can i just say, i Love chicago and their peopLe

[sniffa]

:toast: to you peopLe for bringing the chicago dog into my Life.

:toast: to you for being some the nicest, smartest peopLe in the midwest.

:toast: to you for stiLL having eL trains.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Ummmm...hello? Midwesterner here,checking in from Detroit...

and just for that, I think you suck. :cry:

[Midlodemocrat]

3. I LOVE Detroit, too!!!!

The whole entire Mid of West is simply fabulous!~!!11!!!!@!111```

[Midlodemocrat]

2. I LOVE Chicago!

Great, great city. and some great DUers live there!
:bounce:

[grace0418]

17. Some great DUers live in Midlothian, VA too!

:hi:

[Zuiderelle]

4. It's a wonderful city!

:thumbsup:

[grace0418]

5. Oh boy, here we go...

I don't need to say any more. Many of you know what I mean (and it's not a reaction to the OP, just a preemptive reaction to a probable outcome).

[Midlodemocrat]

8. Why grace.

Whatever do you mean?



:hide:

[grace0418]

11. I have no idea what compelled me to post that.

I don't even know what I meant by that. ;)

[greatauntoftriplets]

42. The devil made you do it....

:evilgrin:

[grace0418]

45. The devil in the white city perhaps?

;)

[greatauntoftriplets]

46. I have to read that book....

one of these days.

[Susang]

47. More likely, the devil in Iowa City.

:hide:

[grace0418]

50. Oh snap!

No you didn't! :)

[Susang]

51. Oh yes I did!

You better recognize. ;-)

[terrya]

10. Well, perhaps that person(s) might not login today.

I know what you mean.

[grace0418]

28. No such luck.

They're around.

[JackBeck]

6. I absolutely loved my only visit to Chicago.

For years, people have said it was my kind of town. That I had to visit. And I did. And I loved it.

[terrya]

12. Well, don't be a stranger.

I'd like to meet you someday. :-)

[JackBeck]

21. I don't travel as much since we recently acquired a mortgage.

But I'll let you know when I'm planning my next visit.

:pals:

[terrya]

23. Excellent!

There are some fine Chicago DUers...besides myself. :-)

:pals:

[grace0418]

16. Come visit again. Just wait a couple months. It's still really cold right now.

Boy those first few really warm days of the year are just magic. Especially if they happen on a weekend. Driving down Lake Shore Drive and seeing everyone come out of hibernation is a sight for sore eyes, that's for sure.

[mopinko]

19. yeah, and spring is cold, too. come in the fall.

that is definitely the best time to visit. we are a very green city, so fall has a lot of color. the lake is calm and gorgeous. and the weather is perfect, not too hot, not too cold.

[grace0418]

24. Last fall sucked though. I was very disappointed because fall is my favorite season too.

I live for those gorgeous days when the sky is crazy blue, the sunlight is golden, the lake is sparkling and the buildings shimmer.

[JackBeck]

25. My visit was during the summer.

And I got to see a Cubs game. My seats were one row from where the pitchers warmed-up. I had never been that close to a ballplayer in my life.

Autumn sounds very lovely. I'll keep that suggestion in mind.

[mopinko]

30. they only play ball

on the south side in autumn!
let me know, i will hook you up with some tickets to see real baseball.

[JackBeck]

22. I had a layover in Chicago about a month ago.

Flying in over the lake and seeing the frozen shoreline was freaky. And it was 2 degrees with 30 mph winds. As much as I would love to live there, I know I wouldn't be able to handle the winters.

[grace0418]

26. I hear ya. Yesterday I cleaned snow and ice off my car for the fourth time in 24 hrs and

I thought I was going to lose it. If I had the cash I would definitely be somewhere else during the winter months.

[mopinko]

33. yeah, the cold sucks

it is usually only a dozen or so really, really awful days. they sock me right in the autoimmune abnormalities. i'm lucky i am self employed and can hide form it.
but you definitely need good longjohns and a down coat. and a long handled ice scraper.
living here is not for the faint of heart.

