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I am planning to arrive Saturday evening and do some sightseeing/tourist stuff.
I will have Sat. evening and 1/2-2/3 of the day Sunday free.

What should I see/do/visit?

"Must sees"?
"Must do's"?

I will have my D50 and would like to snap some pictures.
I will be in the Civic so theft is 'somewhat' lower than if I was in a ITR.

I will need to swing by Midway Sunday afternoon.
Good/cheap/safe places to stay Saturday night? (downtown/burbs?)

Thanks,
Willis:|

Scott was a great tour guide!

Plenty of great places to eat, that's about all I know.

-Giordano's pizza
-Ed Devic's

you'll have to wait in a long line and the drink prices will make you cry, but the view from the 95th/96th floor of the
hancock tower is pretty amazing...

Thoughts?

City Pass:
Sounds like a good deal... if I have time to take in attractions...
http://www.citypass.com/city/chicago.ht ... d=wCDZCC2L

Sears Tower:
http://www.citypass.com/attraction/searstower.html

John Hancock Observatory:
http://www.citypass.com/attraction/hancock.html

both are cool. Hancock has a better view IMO, but Sears tower is up higher. Hancock is a bit more accessible also. Loads of places to eat. Giordano's FTW! Same goes for Fogo De Chow, but that is major money spent. But you get major amounts of meat.

Navy Pier is kind of neat and the aquarium is awesome.

ye0...hit up Jay and Chris N. They will be great hosts Will.

Heaven on 7 (Cajun) , Superdawg (Amrican) ...... Maproom (drinking)

I think those were my highlights. Definitely the downtown loop is great place to visit as well.

Thanks for the information Jr.!

Looks like a new wing of the 'art institue' will open the weekend before the expo.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/modern_wing/index.html

Museum of Science & Industry<---FTW check out U-505!
Navy Pier
Aquarium
Clitz

Museum of Science and Industry was rad when I was a kid. I've heard it's much less so as an adult, but if you've never been you should definitely go regardless

Buckingham Fountain

Willard wrote:Buckingham Fountain

The Lamborgini dealership just off of Michigan Ave downtown is pretty cool too, whether you like the cars or not, the actual building/showroom itself is awesome!

There is a afternoon Cubs game on Sat and Sun... Thinking about going to one of those..

hrmm... nebber been to a MLB game.

Sun (May 17th) at 1:20pm
"best available" = section 138/row 3/seat 105 $60
Cheap seats $20

I've been to a few Yankee home games... Good stuff if you got the right seats where they bring you beer and food
Also saw a few NFL games, very cool. but TV coverage is way better then in person.

looks like a b-ball game may happen.

Anybody been to Wrigley field?
How is parking/tickets/food/brews like?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field

Nice.. What day are you thinking about going??

Never been there and always wanted to go.. Almost went to the Hawks/Wings game there..

Sunday ~1:30pm game.

Pick up Nick Saturday night and Dan on Sunday at noonish (midway for both).

http://www.ballparkrooftops.com/
Neat option

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/ballpark/seating.jsp
seating chart

Ticket info:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/in ... m=5&y=2009
$50 = ouch
$20 = bling

May not have avaliable tickets.

tickets = purchased.

Any safe/cheap hotels in/near CHI?
I will be picking up 2 people from MDW (~8:00pm) and need a place to stay.
I will be in the Civic so theft is less of a worry :knocks on w00d:

Willard wrote:tickets = purchased.

Any safe/cheap hotels in/near CHI?
I will be picking up 2 people from MDW (~8:00pm) and need a place to stay.
I will be in the Civic so theft is less of a worry :knocks on w00d:

Where are you wanting to stay? In the city by everything or in the near burbs? You can always go somewhere along Evanston or Skokie and take the train to the game and such.

At this point, I probably know this city better than most others because my current job requires me to travel through it to different areas every single fuggin day, ha.

There are some decent deals to stay in downtown.

Hey will, ask Peter (00-0571). He showed me around Chi-town when i was there.

Obvious places to hit are Hancock Observatory, Sears Tower, and Navy Pier. i was at all 3 places. i also saw Viagra Triangle and the downtown area. There are a few car dealerships around the area. i also saw the area where they filmed the 2 more recent Batman films (Batman Begins and Dark Knight).

The biggest surprise though was the gas prices. Chicago has the highest gas prices anywhere even worse than California.

CW_ITR_00-xxx wrote:Hey will, ask Peter (00-0571). He showed me around Chi-town when i was there.

Obvious places to hit are Hancock Observatory, Sears Tower, and Navy Pier. i was at all 3 places. i also saw Viagra Triangle and the downtown area. There are a few car dealerships around the area. i also saw the area where they filmed the 2 more recent Batman films (Batman Begins and Dark Knight).

The biggest surprise though was the gas prices. Chicago has the highest gas prices anywhere even worse than California.

John, I think you got my username screwed up haha. It's 00Typer1071 , NOT 00-0571 haha