Greetings from Chicago
John Trish and Brian drove to Chicago on a short
baseball stadium tour. They arrived on Tuesday after an all night
drive split nicely by the three. Staying at the Hard Rock in
downtown Chicago, they were centrally located and got in some nice
sight-seeing. The downtown skyline is magnificent, as well as the
great lake, river walk and Grant Park where they listened to the
Philharmonic play. |
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What would Wednesday night be without volleyball for
the Sica's? they tracked down a Chicago league and tried to
recruit new players. |
| Trish and John went down to have a drink in the Hard
Rock Hotel bar but it was too fancy for them. So they took a walk
in search of a beer and stumbled upon the House of Blues. the
atmosphere inside was awesome, what we expected from the Hard Rock and
didn't get. We got some great spinach/artichoke dip and a few
beers. The music in the place was great but it was too early for
live music. |
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| It was a beautiful sunny day so a walk along
the lake with some funnel cake was in order. |
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Riverwalk is still in the developmental stage but has
great potential. |
| Grant Park is like a botanical garden,
beautiful flowers surrounded by the great skyline |
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Some interesting architecture including this
boardwalk. |
| O'Brien's in the Riverwalk. |
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| Cubs Game - Cubs win 12-0 and Wrigley crowd went
wild. It was great to see the old stadium and the faithful crowd.
We took the subway there, the red line which was fun. the
atmosphere around the stadium was exciting and they had some great
shirts dissing the White Sox, the Packers, the Brewers and anyone else
they hate. |
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A bar we went to before the game. the
people were great fun, let's hope tomorrow when we see the Yankees vs.
White sox they like us. |
We were supposed to go up on this rooftop but we couldn't find the owner
who was a friend of a friend of a friend, Tom Daglisch. |
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