Update: I did make it to Joe's for lunch today. I was very happy that Sweet Willie PM'ed me to remind me about Lettuce Entertain You gift cards; I'd forgotten that Joe's in Chicago was a LEYE restaurant, and I have some LEYE gift cards that my mom gave me. Nothing like a $60 lunch for free when one is unemployed!

I had the stone crab appetizer and the seared ahi salad. The stone crab was good, but I'd be hard pressed to tell you how it was different from regular crab. Note that I have probably ordered regular crab in a restaurant maybe once or twice in my life, so it's entirely possible I just don't remember regular crab. As a rule, I'm just not a shellfish guy.

Fish, on the other hand, is one of my favorites. The ahi was seared rare, and the salad was really good: mixed greens, string beans, and chopped cucumber in an Asian gingery dressing.

And a glass of pinot grigio. Because why not.