[never cry wolf]

38. YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, Aug. 2nd - 5th

Love to have a massive DU meet up.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=150x13955

[mopinko]

39. yup, yup

thanks for the reminder.

[terrya]

40. I saw that earlier.

That would be cool. :-)

[grace0418]

44. My upstairs neighbor is one of the organizers if not thee main organizer.

He asked me if I was going the other day and I didn't know anything about it at the time. I wonder if I'll be around that weekend. It would be fun to go.

[terrya]

7. It's a great city.

And I'm very much looking forward to visiting Boston some day. :-)

[grace0418]

15. I was there when I was a kid and it was a blast. I really want to go now that

I can drink alcohol!

[bicentennial_baby]

31. Please do!

We'll show you a good time! :bounce:

[grace0418]

9. Thanks sniffa. This Chicagoan loves you too! Although I will never forgive myself for

Chicago pizza. It's just too much. Neopolitan or New York Style is much better.

And I'll really never forgive myself for Jim Belushi. Sorry about that folks.

;) :hi:

[BuelahWitch]

13. Put me down as another one who loves Chicago

Very, very nice people there! :hi:

[asthmaticeog]

14. Great fuckin' town!

I need to get there more often than the once a year I've been averaging lately. :toast:

[eyepaddle]

20. What he said.

We are in pretty much word for word agreement.

I always have a blast when I visit Chicago.

[mopinko]

18. hey sniffa. thanks so much.

:toast: i really needed that. even though it is early.

:toast: did you know we are actually building a new rail line?

:toast: did you know that we WILL get the 2016 olympics?

:toast: did you know that my house should actually be all fixed by then?

:toast: did you know that i will have a place for visiting sports fans by then?

:toast: did you know that du rocks, and i have met some really great fellow chicagoans here?

[amitten]

27. Did you know that you're drinking WAY too much?

(ps--i love chicago)

[mopinko]

29. i just really needed a little chicago love after

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6277587

and hey, it's only beer. how about i make it a nice rich stout?
beer, more than just a breakfast food.

[SOteric]

32. Tsk. Goobersmooch.

[jobycom]

34. Nice people, except the ones who put up the Katrina sign at the NFC Championship.

Those Chicagoans are evil as hell. The rest seem like a nice bunch. :)

[youthere]

35. Chicago Dogs ROCK.

We have a hot dog stand in Cedar Rapids (Iowa) called the "The Flying Wienie" and the owner is a flying enthusiast with his pilots license. He flies to Chicago a couple times a week and picks up the Vienna Street dogs and sausages and serves them up Chicago style with a side of hand cut fries.

*wipes a tear away*
God Bless that man.

[XNASA]

36. I trust you're following these instructions closely.

http://www.hotdogchicagostyle.com/makeyourown.php

And for crissake....no ketchup, never, ever. It's just not acceptable. Ever.

You should come visit sometime. We locals actually eat a lot more Italian Beef sandwiches than hot dogs and pizza combined, I reckon. You needa beefer?

BTW, I plan on being in New England next Holiday Season. I'm retracing my ancestral roots which sailed to Salem in 1637 and settled in Watertown, then Marlborough. Then gradually moved west. I lived in Cambridge for a short time and really loved it, so I'm looking forward to returning.

[grace0418]

43. You people are making me want a hot dog for lunch!

With lots of grainy mustard! YUM!

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. I love Chicago!

It's even better than St. Louis and Des Moines put together!

Not quite Paris, perhaps, but then - what is?

/me is practicing his Lenten promise.

:D

[greatauntoftriplets]

41. Thanks, sniffa.

I like Boston as well, and even have survived driving through it a couple of times.

[hippywife]

48. I used to go to Chicago

every chance I got when I could afford it. I definitely love the place! It has something totally special about it.

[Fran Kubelik]

49. Yay Chicago!

:loveya:

[jgraz]

52. Not a day goes by when I don't miss my home town

San Francisco is nice, but it's not nearly enough big-city for me.

Plus the pizza sucks.

[xchrom]

53. carla sandberg said it was the city of big shoulder pads.