Getting bored with the day-to-day hum of your life?
Need a break from work, the news, the war on Christmas, Christmas, Ernie Fletcher and cold beer at a reasonable price?
Allow me to suggest a vacation.
This is a new idea, so let's fly it up the flagpole and see how it goes. Why not throw out the very first blogger road trip? Those of you that reading this, those of you with your own blogs and those of you that vaguely remember hearing something about a blog once are all cordially invited to load up in a car (or series of cars) and head out to a predetermined destination this January to celebrate... nothing in particular.
It's not as if we need an excuse to travel to another city to tell jokes, drink beer and avoid work. However, just in case you did, let this be it. Where should we go, you ask? Well, how about glorious downtown...
No one EVER has a bad time in Chicago... other than maybe Al Capone and Roxie Hart. It seems as if I end up in the Windy City more than anywhere else, and every time is just as much fun as the time before. Now, I'm not talking about a week-long barnburner vacation. Just take Friday off, load up the car and spend a weekend doing absolutely nothing other than eating, drinking and being merry.
Target date: January somethin'.
Once people start taking interest in the idea we can start to work around schedules and determine exactly which dates are most blogger-friendly. January seems to work pretty well for everyone that I've consulted. It's the time of year when you need a break from the Christmas madness, but are sitll riding high on that New Year's euphoria. It's before we start to settle in to that deep winter depression and before March brings about the NCAA Tournament (and the lineup of the 2007 Lollapalooza, which will be followed by more planning for trips to Chicago).
Need a break from work, the news, the war on Christmas, Christmas, Ernie Fletcher and cold beer at a reasonable price?
Allow me to suggest a vacation.
This is a new idea, so let's fly it up the flagpole and see how it goes. Why not throw out the very first blogger road trip? Those of you that reading this, those of you with your own blogs and those of you that vaguely remember hearing something about a blog once are all cordially invited to load up in a car (or series of cars) and head out to a predetermined destination this January to celebrate... nothing in particular.
It's not as if we need an excuse to travel to another city to tell jokes, drink beer and avoid work. However, just in case you did, let this be it. Where should we go, you ask? Well, how about glorious downtown...
No one EVER has a bad time in Chicago... other than maybe Al Capone and Roxie Hart. It seems as if I end up in the Windy City more than anywhere else, and every time is just as much fun as the time before. Now, I'm not talking about a week-long barnburner vacation. Just take Friday off, load up the car and spend a weekend doing absolutely nothing other than eating, drinking and being merry.
Target date: January somethin'.
Once people start taking interest in the idea we can start to work around schedules and determine exactly which dates are most blogger-friendly. January seems to work pretty well for everyone that I've consulted. It's the time of year when you need a break from the Christmas madness, but are sitll riding high on that New Year's euphoria. It's before we start to settle in to that deep winter depression and before March brings about the NCAA Tournament (and the lineup of the 2007 Lollapalooza, which will be followed by more planning for trips to Chicago).
Add your comments at the bottom. What would work for you? Are you interested in the trip? What specific Chi-Town hot spots should we hit? Where should we stay? Can we meet the Winslow family (I hear that youngest daughter is a real hellcat!)?
I hope you're with me... at least some of you. I'm getting the hell out of here after December, it'd be a bajillion times funner not to go it alone!
posted by Cory | 8:36 AM
2 Comments:
Just a reminder: My birthday is January 22. Just throwing it out there. :)
I would love to go to Chicago. One for the White Sox (of course it would have to be a day game) and the comic convention that comes in every so often.
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