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If you’ve got a week or just a weekend, I’ve got the place for you…the exciting city of Chicago. I was swept away for a weekend, and what a weekend it was.  We arrived Friday night just in time to check out the night scene on Rush Street.  This is where the who’s who hang, enjoying great music, martinis and cigars.  Headed down to “Hang Upps” (a little more my style), the motif, is any and everything the walls are packed with all kinds of silly paraphernalia.  The only prerequisite is you must be prepared to have and good time and a small cover charge.  They played 70 and 80’s music the songs we all know and love to sing along to, there where all kinds of people, every make and model.

It was up early the next morning for a quick tour of The Art Institute of Chicago.  I had the run through this fabulous museum in two hours.  Only enough time to enjoy a quick gaze at the artwork.  I would strongly suggest an entire day to browse, but if all you have is a few hours, it works.  I grew up playing the game of Masterpiece, and for anyone else that has it’s exciting to realize that the originals are found at the Institute. I had great pleasure enjoying them first hand, along with the Picassos, Monet’s and hundreds other works of art.

I had to hurry back for the main reason I came to Chicago and that was to enjoy the Rockies vs. Cubs game at the famous Wrigley Field.  If you haven’t been there it’s a must for any baseball fan, the history is legendary, and the atmosphere is just plain fun. Something about a hot dog at Wrigley Field, it just tastes better.

Saturday evening it was off to feed our soul at the award-winning House of Blues, the music hall offers a bit of everything from Blues (of course), jazz, rock, opera, Country and more.  This particular evening “Quantum Leap” a band that played 80’s Rock-n-Roll kept us all jammin.  We were taken to the private bar hidden away upstairs, where the members of the band invite their friends to come mingle after the show, what a hip evening for all.

Sunday it was another great day at Wrigley Field, we actually got to see the Rockies win one (which is always a treat).  This was the weekend of the big air show so several times during the games the F15’s flew over, the game stopped and everyone watched in wonder. What a great getaway!

It’s time the experts at James TravelPOINTS 1-800-538-7461, www.travelpoints.com, sent you off for a weekend of fabulous food, great baseball, exciting nightlife and museums, museums, museums.

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