Stay far away from the Sheffield. Bunnygirl and I were sharing a room for the August ChiDope and in the middle of the night, somebody rattled the doorknob of our room and started banging on the door. Bunnygirl slept right through it (she was pretty ripped that night), but I just about crapped my pants. Needless to say, I did not sleep at all that night. It was sunrise before I was finally able to fall asleep. It really made me wish that we had taken up thinksnow’s and Superdude’s offer to share the room because they could have gotten up and scared off the would-be intruders, plus I probably would have felt safer with two big, strong men in the room.
RUUUUUUUUUUBES!!!
OH MY GODDESS!!!
I thought I was geeked at meeting Euty! Dear Goddess, I am just beside myself that I’ll get to see you again!
Rubes, when I last saw you, my screenname was Cristi. Remember me now?
I still have that pic of you with the traffic cone, up on my desk. And it will NEVER come down, EVER.
I want to come to the ChiDope, but I don’t know if I’ll be free that weekend. A definite maybe is all I can say right know. I’ll know for certain a week before.
Hey Persephone, got your email, too.
It looks fairly promising that I will make it, though I need to clear things with work (and some financial slight of hands), but I hope to be in town.
I ended up shaving my head and grew a beard like a billy goat, which I tried to dye orange, to no avail. Too bad, as it woulda matched the pants and cone.
ruby
ps: Still have the orange pants, maybe they’ll make an appearance, unfortunately the boots are no longer blue
pps: thanks for everyone who has remembered me, it’s been a long time since I’ve been to the boards
Oh, wonderful. Just great.
At first I had slight anxiety about having chique and Silver Fire in my car. Two passengers, my responsibility, blah blah blah.
Then MsRobyn and Baby Doors were added to the mix. Now there’s a lot of anxiety. If I careen into a mountain, this is very bad.
And now rubes! I just know I’m going to somehow plunge off a bridge into the Grand Canyon. Don’t ask me how, but I just know something awful is going to happen, and it’ll be all my fault.
hyperventilating
I’m starting to think that maybe being sheltered in the back seat middle might be a good thing, if lno is that apprehensive.
Just remember my sig lno and it’ll all be ok
Dude, not like you’ve never done that before…
Oh and, uhhh, remember my sig, too.
Thanks. You two really know how to reassure a guy.
Maybe I just won’t go. Huh? You ever think about that? I’ll just take my toys and GO HOME.
You don’t have any toys. That’s why I’m bringing all of mine.
you know, I really don’t know how to justify going, and I certainly don’t know how to justify not going. I did my taxes, and although i am getting a pittance back from the fed, somehow I owe the state 30x more than my fed refund.
Silver Fire, I was going to comment on your sig, too, I really like it.
Only two more weeks, kids.
Saturday Night - The Main ChiDope
The Main Event is at Timothy O’Toole’s on Saturday, April 6th at 8pm. Great location right in the heart of the city. We have a party room reserved, which I believe is called The Guinness Room, but I think we’re going to overflow it given the guest list below. Many thanks to manhattan and UncleBeer for graciously volunteering to split the cost of the party room. Note that this bar has NTN Electronic Trivia, which is where the “Trivia Games” of the title come in.
Friday Night Plans - still in the works
Still to be decided - where the hell are we going on Friday night? Some thoughts:
So the upshot is, things are still up in the air for a Friday night watering hole.
Saturday Field Trips (during the day)
A lot of ideas have been tossed around. There are specific plans for some, and no specific plans for others. If you see something that sounds fun that there aren’t specific plans for, post to the thread or pop into chat to see if you can get other folks interested.
[ul]
[li]The Pleasure Chest - this is where the sex toys come in, so to speak. (see thoughts from me below)[/li][li]The Art Institute (see specifics from magdalene in below)[/li][li]The Field Museum[/li][li]The Museum of Science and Industry[/li][li]The Museum of Contemporary Art[/li][li]Navy Pier[/li][li]The Shedd Aquarium (see info from me below)[/li][li]The Adler Planetarium[/li][li]The Sears Tower[/li][li]The John Hancock (which has a nice but very expensive bar in lieu of an observation deck)[/li][li]The Jade Dragon for tattoos and piercings (see quote from SuperDude below)[/li][/ul]
Most of the Chicago museums’ home pages are listed here. I believe magdalene said that it was possible for Chicago library card holders to get free passes to many of the museums.
The Art Institute
The Shedd Aquarium
A number of folks (myself included) expressed interest in visiting The Shedd Aquarium. Note that the Oceanarium is not included in the basic ticket. I’d recommend getting the ticket that includes the basic Aquarium and the Oceanarium for $15. The basic ticket is $8.
