Re: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Gruss Gott
> Deanna wrote: > usually in one of the family neighborhoods (Bucktown or Irving Park) - Oo! Bucktown is AWESOME! There's a great bar there we used to go to all the time and I can't remember the name ... on a corner, bar in front, restaurant in back, ... domino something ... dah! can't remember

Re: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Rick Root
I used to go up to Chicago and hang out in the Belmont Ave area... I found a super rare copy of a pink floyd bootleg on CD at a used record shop there years ago.. "Meddle: Limited Edition Trance Remix" I love Giordano's pizza. Wish we had good stuffed pizza here in NC! Rick ~~~

Re: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Cameron Childress
If you are into architecture at all, there is a great River Boat Tour where they take you all around Chicago by boat and tell you all about the skyscrapers, who built them, the style and history of each one. It's very interesting. -Cameron On 6/15/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'

Re: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Deanna Schneider
On 6/15/07, Gruss Gott wrote: > Beyond that I never seem to make it past shopping and eating. I'm > more Magnificent Mile than museum, I guess. > Funny, I never seem to make it to the Magnificent Mile. I'm more of a roaming the neighborhoods girl, myself. We have family there, so we're usually

Re: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Gruss Gott
> Jim wrote: > I was only in Chicago once, but my big regret was not seeing the Field > Museum. Put it at the top of the list! > I should get around to that. I did eat at the Aquarium once (a hosted catered dinner) and it seemed super cool, but I didn't tour. By the Field Museum is the Hyde Par

Re: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Gruss Gott
> Deanna wrote: > What sorts of things do you like? There's tons to do in Chicago. What she said. If you like wine there's a very reasonable, very accessible (not stuffy, no pretentions) wine bar/shop/restaurant called Bin 36: http://www.bin36.com/index.php My favorite place for hotdogs downtown

RE: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 8:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Going to Chicago > > I'll be in Indianapolis for a wedding July 7 and in the Chicago area > the next week. My wife informe

Re: Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Deanna Schneider
What sorts of things do you like? There's tons to do in Chicago. Do you like tapas? Last time we were there we went to a fun tapas place. It's loud, but really yummy. It's called Cafe Iberico, and it's downtown, but not "impossible to park" downtown: http://www.cafeiberico.com/ The patatas bravas

Going to Chicago

2007-06-15 Thread Russel Madere
I'll be in Indianapolis for a wedding July 7 and in the Chicago area the next week. My wife informed me that we WILL be going to Gino's for pizza one night and my father in law wants to go to the Elks Veterans' Memorial. Beyond that and a few visits to Elks lodges, I'm kind of open. Can any