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US Cellular Field – Chicago

7 09 2009

333 W. 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 674-1000
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US Cellular Field on W. 35th Street in Chicago.

Most guys use their bachelor party as an excuse to go to a strip club. Most of my friends fit into that generalization as well. Strip clubs aren’t really my thing, so when my brother asked what I wanted to do for my bachelor party, I didn’t hesitate and said I wanted to go to a White Sox game.

US Celluar Field is on West 35th Street on Chicago’s south side. No one I know actually calls the place US Celluar Field. Most people refer to it simply as “The Cell.” The old timers still call it “Comiskey” (the original name was Comiskey Park named after the old park and owner Charles Comiskey). The Chicago media likes to use the name “US Comiskular” (combining US Cellular and Comiksey).

The “new” Comiskey Park was opened in 1991. They were a year too early. New Comiskey was built as the ball park of the future. It had clean lines. A symmetrical shape and it was quite sterile. There was really no character. One year later, when Camden Yards opened, Comiskey’s futuristic styling was already a thing of the past. The retro look is what actually took off and every ballpark since then has been designed after the success of Camden….not Comiskey. Read the rest of this entry »

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Get-A-Way Saloon

6 10 2008

9489 Red Arrow Highway
Bridgman, MI 49106
(269) 465-5932
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The Get-A-Way Saloon in Bridgman, MI

As a Southsider, the Get-A-Way Saloon is hostile territory. They make no bones about being Cub fans and the decor and menu reflect that. I noticed a billboard for Get-A-Way on I-94 while heading home. I was supposed to take an Amtrak on Saturday from Chicago back to East Lansing, but my niece was still in the hospital and I wanted to hold out one more day to see if she’d get to go home and I’d get to hold her one more time. That didn’t happen, but now I needed to get home. My parents like to gamble at Four Winds in New Buffalo and J had been sick all weekend and wanted to get out of the house, so they both agreed to drive halfway. My parents kept driving and as I was on the phone with J to set up a meeting point, I saw the billboard and told my parents to pull off the highway. Five minutes later, J was pulling in to a gas station near the highway so we could make the switch.

After saying goodbye to the new grandparents, J and I continued down Red Arrow Highway to grab some grub. We pulled into the small, neighborhood bar covered with ivy just a few minutes before the White Sox ALDS game. On the sign out front were the words “Cubbies Why?” Below that was a scoreboard with the score from last nights NLDS game with the Dodgers in which the Cubs lost. We made our way though the swinging doors to find a bar covered with Cubs jersey and memoribilia and a dining room. We started to go towards the dining room, but none of the TV’s had the NASCAR race on which was our first priority, so we headed to the bar. The tables in the bar were empty so we took one where we could see both the race and the Sox. Even the table had a big Cubs logo and right before the Sox game started, the bartender, who was wearing a Cubs jersey, turned the channel. We weren’t going to say anything, but another guy at the bar wearing a Sox jersey did and the game was turned on. Read the rest of this entry »