Gettin’ Carried Away

I’m going to take a break from talking about New York… I have other things to tell you!

Baseball is ending soon. And with the way the Chicago White Sox are seemingly giving it up to the Minnesota Twins, I am not fully confident that the Good Guys in Black will give me the Soxtober I have been waiting for all season. While I nervously wait on pins and needles, I eagerly anticipate hockey season!

I purchased a nine-game season ticket plan for Chicago Blackhawks games. And while I have been to the United Center several times, I have never really ventured around the surrounding community, nor have I spent much time in the Loop on a game day. On a game day, I would love to spend they day in the city, buy some fan merchandise at Hawk Quarters and stroll through Millennium Park on a crisp, fall day. There’s always something to do in Chicago.

Even if you live directly in a metropolitan area, there is no possible way you could have dined at every bistro and shopped at every boutique! Restaurants close, new ones open. Sports bars turn into chic nightclubs. Parking lots turn into unique clothing stores. The point is… you have to get out there and exlpore! Check out sites like City Search, Time Out and Metromix!

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It is official. I am going to Nashville in January! The fact that I love country music is not the only reason I am excited for this trip. Traveling to Tennessee will push my “U.S. States Visited” count up to 20, making me almost half-way done with my goal! My only qualm about this getaway is that it could be cancelled or postponed because of a standard Chicago blizzard. However, seeing that I traveled to and from Italy in December, 2005 with little problems, this is a risk I am willing to take. I really hope that Tom Skilling has some promising weather reports for me next year!