Hangover Week

A.J. Pierzynski wasn't trudging when he hit an inside-the-park homer Friday night.

A.J.'s inside-the-parker: did that really happen?

by Ted Cox on March 24, 2012 at 2:19PM

Was it a trick of the drink, or did A.J. Pierzynski really hit an inside-the-park homer last night? It was no hallucination, but it was hilariously funny.

Gin and juiceless?

by Mike Sula on March 23, 2012 at 2:29PM

A little part of me is jealous of Lauren Viera. It's been a long while since I've written anything that inflamed as much passion as her freelance piece this week on Chicago's alleged deficiencies in the world of spirit-exclusive craft cocktailing.

Do your part to preserve some Chicago bar history

by Mike Sula on March 23, 2012 at 6:44AM

A few years ago I noticed a hot dog stand was moving into a long-abandoned Chinese take-out joint on Kedzie in Irving Park. Normally this would be a happy development, but I was worried for the sign that hung over the street: a bright yellow marquee touting the "Good Stuff House, Chinese Food, Chop Suey."

This clearly dated piece of propoganda has it all wrong.

Your hangover makes you smarter*

by Mara Shalhoup on March 22, 2012 at 6:47AM

*Disclaimer: this is merely a theory. My theory.

More like the loser's circle, am I right?

Things I hate: Wiener's Circle

by Tal Rosenberg on March 21, 2012 at 8:00AM

Sometimes you want to go where everybody tells you to eat their pussy; sometimes you just want to watch that place on television. Or at least that's the case for TruTV, which has decided to create a reality show for Lincoln Park institution the Wiener's Circle, as reported Monday by the Huffington Post.

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» topic: Hangover Week

A.J.'s inside-the-parker: did that really happen?

Gin and juiceless?

Do your part to preserve some Chicago bar history

Your hangover makes you smarter*

Things I hate: Wiener's Circle

A filmmaker under the influence

Make mine a manhattan

Starting today on the Bleader: Hangover Week