First night in Chicago

Our sponsored meal that night great. It consisted of fried chicken, hot dogs, and bratwurst. We were also able to watch some of the Yankee game while playing ping pong and pool. That night most of us enjoyed the night life of Chicago at Kincades Karaoke bar.



We had a day off in Chicago as well and I used this as a full advantage. After breakfast a group went to the Sears Tower, which is known now as the Willis Tower. Anyway we had a mini video on the history of the historic building and then we went up in the elevator to floor 103 from floor 2 which took about 60 seconds. The view was pretty amazing, the photos should be on facebook soon. There were also 4 glass boxes at the top of the building where people could stand and look straight down. So picture a glass ledge that you can walk out on and you can look straight down and see over 100 stories down to the ground. I was a little scared at first, but it was pretty cool. I heard that Donald Trump tried to build his tower bigger than the Sears a couple years ago, but the city would not let him. I wouldn't let him either that guy is turning into a joke. Our group still had a little time before lunch so we headed to see the giant bean and Millennium park, where an orchestra was rehearsing. It was also where Obama gave his acceptance speech.

I wanted to go see a cubs game and even though I would be a little late I went anyway with two other guys. We hopped on the redline and went over to Wrigley, and bought 15 dollar standing room only tickets. We made it at the top of the third and were able to see the entire game. Wrigley field was really neat, it had such a welcoming feeling to it. The cubs also have a good song for when they win a game. "Hey Chicago what do you say the cubs are gonna win today". We hopped on the redline again and headed to dinner, which was at Lou Maltanis, which specializes in deep dish pizza. It was good, but I prefer my New York style pizza. After Dinner I was able to meet up with the McGarry/Rorick clan for some more pizza and drinks. And since the Yankees and whitesox had an hour rain delay I would be able to catch some of the game. So Erin walked me down to the nearest redline, which was a bit too far, but she insisted protesting that I am like her little brother. I hopped on that and was over to US cellular field in a jiffy. I didn't have a ticket, and I wanted to buy from a booth since It worked our well earlier, but as I was running a scalper asked me if I needed a ticket, and even though he looked pretty sketchy, I did need a ticket. It was the fifth inning, and I tried to barter with him and eventually got a box seat for 20 bucks, but I really could have gotten it for 10 I mean who else would have been there in the fifth on an hour rain delay. I actually didn't even use the box seat, I just wanted to get in and sit next to my friends who purchased 40 dollar upper deck seat earlier that day. We had to leave before the game ended and missed Nick Swisher's solo shot which tied it in the 9th, but we also missed the game winning single in the bottom of the 9th by Jiim Thome, I think. It was pretty easy getting back to our Hotel. I must say that the transportation in Chicago is much easier in than New York. I am still surprised I got all of that stuff done in one day. I mean two baseball games and the Sears Tower in one day is impressive.