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Chicagoist Happy Birthday Happy Hour Report

By Rachelle Bowden in Miscellaneous on May 27, 2005 11:43AM

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Thanks to everyone who came out for Chicagoist's Happy Birthday Happy Hour last night. It looks like immediately after work and in a bar in River North are the winning combinations to get a big crowd... or.. maybe it was the "free drinks" part. We're guessing it was the open tab because we blew through $200 in only about 45 minutes. We were happy to buy and thank you for reading and supporting the site over the past year!

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It was great to meet all the readers who came out. We know from our server statistics that people are reading, but sometimes we still wonder who you all really are. Last night gave us an opportunity to meet our audience. It was also cool to compare notes with Eric Zorn, who stopped by for a while.

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More photos are available on Flickr. (We exceeded our uploading limit for the day so check back tomorrow for more Flickr photos!) Thanks, Erin, for the upgrade! All the photos are on Flickr now! If you guys have any more, drop a link in the comments.