July 7, 2009
I went to Chicago for the 4th of July weekend and had a blast! We, Tassia, Andres, and I, drove from Bloomington up to Chi-town and made it in about 5 hours with traffic/construction. We made it to our hostel --which was located in downtown and one block away from Grant Park. Such a great location and great price!!!! We went to the Taste of Chicago and spent most of our day there on Friday. Then we watched the Fireworks in Grant Park -- SPECTACULAR! I'll post a video later of the show. On Saturday, we decided we would go to a Cubs game -- Cubs vs. Brewers. We browsed the different vendors and bought ourselves some Cubs gear to conform to the norm. Too bad it started raining and the Cubs did not do well at all. LOL. Wrigley field is small compared to what I'm used to in Arlington -- GO RANGERS!
After the game -- we went to the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum ---wow. Just wow! I do have to say that although I was impressed by the Shedd Aquarium, the New England Aquarium was better (in its own way). We did see Pole to Pole (part of Planet Earth) in 4D. Pretty fun! Later that evening, we grabbed some delicious cheesecake from the Taste. Andres and I then went to see "America All Better" at The Second City. This is where Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, Alan Arkin, Chris Farley, Stephen Colbert, and Amy Poelhar (sp?) started!!!! The show was hilarious! They made a lot of jabs at Americans in general, some at Texas, a lot of fun poked at Indiana and Gary, IN. Race issues, classism, you name it -- it was covered! Got back to the hosttel at around 2:30 AM. Then drove back to Bloomington early in the morning. Made it just in time for a nap before our weekly 7PM housekeeping meeting with the entire student body (of the Groups program).
Still exhauted, but incredibly happy that I was able to go to Chi-town for a weekend, especially that of the 4th of July!
I know we didn't do the Magnificent Mile, didn't wait in line for an hour to get some of Garrett's Popcorn, go to Navy Pier, or the Sear's tower. I'm saving all of that for March when I go to NASPA. :) tee hee.
Until next time,
Cleds
P.S. I got a phone call from a friend I haven't talked to in a long, long time. It's good to hear from people. Call me ---- anyone!
I went to Chicago for the 4th of July weekend and had a blast! We, Tassia, Andres, and I, drove from Bloomington up to Chi-town and made it in about 5 hours with traffic/construction. We made it to our hostel --which was located in downtown and one block away from Grant Park. Such a great location and great price!!!! We went to the Taste of Chicago and spent most of our day there on Friday. Then we watched the Fireworks in Grant Park -- SPECTACULAR! I'll post a video later of the show. On Saturday, we decided we would go to a Cubs game -- Cubs vs. Brewers. We browsed the different vendors and bought ourselves some Cubs gear to conform to the norm. Too bad it started raining and the Cubs did not do well at all. LOL. Wrigley field is small compared to what I'm used to in Arlington -- GO RANGERS!
After the game -- we went to the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum ---wow. Just wow! I do have to say that although I was impressed by the Shedd Aquarium, the New England Aquarium was better (in its own way). We did see Pole to Pole (part of Planet Earth) in 4D. Pretty fun! Later that evening, we grabbed some delicious cheesecake from the Taste. Andres and I then went to see "America All Better" at The Second City. This is where Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, Alan Arkin, Chris Farley, Stephen Colbert, and Amy Poelhar (sp?) started!!!! The show was hilarious! They made a lot of jabs at Americans in general, some at Texas, a lot of fun poked at Indiana and Gary, IN. Race issues, classism, you name it -- it was covered! Got back to the hosttel at around 2:30 AM. Then drove back to Bloomington early in the morning. Made it just in time for a nap before our weekly 7PM housekeeping meeting with the entire student body (of the Groups program).
Still exhauted, but incredibly happy that I was able to go to Chi-town for a weekend, especially that of the 4th of July!
I know we didn't do the Magnificent Mile, didn't wait in line for an hour to get some of Garrett's Popcorn, go to Navy Pier, or the Sear's tower. I'm saving all of that for March when I go to NASPA. :) tee hee.
Until next time,
Cleds
P.S. I got a phone call from a friend I haven't talked to in a long, long time. It's good to hear from people. Call me ---- anyone!
