normiss 905 #1 September 24, 2007 ok...back for the final meet...sounds VERY positive at this point...I'm getting "hints" from them that will offer me the jobbie job...just in time for winter! I'll be there Friday through Sunday, I'm looking for a cheap hotel near Midway, and any ideas for a "look around" on Saturday and Sunday via the El/Metra/CTA. Any ideas??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites warpedskydiver 0 #2 September 24, 2007 Yeah live in the suburbs unless you want to exist in a socialistic area. HINT HINT Living within the city limits of Chicago sucks ass. If you decide to live in a suburb and it is in Crook County, make sure it is a home rule town. all you need, is to be near a train, or resonable route to work. BTW the Buses suck ass. The El can really suck as well. You can always live with John Kallend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RALFFERS 0 #3 September 24, 2007 Taking the bus or train may suck at times, but regardless, Chicago has the best public transportation system in the country; or at least is among the bestDialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #4 September 24, 2007 Start stocking up on winter parka's! No rental car? I barely know my way around Chicago but I'd recommend getting in a car and heading to the local DZ's just to see if you like them. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites normiss 905 #5 September 24, 2007 at the risk of getting flamed....that isn't a priority on this trip...and I know there are two very close by, surely I will like at least one of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rick 67 #6 September 24, 2007 Quote at the risk of getting flamed....that isn't a priority on this trip...and I know there are two very close by, surely I will like at least one of them. ----------------------------------------------------------- but will they like youYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #7 September 24, 2007 Quote but will they like you You have a good point. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites normiss 905 #8 September 24, 2007 everybody likes...well maybe not everyone...oh fuck all you people! hey Rick...lunch sometime this week? I'm in the office complex behind you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #9 September 24, 2007 Quote hey Rick...lunch sometime this week? I'm in the office complex behind you! Fine, I see how it is. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites warpedskydiver 0 #10 September 24, 2007 SDC may not be what he is used to, it is really really nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites normiss 905 #11 September 24, 2007 well then drive your pretty ass down to Longwood and meet us! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rick 67 #12 September 24, 2007 Quote everybody likes...well maybe not everyone...oh fuck all you people! hey Rick...lunch sometime this week? I'm in the office complex behind you! ------------------------------------------------------------ I am in town all week just let me know what day is good for youYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pirana 0 #13 September 24, 2007 Haven't lived there for quite some time, but the one thing I would urge is that if you are downtown at any point during your trip; stop in at Gino's East for pizza. Best in the world. It's worth a trip downtown in itself. So are the Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Art Institute, Oriental Institute, and Field Museum. Where to live is a matter of taste & style. The thing about suburbs is that they are so homogenous, they give very little hint at where you actually are. Every big city's suburbs are just like every other big city's suburbs. Some people like the sameness and predictability. I've always felt that when you visit a place, if you want to get to know it, then either head for the heart of the city or head for the boonies. The stuff in between is a cookie cutter landscape of fast food, strip malls, and bedroom communities. Dropped off in downtown NY, Chitown, SF, etc I would know where I was. Dropped off in the suburbs, you would not be able to tell. I guess either way is OK, just depends on what you like. Anyway, if you live there, (and if your job affords it), it is a surprisingly liveable city; with the downtown area and some of the close in neighborhoods holding a lot of fun potential." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites marcandalysse 0 #14 September 24, 2007 normiss, I have mentioned already to you the below neighborhoods near easy CTA transportation as nice areas to live, maybe dz.com peeps from chicago could give second opinion. not sure about hotel near midway, that sounds kinda gross. hotels aren't cheap anywhere, so best to stay in a convenient area. For weekend, take cta train Howard Street direction(change train at howard street where the line turns into evanston line, on same platform) to evanston and walk around davis street station area and could stroll to dempster areas and get back on train there. I give highest recommendation to living in Evanston. Northwestern Univ campus on the lake is near davis st. Lots of green spaces and amazing houses.Check out the campus lakefront view of downtown chicago! Sat nite take the same cta trainline to either or both Fullerton or Belmont exits there is music and restaurants everywhere till late. Guaranteed good time. You could do that returning from Evanston. Those are ideas for neighborhoods to live by. Of course downtown chicago on a nice day is fun to wander, head up michigan ave etc. We love chicago....if it's nice weather! "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites marcandalysse 0 #15 September 24, 2007 Quote The thing about suburbs is that they are so homogenous, they give very little hint at where you actually are. Every big city's suburbs are just like every other big city's suburbs That is a bit of an exaggeration and simplification in regards to Metro Chicagoland area. True that many newer areas are the same as anywhere else in USA. Walmarts, Burger Kings, Home Depots, Olive Gardens, Best Buys everywhere. Chicago has plenty of homogenous areas