Midwest Bashment ..

[Sinco01]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bink</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Sinco, Berghoffs still there? Giordanos for pizza?

so many memories ... while i cannot plan on a week or something, i am signing up for a short stay.

i know i will be bummed by the fact that Marshall Fields is no longer there. Macy ......

i checked flight costs tonite for the 4th weekend ... not bad from the left coast.

laurel, nanook, jaith, sandra ... you all can make it work. </div></div>


Berghoffs sold out ..
Giordanos is still around .. still taste good too ..

[Sinco01]

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Come on ..
and give your times ..

my next step is to finalise a date ..

which may be the July 4th w/e ..

step up ..
let your voice be heard ...

[Bink - the Only]

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hi, sinco

i am fine with the 4th of July weekend.

but, i want to wait to hear what others have to say. i understand the concept of family stuff.

i am actually open for a long weekend anytime in july or august.

[Nanook]

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Sounds like fun but I could never go that far away from home during that time.

[Laurel]

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my other one family thing is not 'dated' yet ... so - I am pretty much open ... for me now - only June 12 - 14 N/A -

I mentioned this to Jaith the other day ... BIG MAYBE ....

so - we will see??

[Sinco01]

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good ..
hope others would like to comment on .. explain why .. or help pick a date

hope to have the date finalized in a couple of weeks ..

[applepie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sinco01</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
good ..
hope others would like to comment on .. explain why .. or help pick a date

hope to have the date finalized in a couple of weeks .. </div></div>

never been to the windy city.........July 4 weekend might be expensive for travelling though.

[Sinco01]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: applepie</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sinco01</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
good ..
hope others would like to comment on .. explain why .. or help pick a date

hope to have the date finalized in a couple of weeks .. </div></div>

never been to the windy city.........July 4 weekend might be expensive for travelling though. </div></div>


what would be a good date for you ???
we are trying to finalize a summer date ..

[Daoud4]

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sounds like fun, though I wouldn't travel during 4 july weekend.


Sinco, have you ever been to the Westchester New York Bashment you sound familiar?

[Sinco01]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TeeTee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">sounds like fun, though I wouldn't travel during 4 july weekend.


Sinco, have you ever been to the Westchester New York Bashment you sound familiar? </div></div>

yes .. TT

..

I was at BND

[Sinco01]

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ok .. all
i'll leave this here a while longer to see if anyone else wants to comment ..

then i'll try to put something together for ..
Dates ..
timetable ..
agenda ..
ect..

[Daoud4]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sinco01</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TeeTee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">sounds like fun, though I wouldn't travel during 4 july weekend.


Sinco, have you ever been to the Westchester New York Bashment you sound familiar? </div></div>

yes .. TT

..

I was at BND </div></div>

I thought so, I couldn't forget....ur very sweet guy.

[KgnJa69]

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*Bump* Mi noh want fi figet dis... if it get too far dung mi wi figet ie.

So, it a look like July 4th a win out still! Tight, but mi still woulda love fi pass thru. Maybe wi can arrange fi go pan di Oprah show while wi decend pan Chi Town (((((Xman)))) mek di call noh!

[Sinco01]

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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #33CCFF"><span style="font-size: 17pt">Bashment in Chicago ..</span></span></span>

ok all ..
it looks the w/e of Jul 4th ..

Fri Jul 3rd
Sat Jul 4th
Sun Jul 5th

Chicago has all attractions and accommodations ..
I've included a list of some of the attractions below ..


link ...

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="color: #CC0000">Art Institute admission hiked to $18
ADMISSION JUMPS 50% </span>| Less than three years ago, entry was free</span></span>
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March 11, 2009
BY DAVE NEWBART Staff Reporter/[email protected]

Like Edvard Munch's famous work now featured at the Art Institute of Chicago, the museum's new admission fees might make you want to scream.

The Chicago Park District Board approved a 50 percent increase in the admission price -- from $12 to $18 -- at its meeting today. Under the plan, students and seniors will see prices rise from $7 to $12, a 71 percent increase.
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In May, the Art Institute's admission fee will rise to $18 for adults after the Park District Board approved the increase today.
(Brian Jackson/Sun-Times)


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The Art Institute is the first museum to ask the Chicago Park District to approve an admission hike this year. The Field Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art raised prices in December. Other museum rates:

<span style="font-weight: bold">SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: Adults $12, Seniors/Students $11, Children $8.50

FIELD: Adults $13, Seniors $11, Children $9

SHEDD AQUARIUM:* Adults $12, Seniors and Children $9

ADLER PLANETARIUM: Adults $8, Children $5

CONTEMPORARY ART: Adults $12, Students and seniors $7, Children under 12 free</span>

(Rates are for city residents and generally do not include special exhibits, which can increase the cost substantially.)

*Does not include Oceanarium, which is under renovation

&quot;This will be ripping off students at a really difficult time,'' Mike Skrobin, an art student at Moraine Valley Community College, said as he left the museum Tuesday. &quot;They should make it free.''

<span style="font-weight: bold">Less than three years ago, it was free to enter the Art Institute,</span> although the museum did ask visitors make a &quot;suggested'' donation.

The hike will go into effect after the museum's new Modern Wing opens in May.

The Park District's board approved the hike this morning. If the full board — meeting at 4 today — approves it also, it would go into effect after the museum's new Modern Wing opens in May. The $280 million, 264,000-square-foot addition designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano will increase exhibition space by 30 percent, making it the second-largest art museum in the U.S.

&quot;The Art Institute is a world-class museum with rising expenses like any other entity,'' said Park District spokeswoman Jessica Maxey-Faulkner. &quot;With the number of free days that they have, it still remains accessible to the citizens of Chicago.'' One-fifth of the museum's nearly 1.4 million visitors last year came during free hours, which include Thursday nights year-round, Friday nights during the summer and every day during the month of February.

However, city residents who come during the bulk of the museum's operating hours pay the same as suburbanites or tourists -- unlike at other city museums.

That frustrates Joe Marnen of Lincoln Park, who said, &quot;I wouldn't pay nearly $20 to see this. I think it would make people not want to come here as much.''

Friends of the Parks president Erma Tranter said she didn't know why the institute was raising rates, but noted, &quot;These institutions have significant challenges right now.'' Still, she said she would like to see special rates for families and more free passes available from city libraries because such passes currently are very difficult to get.

In addition to its location on park land in the heart of Grant Park, the Art Institute received $6.6 million from the Park District last year. But a museum spokeswoman refused comment until after today's Park District board meeting.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Accommodations cover the gauntlet ..
from top price 5 star hotelss
to motels with daily rates ..

Plus firewoks ..
taste of Chicago ..
some beach time ..
playing games . &amp; music ..
dinner at a reasonable Jamaican restaurant .. <span style="font-weight: bold">(if so desired)</span>
pizza
ribs ..
italian beef ..


lots to do eat see and partake in ..

so get your dates ready ..
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[Sinco01]

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