.

Rant: Had a fight with the boyfriend over something that seemed a big deal at the time…but looking back, really wasn’t (or shouldn’t be, at least). Now I’m not sure how to apologize. I also just diagnosed myself with a whopping case of codependency…which actually might explain some things. And, after months of paranoia it finally happened–while walking down the stairs, my heel got caught in the cuff of my pants and I went flying.

Rave: I flew down the stairs in an empty staircase–no witnesses! And nothing but a bump on the shin.

Whether serious or kidding, anon@3:48′s rant/rave is fantastic.

Rant: USPS also removed the mailbox on 3rd and Varnum – grrr. They took it away once before but then replaced it. I think it is gone forever now.

Rave: We have a nice USPS delivery man, who takes items to mail.

Rant. Moroni Brothers are friggin geographically challenged! They deliver to Park View and they will not deliver to my house on the unit block of Crittenden, NE, which is closer. AHHHHGGG! I love that place!!! I HATE that place!!!!

Rave: Love the lineup for the Inaugural concert!

Rant: If will.i.am doesn’t do the “Yes We Can” song I will be very disappointed

rave: i had anan amazing weekend with my boston boyfriend

rave2: we saw the obama family at the lincoln monument on saturday night! they were 10 feet away from us at one point, then they smiled and waved as they were leaving..pretty cool!

rant: boston boyfriend is back in boston now

I met the most gorgeous guy a couple months back in this neigborhood… he showed me his I.D. because he has such a strange last name, Shussett. Unfortunately, I ran off with my friends in a state of inebriation and never exchanged numbers. He probably wouldn’t remember me, so why do I remember him?

Hopeless Romantic: Because I like a good hopeless romance, but I like a good ending better, I just did a quick search and I think the fella you are referencing has actually written a piece for PoP before… Just google the name and dc…

Roamed around Bloomingdale. Nice gem of a neighborhood. Thinking about buying a house.