# ChiDope 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191 "2005-06-28T13:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/61 "2005-07-12T16:44:49Z")
I probably wouldn’t attend a beach activity but late-afternoon pizza sounds like fun. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/62 "2005-07-15T18:46:38Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/63 "2005-07-16T13:20:45Z")
Mild hijack - I’ll be at the Wicker Park festival on Saturday the 30th and that night I’ll be over @ Subterranean. Sunday’s unscheduled as yet. If any ChiDoper wants to catch up for a bevo or coffee, email me before the 29th, mm-kay? I’ll be driving and thusly will be mobile. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/64 "2005-07-18T13:51:59Z")
Don’t know how much of the details you’ve worked out yet, but if anything happens in September I may be in town (there’s a big print industry convention sometime then that I’ll probably attend). If ChiDope doesn’t happen then I’d still be interested in trying to get a smallish group together for dinner and drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/65 "2005-07-18T13:57:10Z")
And now, I find that we have two graduation parties to attend on the 6th. Crapster. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/66 "2005-07-21T18:53:42Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > **broomstick** --I like the Giordano’s idea. Me, too. How are things coming with the reservations? I’d email you but, like, I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/67 "2005-07-22T02:09:43Z")
Things are looking better and better for my attendance. I like anything but am more inclined towards drinks. Food will also be highly thought of. ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/68 "2005-07-24T04:23:35Z")
2 weeks until, uh, C-D day. I would like confirmations of plans within the next week so I don’t have to worry about it after leaving for vacation. (You all know how you are with your computer; my dad’s the same way. I could never actually know how to use a computer… I might give it AIDS or something. :rolleyes: ) Erm, I mean, moving on. I really like the Giordano’s at Prudential Plaza idea. Did you know [tourist mode] that there’s a train that goes _right to_ that building??? \ Seriously, I haven’t been to Chicago in eight years, and then I was a minor and not permitted to explore. My step-dad says his parents (who live in Alsip) can point us in the right direction to the Blue Island Metra station. From there, we really shouldn’t get lost. According to [this schedule](http://metrarail.com/Sched/me/me_mso.shtml) we could leave from Randolph at 7:20pm, get off at Kensington at 7:53pm, get back on the train in Kensington at 8:11 pm, and get back to our car at 8:23pm at Blue Island. Is this correct? Are any of these places very seedy and/or scary? Thanks to any responses. Yeah, so, you have my vote on the location. I think late afternoon would be a good time (see train schedule above); 4 o’clock-ish would give us all plenty of time to hang without causing me undue stress of trying to figure out my schedule for getting home. What do you all think? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/69 "2005-07-24T17:31:18Z")
> [@BrattiAtti](#): > > I really like the Giordano’s at Prudential Plaza idea. Did you know [tourist mode] that there’s a train that goes _right to_ that building??? Yes. In fact, I ride it to work every Monday-Friday. Actually, there are _several_ train lines that go right to that building. And a number of bus routes go by as well. > [@](#): > > According to [this schedule](http://metrarail.com/Sched/me/me_mso.shtml) we could leave from Randolph at 7:20pm, get off at Kensington at 7:53pm, get back on the train in Kensington at 8:11 pm, and get back to our car at 8:23pm at Blue Island. Is this correct? Are any of these places very seedy and/or scary? Thanks to any responses. I wouldn’t go wandering around the Kensington area after dark by myself. Stay in the station and travel in a group. > [@](#): > > Yeah, so, you have my vote on the location. I think late afternoon would be a good time (see train schedule above); 4 o’clock-ish would give us all plenty of time to hang without causing me undue stress of trying to figure out my schedule for getting home. What do you all think? I think it’s a grand idea, although We’re talking Saturday, August 6, correct? I’ll have to see if I can switch my flight times to Sunday that weekend, I’ll get back to you in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/70 "2005-07-25T14:22:57Z")
Yes, Saturday, August 6, at, well, there are worse times to get together than 4PM. It doesn’t look like a particularly big crowd so if we want to make plans for after Giordanos at Prudential Plaza throws us out it shouldn’t be too difficult. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191/71 "2005-07-26T16:38:24Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Yes, Saturday, August 6, at, well, there are worse times to get together than 4PM. It doesn’t look like a particularly big crowd so if we want to make plans for after Giordanos at Prudential Plaza throws us out it shouldn’t be too difficult. Okay, I’m really late seeing this (thanks to \*\*unclviny’s \*\* rant in the Pit and \*\*dropzone’s \*\* reply), but tentatively count me in too. I’m in the way, way north suburbs but will try to get downtown on the 6th. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2005/310191.md?page=3)