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The following info was gathered from this thread (-Mouse)

Scheduled Events

Friday

Cheezborgers with MotS

Friday lunch at Billy Goat Tavern
No crabs .... lobster
Forum thread

Friday Night Dinner & Dancing with the BACon Band

Friday, June 23rd
Start at dinner time, end at midnight or so
Event price: TBD
Dinner Selections

Saturday

Possible England World Cup Match

Saturday, June 24 at 10am
Location: TBD (Either the AB Suite, or the Bar of the hotel)

Pool Party!

Saturday, June 24 at NOON
In the pool at the hotel!

Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox

Saturday, June 24th at 12:20 PM
20 Tickets are available for the Con - we'll all sit together
Price per ticket: $23.00
Tickets are first come - first served

WoW Gathering

Fogo De Chao
Saturday, 24 June, 4 PM
Address: 661 N. LaSalle Street
Phone: (312) 932-9330
The WoW forum thread on this.
Attendees:

Grimthor
JaneLane
Izual
Sisqui
ReptileHouse
Elrethina
TacoSupreme
Caolle
Weescot
Delc
Nightlyraider
Mageofthesands
Janbo00
Snowdog
Soraia
Azulat
ortliebj
ortliebj's +1
Fangar
Alectra
Jehrendil
Jehrendil's +1
Tal
Gort
Medicine Man
Deathwolf
Wolfsong
LucidityAxel
Katie
Protoshoggoth
Elrethina
Counterinsurgent
Desolate Angel
Mrs D Angel
Ranabanana
Saffy (+car)
Cadsuane
Trepidati0n
TPJ
Sard
Vidici
Crymar
Hiry
Mephista

Sunday

SWG Brunch

Maybe. :) Planning thread in the SWG forums

Possible England World Cup Match

Sunday, June 24 at 10am
Location: TBD (Either the Ice/Russ/FEF room, or the Bar of the hotel)

Other stuff to do in the windy city:

Touristy
- Navy Pier - about .75 mile in length one-way
- Six Flags - rollercoaster riders will love it here!
  - just a note, six flags isn't right in chi-town. it's like 30-45 minutes north of the city
- Sears Tower Skydeck
- Magnificent Mile
  - also www.themagnificentmile.com
- Chinatown
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- University of Chicao
  - lots here, including a tour of their sculpture
- Greek Town
- Little Italy
- And let's not forget "The El" - go for a ride on Chicago's Elevated Train

Museumy
- John G. Shedd Aquarium
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Field Museum of Natural History Has King Tut exhibit starting in May!
- Adler Planetarium
- Chicago Art Institute
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Chicago Historical Society
- DuSable African-American History Museum
- Oriental Institute
- Museum of Contemporary Photography
- Robie House

Kids (listed in Top 10 order from a namebrand guidebook)
- Chicago Children's Museum
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Navy Pier
- John G. Shedd Aquarium
- Westfield/North Bridge Mall
- Emerald City Theatre Company
- Museum of Science & Industry
- Wrigley Field - tours?
- The Cafe at the American Girl Place

Theatre
- Second City
- Blue Man Group

Music
- Buddy Guy's Legends - blues

Other Ideas
- Rollerblading/biking/walking along the lakefront
- Beach volleyball
- Lake cruise - Lake Michigan (here's a company recommended by my sis, a local. --Zakrah)
- River cruise - Chicago River or Lake Michigan
- Loop Train Tour
- Chicago Trolley Company Tour

