Winning (?) a bet on the Purple Hotel
May. 10th, 2012 06:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_archfiendOn May 8th, 2010 I walked past the Purple Hotel on Touhy and Lincoln and - taking notice of the real estate signs that had been posted over three and a half years since I attended Reactor there - said to myself, "Self, if the hovel that's up for sale for a ridiculously high price is left untouched by either a construction or demolition crew in two years, you win the right to buy a nice bottle of scotch for yourself. If not, you get to walk into L Woods and drink a toast to the memory of the first place you ever attended a fan-run SF convention back in 1985."
It's now May 10th, 2012, of course. Therefore, I won. Sort of.
Since there's an impending auction by yet another real estate company that's looking to deal the PH tomorrow (details can be found here, here and here), I'll eventually be picking up a bottle of something strong - even if I have to go a cheaper route than the single malt I originally fancied.
It's now May 10th, 2012, of course. Therefore, I won. Sort of.
Since there's an impending auction by yet another real estate company that's looking to deal the PH tomorrow (details can be found here, here and here), I'll eventually be picking up a bottle of something strong - even if I have to go a cheaper route than the single malt I originally fancied.
