4 Laundry Loads at Spin Cycle
Item Purchased: 4 Laundry Loads at Spin Cycle
Location Purchased: Spin Cycle / 1658 N. Milwaukee Ave. / Chicago, IL
Price: $7.00
Review: It's been quite a while since I have gone to a laundromat to do my laundry. This isn't because I have a laundry room in my apartment. Quite the contrary, there is not a laundromat or publick washing machine (that I know of) withing 2 miles of my apartment. Most of the other buildings in my neighborhood are high rises which I am sure are complete with laundry rooms that power the workout rooms and heat the rooftop pool. My old loft, however is just space with four walls. Very big space, but not much else. So, instead of trucking my laundry 5+ miles every week, I have been using one of these things to wash my clothes for the last year and a half. It is kind of a pain only being able to wash about three shirts or one pair of pants at a time, but once you get into a habit of washing something every day, it isn't so bad. It sure saves you a bunch of quarters anyway!
The laundry has been piling up though, so I decided to borrow my roommate's truck and head out to my old washing ground out in Wicker Park. I used to bike out to this Spin Cycle from the Gold Coast (ugh.. can't believe I ever lived there) with a duffel bag full of clothing strapped to my back, wash my undies and watch pretty girls fold their underwear (oh don't play all high-and-mighty with me, you know you like that about laundromats too). Today, however, it was all about keeping on schedule. I needed to get four loads of colors and whites done before I had to be at work by three. So, weighing my options, I separated my clothing into rough divisions, loaded up four standard size top-loaders and dropped my quarters in. $1.75 for a 33-minute wash cycle. It's no cyclone mini-washer, but not too bad for a public laundromat with free coffee and several wireless connections to skitch off of while I waited for my clothes to come clean. And oh how clean my clothes are now! I had forgotten the wonders of a full-size washer! I might even go back tomorrow, because the undies have been piling up. Look for me folding my bleached, ripped and faded boxer shorts tomorrow. You know you want to ladies!
Note (02/11/06): Shout out to whoever used my detergent while I was sitting across the laundromat reading: next time, why don't you ask before using someone else's shit and, most importantly, if you do use someone else's shit, don't leave the bottle all covered with detergent drippings! Thank you and have a nice day.
Rating: 3.5 / 5
Location Purchased: Spin Cycle / 1658 N. Milwaukee Ave. / Chicago, IL
Price: $7.00
Review: It's been quite a while since I have gone to a laundromat to do my laundry. This isn't because I have a laundry room in my apartment. Quite the contrary, there is not a laundromat or publick washing machine (that I know of) withing 2 miles of my apartment. Most of the other buildings in my neighborhood are high rises which I am sure are complete with laundry rooms that power the workout rooms and heat the rooftop pool. My old loft, however is just space with four walls. Very big space, but not much else. So, instead of trucking my laundry 5+ miles every week, I have been using one of these things to wash my clothes for the last year and a half. It is kind of a pain only being able to wash about three shirts or one pair of pants at a time, but once you get into a habit of washing something every day, it isn't so bad. It sure saves you a bunch of quarters anyway!
The laundry has been piling up though, so I decided to borrow my roommate's truck and head out to my old washing ground out in Wicker Park. I used to bike out to this Spin Cycle from the Gold Coast (ugh.. can't believe I ever lived there) with a duffel bag full of clothing strapped to my back, wash my undies and watch pretty girls fold their underwear (oh don't play all high-and-mighty with me, you know you like that about laundromats too). Today, however, it was all about keeping on schedule. I needed to get four loads of colors and whites done before I had to be at work by three. So, weighing my options, I separated my clothing into rough divisions, loaded up four standard size top-loaders and dropped my quarters in. $1.75 for a 33-minute wash cycle. It's no cyclone mini-washer, but not too bad for a public laundromat with free coffee and several wireless connections to skitch off of while I waited for my clothes to come clean. And oh how clean my clothes are now! I had forgotten the wonders of a full-size washer! I might even go back tomorrow, because the undies have been piling up. Look for me folding my bleached, ripped and faded boxer shorts tomorrow. You know you want to ladies!
Note (02/11/06): Shout out to whoever used my detergent while I was sitting across the laundromat reading: next time, why don't you ask before using someone else's shit and, most importantly, if you do use someone else's shit, don't leave the bottle all covered with detergent drippings! Thank you and have a nice day.
Rating: 3.5 / 5
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