Just One Thing To Clear Up About The Chicago Pipe Show
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For the young folks and even those into middle age who may not remember the great original Mayor Richard J. Daley (not to be confused with his son, a later Mayor Daley) he was the only Irish gent in public life who spoke with a hard edge Polish accent, which I always assumed was from growing up on the streets of Southport (a neighborhood). Since he was a reputed king-maker and a staple in the party smoke-filled rooms, he was once asked if he wanted to run for the Presidency, and he demurred, saying, "I'm just a hometown boy with a hometown touch." In fact, he was both a hero and a villain, capable of great benefits for the citizenry and dark mischief. He seemed to be into power but never so much money and always lived in his home neighborhood. I bet police protection there was impeccable. Ah, Chicago.
jefff, I never get that right, Bridgeport not Southport. If I remember correctly, there is a Southport neighborhood, but that's irrelevant. The Port of Chicago is at the lakefront and nowhere either of these neighborhoods. Richard J. had an incredible skill in balancing and occasionally besting really powerful and dangerous factions, some of them deadly. He was too good a political operator to liquidate. The bad actors needed him. As did many others. One of the last of the big city bosses.
A friend of mine recently told me about this event. I grew up in a suburb of Chicago. I live in the city itself now. I might go on Saturday and see what it's all about. $15 is pretty steep for admission. Apart from shopping for pipes, what else would I expect to happen there?
the place is packed with pipe groupies who toss their underwear at famous carvers and blenders.
Unfortunately, the groupies are usually 60 year old men with long beards.
I only ever hear the words Chicago and land put together are when I'm in the Chicago area. Nobody else has ever heard of it. To be honest I never even think about Chicago like I do about other U.S. cities like Seattle and Charlotte, and that is coming from a die hard Cubs and Bears fan whose father grew up in Chicago. Is Chicago the major metropolitan city that nobody outside of it actually cares about?
Have you been to a professional BB, Hockey or FB game in the last decade? In any event you get two days for $15.... And if it's a problem for you, I'll chip in half. You just have to find me on the floor. PM and I'll give a description.
Only three must visits in Chicago, Wrigley, IRC and Helix. Those three places, Billy Goat's for a beer and a ham and egg sandwich a 7am and you're done. Almost forgot, a departing pizza a Due's.
Do you still get sniped at if you have to stop on the Dan Ryan?
Do you still get sniped at if you have to stop on the Dan Ryan?
(Remember the tongue-filled cheeks and pipe smoker armadillo skins ... )
As a Chicagoan:
To everyone else, see you at the pipe show. :mrgreen:
P.S. To the original poster ... You're cool, but your avatar sucks. Micheal would never approve.
As a Chicagoan:
FU-UUU-UCK YOU! :wink:
The only part of this post I disagree with ... venomously ... is starting that sentence with "only."
To everyone else, see you at the pipe show. :mrgreen:
P.S. To the original poster ... You're cool, but your avatar sucks. Micheal would never approve.
Anything north of the Mason-Dixon is Chicago, unless it's to the east. Then it's New York. If it's to the West, it's California which as we all know is a satellite of the Soviet Union (government-in-exile).
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