[Great Hall of Rockwall] Field trip Saturday!

Wed May 10 17:45:54 PDT 2006

Sounds lovely from this end. I'll be driving up to Astridr and Connall's 
place, so Tette and I will be arriving with them at the Mini Mead Hall. :-)

I GET TO SEE THE SEURAT! <oops, I shouted. Sorry.>

G

Kelli Quinn wrote:

> Two days and counting 'til the Art Institute field trip! Here's the 
> details, as best as I can figure them. If you've got any questions or 
> suggestions, post them to list or call me on my cell 815-236-7906.
>
> We'll be traveling to the Art Institute of Chicago 
> (www.artic.edu/aic/index.php).
> 111 South Michigan Ave.
> Chicago, IL 60603-6404
>
> We'll depart from the Mini Mead Hall (my apartment) on the 10:35 a.m. 
> Metra train. Let's try to meet up at the apartment at about 10 a.m. to 
> give us a cushion.
>
> The Mini Mead Hall:
> 200 W. Brainard St.
> Apt. 1
> Harvard IL 60033
>
> Directions from Wisconsin: Get to East bound Route 14 and head for 
> Illinois. The second town over the border is Harvard. Stay on 14 until 
> you reach the stoplight in the center of town. The intersecton, called 
> 5-Points, is marked by the town's cow statue, Harmilda. Bear right on 
> Ayer Street. (literally, bear right at the cow) Harvard's main drag. 
> Turn right on Brainard St. The apartment building is across Brainard 
> from the post office. It is a red brick building. There are a few 
> parking spots around the building. If we run out, Metra has a parking 
> lot ($1 fee).
>
> Lunch will be sack lunches on the train.
>
> The Metra weekend pass is $5. Three children can ride free for each 
> fare-paying adult. We should arrive at the Ogilvie Transportation 
> Center at 12:23 p.m. (www.metrarail.com)
>
> Getting to the museum: I did a little math, and since the museum is 
> only about 2 miles from the train station, it may actually be cheaper 
> to share a couple of taxis over there. Most of the ways to use public 
> transportation for the trip involve transfers (pushing the cost to $4 
> a person one way) and various amounts of walking. Splitting a cab 
> between 3 or 4 people *should* only cost $2 to $3 a person one way. If 
> anyone desperately wants to explore the CTA, I will be happy to act as 
> sherpa, though. Don't know why anyone would, though!
>
> The Art Institute: suggested donation for admission is $12 a head. 
> "Suggested" being the operative word. Give what you can; required 
> admission fees don't start until June. That does not count extra 
> admission fees to special exhibits.
>
> Hopefully, we will have about 4 hours to explore the museum (it closes 
> at 5 p.m. Saturdays).
>
> The popular opinion for dinner seems to be to eat at the restaurants 
> at the train station. If you've never been, the building the train 
> station is connected to is sort of like a small mall, complete with 
> food court.
>
> If we take the 6:30 p.m. train, we would be back in Harvard by 8:20 
> p.m., a pretty sane hour for anyone who must make the drive back north.
>
> That's how things stand now. Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Edda/Kelli
>
>
>
> "I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far 
> write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all."
>
> Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
>
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>
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>
>
>
>> From: Lorriedel Davis <thelorriedel at yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: The E-List for the Shire of Rockwall 
>> <GreatHall at shireofrockwall.org>
>> To: The E-List for the Shire of Rockwall <GreatHall at shireofrockwall.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Great Hall of Rockwall] Field trip dining question
>> Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 22:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> Grietje,
>>   Daniel has 4 complimentary tickets to the Art Institute.  (Wait 
>> until you hear the story of how he got the tickets...)  We would be 
>> happy to give 2 of them to you and Kelley.  That will help take care 
>> of some of the expense.  Perhaps we should consider bringing a sack 
>> lunch on the train?
>>
>>   Koko/ Lorriedel
>>
>> Karen Boomgaarden <kboomgarden at wi.rr.com> wrote:
>>   At this point I'm not even sure I can afford the gas to get to 
>> Harvard,
>> let alone pay for the rest of the trip for myself and Tette/Kelley, so
>> talk amongst yourselves and if we *can* make it, we'll go with whatever
>> the group decided. :-)
>>
>> And if I can't go? Someone needs to stand in front of the Seurat for
>> about 15 minutes for me. And the Chagall stained glass, too. Please.
>>
>> Grietje
>>
>> Lorriedel Davis wrote:
>>
>> > I will definately want to eat, but we need to keep things cheap and
>> > cheerful.
>> >
>> > Lorriedel
>> >
>> > */Kelli Quinn /* wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm working up the details for the A&S field trip on May 13. Right
>> > now,
>> > we're looking at departing my place on the 10:30 am train (12:23
>> > pm arrival
>> > in the city) and retuning to Harvard on the 5:30 pm or 6:30 train.
>> > (7:30 or
>> > 8:20 arrival).
>> >
>> > While we could take the 8:35 am train and arrive in Chicago at
>> > 10:35, I
>> > think that might be too early, especially since most of the people
>> > interested in the trip need to travel to Harvard first.
>> >
>> > My questions to the folks interested in going are these:
>> > 1. Are we going to eat while in the city?
>> > 2. If so, what sort of food are we interested in?
>> > 3. What price range are we looking at?
>> >
>> > Since Metra allows riders to picnic on the train (within reason of
>> > course--no grilling!), it would be possible to take sandwiches
>> > with us in
>> > the morning and pick up dinner to go at one of the "fast-food" type
>> > establishments in the transportation center and picnic again on
>> > the outbound
>> > train. This would probably cost the least and give us the most
>> > time to enjoy
>> > the museum. Also, we would not have to rush through dinner with
>> > one eye on
>> > the clock.
>> >
>> > However, if the gentles would prefer something more "sit-down"
>> > please let me
>> > know so I can get a list of places together for voting.
>> >
>> > Yours,
>> > Edda
>> >
>> >
>> >
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