Highlights
the Baseball Project in Concert
SABR 45
Millennium Park - The Bean, Crown Fountain, Buckingham Fountain
Intelligentsia - Local Chain there is one right next to Millennium which is nice for picking up a coffee for a stroll through the park
World of Beer - We visited the outpost in Evantston, solid beer menu, friendly staff.
Yolk - good comfort breakfast, even the one in the Train Station.
The Little Goat - comfortable setting, nice bar.
Recommended - See comment in Mixed below re: Chicago Dining
Palmer House - Cool old building, great location for SABR
Gage - issue = dealing with rain
Publican - issue = flaky on take out orders
Cubs Game
Freshii - Good for the fast/fresh style - coffee sucked though.
Mercadito - Issue = flaky on what a Reservation means
Vinyl
Lockwood at the Palmer House
Evanston Arts Festival - See a couple of these a summer, got to see some things I hadn't seen before in Evanston.
Mixed
Chicago Dining - I recommended most of the Vittles oriented activities but every outing seemed to miss on a detail somewhere.
Meh
Protein Bar - another fast/fresh, not as good as Freshii though.
Bleck
Kris Bryant leaving game after one AB
US Air/American - Rude folks at the counter in Philly knocked US Air out of any contention for a Meh.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Monday, July 8, 2013
FREE Tickets to the National @natsportsshow
The National Sports Collectors Convention is being held on July 31 thru August 4 in Chicago
The NSCC website here
And you FREE tickets - well sort of...
Over at Dave and Adam's Card World if you pick out anything over $75, they offer you a free gift. Most of the items are fairly worthless - 5 retail packs of NC Tar Heels Hoop anyone??? - however currently one of the free gifts for a $75 purchase is a Ticket to the National.
So if you pick out say a hobby box of 2013 Topps Archives for roughly $64 and a 100 count box of binder pages you can get into the National for free.
1966 Topps #254 Ferguson Jenkins/Bill Sorrell RC
The National typically has a local flavor for autographs, among this years signers is Fergie Jenkins. He played for a lot of clubs, and is likely best known as a Cub. His RC however was issued with the Phillies.
If your a Phils fan in Chicago for the national weekend, this may be the card you want to get signed.
Replay: NSCC 2012 postings
Overview
1975 Topps Minis
1954 Bowman #95 Robin Roberts
Note - This is not an endorsement for D&A, just letting you know that the offer is out there.
The NSCC website here
And you FREE tickets - well sort of...
Over at Dave and Adam's Card World if you pick out anything over $75, they offer you a free gift. Most of the items are fairly worthless - 5 retail packs of NC Tar Heels Hoop anyone??? - however currently one of the free gifts for a $75 purchase is a Ticket to the National.
So if you pick out say a hobby box of 2013 Topps Archives for roughly $64 and a 100 count box of binder pages you can get into the National for free.
1966 Topps #254 Ferguson Jenkins/Bill Sorrell RC The National typically has a local flavor for autographs, among this years signers is Fergie Jenkins. He played for a lot of clubs, and is likely best known as a Cub. His RC however was issued with the Phillies.
If your a Phils fan in Chicago for the national weekend, this may be the card you want to get signed.
Replay: NSCC 2012 postings
Overview
1975 Topps Minis
1954 Bowman #95 Robin Roberts
Note - This is not an endorsement for D&A, just letting you know that the offer is out there.
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