man, you're fast gus. I really do need to learn to hit spellcheck before I submit my posts and not depend on sneaking back in afterwards.
You definitely misspelled a word.
gustavratzenhofer wrote:You definitely misspelled a word.
Thank you for noticing :wink: and I would, in fact, be on a boat not possess a boat. I always seem to catch this crap after I post.
'nuf-bout-my-bad-english, back to the party planning!
Would anyone recommend that I take the 60-day Greyhound Pass - it's really cheap - so that I can visit all and sundry while I'm over there?
I don't have any recent experience with Greyhound except that I have considered taking it from the very north of California down to the SF bay area in order to hop on to Amtrak trains... but it turns out that that particular Greyhound service was discontinued.
If it is very cheap, it might be useful for getting to some places Amtrak doesn't go. But... I haven't been on a train in the US for years either.
I'll be interested to see what other folks say.
Greyhounding might be fun - mebbe a bit uncomfortable here and there, but you'll certainly have the opportunity to meet :wink:
interesting 
folks. Another thing you might wanna check out is Amtrack
RailPass. The rates for non-US residents are pretty attractive - inquire through your travel agent.
Long-distance bus trips on a number of routes have become quite nice.
The Greyhound between Tranna and NYC has attendants, movies ... - it's nicer than flying in some ways. However, it's more expensive to take the bus than to fly JetBlue <in that example> The biggest upside, IMNSHO, is the ability to see the country you're travelling through.
Cost factors are variable between locations. There are some places trains and planes don't go that buses still do. Lots of angles to consider and evaluate. A lot depends on what the total trip plan is.
I thought I had already done a bm.
Do any of the Chicagoans here know the "rock and roll" Days Inn ? I stayed there a few times in the 90's but I can't remember much about location other than it was downtown.
I had some good times there...I guess that's why I can't remember all the details.
I'm not sure which Days Inn that would be, LTX. There are a few of them downtown.
I was scrolling around looking for places with banquet facilities and discovered that my favorite restaurant in all of Chicago does banquets. Burghoff's is a Chicago MUST on most restaurant guides. It's blocks from the Art Institute, State St, Union Station, Grant/Millenium Parks. I've left my number with the manager to get details, but even if you don't hold your gathering here you should check it out for one meal or another.
http://www.berghoff.com/
The Italian Village restaurant and catering also has a good repution. It's in the same general area as Burghoff's.
http://www.italianvillage-chicago.com/
wow, lot of food at berghoff. be tough choosing what to get.
Last time I was in Chicago we ate at Berghoff's. Nice place.
Chicago?
That's in one of those foreign countries, isn't it?
margo wrote:Chicago?
That's in one of those foreign countries, isn't it?
afraid so, you'll have to practice walking on your feet instead of your head like you do down under. ;-)
Additional burden, margo: they speak a different language there!
But it's okay, Margo. If you can't bring your own machine gun, they furnish loaners.
Zomeone zomewhere zang this before...
Chicago, Chicago
That toddlin' town
Chicago, Chicago
I'll show you around, I love it
Bet your bottom dollar
You'll lose the blues
In Chicago, Chicago
The town that Billy Sunday
Could not shut down
On State Street, that great street
I just wanna say
They do things
They don't do on Broadway, say
They have the time
The time or their life
I saw a man
He danced with his wife
In Chicago, my home town
