Chicago, hyenas!

[palsgraf_polka]

Ok! I am booked and ready to go to CHICAGO! I will be staying June 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th and flying out on the afternoon of the 7th.

I am planning a get together on Saturday June 5th. jblaque, iron_chef_gein and ygrii_blop are already coming. I would hope that nurzrachet could be convinced to come as well. Anyone else in the area, please come! I'd love to meet you! Maybe toohipanna or deliverer or charon52 or nova_42 can make the drive.

And ygrii_blop please e-mail me or reply to my Facebook message because I need to work some details out with you.

I'm so excited! I'm going to go to the Art Institute, have some great food, meet some great friends and experience a new part of the country. I can't wait.

Comments

[arthur-sc-king.livejournal.com]

W00t!

[iron-chef-gein.livejournal.com]

The most important thing to happen to Chicago since the 1968 Democratic Convention. But bloodier.

[jblaque.livejournal.com]

I'm counting on you to make it up here for dinner, Chef.

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

We should have a cookout at your house, Jon and have Chef bring some special meat for the occasion.

[iron-chef-gein.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Ygrii and I can find something special along the way ... Purdue cheerleaders are almost as good as bacon ...

[iron-chef-gein.livejournal.com]

I'll be there with tits on ... the top of my head.

[wobblerlorri.livejournal.com]

Damn you midwesterners and your damn midwesternish midwesternistism. All y'all living in the same area. Now I if I can only find a good reason to go to Chicago on June 5th..... hmmmmmmm....

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

Holy shit we'd LOVE to have you join us. Jet Blue was insanely cheap (round trip only $299) but I don't know if they fly out of your area.

[wobblerlorri.livejournal.com]

AirTran is $264 rt, plus I always upgrade at the gate to Business for $25...

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

Oh and in 2011 I want to do the South, so I do plan to come down there next year. I want to see you, and bebo_65 and cyberbertha again and other Southern folk.

[wobblerlorri.livejournal.com]

Where exactly in Chicago would this get together be taking place? Because I can look at packages through AARP (being old and dust-covered, you know) and probably get a decent hotel+flight package, arriving Friday pm, staying Sat, and going home Sun sometime.... dammit, I haven't gone anywhere fun in 2 years, I think I'm owed...

Where would you be staying? That would be cool to stay at the same hotel!! Or cheap motel or whatever...

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm staying at the Travelodge Chicago in downtown (and Chef and Ygrii probably too)- it's one block from the subway/El and near the museums. The address is 65 East Harrison. I can assume that we are gathering somewhere downtown or maybe somewhere jblaque likes, but if it's out of town we can force iron_chef_gein to take us in his car. But I would prefer somewhere downtown near our hotel so we can stmble drunkenly back to our rooms without having to drive.

That would be so awesome if you could come!

Ah, the tragedy of no longer having the Lincoln "Sin Strip"

[capybyra.livejournal.com]

Memories of trips where we wound up at The Acres... The Stars was a dump too roach infested even for me.. i wonder if any women were ever infected with "something" from the towels in those places..

[wobblerlorri.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm.... using Priceline, I can get a flight and 2 nights at the Travelodge for $554 total...

Add some for dining and what not, maybe I can swing it... I'll have to cogitate on this...

[palsgraf-polka.livejournal.com]

I hope you can - we can go do something together on Friday or Saturday during the day.