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-The following infor was gathered from [http://http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8208&st=15 this thread](-Mouse)
+The following info was gathered from [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8208&st=15 this thread] (-Mouse)
-==Stuff to do in the windy city:==
+==Scheduled Events==
+== Friday ==
+'''Cheezborgers with MotS'''
+*Friday lunch at Billy Goat Tavern
+*No crabs .... lobster
+*[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9777 Forum thread]
+'''Friday Night Dinner & Dancing with the BACon Band'''
+*Friday, June 23rd
+*Start at dinner time, end at midnight or so
+*Event price: TBD
+*[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9276 Dinner Selections]
+----
+== Saturday ==
+'''Possible England World Cup Match'''
+*Saturday, June 24 at 10am
+*Location: TBD (Either the AB Suite, or the Bar of the hotel)
+'''Pool Party!'''
+*Saturday, June 24 at NOON
+*In the pool at the hotel!
+'''Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox'''
+*Saturday, June 24th at 12:20 PM
+*20 Tickets are available for the Con - we'll all sit together
+*Price per ticket: $23.00
+*[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9411/ Tickets are first come - first served]
+'''WoW Gathering'''
+*[http://www.fogodechao.com/index.htm Fogo De Chao]
+*Saturday, 24 June, 4 PM
+*Address:  661 N. LaSalle Street
+*Phone: (312) 932-9330
+*[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/wow/forums/index.php?showtopic=12161 The WoW forum thread on this].
+*Attendees:
+#Grimthor
+#JaneLane
+#Izual
+#Sisqui
+#ReptileHouse
+# Elrethina
+# TacoSupreme
+# Caolle
+# Weescot
+# Delc
+# Nightlyraider
+# Mageofthesands
+# Janbo00
+# Snowdog
+# Soraia
+# Azulat
+# ortliebj
+# ortliebj's +1
+# Fangar
+# Alectra
+# Jehrendil
+# Jehrendil's +1
+# Tal
+# Gort
+# Medicine Man
+# Deathwolf
+# Wolfsong
+# LucidityAxel
+# Katie
+# Protoshoggoth
+# Elrethina
+# Counterinsurgent
+# Desolate Angel
+# Mrs D Angel
+# Ranabanana
+# Saffy (+car)
+# Cadsuane
+# Trepidati0n
+# TPJ
+# Sard
+# Vidici
+# Crymar
+# Hiry
+# Mephista
+----
+== Sunday ==
+'''SWG Brunch'''
+* Maybe. :) Planning thread in the SWG forums
+'''Possible England World Cup Match'''
+*Sunday, June 24 at 10am
+*Location: TBD (Either the Ice/Russ/FEF room, or the Bar of the hotel)
+==Other stuff to do in the windy city:==
 *Touristy
-**[http://www.navypier.com Navy Pier]
+**[http://www.navypier.com/ Navy Pier]  -  about .75 mile in length one-way
-**[http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatamerica/index.asp Six Flags]
+**[http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatamerica/index.asp Six Flags]  -  rollercoaster riders will love it here!
 *** just a note, six flags isn't right in chi-town. it's like 30-45 minutes north of the city
 **[http://www.theskydeck.com/homeDefault.htm Sears Tower Skydeck]
 **[http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/magnificentmile.htm Magnificent Mile]
+***also www.themagnificentmile.com
 **[http://www.chicago-chinatown.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?li=26 Chinatown]
 **[http://www.lpzoo.org Lincoln Park Zoo]
+**[http://www.uchicago.edu/ University of Chicao]
+***lots here, including a tour of their sculpture
 **Greek Town
-**China Town
 **Little Italy
+**And let's not forget "The El"  -  go for a ride on Chicago's Elevated Train
 *Museumy
-**[http://www.sheddaquarium.org/ Shedd Aquarium]
+**[http://www.sheddaquarium.org/ John G. Shedd Aquarium]
 **[http://www.msichicago.org/ Museum of Science and Industry]
-**Field Museum
+**[http://www.fieldmuseum.org/ Field Museum of Natural History] Has King Tut exhibit starting in May!
-**Adler Planatarium
+**[http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ Adler Planetarium]
+**[http://www.artic.edu/ Chicago Art Institute]
+**[http://www.lpzoo.org/ Lincoln Park Zoo]
+**[http://www.wrightplus.org/ Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park]
+**[http://www.chias.org/ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum]
+**[http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society]
+**[http://www.dusablemuseum.com/ DuSable African-American History Museum]
+**[http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/ Oriental Institute]
+**Museum of Contemporary Photography
+**Robie House
-*Baseball
+*Kids  (listed in Top 10 order from a namebrand guidebook)
-**Sox
+**[http://www.childrensmuseum.org/ Chicago Children's Museum]
-***June 21 - Chicago White Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals
+**[http://www.lpzoo.org/ Lincoln Park Zoo]
-***June 22 - Chicago White Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals
+**[http://www.navypier.com/ Navy Pier]
-***June 23 - Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros
+**[http://www.sheddaquarium.org/ John G. Shedd Aquarium]
-***June 24 - Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros
+**Westfield/North Bridge Mall
-***June 25 - Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros
+**[http://www.emeraldcitytheatre.com/ Emerald City Theatre Company]
-****Any of those White Sox matchups should be decent to watch (US Cellular Field is a bandbox, so there should be lots of offence in those games), I personally don't care if we go to one or not. Remember, the b33r will be cheaper elsewhere (Ophidian)
+**[http://www.msichicago.org/ Museum of Science & Industry]
-**Cubbies
+**Wrigley Field - tours?
-***Sadly tickets for Wrigley field tend to be both expensive and tough to come by. Sux tickets are usually pretty easy to find from scalpers at face value or less on any given day. (Meorum)
+**The Cafe at the American Girl Place
 *Theatre
 **Second City
 **[http://www.blueman.com/ticketinfo/chicago/index.shtml Blue Man Group]
+*Music
+**Buddy Guy's Legends - blues
 *Other Ideas
-**Rollerblading/biking along the lake
+**Rollerblading/biking/walking along the lakefront
 **Beach volleyball
+**Lake cruise - Lake Michigan (here's a [http://www.chicagoline.com/archcruise/ company] recommended by my sis, a local.  --Zakrah)
+**River cruise - Chicago River or Lake Michigan
+**[http://www.architecture.org/ Loop Train Tour]
+**[http://www.chicagotrolley.com/ Chicago Trolley Company Tour]
+[[Category:Amazon Basin]]