Today, Justin let everyone know about a grass-roots movement to help out the Muffin Lady. For those who may not be familiar with her, she hits a lot of the local bars (Bucktown/Wicker Park) with a small basket full of special muffins.
It’s weird – you can never really predict when you might see her. Sometimes, it’s just sheer luck that she happens to show up at the bar you’re at.
A while back, Justin and I were at Danny’s for a few drinks. Right before I left, I saw the Muffin Lady walk in the door, sans basket, just sort of there to hang out and enjoy the DJ (one of the guys from Interpol was working the music that night).
Turns out, Justin ended up chatting with her a good long while. He found out a ton about her, but most striking is that she was recently arrested. I don’t recall all the specifics, but she was supposedly pulled over for some nonexistant stop sign. And, when they searched her car, they weighed all the muffins she had and used that total weight as part of the charges against her.
This afternoon, there was a call in from Fook, asking about one of us making a t-shirt design. I think he’s kicking around the idea of starting up a “Save the Muffin Lady” group, and wanted to see if we could kick out a little something something.
Got this design from Ben. I’m pretty excited by the look of it, and totally want a shirt of my own. Remember… you saw it here first!