To get there by public transportation, you can plug in your starting point and find the best public transportation route here.
So if you wanna go (stealing magdalene’s basic musum schedule):
11:30 a.m. - Meet in front of Shedd Aquarium, at the main entrance on the west side of the building. I’ll be there on the north side of stairs.
11:45 a.m. - Go inside.
2:00 p.m. - Meet back outside at the same place we started. I know I’ll be ready for lunch afterwards.
The Jade Dragon
So if you’re interested, talk to SuperDude
The Pleasure Chest
Seem like the Pleasure Chest might be a good late afternoon field trip. How about interested parties gather there at 5pm?
Sunday Plans
jarbaby has kindly offered to host a brunch at her place Sunday at 11. Please [email=jarbabyj@yahoo.com]email her if you’d like to go.
Hotels
Jane D’oh! did a lot of legwork on hotels and has gotten a deal on rooms at the at the DoubleTree Hotel. It’s right near O’Hare and is easily accesible to public transportation to get you into the city. Not sure if rooms are still available, but [email=Jdominowski@embassyohare.com]email Jane if interested. Some folks are also staying at the Radisson near downtown Chicago. There really are no cheap hotels close to the actual fest. Another possibility - the Days Inn - there’s one at Clark and Diversey and one on Clark just south of Lincoln. Neither is probably cheap, just may be cheaper than a hotel in downtown proper. There aren’t any cheap decent hotels anywhere near where we will be, which is part of the reason I suggested that budget-conscious dopers try to stay with a local if possible.
And now, the list of illustrious dopers who are (maybe) attending this function:
[ul]
anya marie
beagledave (and mrs beagledave)
Billdo
Callie
cantatrice
chique
CRorex
Crunchy Frog
dropzone
DynoSaur
Ender24
Eutychus
Gaudere
Geobabe
Gundy
Hamadryad
hardygrrl
iampunha
inertia
Jadis
Jane D’oh!
jarbabyj
Jessica2
JoeyHemlock
KrustyKlown
Kyla
Little Bird
lno
Maeglin
magdalene
manhattan
MikeG
Miss Creant
MrCynical
MsRobyn
Nen
Persephone
porcupine
Pucette
quixotic78
Random
rjk
rowrrbazzle
rubes
Shadowfox
ShibbOleth
SilkTies_&_Ice
Silver Fire
Sophie
Sua Sponte
Superdude
Tattva
Tequila Mockingbird
thinksnow
tiggeril
TurboDog
TVeblen
typo mna
UncleBeer
UncleBill
VileOrb
vix
weirddave
Wisest Novel
yojimboguy
Zanshin
Zyada
[/ul]
(to the tune of “springtime for hitler”)It’s fencing for Maeglin and lno!
[sub]44 new people, theoretically, for me. That should bring my total to well over a hundred, if it wasn’t already.
Is it April yet?[/sub]
I WILL MEET YOU THIS TIME IF IT IS THE LAST THING I DO!!!
When I went to the May 2000 ChiDope, you were there, but we kept missing each other. I will NOT let that happen again!
Thank you.
rjk and I both have reservations! We are so there.
Does anyone else want to go to the musuem of Science and Industry? I went there when I was a wee tot, and I want to see it again.
IMPORTANT REQUEST - ChiDope CellPhone List
Since there are going to be various groups doing various things at various times on ChiDope weekend, it would probably be wise if at least some of us exchanged cell phone numbers. I will put together a list and distribute via email to other dopers. So if you’d like to share your number, please [email=ashleyba@attbi.com]email me the following information:
[ul]
Your screen name
Your real name (first names only are fine, and that’s likely all I’ll distribute anyway)
Your cell phone number
Your email address
[/ul]
also, foks comin’ to the brunch…we are in need of some other things, as my first requests have been filled:
two bottles of champagne
some soda pop
Also the easiest way to deal with ‘getting to my house’ is to a) email me for my address which you can MAPQUEST or b) take the brown line train north and get off at Montrose. $1.50 and you won’t have to park or walk more than a block!
Also, just to let you know ahead of time, the jarbaby’s have a pup named marge. She won’t hurt you…she WILL lick you and steal your food. Be ready.
jar
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::gives tiggy a handful of Valium::
On the off-chance that any Dopers are planning on bringing kiddies (or not, but are interested anyway) and are interested in doing some museuming Saturday morning/afternoon, my son and I would be happy to join y’all for a trip to the Museum of Science & Industry. I’ve sent my info to porcupine - come onnn, I gotta see the SuperCroc!
Ooooh… candy…
erk
slump