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Chicago is home of Da' Bears, Da’ Cubs, and those guys that play on the south side. Half the city burnt down because of some stupid cow in 1871. Its located on beautiful Lake Michigan and has awesome weather during the summer. Chicago was the location of the first car race, First Automobile race in 1895 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/duryea.htm, and is also the location of the First Automobile Show...and continues to this day. It doesn’t have that dirty souf heat & humidity. We also have three ¼ mile dragstrips to choose from, Byron IL, Route 66 Dragway in Joilet IL, and Great Lakes Dragway over the border in WI.

Itinerary:
Thursday – Day Registration 1-4 pm - Hotel Parking lot
Thursday - Evening –
1) Chicago indoor racing - http://www.chicagoindoorracing.com
2) Explore downtown Chicago by taking Metra train: http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home.html

Friday Day - Goose Island Brewery Tour - 800 North Clybourn Chicago, IL 60614
Friday Evening - Drag Racing –
Great Lakes Dragway http://www.greatlakesdragaway.com/

Saturday - Day - Car Show/Picnic – Busse Woods, http://www.bussewoods.net
Saturday Evening - free time to explore the city and surrounding areas.

Sunday - Good byes

Places to visit:
Navy Pier http://www.navypier.com/
Sears Tower Skydeck - http://www.theskydeck.com/
John Hancock Observatory - http://www.hancock-observatory.com/en/
Field Musuem - www.fieldmuseum.org 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496
Adler Planetarium - http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ 1300 S Lake Shore Dr Chicago IL 60605
Shedd Aquarium http://www.sheddaquarium.org/ 1200 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago IL 60605
Museum of Science and Industry www.msichicago.org 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60637
Daley Plaza - Dearborn and Clark Chicago IL
Chicago River Architecture Tour - http://www.architecture.org/tour_view.aspx?TourID=8
Millennium Park - http://www.millenniumpark.org/
The Bean - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate
Buckingham Fountain - http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attracti ... ntain.html - Congress Parkway & Columbus Drive Chicago, IL 60605
Chinatown – http://www.chicagochinatown.org - 2121 S Archer Ave Chicago IL 60616
Volo Car Museum - http://www.volocars.com - 27582 Volo Village Rd, Volo, IL
Chicago indoor racing - http://www.chicagoindoorracing.com - Addison IL/Buffalo Grove IL

Entertainment:
Blue Man Group - http://www.blueman.com/tickets/chicago - Halstead St Chicago IL
Six Flag Great America - http://www.sixflags.com/greatAmerica
Wrigley Field - Cubs game vs LA Angels http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/in ... m=6&y=2010

Shopping
Michigan Ave http://www.themagnificentmile.com/
Gurnee Mills http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?id=1251
Woodfield Mall http://www.shopwoodfield.com/

Places to eat:
Superdawg - http://www.superdawg.com 6363 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago 60646
Lou Malnattis http://www.loumalnatis.com - many locations
Pizzeria Uno - http://www.unos.com 29 East Ohio Chicago, IL 60611
Pizzeria Due - http://www.unos.com 619 North Wabash Avenue Chicago, IL 60611
Goose Island Brewery Restaurant - 800 North Clybourn Chicago, IL 60614
Cheesecake Factory Chicago - http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com 875 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Famous Dave’s – http://www.famousdaves.com – 1631 W Lake St Addison IL 60101
Chinatown restaurants

Nice job Boner!!

Wooo WOOO. I hope we see a few more proposals before the end of the week.

I think it's time to allow Chicago their bid -----


--- since they did so poorly with the Olympics...

I also frown upon going somewhere we've already been. But that's an opinion only...

gtuturbo wrote:I think it's time to allow Chicago their bid -----


--- since they did so poorly with the Olympics...

I also frown upon going somewhere we've already been. But that's an opinion only...

They only spent like 16 million on their proposal for the olympics only to find out that money would have been better used elsewhere.

Anyone from California going?
Bruce

HOW DO I REGISTER.

The registration site is not up yet. Planning for the even still has not started. I expect some chatter soon on the planning mailing list after the new year... Hopefully...

We typically shut down shop for most of december and early January every year. Most people are too busy (and lord knows I am) to plan Bfest that time of year. Once I return from the Detroit Auto Show next week the planning committee will get into full swing.

For a group full of procrastinators, we sure are jumping the gun by getting nervous in January this year!

Hey I'm new to all of this planning committee . I also JUST started taking my car APART... So I gotta get cracking myself.

My Hometown!
I was raised in Chicago!
Its about a 16-18 hr drive from here in CNY.

quad4berettagtz wrote:We typically shut down shop for most of december and early January every year. Most people are too busy (and lord knows I am) to plan Bfest that time of year. Once I return from the Detroit Auto Show next week the planning committee will get into full swing.

For a group full of procrastinators, we sure are jumping the gun by getting nervous in January this year!

I think its odd... its been a LONG time since the Detroit Auto Show and there has been NO activity on the Bnet planning board... Even after I posted a topic asking whats going on... COMPLETE silence.

Is this going to be the first year where the ball is dropped and Bfest doesn't happen?

I'm concerned about my car being ready... but at this rate it doesn't seem like I need to be ready for anything unless I just want to drive it this summer.

Easy Jon, check your email tonight...

I've been buried under projects - aka fixing my van's head gasket 2-3 hrs at a time after work. I've been working on it since the show... finishing this week.

Darn rookies

Well yes I'm a rookie, and I could understand not hearing from you because your swamped, but no one replied to my message, Cliff, Carl, anyone... so I thought that was kinda odd.

That all sounds great. One minor typo thing, Goose Island is at 1800 N Clybourn, not 800. They are doing a special tour for you? That's cool. I have done their regular one are on Sundays--good tasting for a couple bucks--http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/clybou ... pub/65.php .

I am nobody special, just a Chicagoan with an almost-beater '91 GT, and I happened to see this info while looking for how-to docs. Hope I can make the Fest and see some much more awesome Berettas.

Carolyn