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General Motors DRL Commercial?

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:56:00 -0800

90s GM TV commercial for Daytime Running Lights? I can vividly recall seeing a commercial probably in the late 90s that showed a GM or Chevrolet truck driving around the city with its lights on and bystanders and other drivers would stop and yell out something along the lines of "Hey! Your lights are on!".

I can't seem to find any reference of this and people I have asked don't seem to remember it.

Was this real?

Chicago granny, Boston girl...common ground?

fuzzbean — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:45:41 -0800

Help me stay sane and maybe have some fun while living in Chicago with my 81-year-old grandmother and a 10pm curfew. So the globe-hopping is put on hold for a while. Instead, I'm in Chicago taking care of my frail old granny. I'll be here until December. I need stuff to do.

I'm looking for things that a frail, easily distressed grandmother who can't walk very far or very fast, and a young, hip, single, smart girl can do together that are interesting and maybe even fun.

I'm also looking for things a young, hip, single, smart girl can do on her own that will get her home before 10pm.

Her interests: travel (she did a lot when she was younger), religion (Catholic), crochet, flower-arranging, and "things that are nice". She has depression and anxiety issues, and basically can't handle things that are distressing, be it current events, war, global warming, death, etc. She also can't handle being around people who are drinking at all.

My interests: yoga, dance (ballet, Irish step, English/Scottish country/ceili), whole foods, cooking, writing, technology, athiesm/brights, intellectual-type things (lectures, discussion groups, etc.), farmers' markets, political science, futurism, indie coffeeshops, used bookstores, thrift stores, knitting. I don't drink much, so groups that meet in bars are fine but groups dedicated solely to getting sloshed are not my (ahem) cuppa tea.

So what are some places/exhibits/events/groups that we can go to that might interest us both? And what are some things that I can do (alone) during the day that will have me home by 10? (If I'm out past 10 she starts to get very anxious.)

I've already checked the Chicago meetups and joined several that look interesting, and I'm also checking Craigslist periodically. Are there any other resources I should look into?

I have a car and I'm okay taking the L, although public transit is hard on her because she can't stand or walk for very long. Running to catch a train is out of the question. We're in the 60630 zip code (Jefferson Park).

Are there any senior citizen yoga or tai chi groups that she could join in the area (driving is fine)? I don't even know where to start looking for this.

More generally, I'd also appreciate any tips from Mefites who have taken care of their senior relatives.

I desperately need to get her out of the house (and out of her head). And I need to get out of the house before I go out of mine! I know nothing about Chicago...hope me!

Self-directed hipster literati tourist in San Francisco?

Gucky — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:56:19 -0800

What do I send my cool, intellectual, movie buff, record hound house guest to do in SF while I'm at work? I've got a house guest coming for almost a week, starting tomorrow, but I don't have the week off work. So I'd like to give him a map, a guide book, a huge BART ticket and some cool suggestions of things to do while I'm slaving away at the 9 to 5 so I can assuage some of the bad hostess feeling.

He can take BART or the F-line that runs by my work. Unfortunately, my truck is stick and with the hills in SF, I think driving is not recommended.

Musee Mechanique, City Lights and the Alternative Press Expo are already on the agenda. Squidlist seems to be full of nighttime stuff only right now. I don't think any of the traditional seal lions or Alcatraz are hip enough or camp enough to entertain him.

Pointers? Advice? Resources? I'm really bad at faking the "I'm a cool San Franciscan" on short notice and I'm trying to impress.

Thanks in advance!

Can anyone recommend interesting daytime places to hang out around Paddington, London?

skylar — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:19:10 -0800

Can anyone recommend interesting daytime places to hang out around Paddington, London? Could be as far as Bayswater or Little Venice... unusual shops, cafés, restaurants? Thanks!

Traveling from Tuscon to Pasadena

andrew cooke — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:09:36 -0800

i have a meeting in tucson, az, until friday 6pm, 22 oct. i need to be in pasadena, ca, by 9am next sunday (24th), so have the saturday free. i like travelling by bus/coach during the day (staring out of the window calms me ;o), but geyhound schedules seem to be overnight for tucson-pasadena. is there somewhere i could get to from tucson on friday evening, stay in a hotel there, and travel on to pasadena next day? i could fly, but would prefer to see something on the way, don't drive and know nothing about america... any other solutions? thanks.