U.S. Midwest- Open Discussion

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   maryb2004 on August 29, 2006 at 2:21 pm

   At long last, here’s the information for the Midwest Meetup:

   Midwest Meetup
   October 7, 2006
   Chicago, Illinois

   CAF CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE RIVER CRUISE
   10:30 A.M.

   Meet at 10:30 at the SE corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge and Wacker under the blue awning.  This event costs $27.00 and you need to buy your own tickets.  Advance purchase is recommended. The River Cruise starts at 11:00 and lasts 90 minutes.

   PICNIC IN MILLENIUM PARK
   2:00 P.M.

   Meet at 2:00 p.m. at the Park Café.  Bring your own picnic or you can purchase a “picnic bag to go” at the Park Café.  

   If you have ideas about the picnic portion, please post them here. If rain is predicted we’ll skip the picnic and meet for lunch somewhere – probably the Park Grill next to the Park Café. We should have a better idea about the weather that week so we can alert everyone to the plan.

   A number of us are going to arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday.  Ideas about what to do with the rest of our time are welcome. Once we have hotels settled we’ll post that information.  

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     supersoling on August 31, 2006 at 1:03 am

     Hello Mary,
     Who”s commited to this meetup so far? If you don’t mind me asking {:o)

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       AndiF on August 31, 2006 at 12:16 pm

       Mary, me and Jim, Second Nature

       Probably: IVG, Cabin Girl

       Maybes: Kidspeak, some folks from Minneapolis, olivia

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         supersoling on August 31, 2006 at 12:28 pm

         Thanks Andi.
         Can you hear the gears turning in my head? :o)

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           AndiF on August 31, 2006 at 12:39 pm

           I’m hoping they are turning all the way to Chicago. 🙂

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         Teach313 on September 12, 2006 at 10:33 pm

         I’ll try to make it. I’ll know more in few weeks.

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           AndiF on September 13, 2006 at 6:07 am

           It would be great to meet you. Hopefully the tentative settlement will be a good one and life will be back to as normal as it gets these days.

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           Teach313 on September 14, 2006 at 9:52 pm

           Who knows. The whole thing has left me drained. We didn’t getaway at all this summer. Chicago would be fun. We’ll try to make it.

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     ejmw on September 12, 2006 at 9:15 pm

     That.  Just.  Might.  Work.

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       AndiF on September 13, 2006 at 6:05 am

       That would be excellent! The cheapest hotel we’ve found downtown is the Congress. You can get better rates, though, if you stay out near O’Hare or Midway and then take the train. Of course, if you’re driving in you can stay anywhere and just drive in.

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   Teach313 on September 18, 2006 at 8:06 pm

   Kidspeak ordered 2 tickets for the building-by-boat-tour, so we are definitely coming. We’ll drive from Detroit on Friday night, so we’ll be arriving late. We’ll meet you at the dock on Saturday. Looking forward to it! Let’s see, a hotel would be nice. I better to work on that.

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   poemless on October 2, 2006 at 6:25 pm

   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/2/175359/571

   Date:  October 8, 2006
   Time:  5:00 pm
   Place:  Blue Agave, raised level (this has been reserved — here’s a link with some more info about the place, including map/directions)
   Address:  just off intersection of State and Maple.
   (Not to complicate, but two addresses are given since it’s an intersection)
   1 West Maple Street, Chicago IL, 60610
   1050 N. State Street, Chicago IL, 60610

   Blue Agave phone:  312.335.8900

   In case you are still in town and lookin’ for something to do.

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   maryb2004 on October 3, 2006 at 10:50 pm

   The weather in Chicago is supposed to be OK on Saturday so we’ll picnic.  To order a picnic lunch from the Park Cafe call 312-521-7276

   There is a $15 picnic and a $20 picnic.  Or you can bring your own.