indistinguishable from nearby suburbs' homogenous areas. I could drop you on a half dozen places ON THE SAME STREET large or small (like milwaukee ave, lincoln, addison, kostner, pulaski,western, montrose etc etc) and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference judging by the homes, apts, and stores if you were in the south part, west part, north part of the city or in a suburb. Sure there are neighborhood areas that stand out, but just take a plane into midway and you will see miles and miles of sameness on that grid! I do LOVE Chicago, its a place of beauty, fun, and power for me if that makes sense. "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites normiss 905 #16 September 24, 2007 we're staying at a B&B in the Belmont area....looks pretty interesting actually...and I'm thinking this trip will be a lot of time downtown mostly as Mary has never been to Chicago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites johndh1 0 #17 September 24, 2007 Downtown? Definitely go to P.J. Clarke's, and have the clam chowder. Also, have a meal or just a drink at the restaurant in the top of the John Hancock building - you get the view, and will pay the same to enter the observation deck a floor above (unless something has changed now).Roll Tide Roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites warpedskydiver 0 #18 September 24, 2007 Go to Stefani's for Italian http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=3700+N.+Clark&csz=Chicago%2C+IL+60613&Get+Map=Get+Map Hemma's Kitchen for Indian http://centerstage.net/restaurants/hemas-kitchen.html Gene & Georgetti's for steak, and it's been around since 1941 http://www.geneandgeorgetti.com/frame_home.html Or you can go to Il Vincenzo's on Western avenue, just don't try sitting at any tables with a reserve card on it if you know what I mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ryoder 1,590 #19 September 24, 2007 Quote ..and I'm thinking this trip will be a lot of time downtown mostly as Mary has never been to Chicago. I'm sure she will forgive you. At least you didn't take her there in January."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites normiss 905 #20 September 24, 2007 stoopid dead people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ok...seriously just kidding there...but...the Sr. VP had a death in the family and now we have to RESCHEDULE!!!! but...I'm gonna get another day outta this now! pain in my ass..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ryoder 1,590 #21 September 24, 2007 Quote stoopid dead people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ok...seriously just kidding there...but...the Sr. VP had a death in the family and now we have to RESCHEDULE!!!! but...I'm gonna get another day outta this now! pain in my ass..... Don't you understand? That is an omen to let you know you should take one of the other offers!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #22 September 25, 2007 Quote ok...seriously just kidding there...but...the Sr. VP had a death in the family and now we have to RESCHEDULE!!!! I heard that was the international secret code that Senior VP's use when they found someone else they want to interview. You're screwed. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites normiss 905 #23 September 25, 2007 sometimes...being screwed ain't so bad... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
warpedskydiver 0 #2 September 24, 2007 Yeah live in the suburbs unless you want to exist in a socialistic area. HINT HINT Living within the city limits of Chicago sucks ass. If you decide to live in a suburb and it is in Crook County, make sure it is a home rule town. all you need, is to be near a train, or resonable route to work. BTW the Buses suck ass. The El can really suck as well. You can always live with John Kallend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RALFFERS 0 #3 September 24, 2007 Taking the bus or train may suck at times, but regardless, Chicago has the best public transportation system in the country; or at least is among the bestDialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 September 24, 2007 Start stocking up on winter parka's! No rental car? I barely know my way around Chicago but I'd recommend getting in a car and heading to the local DZ's just to see if you like them. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 905 #5 September 24, 2007 at the risk of getting flamed....that isn't a priority on this trip...and I know there are two very close by, surely I will like at least one of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #6 September 24, 2007 Quote at the risk of getting flamed....that isn't a priority on this trip...and I know there are two very close by, surely I will like at least one of them. ----------------------------------------------------------- but will they like youYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #7 September 24, 2007 Quote but will they like you You have a good point. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 905 #8 September 24, 2007 everybody likes...well maybe not everyone...oh fuck all you people! hey Rick...lunch sometime this week? I'm in the office complex behind you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #9 September 24, 2007 Quote hey Rick...lunch sometime this week? I'm in the office complex behind you! Fine, I see how it is. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #10 September 24, 2007 SDC may not be what he is used to, it is really really nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 905 #11 September 24, 2007 well then drive your pretty ass down to Longwood and meet us! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #12 September 24, 2007 Quote everybody likes...well maybe not everyone...oh fuck all you people! hey Rick...lunch sometime this week? I'm in the office complex behind you! ------------------------------------------------------------ I am in town all week just let me know what day is good for youYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #13 September 24, 2007 Haven't lived there for quite some time, but the one thing I would urge is that if you are downtown at any point during your trip; stop in at Gino's East for pizza. Best in the world. It's worth a trip downtown in itself. So are the Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Art Institute, Oriental Institute, and Field Museum. Where to live is a matter of taste & style. The thing about suburbs is that they are so homogenous, they give very little hint at where you actually are. Every big city's suburbs are just like every other big city's suburbs. Some people like the sameness and predictability. I've always felt that when you visit a place, if you want to get to know it, then either head for the heart of the city or head for the boonies. The stuff in between is a cookie cutter landscape of fast food, strip malls, and bedroom communities. Dropped off in downtown NY, Chitown, SF, etc I would know where I was. Dropped off in the suburbs, you would not be able to tell. I guess either way is OK, just depends on what you like. Anyway, if you live there, (and if your job affords it), it is a surprisingly liveable city; with the downtown area and some of the close in neighborhoods holding a lot of fun potential." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #14 September 24, 2007 normiss, I have mentioned already to you the below neighborhoods near easy CTA transportation as nice areas to live, maybe dz.com peeps from chicago could give second opinion. not sure about hotel near midway, that sounds kinda gross. hotels aren't cheap anywhere, so best to stay in a convenient area. For weekend, take cta train Howard Street direction(change train at howard street where the line turns into evanston line, on same platform) to evanston and walk around davis street station area and could stroll to dempster areas and get back on train there. I give highest recommendation to living in Evanston. Northwestern Univ campus on the lake is near davis st. Lots of green spaces and amazing houses.Check out the campus lakefront view of downtown chicago! Sat nite take the same cta trainline to either or both Fullerton or Belmont exits there is music and restaurants everywhere till late. Guaranteed good time. You could do that returning from Evanston. Those are ideas for neighborhoods to live by. Of course downtown chicago on a nice day is fun to wander, head up michigan ave etc. We love chicago....if it's nice weather! "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #15 September 24, 2007 Quote The thing about suburbs is that they are so homogenous, they give very little hint at where you actually are. Every big city's suburbs are just like every other big city's suburbs That is a bit of an exaggeration and simplification in regards to Metro Chicagoland area. True that many newer areas are the same as anywhere else in USA. Walmarts, Burger Kings, Home Depots, Olive Gardens, Best Buys everywhere. Chicago has plenty of homogenous areas indistinguishable from nearby suburbs' homogenous areas. I could drop you on a half dozen places ON THE SAME STREET large or small (like milwaukee ave, lincoln, addison, kostner, pulaski,western, montrose etc etc) and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference judging by the homes, apts, and stores if you were in the south part, west part, north part of the city or in a suburb. Sure there are neighborhood areas that stand out, but just take a plane into midway and you will see miles and miles of sameness on that grid! I do LOVE Chicago, its a place of beauty, fun, and power for me if that makes sense. "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 905 #16 September 24, 2007 we're staying at a B&B in the Belmont area....looks pretty interesting actually...and I'm thinking this trip will be a lot of time downtown mostly as Mary has never been to Chicago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndh1 0 #17 September 24, 2007 Downtown? Definitely go to P.J. Clarke's, and have the clam chowder. Also, have a meal or just a drink at the restaurant in the top of the John Hancock building - you get the view, and will pay the same to enter the observation deck a floor above (unless something has changed now).Roll Tide Roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #18 September 24, 2007 Go to Stefani's for Italian http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=3700+N.+Clark&csz=Chicago%2C+IL+60613&Get+Map=Get+Map Hemma's Kitchen for Indian http://centerstage.net/restaurants/hemas-kitchen.html Gene & Georgetti's for steak, and it's been around since 1941 http://www.geneandgeorgetti.com/frame_home.html Or you can go to Il Vincenzo's on Western avenue, just don't try sitting at any tables with a reserve card on it if you know what I mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #19 September 24, 2007 Quote ..and I'm thinking this trip will be a lot of time downtown mostly as Mary has never been to Chicago. I'm sure she will forgive you. At least you didn't take her there in January."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 905 #20 September 24, 2007 stoopid dead people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ok...seriously just kidding there...but...the Sr. VP had a death in the family and now we have to RESCHEDULE!!!! but...I'm gonna get another day outta this now! pain in my ass..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #21 September 24, 2007 Quote stoopid dead people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ok...seriously just kidding there...but...the Sr. VP had a death in the family and now we have to RESCHEDULE!!!! but...I'm gonna get another day outta this now! pain in my ass..... Don't you understand? That is an omen to let you know you should take one of the other offers!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #22 September 25, 2007 Quote ok...seriously just kidding there...but...the Sr. VP had a death in the family and now we have to RESCHEDULE!!!! I heard that was the international secret code that Senior VP's use when they found someone else they want to interview. You're screwed. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 905 #23 September 25, 2007 sometimes...being screwed ain't so bad... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
