Lost, Then Found… Some Others Who Were Also Lost

After work, I walked to the Red Line and hopped a train over to the North/Clybourn stop. I had a general sense of where the location was (Weed Street), and made my way to the short stretch of road. It ended abruptly and I was unable to find where it continued. I made a big circle around, trying a few side streets, with no luck.

Nearly back where I started, I overheard a couple debating which way they should go to "find it." I asked them about Joe’s and was right on my hunch – they were looking for the same place. Turns out they had been to this place for the last Ultracrib giveaway, but were having problems tracking down the place. I confessed that I worked for the station, and so we all went off together, searching.

Eventually, we found the place. I count myself lucky, since it would have taken me probably twice as long without their help. On our walk over, I discovered that the guy (I’ve forgotten his name) wasn’t one of the finalists… but he hoped to register on the site, in the chance that he would be one of the last minute qualifiers.
When I arrived, I saw a bunch of friendly faces from work, and took out the camera. I also learned that Stu was working the event – awesome!