Her name is Lauren Spears. Her Jewish friends did her wrong, lawyering up with a code of silence to protect their family names and future business interests. Her body has yet to be recovered.
OT - Bear's Place
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Yogi’s was our spot. They had pool tables during my time before some bizarre remodel years later. Pork tenderloin with buffalo chips for the win. It’s sort of criminal it just sits vacant. WTH
Her name is Lauren Spierer. And WTF does it matter what religion her friends were ?
I was using the 4 corners of the intersection of 6th and College. Owlery is on the NE corner. You are right, second in. I forgot the juice bar.. Samira is at the corner of 6th and Walnut.
Could usually find your TAs or AIs there hammered. BP was an early adopter of craft beers so we did go there a bit back in the 90s.Bear's Place has come up a few times in the past year. This is a month old, but the IUF gas acquired the property.
Thank you for the correction. I was waiting for someone like you.
The religion of Lauren and her “friends” may have had a lot to do with her parents, as of yet, not finding out what happened to her. Those guys she was partying with that evening were of the same Jewish fraternity. I went to a high school having a large population of Jewish students. From what I observed, for the most part their families did very well in the business world. They emphasized “works”, like some other religious faiths do such as Unitarian. They also were known for sticking together amongst themselves, even in a code of silence, if necessary. Authorities think more than one person knows where her body is. It’s believed she OD’ed that night on some heavy drugs mixed with alcohol provided by her “friends”. Several of the main suspects, those last to see her, were set up to go into their successful family businesses back east and one in Michigan, after graduation. The one kid graduated from an exclusive high school located in Bloomfield Hills, MI in the same neighborhood Isiah Thomas lived for a spell. These guys clammed up amongst themselves, hiding behind the wall created by their attorneys, offering nothing to help solve the mystery. It would have exposed their drug dealings, tarnishing their reputations necessary to succeed. None of Lauren’s “friends” helped in the search for her body, including an all summer dig in the hot sun of a local garbage dump. Without a body and someone breaking down in confession, police remain stymied to this day. That all the major players in this tragedy were Jewish is something that was mentioned in some of the many subsequent news stories. Take it for what it may or may not be worth. That said, I’m not a racist.
Forgot about the buffalo chips.
If I remember right, Yogi's was sold, and then the new owner determined the building needed too much work and it wasn't worth investing into it. Assuming they did well selling to IU.
It was heart wrenching to see that group of friends do nothing to help.
We're in town next weekend for the purdoo series. I may have to surprise Mrs. hooky with a visit there.
Nothing says the start of summer like baseball at the Bart and a vegan meal!! LOL
Dang, I'm going to be in Indiana the week after next. Bad timing. Would have been nice to meet up there.
Give a report about how it is. I'm no vegetarian, but I really liked the Tao when it was there. If it's anything like that, it will be great.
Will do.
It looks like they sell beer and some dishes are available with real cheese, so I'll get by and will score some happy wife bonus points in the process.
So it has less to do with being Jewish and more that they were rich. Which then allowed them to hire effective counsel.
They hired local attorneys. You don’t need Alan Dershowitz to instruct the suspects to just STFU. Their Dream Team is being saved for later, if needed.
Some mushroom hunter will find her body in Brown County some day.
IU baseball in a tough spot. They will get some more wins to help secure a Regional appearance problem is Purdue is a quad four win and hurts the strength of schedule.
I've been there before and after Covid/new owners and haven't noticed a let down.
Mushroom hunters rush in where others fear to tread. I believe this is how Jill Behrman's body was eventually discovered on the outskirts of Bloomington.
That and their group being a tight-enough knit community to avoid any leaks.
Dude, come visit our town. You will find most of what you are blabbering isn't true. We don't make you read Bloom, and will ask the Lesbians to leave you alone. You may see some "paper trash" and some scooters because people live here. 2 blocks South of the square... is it the waffle cones at The Chocolate Moose that has you bent out of shape?
Dude, I come to Bloomington 1-2 times per week for better dining, shopping and medical appointments when need be, plus ball games. I only read Bloom because it’s something free (ironically) and I find it’s liberal bias amusing, as I find the large number of female “partners” seemingly everywhere. The wayward waffle cones at the Moose don’t bother me as much as the leftover curbside leaves from last Fall and paper trash at the north end, adjacent to the painted BLM street on the town square. Look, I like Bloomington, but only because of IU, but after awhile sanctuary cities/towns develop a certain look I don’t care for, an unkept appearance, if you will. To town officials’ credit, they did drive the homeless contingent away from their MC library hangout on Kirkwood. Enough shop owners and other citizens complained so they feared not getting re-elected if they didn’t.
