Is Chicago the home of tall men? Where are the tall men of Miami?

One of my best friends and I were enjoying a nice lunch at a local restaurant when between a bite of lobster and a glass of wine we noticed a real good looking man in a booth near us. “So according to palaeontologists, the dimensions of the region between the mouth and the eyebrows are crucial in determining how attractive a man's face appears to the opposite sex, and blah, blah, blah.” Whatever the research says, looking at this guy’s face, I remember thinking that he had the perfect well defined masculine features, perfectly groomed short hair cut, and he looked clean. My friend was enthralled with his upper body, his arms, and chest size, which, I may add, looked darned good. Yeah, yeah! What’s with the prude face? Just because you're on a diet, doesn't mean you can't look at the menu. Don’t tell me you never looked. Suuuuuure you haven’t! By the way, do you think men are nasty when they get together and talk about women? ROFLMAO!!! Keep believing that! When it comes to the other way around, there are some advertisements better kept off air. Anyway… While the lunch was entertaining, suddenly, our attractive seafood eater decides to get up to probably pay a visit to the men’s room, when, to our surprise, my friend and I looked at each other and said, “Whoa!!! Where's the other half of him?” That’s when the whole Northern, Chicago conversation surfaced again and I decided to write this post to pay tribute to my beloved blabbermouth Oak Park, SFAM friend.

So the guy was 5’ 2” tall. So you’re making out with him and he needs a stool to reach your… eyes. It’s true that different cultures have different statures, and we all know that Miami is a melting pot. Needless to say, for the rest of the lunch I had to hear how men from Chicago are so much taller, and so much more personable, and so much more of this, and so much more of that. If you are a little lost, let me just clarify that my friend is from Oak Park, Illinois, and she always tells me that men in Chicago have loads of personality, are gentlemen, fun, sexy, and tall. Although she forgot to mention about their financial status, let’s just wrongly assume that if you’re personable, a gentlemen, fun, sexy, and tall, you are most likely to have, or be on the way to own a hefty bank account. No, I’m not a gold digger! I’m realist. Money talks, and I think you know the rest of the rhyme. So, while we plan a visit to Riverside, I was trying to remember if I ever met anyone from Chicago that would meet that criterion. Then it dawned on me that she might have a point. I had a college professor from Chicago. He is tall, charismatic, has loads of personality, and very well spoken. We met some kid working at the customer service of a crabby store and he had personality up the “ying yang.” Guess what was the next question? “You are from Chicago, aren’t you?” So, although I’m still puzzled as to why she’s lived in Miami for 27 years, and married a Miami boy, she garantees that we're all living on the wrong neck of the woods… So this winter, I’m packing my bags to see what’s the hype all about. Chicago, here I come!

Cheers,

Cranky Blogger

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