I had no idea Chicago had good Mexican food. Would not have guessed! I'll have to check it out next time. And Thai!
River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems. Mal: See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.
'Safe'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Polter-Cow - Mar 30, 2009 11:40:57 am PDT #837 of 12685
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Typo Boy - Mar 30, 2009 12:34:42 pm PDT #838 of 12685
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Does Chicago really no longer have fabulous deep dish and hot dogs? I'm unlikely to be there in the forseeable future, and Thai, Mexica and so on are great, but it seems a shame to visit Chicago and not get at least a really good Polish sausage.
Kathy A - Mar 30, 2009 12:58:43 pm PDT #839 of 12685
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, we still do have all that!! It's just that I like to highlight the stuff we have here that's great that non-natives might not know about. With all the Med and Thai corner places, the hotdog/beef joints outnumber them by a vast margin.
If you get the chance, see the Anthony Bourdain No Reservations show that was about Chicago--it was on a few months ago. One of the places he went to was Fat Johnnie's on the South Side where he had a Mother-in-Law, a tamale with chili on a bun (the tamale is the Chicago-style ones in a "corn roll," not the more traditional Mexican tamale).
meara - Mar 30, 2009 1:29:19 pm PDT #840 of 12685
FYI--am seeing the Crowne Plaza tomorrow, and the Hotel Monaco Thursday. Interestingly, the lady at the Hotel Monaco sounded like she might be willing to bargain on the price of the hotel rooms...
megan walker - Mar 30, 2009 1:35:19 pm PDT #841 of 12685
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Interestingly, the lady at the Hotel Monaco sounded like she might be willing to bargain on the price of the hotel rooms...
Oooh. I like the sound of that. That one looked so purty.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 30, 2009 2:35:12 pm PDT #842 of 12685
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If you're staying near Michigan Avenue (or travel there to see Millenium Park) be sure to stop in at The Gage Restaurant. I had the best hamburger of my life at that place, and have had to talk myself out of driving to Chicago just to buy another one on a couple of occasions.
brenda m - Mar 30, 2009 5:13:14 pm PDT #843 of 12685
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'll second that. Nom.
Laga - Mar 31, 2009 10:14:28 am PDT #844 of 12685
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If you want to do a Chicago Architecture Foundation river tour, call early. They fill up fast.
omnis_audis - Mar 31, 2009 1:01:44 pm PDT #845 of 12685
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
It seems I must take nearly 2 weeks of vacation time from May 18th to end of July. Thankfully F2F falls in those dates. That's one more hurdle cleared. Now I just gotta pay off the credit cards so I can afford the trip. Eeek!
meara - Mar 31, 2009 2:48:41 pm PDT #846 of 12685
OK, Pete and I checked out the Crowne Plaza today, and were pleasantly surprised!!
The basic rooms are really nice (decently sized, nice not gross comforters). Internet is $10/day, though.
The room that would/could be the hospitality suite? Super! ($300/day) (She showed us two, but we thought the second one would be way better). It's off next to...the bar (which is next to the restaurant). :) They could haul up some furniture to put in it, and we'd have it all the time. I'm a little wary--she was kinda saying we could bring in some food (like bags of chips/nuts she mentioned?) but would want to cater real food? I'm suspecting we could probably do OK though, as long as we didn't really have a buffet sitting out or anything.
And there's two options for Prom--one of the standard hotel ballroom area place, v. basic. OR, having it in a tented area on their outdoor patio (tented just in case of rain--if it's warm, the sides roll up, if it's cold out the sides roll down and they have heater things). That seemed like it would be a pretty neat option to me. (Free with $2000 food/drink minimum total)
They also seemed a little desperate, so she's going to "consider" things, and email me and Juliana with some final prices (and food options).
Definitely a possibility, but Pete and I both think we shall reserve judgment until we've seen the Hotel Monaco on Thursday, and can really compare TOTAL prices across the board.