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Day One(Wednesday)
My parents, girlfriend Amanda, and I left from Western PA for the city of Chicago Illonois at about 6 am. We stopped at a McDonald's in Wheeling WV at around 8:30 just for a quick bite and coffee. The trip got kind of boring, so I just sort of fell asleep and woke up around 4 when we were nearly entering Illonois. Wow, that saved me from a boring trip! But I was wrong. We still had nearly 3 1/2 hours of road ahead of us. Me and Amanda didn't have to be bored though, we had VH1's top 100 rock songs ever and a few classic Beatle's albums such as Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Abbey Road to keep us entertained. We arrived at out Hampton Inn 10 minutes away from the North Side of Chicago around 8 and just crashed in our room. Me and Amanda went down to eat at Ruby Tuesday's which was connected to our hotel and called it a night.
Day 2(Thursday)
We woke up around 9 because my cousin April who lives in Chicago was going to meet us at the hotel and take us to the baseball game that day between the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves. She met us at the hotel around 9:45, and took us for breakfast to the Cheesecake Factory for some deliscious Cheesecake. I got the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and it was awesome.
Gates for the Baseball Game opened at 11, so we headed down to Wrigley Field on the North Side. We stopped at a souveneir Stand outside of the stadium, and I purchased a Mark Prior jersey, and Amanda got a Kerry Wood Jersey. Both of us are HUGE baseball fans, so this first time to Wrigley was great for us. Before the game, we stood by the railing next to the field. We many autographs, they included: Mark Prior, Gary Sheffield, Moises Alou, John Smoltz, Mike Remlinger, Mike Hampton, Kevin Grybowski, Jose Hernandez, Cub's manager Dusty Baker, Lenny Harris, and Marcus Giles(my favorite player). The game was very fun, and I caught a Vinny Castilla homerun! And it was the first time I got to see the legendary Greg Maddux pitch. Overall a very fun game, even though the Cubs lost.
After the game, April took us to an Irish Pub near the field named Cullen's. Very good food. I got Buffalo Wings.
April then took us to the Chicago Aquarium right on the shore. That place was deserted. But it was probably the neatest Aquarium I've ever seen.
She drove us around after that showing us different things in the city, including the fountain in the opening credits of Married with Children.
She went with us to dinner at Famous Dave's Barbecue around 9, and after that, we were spent. Time to go back to the hotel and swim in the pool for awhile, then we went to bed.
End of Part One
Day 3(Friday) will be about the trip to Six Flags Great America. I will tell you guys about that tomorrow night. And Wednesday I will be going to Sandcastle Water Park in Pittsburgh with my church Youth Hroup, so that will be up soon as well. Good night from Chicago!
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Life is Short, get one
lata, jeremy
--who still thinks there is no food like Chicago food...
I agree with Jeremy, I live for Chicago-style hot dogs and pizza. I had Geno's last time I was there and nearly died of ecstasy.
I believe that fountain is called Buckingham Fountain.
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
P.S. It's also the John G. Shedd Aquarium
lata, jeremy
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My current favorite home video game!
Maybe they used Mapquest. ;)
Edit: Jeremy - I don't know. It still shouldn't take three hours to get from the state line to the North Side, even in rush hour.
*** This post was edited by chris 7/15/2003 10:31:55 AM ***
Why didn't you have any "real" Chicago food like deep dish pizza, hot dogs, or my personal favorite, Garret popcorn. That stuff is unbelievable.
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Two Points Amusement Park
http://games.coasterbuzz.com/filedetail.aspx?GameFileID=3433
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My current favorite home video game!
Hey, he did go to Cullen's - which is a yuppie bar, but the only non-chain restaurant mentioned in the TR so give the man some credit!
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Kennywood Park, America's finest traditional amusement park.
Track Record: 60 coasters at 17 parks.
Top Thrill Magster said:
I agree with 2H. The Hampton Inn described (and the telling dinners at Ruby Tuesday and Cheesecake Factory) is making me think "Skokie." That's not just coming up towards O'Hare, that's splitting off onto the Edens during rush hour and dealing with that mess.Hey, he did go to Cullen's - which is a yuppie bar, but the only non-chain restaurant mentioned in the TR so give the man some credit!
Skokie definitely sounds like a possibility, but he shouldn't have hit the Edens until later that night, so there shouldn't have been that much traffic.
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Two Points Amusement Park
http://games.coasterbuzz.com/filedetail.aspx?GameFileID=3433
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