Fourth of July in Chicago

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Baby Jesus Jr		#21	[-]
Posts: 665 (06/29/09 12:27 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	You're under the assumption that there are Renaissance men here when, in fact, it's more like dirty water dogs, cheap beer and a Cubs game adventure to be had.
Zeep		#22	[-]
Posts: 9378 (06/29/09 12:34 PM) Psycho Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Oh yeah, Cubs are in town.
kf59		#23	[-]
Posts: 8377 (06/29/09 1:08 PM) Registered Abuser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Does Wrigley have a fireworks night or do they set them off during the day?
superguppie		#24	[-]
Posts: 26151 (06/29/09 1:18 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite
ColbyRulesAll		#25	[-]
Posts: 10306 (06/29/09 2:15 PM) Annoying sports freak Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	X Bilkis wrote: stop by the connie's tent at the taste of chicago between hours 10 am and 4 pm to see your favorite survivor sucks poster x bilkis I was there last Saturday around 3pm. You must have missed me.
Teeanday		#26	[-]
Posts: 3451 (06/29/09 5:16 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Zeep wrote: Go to the fireworks on the 3rd. Go see the new modern wing of the Art Institute. Go have a drink at the top of the Hancock Building--preferably right before sunset. (You'll overpay for the drink, but the views are great and you can skip the observation deck there and the Sears Tower.) Take an architecture tour. The Chicago Architecture Foundation gives the best ones. Look for other stuff going on here. wendella boat tours at the base of the wrigley tower (for tourists, thats the bright white one all lit up along the river) are cool and fairly cheap. Fireworks are on the third so all the 'burbanites can stay home on the fourth and do the local parade/fireworks thing.
Ramona Balboa		#27	[-]
Posts: 2877 (06/29/09 8:49 PM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Yeah, every suburb has one on the 4th. I always figured it was on the third so we'd have a holiday to sober up. Btw, a million people will be in Grant Park on the 3rd. The fireworks are set to music, but you need a boom box to hear it over the radio unless you are actually in the band shell. It's usually the Army band and when they do the 1812 Overture, there's a howitzer. The old Comiskey had the exploding scoreboard. The Cell just ain't the same. t.ears Bill Veeck's original exploding scoreboard-- I can hear when the Sox hit a homerun from my apartment. ETA: oh yeah, if you have short people to entertain there's a big Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry and there are pirates at the Field Museum argh. Last Edited By: Ramona Balboa 06/29/09 8:57 PM. Edited 1 times.
WesternBulldogs1		#28	[-]
Posts: 5558 (06/29/09 9:00 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Come on out to the Eyes to the Skies Festival in my home suburb of Lisle. Or try Ribfest in Naperville. I might go to the Taste on Friday. Not sure. I'm going to the Cubs' Sunday game against the Brewers(and Thursday's game too).
X Bilkis		#29	[-]
Posts: 2776 (06/29/09 9:01 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	here's one thing you shouldn't do when visiting chicago: go to the suburbs
Beefcake		#30	[-]
Posts: 3475 (06/30/09 7:05 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Sadly, that's where I'll be going. But I assume we'll be going into the city for entertainment.
sadllama		#31	[-]
Posts: 6894 (06/30/09 7:53 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Ramona Balboa wrote: Yeah, every suburb has one on the 4th. I always figured it was on the third so we'd have a holiday to sober up. Btw, a million people will be in Grant Park on the 3rd. The fireworks are set to music, but you need a boom box to hear it over the radio unless you are actually in the band shell. It's usually the Army band and when they do the 1812 Overture, there's a howitzer. The old Comiskey had the exploding scoreboard. The Cell just ain't the same. t.ears Bill Veeck's original exploding scoreboard-- I can hear when the Sox hit a homerun from my apartment. ETA: oh yeah, if you have short people to entertain there's a big Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry and there are pirates at the Field Museum argh. Keep in mind that the Harry Potter exhibit is only at night and you'll have to venture through several of the ghettos on the south side to get to the MSI.
ColbyRulesAll		#32	[-]
Posts: 10311 (06/30/09 8:00 AM) Annoying sports freak Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	If you just drive down Lake Shore Drive south you don't really go through the ghetto.
Veelicious		#33	[-]
Posts: 5666 (06/30/09 8:21 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	sadllama wrote: Ramona Balboa wrote: Yeah, every suburb has one on the 4th. I always figured it was on the third so we'd have a holiday to sober up. Btw, a million people will be in Grant Park on the 3rd. The fireworks are set to music, but you need a boom box to hear it over the radio unless you are actually in the band shell. It's usually the Army band and when they do the 1812 Overture, there's a howitzer. The old Comiskey had the exploding scoreboard. The Cell just ain't the same. t.ears Bill Veeck's original exploding scoreboard-- I can hear when the Sox hit a homerun from my apartment. ETA: oh yeah, if you have short people to entertain there's a big Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry and there are pirates at the Field Museum argh. Keep in mind that the Harry Potter exhibit is only at night and you'll have to venture through several of the ghettos on the south side to get to the MSI. No you don't. Take the expressway and the outer drive.
bendnkrack		#34	[-]
Posts: 679 (06/30/09 8:24 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Best 4th of July ever. You get to see what a million people looks like up close.
ColbyRulesAll		#35	[-]
Posts: 10313 (06/30/09 9:10 AM) Annoying sports freak Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Vee I think I just said that right before you.
X Bilkis		#36	[-]
Posts: 2777 (06/30/09 1:20 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	also msi is like 5500 south isn't it? even if you don't take lake shore drive you have to deal with like two minutes of less-than-optimal neighborhoods before you end up in hyde park. also, it's not like someone is going to jump you for your car no matter where you are. plus you can just take the bus ~
Teeanday		#37	[-]
Posts: 3452 (06/30/09 4:20 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	luv luv luv the new home for the U505 msi also has the best IMAX system, they use the inside of one of the domes so the screen literally fills your peripheral vision, it's like being in the screen!
Ramona Balboa		#38	[-]
Posts: 2878 (06/30/09 5:09 PM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	sadllama wrote: Keep in mind that the Harry Potter exhibit is only at night and you'll have to venture through several of the ghettos on the south side to get to the MSI. No--Harry Potter is open during regular museum hours AND has special evening hours. Take Lake Shore Drive. The only suboptimal parts near the drive are the future home of the Olympic Village.

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