Why I Love Chicago
 

Since we have lots of threads about NYC I think Chicago needs some love. :)

I'll start:

The skyline. Best in America!
Wrigley Field...a baseball shrine!
The Wrigleyville/Boystown area
El stations right across from the airport (Midway) or actually in the airport (O'Hare), so there's a cheap way to get downtown from there.
The Printers Row Book Fair
Taste of Chicago
Grant Park
All the museums
Sitting in front of "Nighthawks" at the Art Institute

I love Wrigley!

Shopping on Michigan Ave. in the spring with the tulips, or at Christmastime.

H&M!

Michigan Avenue in the winter, when all the lights are up, is gorgeous.

-Ice skating at the new rink on Michigan Ave.

-Wrigleyville and my Cubs, win or lose

-the diversity-- Greektown, Chinatown, the Korean area,Boystown...I love all of it

-the weather- snow at christmas and hot (but not too hot or humid, although today kinda sucks) in the summer

-The beach! I live in the middle of the U.S. 20 minutes north of Chicago, and 5 minutes from the beach

-The Chicago Art Institute has a huge Picasso/O'Keefe collection

-going off the diversity thing..I think people are culturally advanced here than in some other cities I've visited. No, we're not New York City, but there is a huge African American/Jewish/Polish/Korean population and I think all of that makes our city's climate very well rounded.

-The B'hai Temple- amazing, almost kind of a wonder of the world, like how did it ever get here???The Bahai Temple Trust me, the pics don't do it justice.
I LOVE CHICAGO!!!

I like the food, clubs and music, diversity, architecture and shopping. I love the neighborhoods too, at least the ones that haven't been completely taken over by the yuppies yet. ;)

Jules, I love the Baha'i temple too and have been there several times. It's amazing.

When I was really little my family used to go to Chicago Christmas Eve night and walk the storefronts looking at the displays...it was so awesome....

I like the people in Chicago. Not as pretentious as some other places.

I find people from Chicago to be a bunch of pigs. You go to a nice restaurant and people are cursing. Sometimes you go to a bar and you see a bunch of cow-tipping morons and feel like you stepped into a frat party without an invite.

I still have difficulty remembering where anything cool is or how to find my way around because I take a lot of cabs everywhere.

However, the thing I love about Chicago is the cleanliness factor as well as the architecture. I like the lake. I like the restaurants. I like all the natural blondes. I like not knowing whether they really are natural blondes. I like the zoo, the driving range nearby, and the harbor with all the pretty boats.

-Rudey

I was in chicago last summer for Nationals and I had a great time. I went to Comisky Park for the White Sox/ Royals baseball game. very awesome stadium.

Why I love Chicago:

Even if you don't have a car you can get just about anywhere

All the Festivals and Parades (African Festival of the Arts is my favorite)

We have some of the best museums in the world

We have a unique music & dance style (steppin', house music, foot work)

There's always something to do!

In terms of diversity: Chicago is very diverse but is one of, if not THE, most segregated cities in the country.

There is nothing like Chicago house music!

I love Chicago, too!

Love the Chicago Fire Soccer Team!
Love the Sports stations!
Love the diversity on the radio!
Love the food (hate the portion size, though - TOO BIG!!)!
Love mr. honeychile!

But y'all really don't have the best skyline. I'll give Chicago the Top Ten in the USA, but certainly not the best.

Gotta love the CUBS!!!!

Some of what I (love) and miss about Chicago ...

Sand volleyball on Lake Michigan
Taking the 151 downtown at all hours
Running along the lake
My 10th story view and rooftop pool
Vietnamese food in Uptown
Walking my friends dog in Andersonville
Duffys, Yackzies, Matisse, the Vu, Monsignior Murphys and other neighborhood bars
Mike and Joe at Joes on Weed Street
the church crew and small group session at the coffee shop
sitting at Belmont Starbucks with the Sunday paper
Southport Corridor
Good Thai food
Summer festivals - street festivals
Sluggers on a random week night or afternoon after a game
Cards/Cubs games
The bleachers
Running through Wrigleyville in a Puljols shirt
Borders and Ballys on Broadway
$1 burgers and beer nights
The el
My way friendly doormen who always knew how to brighten my day
Chicken Satay at the Thai place on Sheridan
Joys Noodles
Driving on lower Wacker
My job
Geneva, St. Charles, the Fox River
Big buildings
Plays and Second City
Nicks, Piece, Lucky's and Northside Cafe in Wicker Park
The art shows in the random Wicker Park lofts
Whiskey Sky
Rush and Division
Crazy nights with cops, boys from other countries, and boys with nice biceps who used to play baseball
Martinis and trying new drinks at Clybar because a friend bartended there
My sisters
The diversity
Biking along the lake
Being an hour from Milwaukee, two hours from Michigan beaches, and a 30 minute plane ride home