I have heard the same. Pre pandemic I really liked it, they had great vegan options.
I'm one of those that go into very remote areas of surrounding counties from January (to scout new ground) to May (to hunt), and have seen some weird shit in unusual places. Thankfully no bodies as of yet, but every year I wonder if a body will turn up. Not necessarily hers, but any body.
Are you saying undocumented immigrants make a city dirty? That’s extremely racist. Bloomington is much nicer than the podunk hick towns that mostly populate the state.
I stretched the "sanctuary city" definition, I guess. I was thinking more in terms of the "down and outers"...homeless, misfits of society, weirdos, not undocumented immigrants per se. I think smaller farming communities harbor more illegal immigrants needed to pick the melons and such. I think Monroe Co with its long standing history of Democratic voting tends to offer a more nurturing environment for these folks. Do you think Hamilton Co would put up with a place like Seminary Park? Monroe Co and several counties in the far NW of Indiana (think Gary, IN) are the only liberal strongholds in our mostly conservative state. Homeless often do have a dirty appearance. It comes with their way of life. People who used to be sheltered in mental heath facilities are now allowed to walk the streets. Every time you drive on S Walnut you see oddballs doing the "thorazine shuffle", people talking to themselves, weird bodily gesticulations random in nature, that sort of thing. A lot of these people would be more comfortable in specialized facilities. It doesn't have to be like the nut house in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
One thing I've noticed in my meananderings around the southern part of the state is that most small towns are really struggling. It's been said the meth problem runs rampant in these smaller communities and from the looks of things, I believe it. Many of the shops on their town squares are closed and buildings left to deteriorate. Some smaller towns do better than others...Jasper and Madison come to mind with Bedford a big NO. Greensburg should be energized soon by the new Toyota plant on it's outskirts. French Lick, with all that casino money has led to nicely landscaped, broad avenues but in the surrounding hills its dilapidated trailers everywhere, for the most part. Bloomington is saved by IU and will continue to sprawl, mostly on the west side, near I-69. More challenging topography elsewhere, the Brown Co hills to the east and Hoosier National Forest tot he south will limit growth in these directions. What Columbus is seeing now is a large contingent of East Indians. I don't know if Cummins brings them in or what, but they have sprawling communities on their west side now, with more coming. They're starting to buy up the motels and gas stations in places like Nashville and Morgantown. The absolute worst maintained motel in Nashville is run by these people who live in the building, too. .They all seem to know each other and pool their resources to buy these places. A new hotel is being built at HW 46 and I-65 now (Columbus) by a group of E. Indians. That said, they have some good Indian restaurants in Columbus. I do like their food.
My cousin works for an oil company that owns a bunch of convenience stores. He calls these people 'New Americans'. And they do pool their money and, evidently, the government helps them out with small business loans. They bring others over and eventually those guys open their own stores.
Even Joe Biden knows it.
Who knew a thread about Bear's Place would take such a turn? I did lol...on a basketball forum and an off topic subject many of us relate to, it never fails to get political. I'm just thankful I can keep my political leanings to myself (and take no offense to other's viewpoints).
^^^^Was thinking the exact same thing reading this one last night. Anyway, Bear’s Place holds lots of great memories for many of us. Some that I even remember BEFORE the $5 Long Island Pitchers of the late-80’s kicked in!!! Great times!!!
The Ashram was ahead of the vegan craze. I had a big stack of buckwheat pancakes there once. They were great.
Ahh Fred's. Home of the $2 pitchers of Blatz. Love the way they tried to cash in on the Urban Cowboy craze. Just added a wagon wheel and other cowboy stuff to the German stuff already there. Ecletic was an understament.
I missed Fred's by a few years. Wasn't there in the mid to late 80s. Or at least I wasn't aware if it.
Here’s one, The Peanut Barrel!! Another Thursday Night tradition of the late-80’s!!! Was still around in the early-90’s, but probably closed soon after.
God Bless the Peanut Barrel and Little Kings night
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