The boat tours are pretty awesome. -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 9:01 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Hello Chicago
Good info. I've been to Chicago a few times, I think the last time was MAX 07. We're gonna do the architectural boat tour (while looking out for the DMB tour van), and we're heading to a (Brit) friend's place to watch some USA/ENG World Cup action today. Might add some museums to the possibility list. I won't be here next weekend, but I do appreciate the invitation. -Cameron On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Depending on how long you are here, there are a lot of cool places to go in > the city. If you are staying in the downtown area, cabs are ok and not too > expensive, but you can also purchase weekend passes and multi-day passes for > the CTA and that is really cheap....you can get just about anywhere via CTA > (busses and trains) in the city and some of the collar suburbs (the passes > are available at the RTA headquarters on Jackson or at the big train > stations, like Union Station (there are 4 of them downtown with trains going > as far north as Kenosha, WI and east to South Bend, IN and about 40 miles > out to the south and west). Right in the downtown area, you have the Museum > Campus with the Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum of Natural History, and the > Adler Planetarium. A bit further south is the Museum of Science and > Industry. Definite must sees. If you are an Art fan, the Art Institute is > one of the premier art museums in the world so I am told (not an art fan > *grin*). There also tons of smaller Museums/Cultural centers around the > city. Food wise, you get to pick from just about any food in the world in > Chicago...it's one of my favorite aspects of the city. > > Going out to the burbs is a bit difficult without a car (if you want to do > that, renting a car would be advisable). A good exception is Brookfield > Zoo...which I highly recommend. You can take the Metra Trains (Burlington > Northern/Santa Fe line) from Union Station to the "Zoo Stop" in Berwyn and > the Zoo is a short walk from there. Public transportation sucks in the > suburbs and gets worse as you go further west. > > If you are here next weekend, we are having a bonfire and house warming > party and you are welcome to attend (if you don't mind hanging out with a > bunch of heathens). You can take the train out to Lisle and we can pick you > up at the station, which isn't far from my house. > > If you have any questions, feel free to ask. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:11 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Hello Chicago > > > Dear Chicago- > > Great to be back to visit. Hey what was that parade this morning all > about? Sorry I missed it. Boy your buildings are tall. Anyone on > the lis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