The Salt and Pepper Diner...mmm. :)

And of course I can't forget my CUBS! And the Bears and Bulls too.

Hyde Park
Giordano's
The Museum of Science & Industry
The Christmas tree in Daley Plaza
The Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier
The promontory at 57th st ( Thank God they're rehabbing it)
The view from Lake Shoe Drive
Strolling through Marshall Field
Garret's popcorn shop
Mr. Beef on Orleans
Bud Biliken parade

da cubbies
the live jazz venues
the matchbook i got from Dick's
the food

BTW, the Taste of Chicago food vendors are now up. :D

Here they are!

Super Dawgs!!

Chicago is a great sports town but am I the only person who thinks that the new Solider Field looks like something out of a sci-fi movie???

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Nope. My friends and I think it looks like a spaceship crashed into the stadium.

Yeah an overpriced "festival" that is overcrowded and filled with crappy food. Sounds amazing.

-Rudey

I refuse to pay $10 for something I can get for $2 if I just went to the resturant. And I hate trying to navigate through all those baby strollers. They should have a seperate section,lol. Anyone going to the Blues Fest this weekend?

Yes.

-Rudey

I agree with the taste being too costly but I do want to see New Edition there. The new soldier's field is ok to me but the millenium park looks terrible.

FAO Schwartz has been closed for some time now. H&M is over there now. And I believe they are closing Rock 'n Roll Mickey D's.:( I use to go there a lot when I was in HS. Then they started making people pay to park in the lot.:rolleyes:

I like the polish chicks.

That accent wasn't Polish, it was just manly.

Those were transvestites.

-Rudey

They're closing the Rock and Roll McDonalds? Where did you hear that?

Anyone been to Millennium Park?? I get back in town on Sunday, is it worth going??

About R'nR MickeyD's. I can't remember where I heard it. Is it closed?lol

What about St Patricks day. It looked fun in the scene from The Fugitive.

I've never been to any St. Paddy day celebrations. I'm Scottish.:D

Millenium Park is worth seeing. There are lots of tourists there though but you get a feel for the architecture and planning and that's cool.

-Rudey

Sandy and I visited Millennium Park while we were in Chicago and we both liked it. It made for a really nice afternoon. (Note: The water in the fountains are cold!) :)

I've never stayed in Chicago before, but I fell in love with the city during Convention. I'll be going back again soon!

Glad to hear. Whenever I passed by it looked like a hot mess of metal.

My sister lives in Chicago. I have to go back one day, it's been a while since my last visit. I love it there...nice cool weather.

the Skyline
Sears Tower
State Street shopping! (4 story Old Navy, need I say anymore?)
Buckingham Fountain
Museum campus
crazy Polish Chicago Fire fans
Venetian Night
Fireworks
Navy Pier
Post-Prom cruises on Lake Michigan
babysitting in 5-star hotels

I may be a Floridian, but my heart is in Chicago.

I just had a flashback,lol. Aww the memories of 1999.:D

I like Navy Pier a lot, and the Shedd aquarium / other things around that area...

but as for an actual city, city, I love my NYC better... I grew up on Long Island, so to me a true "city" is one that's really busy and packed with people, with tons upon tons of skyscrapers... going to Chicago doesn't give me that same feeling I get when I'm in NYC.

The R and R McDonalds is most definitely boarded up and closed. :( I don't know when they're reopening...the board says come visit us in 200 so IDK??:rolleyes: but it made me really sad the other night at 3 AM when all my friends were hungry :(