[Great Hall of Rockwall] Field trip Saturday!

Fri May 12 08:59:32 PDT 2006

CAN'T  WAIT

I GET TO SEE THE WATERLILIES

YIPPEEE!!!!!!!!

In a message dated 5/10/2006 7:27:29 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
willowhare at hotmail.com writes:

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)

Down the  Rabbit Hole: downrabbit.blogspot.com

>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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